July 9, 2019
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Iran News Links 9 July 2019
9 July 2019 • 15:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day US steps up threats as Iran exceeds uranium enrichment cap The Many Lies That Iran Hawks Tell https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/07/09/many-lies-that-iran-hawks-tell/ Continue reading
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Has OPCW whistleblower helped prevent war with Iran? by Tim Hayward
“If he’s right, the United States went to the brink of war on the basis of fraudulent information.” So says President Trump’s adviser Tucker Carlson speaking on his Fox News show about Ian Henderson – he’s the OPCW engineering expert whose assessment of the alleged 2018 Douma chemical attack was recently leaked to the public. Carlson is credited with since… Continue reading
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Kim Darroch – the Simple Explanation By Craig Murray
The media is full of over-complicated theories as to who might have leaked Kim Darroch’s diplomatic telegrams giving his candid view on the Trump administration. Continue reading
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Entry ban at Israeli city park provokes apartheid warnings By Jonathan Cook
The barring of a lawyer and her infant from a public park in the Galilee last week has triggered a legal battle over whether local authorities in Israel can segregate citizens on a racial basis. Continue reading
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Academic Buffoons are Public Enemy No. 1: The Worst Corruption of All By Phil Butler
If you were to search for a poster boy for the failed supercapitalism of the west, Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Anders Åslund fits the bill like no one else. Anytime the liberal world order needs to take a poke at Russia’s Putin, they call up the Swedish economist like a really weasely Captain America. But,… Continue reading
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Labour raises ‘serious concerns’ about a major BBC propaganda offensive about to be aired
The Labour Party has raised “serious concerns” about a major propaganda offensive airing on 10 July on BBC One. Continue reading
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Swedish Prosecutors: ‘It’s Not on the Cards’ to Interview Assange – After Hanging Arrest Warrant Over Him for Seven Years By Nina Cross
Swedish prosecutors have this week announced that for the time being they will not be issuing a European Investigation Order (EIO) to interview Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks. According to Sweden’s Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson,”…it is currently not on the cards to issue a European investigation order…” For now, they will be… Continue reading
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Venezuela News Links 9 July 2019
9 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Maduro says he is hopeful about Barbados talks with Venezuelan opposition Venezuela – The Bachelet Lie Continue reading
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David Harvey: The Persistence of Neoliberalism Despite its Loss of Legitimacy (1/2)
Neoliberalism continues in national and transnational institutions, even though it has lost legitimacy as an ideology and has even penetrated progressive thinking, argues Prof. David Harvey Continue reading
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Greece: completing the vicious circle
So the full circle is completed. The corrupt pro-business conservative New Democracy party in Greece that was ousted by the anti-capitalist Syriza party in 2015 has been returned to office in yesterday’s general election, with an outright majority over all other parties. Continue reading
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How Evangelical Christians risk setting the Middle East on fire
TB Joshua is the latest in a wave of pro-Zionist preachers taking an active interest in Israel – and Palestinians will pay the price Continue reading
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Necessary Reflection: Where are We Going? What Do We Do?
These are the questions that we most ask ourselves in these times of crisis, uncertainty, anguish in the face of our own destiny and that of the country. For those of us who are concerned with the commitment to make humanity fairer and are part of the Bolivarian historical watershed, the current picture of the… Continue reading
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The UK deep state campaign against Jeremy Corbyn surfaces… BY Johanna Ross
Since long-time social justice and peace activist Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the UK Labour party, the establishment has been out to get him. But recent developments indicate just how far his opponents are willing to go… Continue reading
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