6 October 2019 — True Publica
On the 3rd October, a media bidding war was underway for the exclusive rights to a tell-all interview with the US businesswoman at the centre of a conflict of interest row involving Boris Johnson.
6 October 2019 — Moon of Alabama
The current unrest in Iraq began a week ago after a prominent general was removed from his post:
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6 October 2019 — Dissident Voice
Sustained committed activism is unraveling the dominant media’s shameful blackout of Canadian imperialism in Haiti. But, the bias against putting Canadian policy in a negative light is such that small breakthroughs require tremendous effort.
6 October 2019 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back
State of emergency declared in Ecuador amid mass protests
https://williambowles.info/2019/10/06/state-of-emergency-declared-in-ecuador-amid-mass-protests/
Network in Defense of Humanity Alert to the International Community on the State of Emergency in Ecuador
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/10/05/network-in-defense-of-humanity-alert-to-the-international-community-on-the-state-of-emergency-in-ecuador/
5 October 2019 — Tim Hayward
By Tim Hayward
The use of chemical weapons is a war crime. The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) – signed by almost every nation[1] – aims to expunge their use from the face of our planet. Charged with implementing the Convention is the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Part of its task is to investigate such use when alleged to have occurred. It has played a particularly prominent role in relation to Syria since the US administration under President Obama declared the use of chemical weapons a ‘Red Line’ the transgression of which would trigger military intervention in the war.
5 October 2019 — Internationalist 360°
Demonstrators confronted by riot police during protests after Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno’s government ended four-decade-old fuel subsidies, in Quito, Ecuador October 3, 2019.- REUTERS/Ivan Castaneira
ALERT ON STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ECUADOR
The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity alerts the international community, in particular international bodies and defenders of rights and democracy, about the serious violation of human and collective rights that is evident in Ecuador, after the declaration of a state of emergency for a period of 60 days, by President Moreno.
4 October 2019 — Peoples Dispatch
Thousands mobilized today across Ecuador in rejection of the new set of neoliberal economic measures announced by Lenin Moreno on Tuesday, 277 were detained
Student runs from police in Quito, Ecuador during mass mobilizations against the neoliberal economic reforms of the Moreno government.
5 October 2019 — Peoples Dispatch
Amid a fuel shortage crisis and continuing corruption allegations, the popular classes in Haiti have been on the streets daily to demand the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse
Protesters marched to the UN headquarters in Port-au-Prince. Photo. Ted’Actu
6 October 2019 — Off Guardian
Subtitled and transcribed by Terje Maloy
In 2014, the German journalist and writer Udo Ulfkotte published a book that created a big stir, describing how the journalistic profession is thoroughly corrupt and infiltrated by intelligence services.
Although eagerly anticipated by many, the English translation of the book, Bought Journalists, does not seem to be forthcoming anytime soon.
[We covered that story at the time – Ed.]
So I have made English subtitles and transcribed this still very relevant 2015-lecture for those that are curious about Ulfkotte’s work. It covers many of the subjects described in the book.
Udo Ulfkotte died of a heart attack in January 2017, in all likelihood part of the severe medical complications he got from his exposure to German-made chemical weapons supplied to Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s.
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