September 2019
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Saudis Blame Iran for Aramco Strikes But Retaliate by Bombing Yemeni Civilians
The Saudi-led Coalition has used systematic economic strangulation as a weapon of war. This, to the many in Yemen who celebrated the Aramco attack, is sufficient justification for targeting the heart of Saudi Arabia’s economy. Continue reading
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How Yemen’s Houthis are bringing down a Goliath
‘From a military perspective, nobody ever took our forces in Yemen seriously,’ scholar says Continue reading
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Johnson Enters Neo-Con Heaven By Craig Murray
There has been remarkably little media commentary on the effect of the UK leaving the EU Common Foreign Policy, even though this is a major aim of Johnson, Gove and the Tory Brexiteers. The media appear not to have noticed the existence of the Common Foreign Policy. We saw perhaps the first public glimpse of… Continue reading
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Trump delivers fascist tirade at United Nations By Andre Damon
Since taking office in 2017, US President Donald Trump has used his annual speech at the UN General Assembly to denounce socialism, promote nationalism and xenophobia, and bully and threaten the whole world. Continue reading
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UK Supreme Court rules Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament illegal
British politics entered uncharted waters yesterday as the Supreme Court—the UK’s highest judicial body—declared illegal Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s authoritarian prorogation of parliament. Far from resolving the crisis over Brexit, the ruling has set in motion what one political commentator described as a “constitutional earthquake.” Continue reading
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National Unity in Syria and Venezuela by Thierry Meyssan
As we alone announced at the beginning of the month, a decisive step towards peace was made simultaneously in Syria and Venezuela on September 16th. The two nations no longer force themselves to negotiate with terrorists, but their governments have undertaken to build a new regime in conjunction with their patriotic opposition. Continue reading
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The Supreme Court, Proroguing & Dangerous Precedents Remainers celebrating the ruling need to consider the greater implications of a judiciary that enforces policy, not law
The Supreme Court has ruled against Boris Johnson’s proroguing of Parliament. Because of course they did, because they were always going to. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 24 September 2019
24 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 The Sickness of American Foreign Policy https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/23/the-sickness-of-american-foreign-policy/ The US Should Not Fight a War for Saudi Oil https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/23/us-should-not-fight-war-for-saudi-oil/ Continue reading
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They’re Murdering My Son – Julian Assange’s Father Tells of Pain and Anguish By Finian Cunningham
Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton, gave an interview to Strategic Culture Foundation over the weekend. After arriving from his home country of Australia, Shipton is visiting several European states, including Russia, to bring public attention to the persecution of Julian Assange by British authorities over his role as a publisher and author. Continue reading
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Bojo/Brexit News Links 24 September 2019
24 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 Boris Johnson is dead in the water after Supreme Court rules he acted unlawfully http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/mY6aT9kEHjw/ Today’s links 24 September 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/09/todays-links_24.html Continue reading
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Prorogation: Judicial Blowback
The Tory government, under both May and Johnson, has made plain its contempt for the rule of law repeatedly, and not only over the prorogation of parliament. In the last few days we have seen the Tories admit to illegal sales of arms to Saudi Arabia, in direct breach of a ruling by the Court… Continue reading
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Pesticides in the Dock: Ecological Apocalypse but Business as Usual by Colin Todhunter
Much of the following article is based on a new 20-page report by environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason. Readers are urged to access the full report containing all relevant citations here. Continue reading
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Is the United Nations Becoming a Public Relations Asset for Wall Street? By Carla Stea
The United Nations has made its 2030 Sustainable Development Goals the hallmark of its contribution to the world, and to humanity. In effect, the SDG’s are the justification for the existence of the United Nations. There is one major problem with this goal: as is evident, without major transformation in the global economic architecture, the… Continue reading
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In a new report, firefighters lay the ‘ultimate responsibility’ for Grenfell at the UK government’s feet
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has released a new pamphlet which lays the ultimate responsibility for the Grenfell Tower disaster with central government. It says deregulation from consecutive governments since Margaret Thatcher has ‘gutted’ the UK’s fire safety regime, leading to the tragedy. Continue reading
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London Fire Brigade interviewed under caution by police over Grenfell Tower fire By Alice Summers
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) have confirmed that they have been interviewed under caution by the Metropolitan Police as part of the ongoing police investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire. Continue reading
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Bail sentence ends: UK now holding Assange solely on US’ behalf
On 22 September 2019, Julian Assange’s sentence for a bail violation conviction ended, but he was not released from HMP Belmarsh. Beginning today, 23 September, the United Kingdom is detaining Julian solely on behalf of the United States, which requests his extradition and has charged him with 18 counts carrying 175 years in prison for… Continue reading
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Drug smuggling is HSBC’s raison d’etre By Dan Glazebrook
HSBC are in the news for attempting to suppress a report into money laundering. This is no surprise as the company’s entire history, right up to the present day, is one of financing drug cartels. Continue reading
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Using Forged Emails, “Progressive” Journalists Smear Their Own for Challenging Syria Groupthink
Behind the campaign to silence these three critical, anti-war journalists was the same cast of characters that have become notorious in progressive circles for the viciousness of their attacks against anyone willing to come out against regime change in Syria. Continue reading
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The numbers behind Thomas Cook’s collapse lift the lid on capitalism and Tory greed
Travel giant Thomas Cook has collapsed leaving 150,000 UK tourists stranded around the world. Yet the maths behind this offers a searing indictment of Conservative driven greed and capitalism. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 23 September 2019
23 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 Iranian Foreign Minister: “I’m not confident that we can avoid a war” The Sickness of American Foreign Policy https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/23/the-sickness-of-american-foreign-policy/ Continue reading
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