August 2019
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The Queen’s Active Role in the Right Wing Coup By Craig Murray
Our obsequious media is actively perpetuating the myth than the monarch can do no wrong, and is apolitical. In fact the monarchy has been active and absolutely central to the seizure of power from the Westminster parliament in a right wing coup. Yesterday’s collaboration at Balmoral between the Queen and Jacob Rees Mogg is only… Continue reading
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‘We are waiting for war’: Lebanese say Israel has gone too far
Almost everyone in Lebanon appears to agree. “This time Israel went too far. In just two days, it bombed three countries,” I am told by a local UN staffer based in Beirut. Continue reading
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The Saker interviews Max van der Werff about the MH-17 conspiracy
MH17 is to Novorussia, what the Markale (also see here) has been to Bosnia and Racak (also see here) has been to Kosovo: a typical false flag operation which pursued two goals: first, of course, to justify a military aggression and, second, to force everybody to chose one of two options: first, either pretend to… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 29 August 2019: Warren Woos Corporate Dems / Jay-Z and Epstein: “Class” Mates / Black Alliance for Peace Confronts Militarist Pols / slick Willie Rides Again!
29 August 2019 — Black Agenda Report Is Warren Talented Enough to Betray the People as Masterfully as Obama? Glen Ford, BAR executive editor Elizabeth Warren is seen as a counter Bernie Sanders, but she will melt (like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris) if she stops raising Democrats’ expectations to bust corporate power. Jeffery Epstein,… Continue reading
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Johnson to suspend UK parliament to push through Brexit in a major assault on democratic rule By Chris Marsden
Known as proroguing, the move followed a visit by three Privy Council members, led by arch Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg. It means that parliament will stop meeting no earlier than Monday September 9 and no later than Thursday September 12, until Monday October 14. This is designed to cut the ground from beneath most MPs seeking… Continue reading
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Bojo’s Parliamentary Coup News Links 28 August 2019
28 August 2019 • 20:35 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back We shouldn’t be surprised. These are other times Boris Johnson has shown he doesn’t give a s**t about democracy Is This a Coup? Continue reading
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Julian Assange: Deprivation of Justice and Double Standards in Belmarsh Prison
Alfred de Zayas, former UN Rapporteur, has described the actions of the British authorities in pursuit of Assange as “… contrary to the rule of law and contrary to the spirit of the law.” What we see on the surface is an illusion of British justice, masking a political agenda behind it. Continue reading
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China News Links 28 August 2019
28 August 2019 — The New Dark Age What Is Happening in Hong Kong? https://www.globalresearch.ca/what-happening-hong-kong/5687331 Today’s Links 28 August 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/08/todays-links_28.html Continue reading
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Washington invokes “domestic terrorism” to justify police state rule
Behind the backs of the population, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers, military leaders and intelligence agents are engaged in a secret operation to endow the executive branch with dictatorial powers to suppress social opposition in the United States. Continue reading
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Clinical psychologist Lissa Johnson: They are trying to break Assange “physically and psychologically” By Oscar Grenfell
Australian clinical psychologist Lissa Johnson has been an outspoken defender of Julian Assange, writing extensively on the grave implications of his persecution for democratic rights and freedom of speech. Continue reading
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“Terrified” Israel escalates attacks across region
Israel is escalating its attacks across the region, with bombing and drone raids in recent days in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. Continue reading
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Breaking The Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange
The same media that has spent years dragging Assange’s name through the mud is now engaging in a blackout on his treatment. If you are waiting for corporate media pundits to defend freedom of the press, you’re going to be disappointed. Continue reading
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From “Spook Air” to the “Lolita Express”: The Genesis and Evolution of the Jeffrey Epstein-Bill Clinton Relationship
Far from being the work of a single political party, intelligence agency or country, the power structure revealed by the network connected to Epstein is nothing less than a criminal enterprise that is willing to use and abuse children in the pursuit of ever more power, wealth and control. Continue reading
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How UK food standards are already falling to accommodate American trade deal
Analysis now shows that as a direct result of government cuts to the agencies responsible for the food chain in Britain, there is already a dramatic decline in standards. This decline is associated not with standards but with enforcement but the result in meat products, for instance, is a 50% increase of reported cases of… Continue reading
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UK: Johnson considers suspending parliament to enforce no-deal Brexit By Robert Stevens
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering every possible means to prevent a challenge to Brexit, up to and including the proroguing of parliament. Continue reading
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Divisions between major powers widen at G7 summit By Nick Beams
The G7 meeting held in France over the weekend marks another stage in the breakdown of the post-war capitalist order with the major imperialist powers becoming embroiled in a series of conflicts of the kind that led to the outbreak of World War II eighty years ago. Continue reading
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BBC Fake News on 5G Decoded: Health Impacts Denied Despite Overwhelming Scientific Evidence By Claire Edwards
While I applaud your efforts to bring to public notice the concerns about 5G being rolled out without a single prior test to ascertain its implications for health or safety, and your success in finally persuading the BBC to at least mention some of those concerns, albeit via a rather minor and short radio programme rather… Continue reading
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China News Links 25-26 August 2019
26 August 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back The Great Switch: The Geo-Politics of Looming Recession https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/26/the-great-switch-the-geo-politics-of-looming-recession/ Trump says US and China to resume trade talks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49471713 Continue reading
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Amazonian Fake News
Just before the opening of the Biarritz G7, an intense disinformation campaign was launched in the international press with the complicity of French President, Emmanuel Macron and the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. It aims to allow Europeans to control the Amazon, its minerals, its pharmaceutical treasures and its precious woods. Continue reading
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Hong Kong and the Audacity of the United States By Peter Koenig
People often ask and hint at the similarities between the Hong Kong protests and the French Yellow Vests. The former started on 31 March and are approaching their 19th week – the Yellow Vests (YV) have celebrated last weekend their 40th week of protests. As of recently some voices of Macron-infiltrates into the YV movement – or… Continue reading
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