January 2019
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Pompeo in Cairo: The ugly face of US imperialism By Bill Van Auken
Overloaded with lies, hypocrisy and absurdities, the speech delivered by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the American University in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday signaled to the collection of monarchs and despots that count as Washington’s allies in the Middle East that US imperialism is committed to a continued escalation of war in the… Continue reading
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The struggle against austerity and the fight for the United Socialist States of Europe
Today’s People’s Assembly against Austerity demonstration in London declares that a Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn is the only alternative to a Conservative government bent on destroying jobs, wages and vital social services. Continue reading
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UK: The 2018 State of the Nation Report
Britain does produce an annual state of the nation report other than one referring to social mobility. The Social Mobility Commission’s 2017 report (see link below) starts with the words: “Britain is a deeply divided nation.” Their report is interesting this year as it ventures more broadly into areas such as education, employability and housing… Continue reading
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Gilets Jaunes SITREP 11 January 2019
Do not expect the French medias, all owned by the French 1%, to be objective when speaking about the Yellow Vests. We shall then look at the Sputnik News France to get a fair vision of the phenomenon. Here is a translation made by Le Saker Francophone after the 8th act, hold on January 5th. Continue reading
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Affaire ExxonMobil: Nicolas Maduro publishes his evidence
According to the US transnational ExxonMobil, on 22 December 2018 the Venezuelan navy expelled two ships that were carrying out prospecting works in the territorial waters between Venezuela and Guyana. Venezuela and Guyana are disputing to which of them these waters belong. On the faith of this communiqué, Guyana, followed by the United States and… Continue reading
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How a NeoCon-Backed “Fact Checker” Plans to Wage War on Independent Media by Whitney Webb
Soon after the social media “purge” of independent media sites and pages this past October, a top neoconservative insider — Jamie Fly — was caught stating that the mass deletion of anti-establishment and anti-war pages on Facebook and Twitter was “just the beginning” of a concerted effort by the U.S. government and powerful corporations to… Continue reading
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IRR News (21 December 2018 – 8 January 2019)
11 January 2019 — IRR Institute of Race Relations weekly digest – Against Racism, for Social Justice Happy New Year! The IRR marks the start of 2019 by remembering Barbara Harlow who died in January 2017 and A. Sivanandan who passed away a year ago. Continue reading
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Trump at the Rubicon
US President Donald Trump visited the southern border of the United States on Thursday, where he continued to peddle his lying claims that the country is in the jaws of a crisis caused by criminals and drugs flowing in from Mexico. Continue reading
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Corporate media smears WikiLeaks and Julian Assange By Oscar Grenfell
The coverage has the character of a coordinated political campaign, with the most sinister motives. Its aim is to legitimise the stepped-up persecution of Assange by the US and British governments, which are pursuing the journalist and publisher because of WikiLeaks’ exposures of their war crimes, diplomatic intrigues and illegal spying on the American and… Continue reading
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Integrity Initiative: Covert British Military-Smear Machine Moving into US
After mobilizing a disinformation campaign across Europe, documents show that the Integrity Initiative is now infiltrating the U.S., report Max Blumenthal and Mark Ames. Continue reading
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NSA: Cybersecurity: When Hackers Went to the Hill — Revisiting the L0pht Hearings of 1998
More than 20 years ago, in May 1998, seven hackers from the Boston-based “hacker think tank” L0pht Heavy Industries, appeared alongside Dr. Peter Neumann, a private sector expert on computer security, before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs for one of the first-ever Congressional hearings focusing specifically on cybersecurity. Continue reading
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Ocean warming sets new records year after year
Heat trapped by greenhouse gases is raising ocean temperatures faster than previously thought, concludes an analysis of four recent ocean-heating observations. The results provide further evidence that earlier claims of a slowdown or “hiatus” in global warming over the past 15 years were unfounded. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 10 January 2019: Raising the Bar on Green New Deal; Ocasio-Cortez, Socialism & Austerity; Phony Resistance Won’t Beat Trump
10 January 2019 — Black Agenda Report Raising the Bar on the Green New Deal – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor 20 million jobs. Medicare For All, and decent affordable housing. Free college tuition and student loan forgiveness. Zero emissions by 2030. That’s a Green New Deal Continue reading
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Selected Articles: Media Disinformation and The Protest Movement
10 January 2019 — Global Research In Pictures: The Largest Strike in History Is Happening in India Right Now By Ben Cowles, January 09, 2019 Around 150 million people began a two-day general strike in India today against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-Labour and anti-trade union policies in India. Continue reading
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Britain: could there be a second EU referendum?
Theresa May’s decision last year to postpone the vote on her Brexit deal has done little other than provide a brief respite from her insoluble dilemma. Her negotiated package remains hated by all sides. Rather than bringing people round to her proposal, the Christmas period has hardened the resolve of Brexiteers and Remainers alike. Continue reading
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OCA: Ben & Jerry’s; Tainted Tortillas; Deer; Pinapple Poison; Farm Talk; Reading Matter
10 January 2019 — Organic Consumers Association TOP NEWS OF THE WEEK Good News! Photo: Julie David, CC BY-ND 2.0 Nothing like starting the year with some good news, for once. We’re happy to report that consumers have won round one in our legal battle to hold Ben & Jerry’s accountable for its advertising and marketing claims. Continue reading
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The Secret Logistics of America’s Global Deep State By Eric Zuesse
The world’s largest embassy is situated in the Green Zone and fortified by three walls, another barrier of concrete slabs, followed by barbed wire fences and a wall of sandbags. It covers an area of 104 acres, six times larger than UN headquarters in New York and ten times larger than the new embassy Washington… Continue reading
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Something Really Bad Is Being Prepared for the Palestinians in Gaza By Motasem A DALLOUL
A senior member of the Hamas Political Bureau said on Monday that “the worst is still to come” as far as the Gaza Strip is concerned. Mousa Abu Marzook’s remarks followed the announcement by the Palestinian Authority that it will withdraw its security officers from the Rafah Border Crossing, the only route between Gaza and… Continue reading
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The EU votes for the installation of new US missiles in Europe By Manlio Dinucci
The member States of the European Union have unanimously aligned themselves with the military strategy of their American big brother. They have accepted that their own territory may transform itself into a nuclear battleground in the case of conflict between the United States and Russia. Continue reading
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Irish passport card holders to be fingerprinted under new EU rules
New EU rules on national identity cards and travel documents will “compel Ireland to introduce fingerprinting” of all holders of the Irish passport card, according to a document circulated by the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU. Continue reading
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