June 20, 2019
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Iran Newslinks 20 June 2019
20 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day US refutes reports on reconnaissance drone allegedly being shot down over Iran https://tass.com/world/1064637 Growing war danger as Pentagon presents new “evidence” Iran struck tankers http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/20/iran-j20.html US-Turkey conflict nears breaking point http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/20/ustu-j20.html Continue reading
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Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview With Noam Chomsky
Alan MacLeod interviewed Noam Chomsky via Skype on March 13, 2018, for MacLeod’s new book Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent. They discussed the origins of the classic work of media criticism (co-authored with Edward Herman) Manufacturing Consent, the role of that book’s “propaganda model” today, Google and Facebook, Donald Trump and Russia, fake news and Syria. This is a… Continue reading
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Explained: War on Venezuela (Part 1)
In this first episode of a three-part explainer series on the international war on Venezuela, Peoples Dispatch will take a look at the sanctions that have been imposed on the country and the debilitating impact these measures have on the lives of the people. Continue reading
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Dissenting paper on Douma attack exposes ‘compromised reporting & analysis’ by OPCW – MIT professor
The OPCW failed to include evidence on the Douma “chemical attack” that contradicts the West’s favored narrative in its final report, so the resulting document is inherently compromised, an MIT professor said. Continue reading
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The Red Locomotive in Brussels? Interview with the Workers’ Party of Belgium
On 27 May, Europe woke up to what seemed like a new stage in the resurgence of the far-right and reactionary forces and a major retreat for left in the elections to the European parliament. But the story looked different in Belgium, which saw a political earthquake as the far-left Workers’ party (PTB/PDVA) won big… Continue reading
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UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer Becomes One of Assange’s Most Vocal Advocates
“Here [in Assange’s case] we are not speaking of prosecution but of persecution. That means that judicial power, institutions and proceedings are being deliberately abused for ulterior motives.” — Nils Melzer, UN Rapporteur on Torture Continue reading
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Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Facility Leaking as Watchdog Finds Israel Has Nearly 100 Nukes by Whitney Webb
Israel is one of only five nations in the world that refuse to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, an international treaty aimed at ending the proliferation of nuclear weapons and achieving global nuclear disarmament. Continue reading
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