Western Zero-Sum Geopolitics is a Dead-End

4 October 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Editorial

The US and its Western allies are creating more international tensions and instability in a futile bid to carve the globe into “spheres of interest” and “exclusivity”. That’s the way Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov views it, and few objective observers of international relations could disagree with his admonishment.

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Iran News Links 2-4 October 2019

4 October 2019 •  19:00 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back

International Federation of Journalists calls on Iran to release detained Russian reporter
https://tass.com/society/1081577

Why I Confronted Trump’s Architect of U.S. Sanctions Against Iran and Called Her a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/10/04/why-i-confronted-trumps-architect-us-sanctions-against-iran-and-called-her-weapon?cd-origin=rss

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Elite UK military unit secretly trained by leftist regime-change advocate Gilbert Achcar and other academics

5 October 2019 — The Grayzone

Gilbert Achcar British military

Government documents show scholar Gilbert Achcar and other pro-regime change academics have given training sessions to UK Ministry of Defense soldiers, helping the British military enhance its counter-insurgency tactics.

By Ben Norton

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Shooting at Haitian Parliament surprises few as anti-Government protests continue by Jane Regan

26 September 2019 — NACLA

Hundreds of photos of burning barricades in the streets have been circulating on WhatsApp

An Associated Press photographer and a security guard were both injured when a Haitian senator pulled out a gun and started firing outside the parliament this week. Suddenly news outlets around the world remembered Haiti. The “if it bleeds it leads” adage was proven right once again.

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