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/
9 July 2019 — 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 having stayed the president’s hand in response to recent calls for retaliation against Iran. The vindication of Carlson’s earlier scepticism about the Douma allegations would not have been lost on the Commander in Chief. So even if the battle for his ear is not over, as the New York Times cautions, this is still encouraging news for those who – like the OPCW whistleblower who leaked the Henderson document – want to do the right thing and speak out with the truth even in the face of corruption and intimidation.
9 July 2019 — 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. I should start by explaining the FCO telegram system. The communications are nowadays effectively encrypted emails, though still known as “telegrams”: to the Americans “cables”. They are widely distributed. These Darroch telegrams would be addressed formally to the Foreign Secretary but have hundreds of other recipients, in the FCO, No.10, Cabinet Office, MOD, DFID, other government departments, MI6, GCHQ, and in scores of other British Embassies abroad. The field of suspects is therefore immense.
9 July 2019 — Jonathan Cook
Jewish mayor calls on residents to raise Israeli flags and play Hebrew music as mother and son barred from playground
Middle East Eye – 9 July 2019
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.
9 July 2019 — New Eastern Outlook
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, just who is this economic superhero who tells everybody about Putin’s billions?
9 July 2019 — The Canary
The Labour Party has raised “serious concerns” about a major propaganda offensive airing on 10 July on BBC One.
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9 July 2019 — Global Research
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 analysing evidence before making a decision regarding procedure. So, how is it possible she is now not in a position to interview him – yet two months ago she requested his detention so that she could issue a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) against him and start an extradition process?
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
8 July 2019 — TRNN
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
8 July 2019 — Michael Roberts Blog
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.
8 July 2019 — Jonathan Cook
TB Joshua is the latest in a wave of pro-Zionist preachers taking an active interest in Israel – and Palestinians will pay the price
Middle East Eye – 8 July 2019
The recent arrival of Africa’s most popular televangelist preacher, TB Joshua, to address thousands of foreign pilgrims in Nazareth produced a mix of consternation and anger in the city of Jesus’s childhood.
8 July 2019 — Internationalist 360°
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 country should summon us to a serious effort of debate and reflection to seek answers from a transformative perspective aimed at finding a real and possible horizon to overcome the crisis.
8 July 2019 — InfoRos
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…
Johanna Ross, journalist
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