June 18, 2019
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An update
18 June 2019 — The New Dark Age I won’t be updating the site between the 20th and the 24th June as I will be out of town. As a point of interest, the site now has 20,770 stories posted since 2010 when I moved over to WordPress. The work posted between 2003, when it Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 17-18 June 2019
18 June 2019 • 19:15 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Tanker War In Persian Gulf And US-Iranian Conflict Russia has no intelligence data on the incident in the Gulf of Oman Continue reading
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Why China Is Confident It Can Withstand US Pressure
On 1 June 2019, Beijing introduced higher tariffs on around $60 billion worth of US products. This was in response to a decision by the US government on 10 May 2019 to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10 per cent to 25 per cent. Later, US President Donald Trump ordered… Continue reading
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Free trade fiction & crumbs of hope By Terry Bell
As the world continues to stagger through ongoing social and economic instability, crumbs of hope are still being tossed to increasingly restive and increasingly unemployed working people. The latest large crumb concerning Africa comes in the form of the loudly trumpeted free trade zone. Continue reading
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Turkey begins to openly combat Syrian troops
The Defense Ministry of Turkey officially confirmed on June 16, 2019 that Turkish artillery was involved in shelling Syrian governmental army positions near Tell Bazam in the “de-escalation zone” in the northwest of the Idlib province. This was allegedly “made in agreement with the Russian side as response to accurate data indicating from where two… Continue reading
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China Newslinks 18 June 2019
18 June 2019 — The New Dark Age Latest Preparatory Events for G20 Summit https://journal-neo.org/2019/06/18/latest-preparatory-events-for-g20-summit/ Putin, Lavrov And Xi Call For An End To MAD. Lord Russell’s Spectre Frowns https://orientalreview.org/2019/06/18/putin-lavrov-and-xi-call-for-an-end-to-mad-lord-russells-spectre-frowns/ Continue reading
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UK: Tory government positions itself as most loyal US ally against Iran By Chris Marsden
Britain intends to send special forces to the Gulf of Oman. Their stated mission is to protect UK warships amid rising tensions between the US and Iran. But politically their role will be to help consolidate the Conservative government’s position as the premier ally of the Trump administration, which is considered essential amid the escalating… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 18 June 2019
18 June 2019 • 13:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Assange faces extradition to US, as Western hypocrisy knows no bounds The Coming Show Trial of Julian Assange Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 17-18 June 2019
18 June 2019 • 15:15 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Venezuela the latest victim of West’s ‘virus-like’ black ops – Russian intel chief https://www.rt.com/news/462123-western-intelligence-influence-virus/ U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage that Is Deadly, Illegal and Ineffective https://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-sanctions-economic-sabotage-deadly-illegal-ineffective/5680928 Continue reading
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The Coming Show Trial of Julian Assange by Chris Hedges
On Friday morning I was in a small courtroom at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London. Julian Assange, held in Belmarsh Prison and dressed in a pale-blue prison shirt, appeared on a video screen directly in front of me. Assange, his gray hair and beard neatly trimmed, slipped on heavy, dark-frame glasses at the start of… Continue reading
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John Pilger: Extradition Process a ‘Very Long Uphill Road’ for Assange
Britain’s Home Secretary signed off on the U.S. request to extradite Julian Assange, and now UK courts will decide his fate. But if the process until now is any indication, he will not receive a fair hearing, says journalist and filmmaker John Pilger (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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War on Iran Stupidest Idea Yet Recorded in a Human Brain by David Swanson
Scientists not employed by ExxonMobil or named Neil DeGrasse Tyson have reached a universal consensus. Wanting the United States to attack Iran is the single stupidest idea yet recorded in a human brain. In the words of one, “It isn’t even close.” Continue reading
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US Cyber Attack on Russia’s Power Grid is an ‘Act of War’ (According to the US) by Dave Lindorff
Russia and the US are engaging in tit-for-tat hacking of each others’ power grid, the New York Times is reporting, in what is really a kind of cyber “cold war” where the hackers from each country’s military and intelligence services load electronic “explosives” in the computer systems of critical infrastructure of the other, that in… Continue reading
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Ottawa hires Hit Man to Overthrow Venezuelan Government by Yves Engler
The brazenness of Ottawa’s intervention in the South American country’s affairs is remarkable. Recently Global Affairs Canada tendered a contract for an individual to coordinate its bid to oust President Nicolás Maduro. According to buyandsell.gc.ca, the Special Advisor on Venezuela needs to be able to: Continue reading
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The Broader View Reveals the Ugliest of Prospects By Craig Murray
Standing back a little and surveying the events of the last couple of weeks, gives a bleak view of the current state of western democracy. Continue reading
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