August 2019
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The Misanthropic Bankers Behind the Green New Deal By Matthew Ehret
A vast sweeping change towards a “green economy” is now being pushed by forces that may make an educated citizen rather uncomfortable. Continue reading
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US Axis of Aggression in Gulf By Finian Cunningham
When Washington announced a few weeks ago the formation of a maritime “international coalition” to “protect shipping” in the Persian Gulf, many observers were skeptical. Now skepticism has rightly turned to alarm, as the proposed US-led “coalition” transpires to comprise a grand total of just three nations: the US, Britain and Israel. Continue reading
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Punishing the World With Sanctions By Philip Giraldi
Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they are certainly preferable, but no one should be under any illusions regarding what they actually represent. They are war by other means and they are also illegal unless authorized by… Continue reading
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Corbyn makes his pitch to head a “caretaker government” to stop no-deal Brexit By Chris Marsden
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday submitted a letter to opposition party leaders and backbench pro-Remain rebels offering to lead the struggle to oppose a no-deal Brexit. Continue reading
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Autopsy indicates death of Jeffrey Epstein likely due to strangulation By Matthew Taylor
A report from an autopsy performed on multi-millionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has revealed that he suffered broken bones in his neck during his alleged suicide by hanging last week. Continue reading
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After Epstein – Assange?
By TruePublica: For everything that now happens in the next stage of the Jeffrey Epstein story, one thing is guaranteed – almost no-one will really believe what the authorities say. The central core of distrust in America is the state itself. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Iran, Bin-Laden, Gaddafi and others are all modern-day stories washed… Continue reading
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John Bolton visit – Forcing Britain’s hand over Huawei, Iran and China before Trade Deal
By TruePublica: There were many public protests with the arrival of Donald Trump to the shores of Britain and contrary to his own beliefs, Trump is not well-liked at all by ordinary British citizens. What was strange though was the fact that there were no protests at all in Britain for the arrival of one… Continue reading
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China News Links 15 August 2019
15 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Hong Kong protests: UK should not interfere, says Chinese ambassador https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49356495 Russia to take part in China’s innovation week on Hainan https://tass.com/economy/1073653 Continue reading
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Jeffrey Epstein News Links 15 August 2019
15 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Todays links 15 August 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/08/todays-links_15.html Epstein Autopsy Finds Evidence He May Have Been Murdered http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/aHqCn7krP18/epstein-autopsy-finds-evidence-he-may-have-been-murdered.html Continue reading
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Still no explanation for death of Epstein in prison By a reporter
The warden of the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), the federal prison in Manhattan where money manager and accused sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died Saturday, has been transferred to a desk job in Philadelphia, while the two guards on duty at the time of Epstein’s death have been placed on administrative leave. Continue reading
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The truth about the UK’s special relationship with Israel
By TruePublica: Britain does not have a special relationship with the USA. It is, and has been since the end of the World War, a subservient inferior ‘partner’ doing what it is told. Britain stands next to the schoolyard thug and tries not to be a victim of it. Likewise, Britain acquiesces to Israel –… Continue reading
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Hospital workers strike spreads throughout France By Anthony Torres
The strike by French hospital workers against the Macron administration’s healthcare legislation, which came into force in March, is spreading throughout the country. Of the 478 emergency services in the country, 216 are now involved in the movement that began in March and involved 80 hospitals by June. Continue reading
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UK: Bradford NHS workers vote to strike against privatisation By Richard Tyler
Hospital workers in Bradford, England, facing the backdoor privatisation of their jobs have voted to take indefinite strike action from August 26. Continue reading
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Killing Julian Assange Slowly By Stephen Lendman
Since April 11 when unlawfully dragged from Ecuador’s London embassy to captivity, Assange has languished under draconian conditions in a UK dungeon at the behest of the Trump regime, wanting him tried in the US for the “crime” of truth-telling journalism. More on this below. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 14 August 2019: Why the Rich Want to Bury Bernie / Freedom Rider: No Racism, Just Russians / William The Redactor / U.S. Empire is in a State of Decay
14 August 2019 — Black Agenda Report Why the Rich Want to Bury Bernie, the Not-Really-Socialist Glen Ford, BAR executive editor Sanders is fighting capitalist austerity, not the system itself, but austerity is ruling class policy, so the Democrats must stop Sanders. Freedom Rider: No Racism, Just Russians Margaret Kimberley, BAR editor and senior columnist… Continue reading
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Brexit – do or die: Selected Articles
15 August 2019 — Global Research How English Nationalist Boris Johnson Is Turning the UK into a “US Colony” By Henry McLeish Boris Johnson and the right-wing Tories in Cabinet are English nationalists who hope to turn UK into a US ‘colony’, a country where EU regulations are replaced by limited welfare, minimum standards, low taxes and… Continue reading
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Venezuela News Links 14 August 2019
14 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Venezuela Retains Political Control after New US Coercive Measures https://www.globalresearch.ca/venezuela-retains-political-control-new-us-coercive-measures/5686354 13 Million Expected to Sign Petition Against US’s Venezuela Blockade https://www.globalresearch.ca/13-million-expected-sign-petition-against-us-venezuela-blockade/5686360 Continue reading
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Iran News Links 14 August 2019
14 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Why Gold Prices Are About to Skyrocket Even Higher https://www.globalresearch.ca/why-gold-prices-about-skyrocket-even-higher/5686403 Is the Geopolitical Chessboard Now Digital? https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/14/is-geopolitical-chessboard-now-digital/ Continue reading
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Venezuelan Opposition Journalist Served as Agent for US, UK Gov’t
Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations Samuel Moncada revealed evidence that well-known opposition ‘journalist’ Nelson Bocaranda has served as a “local agent” of the United States and United Kingdom governments since the 1980s in a series of tweets Sunday and Monday. Continue reading
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China News Links 14 August 2019
14 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 Today’s Links 14 August 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/08/todays-links_14.html Hong Kong: “path of no return” – either class struggle or defeat http://www.marxist.com/hong-kong-path-of-no-return-either-class-struggle-defeat.htm Continue reading
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