July 8, 2019
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Iran News Links 8 July 2019
8 July 2019 • 18:35 — The New Dark Age Piracy on the High Seas… US and British Aim to Sink Iran Nuclear Deal by Finian Cunningham https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/piracy-on-the-high-seas-us-and-british-aim-to-sink-iran-nuclear-deal-by-finian-cunningham/ US and Europe to Iran: Do as We Say, Not as We Do — Or Else! https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-europe-iran-do-we-say-not-we-do/5683020 Continue reading
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‘Weaponizing human rights’: UN chief Bachelet’s Venezuela report follows US regime change script
Former UN special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas slams UN High Commissioner Bachelet’s report on Venezuela as a politicized collection of baseless accusations by “advocates of regime change” Continue reading
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Amazon’s 25th anniversary: A conglomerate based on parasitism and exploitation
Last week, Amazon commemorated its 25th anniversary. From its beginnings in a garage in Seattle, Washington, Amazon has grown into a multinational technology conglomerate with a market capitalization of nearly one trillion dollars. Continue reading
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Giant US healthcare corporations fear hostile takeover by high-tech companies By Benjamin Mateus
UnitedHealth Group Inc. brought a lawsuit earlier this year against a former information technology executive, David Smith, accusing him of stealing trade secrets and taking them to his new employer. This was the still unnamed joint venture known as ABC, a healthcare initiative that was launched in 2018 by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase… Continue reading
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US Now Admits it is Funding “Occupy Central” By Tony Cartalucci
Just as the US admitted shortly after the so-called “Arab Spring” began spreading chaos across the Middle East that it had fully funded, trained, and equipped both mob leaders and heavily armed terrorists years in advance, it is now admitted that the US State Department through a myriad of organizations and NGOs is behind the… Continue reading
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Venezuela News Links 8 July 2019
8 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Guaido agrees to new round of talks with Maduro, but only to ‘end the dictatorship’ https://www.rt.com/news/463607-venezuela-talks-guaido-demand/ Venezuela’s opposition agrees to meet with country’s authorities in Barbados https://tass.com/world/1067460 Continue reading
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How Stupid Do They Think We Are? By Patrick Armstrong
Consumers of the print or electronic output of the League of Copy Typists and their Instructors are expected to believe many impossible things and believe them, not just before breakfast, but all day too. Continue reading
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China News Links 7-8 July 2019
8 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Cooperation with Africa: You Can have None, as the West Got it All https://journal-neo.org/2019/07/08/cooperation-with-africa-you-can-have-none-as-the-west-got-it-all/ One year since the start of US trade war against China http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/08/trad-j08.html Continue reading
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The super-rich are damaging the environment
In this opinion piece, Oxford University’s Danny Dorling argues that the world’s richest 1% are disproportionately damaging the environment. Continue reading
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Bought Politicians By Craig Murray
Between just 28 May and 10 June Boris Johnson received £235,500 in “private” donations, to himself personally, as he prepares to become the UK’s unelected Prime Minister. Continue reading
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Tired of Being Ignored, Refugees in Calais Are Learning to Do Their Own Press
Tired of being ignored or misrepresented, refugees stranded at the British border had arranged for a media trainer to travel from London to deliver a crash course in dealing with reporters ahead of World Refugee Week, which they marked by organising their own press conference. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 7-8 July 2019
8 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Paris Police Teargas Peaceful Climate Demonstrators https://socialistproject.ca/2019/07/paris-police-teargas-peaceful-climate-demonstrators/ SEP (Australia) holds rally in Brisbane to demand freedom for Assange and Manning http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/08/rally-j08.html Continue reading
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Guilt of anti-semitism now needs no evidence By Jonathan Cook
A deadly serious tweet at the weekend from Armando Iannucci, the comedy writer responsible for the hugely popular Westminster TV satire show The Thick of It, reveals something significant about the problem of resolving the so-called Labour anti-semitism “crisis”. In response to a tweet by a follower discussing my recent blog post entitled “The plot… Continue reading
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