June 2019
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The EU Votes and the CIA Wins Again By Aidan O’Brien
The European Union voted last month but not one of its 21st century war crimes and war criminals were a topic of conversation. The real possibility of a nuclear war between the EU and Russia wasn’t an issue either. The great European economic crime – bank bailouts and austerity – was brushed aside too. Instead… Continue reading
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Explaining Russia’s Position on Idlib
Over the past five years my work in the information space has been consciously aimed at explaining why the Russian military does and doesn’t do certain things, whether it be in relation to Ukraine, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Venezuela, etc, and why demanding that Putin bombs everything in sight is exactly what the CIA wants so-called… Continue reading
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Odd NYT ‘Correction’ Exculpates British Government And CIA From Manipulating Trump Over Skripal Novichok Incident
A piece in the New York Times showed how in March 2018 Trump was manipulated by the CIA and MI6 into expelling 60 Russian diplomats. Eight weeks after it was published the New York Times ‘corrects’ that narrative and exculpates the CIA and MI6 of that manipulation. Its explanation for the correction makes little sense. Continue reading
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Warring Against Sources: The Australian National Security State, Journalism and the Public Interest By Dr. Binoy Kampmark
These are dark times for journalists and publishers. It did not seem coincidental that Annika Smethurst, a News Corp journalist and political affairs editor, would be a target of an Australian Federal Police warrant. Chelsea Manning, courtesy of a ruling by Judge Anthony Trenga, remains in federal custody in the United States. Julian Assange is… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 5-6 June 2019
6 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Repression of North Korean Diplomats – Another Red Herring from the Chosun Ilbo https://journal-neo.org/2019/06/06/repression-of-north-korean-diplomats-another-red-herring-from-the-chosun-ilbo/ China to establish its first rural investment management bank on Hainan http://tass.com/economy/1061955 Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 6 June 2019
6 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Bipartisan Support for Trump’s Aggressive Iran Policy Reveals the Hollowness of Russiagate The US is Waging a Quiet Scientific War Against Iran Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 6 June 2019
6 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day UN Special Rapporteur on Torture warns Julian Assange could die in prison Warring Against Sources: The Australian National Security State, Journalism and the Public Interest By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Continue reading
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China Newslinks 6 June 2019
6 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Which Is Bigger, Which Is Smaller, The Bull Or The China Shop RUSSIA AND CHINA DEEPEN STRATEGIC COOPERATION https://southfront.org/russian-and-china-deepen-strategic-cooperation/ Continue reading
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Don’t Despair Because Of The Climate Collapse. Use It As A Motivator For Revolution
To confront the climate crisis, we all need to reassess how we view our place in life. As we head for a future where the water levels could be raised seven feet by 2100, where large parts of the planet will become uninhabitable because of how hot they’ll be, and where fascism and violence proliferate as a consequence of… Continue reading
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Corporate Media Have Second Thoughts About Exiling Julian Assange From Journalism
“Democracy dies in darkness,” reads the Washington Post slogan—though apparently sometimes it’s good to put people in prison for exposing government wrongdoing (4/11/19). Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 6 June 2019
6 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Venezuela is repaying its $3.5 bln debt to Russia in good faith, says Putin VENEZUELA: Westerners have lost the ability to reason! (PART 15) Continue reading
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From Glyphosate to Front Groups: Fraud, Deception and Toxic Tactics By Colin Todhunter
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Editor-in-Chief of the British Medical Journal and the British Medical Association Council Chairman, Chaand Nagpaul. Her purpose is to not only draw attention to the impact of biocides, not least that of glyphosate, on health and the environment but also to bring attention to the corruption… Continue reading
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The global assault on jobs
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald titled “Investors cheer as Telstra wields the axe on costs” summed up the attitude of the corporate-financial oligarchy to the destruction of workers’ livelihoods and families. Continue reading
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The Western Media Is Key to Syria Deceptions By Jonathan Cook
By any reckoning, the claim made this week by al-Qaeda-linked fighters that they were targeted with chemical weapons by the Syrian government in Idlib province – their final holdout in Syria – should have been treated by the western media with a high degree of scepticism. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 6 June 2019: BLM Founder Wants To Shrink Black Lives; How To Protest Trump; Liz Warren Wants Green Bombs, Not Green New Deal
6 June 2019 — Black Agenda Report Black Lives Matter Founder Launches Huge Project to Shrink Black Lives – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor Alicia Garza and her crew conducted what they claim is the biggest survey of Black political opinion ever — but failed to ask a single question about foreign policy. Continue reading
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China Newslinks 5 June 2019
5 June 2019 • 20:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Dollar dump? Russia & China agree to bilateral trade in national currencies during Putin-Xi meeting https://www.rt.com/business/461147-russia-china-nuclear-reactors/ Trumponomics, American First, US-China Trade War–Audio Interview https://jackrasmus.com/2019/06/05/trumponomics-american-first-us-china-trade-war-audio-interview/ Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 5 June 2019
5 June 2019 • 20:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Journalists now fair game as police raid state broadcaster following US hounding of Assange http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/gzbMGVzro6U/ The Quds Day Panic of 2019 https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/the-quds-day-panic-of-2019/ Continue reading
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Australian Federal Police raid journalists over exposures of government spying, war crimes By Oscar Grenfell
Over the past 24 hours, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have carried out two raids targeting separate media organisations, for their publication of articles exposing government spying plans and war crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan. Continue reading
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More Police Raids As War On Journalism Escalates Worldwide by Caitlin Johnstone
The Australian Federal Police have conducted two raids on journalists and seized documents in purportedly unrelated incidents in the span of just two days. Continue reading
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After Assange’s Espionage Act Indictment, Police Move Against More Journalists for Publishing Classified Material
Less than two months after the arrest of journalist Julian Assange, and two weeks after his indictment under the Espionage Act, emboldened governments have sent the police after journalists who’ve challenged the state. Joe Lauria reports. Continue reading
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