October 2018
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Israel Invokes Its “Fight for Survival” as It Descends into a Racist State By Miko Peled
Israel’s former Chief Justice Aharon Barak stated in a recent lecture that “what happened in Germany [the rise of the Nazis] can happen here [in Israel].” He went on to say that a regime that does not respect the separation of powers or human rights cannot be called democratic. This statement brought about a swift,… Continue reading
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Khashoggi Newslinks 24 October 2018
24 October 2018 – 15:59 — The New Dark Age War Plans on Iran Mean Trump and Saudis Coordinating Cover-up of Khashoggi Killing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGreanvillePost/~3/bqsf6uZFltA/ The Khashoggi Crisis: A Blessing in Disguise for Pakistan’s Imran Khan https://www.globalresearch.ca/khashoggi-crisis-blessing-disguise-pakistans-imran-khan/5657896 Continue reading
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Nottingham – Steals From the Poor – Gives to the Rich By J.C.
Human rights campaigning organisation Liberty has called on Nottingham City Council to abandon plans which will penalise some of the city’s most vulnerable people – and anyone trying to help them. Continue reading
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Western Media Attacks Critics of the White Helmets by Rick Sterling
The October 16 issue of NY Review of Books has an article by Janine di Giovani titled “Why Assad and Russia Target the White Helmets“. The article exemplifies how western media promotes the White Helmets uncritically and attacks those who challenge the myth. Continue reading
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Striking a Strategic Balance – Putin’s Preventive Response
I think that Vladimir Putin at Valdai not at all incidentally started talking about the increased danger of nuclear war, repeated the axiom about the readiness of Russia to take away the whole world with itself, and discussed the existence of the right to make a preventive strike. Continue reading
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UK: Report reveals widespread soil contamination after Grenfell Tower fire By Alice Summers
Large concentrations of harmful toxins have been found in the dust and soil around Grenfell Tower. The toxins, which are potentially carcinogenic and may have long-term health implications for survivors of the fire and for local residents, have been identified in the preliminary findings of a study by toxicology expert, Professor Anna Stec. Continue reading
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The British Labour Party: In and Against the State? By Leo Panitch and Prof. Sam Gindin
Just a few years ago, it would have seemed most unlikely that developments in the British Labour Party would attract widespread international attention among those looking for the renewal of socialist possibilities in the 21st century. That this is the case today is a credit to the enthusiasm and creativity of a new generation of… Continue reading
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Greenhouse gases and mass extinctions: Speed kills
In past warming events, atmospheric CO2 rose too fast for many species to adapt. Today it is rising 10 times faster than at any time in 66 million years. Continue reading
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The White Helmets Ride Again By Philip Giraldi
23 October 2018 — Global Research How easy it is to give awards to terrorists I am often asked to explain why countries like Iran appear to be so aggressive, involving themselves in foreign wars and seeking to create alliances that they know will provoke the worst and most paranoid responses from some of their neighbors. Continue reading
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Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism’s Imminent Demise By Nafeez AHMED
Capitalism as we know it is over. So suggests a new report commissioned by a group of scientists appointed by the UN Secretary-General. The main reason? We’re transitioning rapidly to a radically different global economy, due to our increasingly unsustainable exploitation of the planet’s environmental resources. Continue reading
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Khashoggi Newslinks 23 October 2018
23 October 2018 12:01 PM — The New Dark Age Khashoggi murder ‘planned days in advance” – Turkey’s Erdogan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45949742 Response to Saudi journalist’s death must be based on verified information, says Kremlin http://tass.com/politics/1027336 Continue reading
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Republicans and Democrats prepare bipartisan agenda of social cuts and war By Patrick Martin
The Democrats and Republicans are raising and spending a record amount, more than $5 billion, to carry out mudslinging attacks on each other and promote the illusion that voters have a real choice between these two equally right-wing parties controlled by the corporations and the wealthy. Continue reading
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Upfront NHS charges one year on – 6 reasons why they harm us all By Ed Jones
When you’re expecting a baby the last thing you want to be thinking about is whether you can afford over £6,000 to go into hospital for the labour. For most people in England this isn’t yet a consideration but for the past year it has been the reality for many migrant women. Continue reading
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A Dying Race Couldn’t Influence The Defense Of Western Civilization
The campaign against the military use of nuclear technology never lets up, even for a single day. The opponents of those deadly warheads have made a lot of progress: bans have been put in place against tests in the atmosphere, underwater, and in space. In general, the number of nuclear detonations has dropped significantly since… Continue reading
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Death Is in Charge of the Clattering Train of US Security Policy By Martin Sieff
Does the US Deep State really want to provoke a thermonuclear world war with Russia, China and Iran at the same time? The recklessness and confusion of US policies provoking major crises on every side certainly suggests so. Yet the truth may be even more terrifying. Continue reading
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Squalid London – Our Own Swamp. Corrupt Money and The City of London By True Publica and Craig Murray
As HMS BrexitBrittania looks ever more likely to head in the same southerly direction as mothership Titanic, there is one backstop where all parliamentarians can agree – The City of London, often referred to as Britain’s second empire, must be saved at all costs. Continue reading
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War, censorship, and the invention of “fake news”
On Saturday, the two principal newspapers of the political establishment, the New York Times and the Washington Post, published editorials demanding an intensification of political censorship on social media. The Times, in “The Poison on Facebook and Twitter Continue reading
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Jamal Khashoggi Newslinks 21-22 October 2018
21-22 October 2018 — The New Dark Age Saudis ‘don’t know where’ Khashoggi’s body is located http://www.atimes.com/article/saudis-dont-know-where-khashoggis-body-is-located/ Khashoggi death: Saudi Arabia says journalist was murdered https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-45935823 Continue reading
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US Tears up Landmark INF Treaty By Andrei Akulov
President Donald Trump has announced the decision to exit from the bedrock 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), which bans all land-based missiles carrying both nuclear and conventional warheads with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers, or 310 to 3,420 miles shorter- and intermediate-range missiles. It does not cover air-launched or sea-launched weapons. National… Continue reading
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Shipment Of Chemical Weapons Arrives Jisr Al-Shughur In Syria’s Idlib Province – Report
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former branch of al-Qaeda in Syria, moved several chemical weapons containers from the town of Maarrat Misrin in northern Idlib to the city of Jisr al-Shughur in the northwestern part of the governorate, a local source revealed to the Russian news agency Sputnik. Continue reading
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