July 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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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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