Syria News Links 12-13 October 2019

13 October 2019 • 23:50  — The New Dark Age

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

Turkey-Syria offensive: Kurds reach deal with Syrian army
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50036901

Washington abandons its Kurdish proxies as Ankara and Damascus step in
http://thesaker.is/washington-abandons-its-kurdish-proxies-as-ankara-and-damascus-step-in/

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THE MARCH OF THE FINANCIAL ALGORITHMS

13 October 2019 — theplanningmotivedotcom

MACHINES LEARN, BUT FIRST THEY HAVE TO BE TAUGHT TO LEARN

The world and our brains are analogue, computers are binary. Analogue is infinitely more complex than binary, which cannot be emulated by binary systems including the qubits found in so called quantum computers. Binary systems, because they do not spontaneously form imprints of the external world, need programming. This programming can only be undertaken in the first instance by humans with all their fallibilities.

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General Strike Against the IMF Shuts Down Ecuador

10 October 2019 — Left Voice

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On Wednesday, thousands of people across Ecuador took to the streets and walked out of their workplaces on the seventh day of a national uprising against the austerity policies of President Lenín Moreno and the IMF. The national strike was coordinated by indigenous groups in conjunction with Ecuador’s biggest trade unions and the student movement, and was heavily repressed by military and police forces.

PHOTO: DAVID DIAZ ARCOS/BLOOMBERG NEWS

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Iran News Links 13 October 2019

13 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

HSBC: The World’s Dirtiest Bank
https://hendersonlefthook.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/hsbc-the-worlds-dirtiest-bank/

US Denial of Sovereignty – Unipolarism Laid Bare
https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/12/us-denial-of-sovereignty-unipolarism-laid-bare/

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Ecuador News Links 13 October 2019

13 October 2019 — The New Dark Age

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Protest leaders in Ecuador vow to continue rallies across the country
https://tass.com/world/1082873

Ecuador under President Neo-coño Moreno: The IMF’s Deadly “Economic Medicine”, The Weaponization of Neoliberal Reforms
https://www.globalresearch.ca/ecuador-under-president-neo-cono-moreno-the-imfs-deadly-economic-medicine-the-weaponization-of-neoliberal-reforms/5691749

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UK: ARE YOU BEING STOPPED AND SEARCHED?

12 October 2019 — Extinction/Rebellion

[I thought a note on police activities re Extinction/Rebellion is worth publicising to a wider audience. WB]

PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY

ARE YOU BEING STOPPED AND SEARCHED?
– Ask ‘Am I being detained or am I free to leave?’
IF you are told you are detained, this means you are being stopped and searched. OTHERWISE, you are able to walk away.

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The Foreign Office Must Be Challenged Over Sacoolas’ Immunity

12 October 2019 — Craig Murray

The government has stepped up its lies about immunity in the Sacoolas case to a breathtaking degree. I genuinely am astounded by the sheer audacity of the lies now being told, including a staggeringly mendacious FCO-briefed BBC article yesterday stating that “23,000 individuals in the UK have diplomatic immunity” and that it extends to “drivers and cooks”. This follows up the breathtaking FCO statement to Sky News that RAF Croughton “is regarded as an annex to the US Embassy in London” – a total falsehood.

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