October 8, 2019
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China News Links 8 October 2019
8 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 SITREP: Zhongnanhai, 10-8-2019 – The Real Hot War Against the Chinese Peoples Republic http://thesaker.is/sitrep-zhongnanhai-10-8-2019-the-real-hot-war-against-the-chinese-peoples-republic/ Trump’s Impeachment is all about Russia! https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/08/trumps-impeachment-is-all-about-russia/ Continue reading
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Venezuela News Links 8 October 2019
8 October 2019 19:15 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Will Fed Make Trump A New Herbert Hoover? https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/08/will-fed-make-trump-a-new-herbert-hoover/ The Real Venezuela: Dignified, Indivisible and Truthful By Nino Pagliccia https://williambowles.info/2019/10/08/the-real-venezuela-dignified-indivisible-and-truthful-by-nino-pagliccia/ Continue reading
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Ecuador cracks down on protesters over austerity & IMF loan, President moves govt from capital (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Chaotic mass demonstrations are underway in Ecuador following a spate of austerity cuts tied to a recently implemented IMF deal. Police have unleashed tear gas on protesters, while the government has declared a state of emergency. Continue reading
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Trump orders troop withdrawal in Syria. It could be for real By M.K. Bhadrakumar
The US president Donald Trump is not known to practise judo. A few judo techniques he may have got to know from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who is a Black Belt. But what Trump has just done to Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan is straight out of a Physics concept in judo. Continue reading
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The Real Venezuela: Dignified, Indivisible and Truthful By Nino Pagliccia
All those wondering who is in charge in Venezuela, should stop reading the biased and confusing corporate media and should look at who represents the country at the United Nations. The UN is not a perfect institution but it is one that is clear on the issue of membership despite powerful attempts at obfuscating that… Continue reading
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Brexit: Boris Johnson moves to scrap environment safeguards to get deal with Trump
When Boris Johnson used his first three speeches as UK Prime Minister to flag up his desire to “liberate” GMOs as part of Brexit, we warned that this meant his priority was doing a trade deal with Donald Trump at any cost. Johnson, we said, was “simply dancing, puppet-like, to Trump’s tune”. Continue reading
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Resounding “No” to Monsanto’s “Bogus” GM Drought-tolerant Maize
After more than 10 years of battling Monsanto’s “bogus” drought tolerant maize project, the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) has welcomed the decision by the Minister of Agriculture, Ms Thoko Didiza, upholding the decision by the Executive Council: GMO Act and the appeal board to reject Monsanto’s application for the commercial cultivation of its triple-stacked… Continue reading
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When Ukraine’s Prosecutor Came After His Son’s Sponsor Joe Biden Sprang Into Action
There are some serious questions around the Biden family involvement in the Ukraine that the media have not picked up on. The first regards the ownership of the company which hired Joe Biden’s son Hunter for an exorbitant amount of money while Joe Biden ran the U.S. Ukraine policy. Continue reading
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Brexit News Links 8 October 2019
8 October 2019 • 18:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Brexit: Boris Johnson Moves to Scrap Environment and GMO Safeguards to Get Deal with Trump https://www.globalresearch.ca/brexit-boris-johnson-moves-to-scrap-environment-and-gmo-safeguards-to-get-deal-with-trump/5691400 Johnson’s Government Now Resorts to Threatening EU27 – Diplomatic Fallout Next? Continue reading
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Jonathan Sacoolas Is Not, and Has Never Been, a Diplomat
There is no Jonathan Sacoolas on the official Diplomatic list. Neither Sacoolas nor his wife has any right to claim diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Convention. Continue reading
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Scientific paper arguing Assad not responsible for Syria chemical attack shelved after Bellingcat-led backlash
Unidentified “issues” prompted a prestigious scientific journal to withhold publication of a report challenging the mainstream narrative on a 2017 Syrian chemical attack – after ‘citizen investigation’ outlet Bellingcat objected. Continue reading
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State of exception in Ecuador amid strong protests By Christian Salas
The peaceful protesters have been met all day with tanks, militarized police and tear gas throughout the day-long protest, but, at the same time, organized protesters that include transport unions, students and other civil society organizations have been able to ‘take over’ areas of the historic center, say sources on the ground. Continue reading
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Knowledge commodities
In the Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx, Thomas Rotta and Rodrigo Teixeira have a chapter called the commodification of knowledge and information. In this chapter, they argue that knowledge is ‘immaterial labour’ and ‘knowledge commodities’ are increasingly replacing material commodities in modern capitalism. Continue reading
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Update on the MH17 Case
ERIC ZUESSE—The Netherlands Government is resisting an effort by Dutch victims’ families to find out why Ukraine’s Government, on 17 July 2014 — when the Malaysian airliner MH17 was shot down while flying over Ukraine’s civil-war zone — this passenger-plane had been guided by Ukraine’s air-traffic control to fly through, instead of around (as it… Continue reading
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Ecuador: The Time of People’s Rebellion
It is not quite the same as the uprising that occurred during Venezuela’s Caracazoin 1989 but it is very similar. In that opportunity, then President Carlos Andres Perez,beholden to the demands of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), also decided to increase public transportation fares and a people’s rebellion provided the ground work for what would… Continue reading
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