July 15, 2019
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UK govt unveils plan to teach school kids about ‘fake news’… What could go wrong?
The British government is planning a new initiative which will aim to help schoolchildren distinguish real information from ‘fake news’ — in an eyebrow-raising move which could be described as a little bit Orwellian. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 15 July 2019
15 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Three Months Since Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher: UK Government Holds “Media Freedom” Conference While Imprisoning Assange Western Elites Spruik Media Freedom While Torturing Julian Assange In Belmarsh Supermax. But … Continue reading
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Iran News Links 15 July 2019
15 July 2019 • 19:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Europe scrambles to save Iran deal, warning it’s ‘very close’ to unraveling BRUSSELS — European diplomats gathering Monday to try to save the Iran nuclear deal warned Continue reading
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War by Other Means: Understanding and Challenging U.S. Sanctions Policies
Sanctions are often presented as a diplomatic and peaceful alternative to direct military engagement, sanctions ironically can have just as devastating outcomes. Addressing the situations of Cuba, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela, this 2019 Left Forum panel addresses the origins, implementation, and impact of US-imposed sanctions. Continue reading
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Mainstream Media Hide Skripal’s Connections to Russiagate-Trump Case By Eric Zuesse
News has slowly been getting out that the British Government’s account of the poisoning of the Skripals is a fabrication which had been done in order to escalate hostilities against Russia, and that when information from Democratic Party and Clinton campaign computers subsequently became either leaked or hacked to Wikileaks, the Democratic National Committee hired,… Continue reading
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The Guardian publishes, then censors Jewish open letter defending smeared pro-Corbyn Labour MP Chris Williamson By Ben Norton
Britain’s leading newspaper The Guardian, which has relentlessly attacked Jeremy Corbyn and his leftist allies, published but then quickly removed an open letter signed by Noam Chomsky defending Labour MP Chris Williamson from “anti-Semitism” smears. Continue reading
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As Cost of Climate Crisis Grows, Climate Movement Escalates
14 July 2019 — Dissident Voice by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers The warnings of climate chaos are coming so fast they are difficult to keep up with. Storms, heatwaves and climate-related weather disasters are increasing at a rapid pace. The leadership of the two corporate-dominated political parties are trying to keep the climate issue Continue reading
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Iran Faces US Aggression and European Hypocrisy, but this Time It’s Ready
Leaders and politicians of the self-proclaimed free and civilised world – along with some human rights organisations, major media outlets, and state-affiliated public figures – express their unique form of collective inhumanity through absolute silence. After all, repeated threats of a nuclear holocaust and genocide by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump are deeply imbedded… Continue reading
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