July 2019
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Sign the International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space
“Telecommunications companies worldwide, with the support of governments, are poised within the next two years to roll out the fifth-generation wireless network (5G). This is set to deliver what is acknowledged to be unprecedented societal change on a global scale. We will have “smart” homes, “smart” businesses, “smart” highways, “smart” cities and self-driving cars. Continue reading
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Sur Baher home demolitions illustrate a vicious spiral of oppression in Palestine By Jonathan Cook
Recent events have shone a spotlight not only on how Israel is intensifying its abuse of Palestinians under its rule, but the utterly depraved complicity of western governments in its actions. Continue reading
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The Discovery and Rediscovery of Metabolic Rift
Video: Ian Angus discusses the scientific developments that led Marx to develop metabolic rift theory, and a new generation to rediscover it in our time. Continue reading
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FIRST QUARTER 2019 REPORT ON THE RATES OF TURNOVER, EXPLOITATION AND SURPLUS FOR THE US ECONOMY
28 July 2019 — theplanningmotivedotcom USA first quarter 2019 report pdf (report) GRAPHS rate of exploitation & surplus value (spreadsheet) [I thought the following postscript to the USA first quarter report worth reproducing here. WB] A short note on the UK. “Levelling up” or an unguarded level crossing with a train approaching. As expected Boris Johnson Continue reading
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20 Essential Books on Marxist Ecology (Updated)
27 July 2019 — Climate & Capitalism As the great American labor organizer and socialist Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones said: “Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.” by Ian Angus It’s two years since I published my last Essential Reading list. Since then I’ve received many suggestions for additions, and many new books have Continue reading
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The Malaysian Airlines MH17 Tragedy, Suppression and Tampering of the Evidence. New Documentary
A new documentary from Max van der Werff, the leading independent investigator of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 disaster, has revealed breakthrough evidence of tampering and forging of prosecution materials; suppression of Ukrainian Air Force radar tapes; and lying by the Dutch, Ukrainian, US and Australian governments. An attempt by agents of the US Federal… Continue reading
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Poisoned for Profit: Whether in the UK or India, We Are Not the Agrochemical Industry’s Guinea Pigs
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Chemicals Regulation Division (HSE) in the UK claiming that the glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup has poisoned her nature reserve in South Wales and is also poisoning people across the UK (she… Continue reading
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Mad King Boris News Links 26-27 July 2019
27 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Boris Johnson plans high speed Northern line to ‘turbo charge’ Richard Branson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/Pi21SSVIf1s/ Free speech advocate Jacob Rees-Mogg is literally banning his staff using certain words http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/q69Q6pHFz1s/ Continue reading
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Tanker Seizures and the Threat to the Global Economy from Resurgent Imperialism By Craig Murray
The British seizure of the Iranian tanker off Gibraltar was illegal. There is no doubt of that whatsoever. The Iranian response to the seizure of its tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar, by the seizure of a British Tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, was also illegal, though more understandable as a reaction. The implications… Continue reading
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Destabilizing Pakistan: Bookending Washington’s China Policy By Tony Cartalucci
Much is being said of US activities aimed at China. Recent protests in Hong Kong together with a US-led propaganda campaign aimed at Beijing’s attempts to quell a growing terrorist threat in Xinjiang are aimed at pressuring the nation to fall back into line within Washington’s enduring unipolar international order. Continue reading
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“MH17 – Call for Justice”
Bonanza media investigative team of independent journalists take exclusive interviews with one of the suspects of downing the MH17, Malaysian prime minister; colonel that collected black boxes and much more. Eye opening testimonies from witnesses and irrefutable evidence from experts. Exclusive footage shot in Malaysia, The Netherlands and at the crash area in Ukraine. Continue reading
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“Human Right Activists” Celebrate Facebook-Twitter Censorship
All Facebook and Twitter accounts associated with Bangkok-based geopolitical analyst Tony Cartalucci have been deleted. The extent to which both American-based tech companies went to target Cartalucci could be seen in a recent Reuters article reporting on it. Continue reading
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As the ocean waters rise, so do the islands of garbage: The 30th Newsletter 2019
26 July 2019 — The Tricontinental The Thirtieth Newsletter (2019) by Vijay Prashad Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 12 July 2019, a twelve-year-old girl from Gresik (Indonesia), Aeshnina Azzahra, wrote a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump. The letter was delivered to the U.S. embassy in Jakarta and Continue reading
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Tory councillor calls for Jeremy Corbyn to be hanged as bogus anti-Semitism campaign intensifies By Robert Stevens
On Wednesday, as Boris Johnson became prime minister, a Lincolnshire Conservative councillor, Roger Patterson, tweeted that Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn was a “traitor” and supporter of terrorism who should be “swinging from the gallows like Saddam Hussein.” Continue reading
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New British Prime Minister Faced with Two Major Challenges: Brexit and Iran
The two most pressing issues on newly appointed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plate right now are Brexit and Iran. Will the UK leave the EU on October 31st regardless of whether they have a new deal, as he has stated previously? Will he choose diplomacy with Iran over increased sanctions and a military confrontation? Continue reading
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Russian Foreign Ministry Slams Facts Distortion By MSM In Response To UK Decision To Fine RT
British media regulator Ofcom announced today its decision to impose a £200,000 fine on RT for what it referred to as serious failures to comply with broadcasting rules. Ofcom’s investigation found that RT “failed to preserve due impartiality” in seven news and current affairs programmes between March 17 and April 26, 2018. In its statement,… Continue reading
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Trump’s Vision for Africa? The 1960s By Wayne Madsen
Although Donald Trump can barely place a single country in Africa, his few utterances on the continent have yielded what can only be described as a nostalgia for the 1960s. It was a decade that saw three white minority-ruled governments ruling in South Africa, Rhodesia, and the South African territory of South-West Africa. All three… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 26 July 2019
26 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Today’s Links 26 July 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/07/todays-links_26.html Despite Mueller debacle, Democrats step up call for crackdown on “foreign meddling” https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/07/26/despite-mueller-debacle-democrats-step-up-call-for-crackdown-on-foreign-meddling/ Continue reading
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Boris Johnson – A Dangerous Yes Man to Washington
His past deplorable comments about the Skripal affair blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for ordering an assassination plot in England last year, plus his outrageous denigration of Russia’s World Cup as comparable to Nazi Germany holding the Olympic Games in 1936, demonstrate that this politician is unfit for office. He can only make relations with Russia… Continue reading
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PEPE ESCOBAR: US and Iran Stuck on Negotiation Ground Zero
All bets are off in the geopolitical insanity stakes when we have the President of the United States (POTUS) glibly announcing he could launch a nuclear first strike to end the war in Afghanistan and wipe it “off the face of the earth” in one week. But he’d rather not, so he doesn’t have to… Continue reading
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