September 13, 2019
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Israel Directing Policy Through US Treasury: Sanctioning Hezbollah’s Political Allies in Lebanon
Nearly three years into the Trump administration, one thing is clear: as it struggles to wage any direct military or proxy wars, Washington has instead relied on economic warfare against its perceived enemies, and largely on behalf of the state of Israel. Rather than hamper its supposed enemies, this policy is actually driving sanctioned parties… Continue reading
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Assange on the Untold Story of the Grounding of Evo Morales’ Plane During Edward Snowden Manhunt
Assange explains the details of the operation to get Snowden to a safe place and how it was disrupted by US intel in cahoots with European allies. Continue reading
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Alliance between Berlin & Warsaw? New docs reveal what pushed USSR towards Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Recently released papers shed new light on the infamous non-aggression pact between the USSR and the Nazis. It was allegedly the West’s enmity and a potential alliance between Poland and Germany that forced Moscow’s hand. Continue reading
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Theft or exploitation?- a review of Stolen by Grace Blakeley
All our wealth has been stolen by big finance and in doing so big finance has brought our economy to its knees. So we must save ourselves from big finance. That is the shorthand message of a new book, Stolen – how to save the world from financialisation, by Grace Blakeley. Continue reading
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The BBC has made a programme about ‘impartial journalism’. But wait till you see the contributors.
BBC Radio 4 is to air a discussion titled Impartial Journalism in a Polarised World. Sounds good. But sociologist Russ Jackson spotted a problem: Continue reading
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Iran News Links 13 September 2019
13 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back When Will the US and Iranian Leaders Meet? https://journal-neo.org/2019/09/13/when-will-the-us-and-iranian-leaders-meet/ ‘You’re fired!’ Trump cuts loose of his dog of war (by George Galloway) https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/09/13/285008/ Continue reading
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Brexit News Links 13 September 2019
13 September 2019 — The New Dark Age Legal challenge to Government Brexit strategy due before NI court on Monday Bercow warns PM against disobeying Brexit law https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49683797 Scottish Court Rules Suspension of UK Parliament ‘Unlawful’ Continue reading
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China News Links 12-13 September 2019
13 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back US military encircling Venezuela: Regime change preparations? https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/09/13/us-military-encircling-venezuela-regime-change-preparations/ The G7’s Growing Irrelevance http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-g7s-growing-irrelevance.html Continue reading
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Fire destroys another residential tower block in London By Thomas Scripps
Another inferno has torn through a large block of London residential flats. Just over two years after the Grenfell Tower inferno, the raging fire completely destroyed an entire structure—this time in Worcester Park in the borough of Sutton, in the southwest of the capital. Continue reading
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UK: “Operation Yellowhammer” details savage austerity and confirms plans for state repression post-Brexit By Thomas Scripps
On Wednesday evening, Boris Johnson’s government was forced to release its forecast for a no-deal Brexit, codenamed “Operation Yellowhammer.” The six-page document affirms the social and economic catastrophe threatened by a no-deal Brexit and underscores the danger of authoritarian rule in the UK. Continue reading
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The Dogs in the Street Know By Craig Murray
There are some very obvious facts in British politics which nobody seems to be saying. Joanna Cherry stated in her successful court case that “the dogs in the street know” that the real reason that Boris Johnson had prorogued parliament was to prevent parliament from having an effective say on the outcome of Brexit. The… Continue reading
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The EU – do we stay or do we go? By Philip Roddis
For years I’ve called myself a peg-on-nose Remainer. While many fellow Remainers strike me as naive, deluded on the nature of the EU and frequently contemptuous to boot, my bottom line is that until Left Leavers show how Brexit can be a gain in the here and now for British workers,[1] I don’t see how leaving… Continue reading
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