August 19, 2019
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Black Caucus in Thrall, or Fear, of Israel By Glen Ford
“The Israelis may have finally stepped on the third rail of congressional relations, with their joint decision with President Trump to ban Omar and Tlaib.” Continue reading
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Syria – Army Cuts Off Khan Shaykhun – Russia Bombs Turkish Reinforcement
Today the Syrian army gained fire control over the M5 highway north of Khan Shaykhun. Continue reading
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Behind a made-for-TV Hong Kong protest narrative, Washington is backing nativism and mob violence
Hong Kong’s increasingly xenophobic protests are devolving into chaos with help from US government regime-change outfits and a right-wing local media tycoon with close ties to hardliners in Washington. Continue reading
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Labour Party revokes Electronic Intifada press pass
Last month, the Labour Party approved a press pass for The Electronic Intifada’s Asa Winstanley to cover its annual conference next month. But last week the UK opposition party’s press team claimed in an email to Winstanley that “Your application has not been approved.” Continue reading
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FULL VIDEO: CN LIVE!: Webb on Epstein and the Guardian, the NYT and WikiLeaks: Episode 6
Episode 6 of CN Live! Whitney Webb’s powerful interview on Epstein and Mark Davis on The Guardian, the NYT, WikiLeaks and the publication of the Afghan War Logs. Continue reading
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Recessions, monetary easing and fiscal stimulus
As the stock markets of the world gyrate up and down like a yo-yo, all talk in the financial media is on whether a new global recession is coming and when. The financial pundits search for economic or financial indicators that might guide them to tell. The favourite one is the ‘inverted bond yield curve’. … Continue reading
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American media shuts down the Epstein story By Patrick Martin
The corporate-controlled media in the United States has effectively shut down all reporting on the death of the politically connected multi-millionaire sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, only one week after his body was discovered in a prison cell in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. Continue reading
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Offering Choice but Delivering Tyranny: The Corporate Capture of Agriculture by Colin Todhunter
Many lobbyists talk a lot about critics of genetic engineering technology denying choice to farmers. They say that farmers should have access to a range of tools and technologies to maximise choice and options. At the same time, somewhat ironically, they decry organic agriculture and proven agroecological approaches, presumably because these practices have no need for… Continue reading
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America’s “Hybrid War” against China has Entered a New Phase By Christopher Black
The hybrid war, being conducted against China by the United States and its gaggle of puppet states from the UK to Canada to Australia, has entered a new phase. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 