October 2019
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Trump and NY Times Admit US Imperialist War in Syria By Finian Cunningham
From extraordinary candid admissions made separately by US President Donald Trump and the New York Times, there can be no illusion about what American forces are really deployed in Syria for. It’s an illegal occupation against the Syrian government and in particular to deprive the Arab country of its oil resources. Continue reading
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The top 1% own 45% of all global personal wealth; 10% own 82%; the bottom 50% own less than 1%
The annual Credit Suisse report on global wealth has just been released. This report remains the most comprehensive and explanatory analysis of global wealth (not income) and inequality of wealth. Every year the CS global wealth report analyses the household wealth of 5.1 billion people across the globe. Continue reading
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Bolivia News Links 24-25 October 2019
25 October 2019 • 16:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back “Exporting Democracy” to Bolivia https://www.globalresearch.ca/exporting-democracy-bolivia/5693072 The Network in Defense of Humanity Declares Support for Evo Morales and Democracy in Bolivia https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/10/24/the-network-in-defense-of-humanity-declares-support-for-evo-morales-and-democracy-in-bolivia/ Continue reading
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Glyphosate impairs honeybee sensory and cognitive abilities
A new review of the scientific literature (see abstract below) has found that exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in glyphosate herbicides like Roundup, impairs the foraging behaviour of honeybee workers and has adverse effects at different levels within the colony. Continue reading
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British Workers By Tony Norfield
As we wait impatiently while the Brits go through the interminable travail of Brexit, let us have a look at who they are. Not directly in a social, cultural or political sense, but by reviewing the data on UK employment. Work gives a foundation for people’s daily lives and will, in turn, have an impact… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Headlines 24 October 2019
24 October 2019 — Information Clearing House Up In Smoke: The Neocon Assault on Syria Is Finally Over By David Stockman And oh by your way, there was no betrayal, either. Continue ====== Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 23 October 2019: Nobody Gets Liberated Until the Defeat of the Plutocrats / Freedom Rider: The Return of Hillary Clinton…
23 October 2019 — Black Agenda Report Contrary to erroneous info displayed on Eventbrite, there are still seats available for BAR’s 13th Anniversary Celebration , Saturday, Oct 26, at the People’s Forum in New York City. JUST SHOW UP AT THE DOOR AT 6pm, AND YOU’LL BE WELCOMED Every year presents new challenges to those struggling Continue reading
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Russia-Turkey Deal on Syria: Selected Articles
24 October 2019 — Global Research Video: Erdogan, Putin Reach ‘Historical Deal’ on Northern Syria By South Front According to the agreement, Turkey’s Operation ‘Peace Spring’ will continue in a limited area between Tell Abyad and Ras al-Ayn with a depth of 32km. Starting from 12:00 October 23, units of the Russian Military Police and the Syrian Continue reading
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Ecuador’s Austerity Measures, Repression Based on Lies AP Happily Spread
Bernie Sanders tweeted an Associated Press article in the LA Times (10/14/19) about Ecuador’s recent protests, in which eight protesters were killed in 11 days. “Economic elites keep pushing austerity worldwide, making life unbearable for working people,” Sanders declared. Unfortunately, that AP piece was itself a good example of how elites push for austerity. Continue reading
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The Skripals, Salisbury and the curious case of Dawn Sturgess’s inquest By Craig Murray
The killing of poor Dawn Sturgess was much the most serious of the events in Salisbury and Amesbury that attracted international attention. Yet nobody has been charged, no arrest warrant issued and no inquest held. The inquest for Dawn Sturgess has today been yet again postponed, for the fourth time, and for the first time… Continue reading
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Panel Criticizes ‘Unacceptable Practices’ in the OPCW’s investigation of the Alleged Chemical Attack in Douma, Syria on April 7th 2018
The Courage Foundation convened a panel of concerned individuals from the fields of disarmament, international law, journalism, military operations, medicine and intelligence in Brussels on October 15th. The panel met with a member of the investigation team from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the international chemical watchdog. On this basis the… Continue reading
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Syria News Links 22-23 October 2019
23 October 2019 • 20:40 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Dozens Of French, UK, U.S. Service Members Withdraw From Northeast Syria Russian MoD: Syrian Army To Establish 15 Observation Post East Of Euphrates (Map) Continue reading
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Vladimir Putin, Syria’s pacifier-in-chief
The negotiations in Sochi were long – over six hours – tense and tough. Two leaders in a room with their interpreters and several senior Turkish ministers close by if advice was needed. The stakes were immense: a road map to pacify northeast Syria, finally. Continue reading
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To Defend Evo’s Victory is to Defend the Peace, Democracy, Prosperity and Sovereignty of Latin America as a Whole
A new chapter is added to the complex scenario recently configured in Latin America with the anti-neoliberal popular rebellions in Ecuador, Haiti and Chile, in which the right-wing forces that govern in those countries have responded with the most brutal repression: the disregard of Evo Morales’ resounding electoral triumph by the Bolivian and international right-wing,… Continue reading
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Brexit News Links 22-23 October 2019
23 October 2019 • 15:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back How the BBC and ITV turned into full-on Tory propaganda mouthpieces http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/KQIvgovtQN0/ Boris Johnson’s hospital building programme – just another lie? https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/boris-johnsons-hospital-building-programme-just-another-lie/ Continue reading
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Burn, Neoliberalism, Burn By Pepe Escobar
Neoliberalism is – literally – burning. And from Ecuador to Chile, South America, once again, is showing the way. Against the vicious, one-size-fits-all IMF austerity prescription, which deploys weapons of mass economic destruction to smash national sovereignty and foster social inequality, South America finally seems poised to reclaim the power to forge its own history. Continue reading
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Germany, US threaten war amid Russia-Turkey summit on Syria By Alex Lantier
As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan flew to the Russian resort of Sochi for a summit yesterday with President Vladimir Putin on the war in Syria, Berlin and Washington issued bloodcurdling threats of all-out war in the Middle East. Continue reading
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Chile News Links 23 October 2019
23 October 2019 • 20:40 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Mass protests continue in defiance of military crackdown in Chile http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/23/pers-o23.html Chile’s Social Organizations Convene Constituent Assembly https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/chiles-social-organizations-convene-constituent-assembly/ Continue reading
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Ecuador News Links 22 October 2019
22 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Ecuador: From The Middle of the World to the End of the World https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/10/21/ecuador-middle-world-end-world The Joker and Latin American Turbulence https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/10/21/the-joker-and-latin-american-turbulence/ Continue reading
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