July 2019
-
Russia’s Patrushev holds press conference following Russia US Israeli talks
Good afternoon. We have concluded the first trilateral meeting on the level of Secretaries of Councils of Defense of Russia, Israel, and the United States on the settlement issue. Russia has once again reconfirmed her adherence to the principles of the territorial integrity and unity of the Syrian Arab republic, as well as the goals… Continue reading
-
UK National Education Union and #SchoolCuts hold Together for Education rally By Tom Pearce
The June 21 #SchoolCuts campaign meeting at Westminster Hall in London was billed as a day to gather “together for education, a day of celebration, campaign planning and rallying.” Continue reading
-
China Newslinks 4 July 2019
4 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Why autoworkers need an international strategy http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/kell-j04.html What ever happened to the Energy Transition? https://londongreenleft.blogspot.com/2019/07/what-ever-happened-to-energy-transition.html Continue reading
-
Iran Newslinks 4 July 2019
4 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day On Eve Of 4th Of July Parade U.S. Attempts To Lure Iran Into Shooting Down Another U.S. Plane https://williambowles.info/2019/07/04/on-eve-of-4th-of-july-parade-u-s-attempts-to-lure-iran-into-shooting-down-another-u-s-plane/ US Senate votes to give Ukraine $300 million in military aid http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/ukra-j04.html Continue reading
-
Climate change, dust bowls, fishery collapse: metabolic rifts of capitalism and the need for socialism
Humankind and the environment are hurtling toward unprecedented ecological crises. Global warming, sea level rise, and weather extremes due to carbon emissions are catastrophic enough, but they will mix and combine with ocean acidification, air and chemical pollution, water shortages, deforestation, fishery collapse, soil erosion, and mass extinction, throwing both nature and society off a… Continue reading
-
The Unfinished Revolution, Impunity and Femicide in Venezuela By Aimee Zambrano
The month of July is beginning, a time awaited by children due to the arrival of holidays, a time to play and enjoy themselves with their families. This should have been the destiny of the 8 year old girl Carmen Sofía Speca, a little rush that was just beginning to live. Tragically, Carmen is one… Continue reading
-
From the “Destruction” of Chavismo to the Epicentre to the Anti-Imperialist Left By Arnold August
Who would have thought that, during the attempted coup d’état in Venezuela on January 23 and its immediate aftermath, Caracas would become, only five months later, the epicentre of the Latin American left? The XXV São Paulo Forum is planned for July 25–28 in the very Caracas that was supposed to be in the hands… Continue reading
-
On Eve Of 4th Of July Parade U.S. Attempts To Lure Iran Into Shooting Down Another U.S. Plane
Today a manned U.S. reconnaissance plane entered Iranian airspace in a clear attempt to provoke Iran into shooting it down. Such an incident would have created an occasion for Trump to give the American people a special 4th of July fireworks. Continue reading
-
Michael Hudson, David Harvey and Bertell Ollman: Three Marxist Takes On Climate Change, Left Forum 2019
Climate change is the main subject of the day, and rightly so. What do Marxists have to say that may be helpful in understanding it and hopefully (and it’s only a possibility) stopping it? Or, What is the relation between climate change and class struggle? Continue reading
-
Black Agenda Report 3 July 2019: Presente, Bruce Dixon / US Prison Concentration Camps / Militarism and Class War / Austerity and Racial Oppression
3 July 2019 — Black Agenda Report Bruce Dixon, In His Own Words Memorial services for Black Agenda Report managing editor Bruce Dixon will be held Saturday, July 6, 5:30pm to 7:30pm, at Hanley Shelton Funeral Home, 473 Lawrence St. NE, Marietta, Georgia, 30060 (770.426.6333). Continue reading
-
Venezuela UPDATE: Guaido supporters’ heart broken
Juan Guaido, the U.S.-backed self-proclaimed “interim president” has frustrated his supporters. His support is also getting lost. On the other hand, the Venezuelan government is gaining diplomatically. Continue reading
-
Labour grassroots want Chris Williamson back — poll Asa Winstanley
Labour’s grassroots overwhelmingly want left-wing MP Chris Williamson back in the party, a new poll found on Tuesday. Continue reading
-
Statewatch News Online, 3 July 2019 (15/19)
3 July 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/jul/email-3-7-19.pdf Please to support our work News 3 July 2019 (15/19) Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org STATEWATCH NEWS 1. Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (18-24.6.19) 2. EU: Working Paper: Guidelines on temporary arrangements for disembarkation 3. EU: Non paper – Increasing transparency and accountability of the… Continue reading
-
Iran Newslinks 3 July 2019
3 July 2019 • 18:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Today’s links http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/07/todays-links_3.html The JCPOA Nuclear Deal: Why Europe Cannot Use the ‘Snap Back’ Mechanism Against Iran https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-jcpoa-nuclear-deal-why-europe-cannot-use-the-snap-back-mechanism-against-iran/5682535 Continue reading
-
US eyes Sri Lanka as its military logistics hub By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
The Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on 21st April in which 259 people were killed and over 500 injured were initially attributed to the Islamic State (IS). But no hard evidence is available to substantiate such a reading and it remains an open question as to the perpetrators. What lends enchantment to the… Continue reading
-
The scandal-stricken company taking over UK chicken
After six months of investigation, the Bureau can reveal how a Brazilian meat producer that had to pay record fines for corruption is still buying beef from a company that illegally grazes cattle on felled areas of Amazon rainforest — and has quietly taken over huge swathes of UK chicken production. Continue reading
-
Book Review: Confronting the rising tide of marine disease
Warming the climate and polluting the sea is leading to explosive outbreaks of new infectious diseases Continue reading
-
NewsGuard is ‘Reviewing’ Every Indy Media Site on the Web – READ Their Email Exchange with Waking Times
If you’re half awake today you already know that in the last couple of years we have officially entered the era of digital censorship. Independent media organizations with hard-earned followings have been de-platformed from social media and have been ejected from online business services, bankrupting many of them. This happens mostly for ambiguous reasons relating… Continue reading
-
U.S. Intensifies Actions for New Destabilizing Scenario. La Corriente Analysis
A few days ago, on June 26, Minister Jorge Rodríguez informed the country about the dismantling of a new coup d’état and assassination plot. With the information and evidence presented by Rodriguez it was confirmed, once again, that the plans of the U.S. and the Venezuelan right wing to violently overthrow the constitutional government of… Continue reading
-
How To Spot A Twitter Troll By Craig Murray
It is a matter of simple fact that the British government employs a very large number of people whose full time job is to influence the political narrative on social media. The 77th Brigade of the British Army, the Integrity Initiative, MI5 and MI6 and GCHQ all run major programmes of covert online propaganda. These information warriors operate on twitter, facebook, and… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 