November 2, 2019
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US Applies More Than 8,000 “Sanctions” to 39 Countries, Affecting 1/3 of Humanity
The imposition of arbitrary measures or “sanctions” by the United States against numerous countries around the world was denounced by the Venezuelan delegation present at the XVIII Summit of Non-Aligned Countries, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations Organization, Samuel Moncada, denounced the economic terrorism executed by US President Donald Trump,… Continue reading
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Why we still don’t know “the truth” about Grenfell
On 14 June 2017, a devastating fire broke out at Grenfell Tower, eventually killing 72 people, injuring hundreds more and leaving over 200 households homeless. Yesterday, a Prime Minister not renowned for being closely acquainted with honesty has trumpeted that the formal unveiling of the Report of Phase 1 of the Public Inquiry into the… Continue reading
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Johnson and Cummings – Police hand criminal evidence to prosecution agency over Brexit campaign
Evidence that could lead to criminal charges against the pro-Brexit campaign led by Boris Johnson and his key adviser, Dominic Cummings, has now been passed by police to the criminal prosecution authorities, openDemocracy has learned. Continue reading
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Trump targets Corbyn in UK election intervention
US President Donald Trump intervened at the start of Britain’s snap general election campaign Thursday to publicly attack Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, warning that a Corbyn premiership would take the UK into “bad places.” Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Headlines 1 November 2019
1 November 2019 — Information Clearing House Russia Says U.S. Will Steals $30 Million of Syrian Oil Every Month Under Trump’s ‘Criminal’ Plan By David Brennan The U.S. is “pumping oil out of the northeast of Syria” while it “masks its criminal activity by some pretexts of a struggle against the Islamic State.” – Continue ====== Continue reading
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Syria News Links 2 November 2019
2 November 2019 • 12:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back The Militarization of Everything https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/11/02/the-militarization-of-everything/ Russia Isn’t Getting the Recognition It Deserves on Syria https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/11/02/russia-isnt-getting-recognition-deserves-syria/ Continue reading
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‘Ukraine tried to scapegoat me, I’m a victim of their terrorism’ – abducted anti-Kiev fighter & ‘key’ witness in MH17 crash
The Ukrainian secret services who kidnapped the former air defense commander last summer and investigative officials from Australia and the Netherlands were trying to make him testify Russia and the Donetsk militia were involved in the crash, according to Tsemakh Continue reading
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Nazi-Normalizing Barf Journalism: A Brief History
In the beginning was the profile of the Nazi next door, an inexplicable decision by the New York Times (11/25/17) to profile a right-wing extremist in the most sympathetic light possible. It was the most outrageous example of an outrageous genre of MSM—and particularly NYT—reporting: the never-ending effort to profile, study, explain, excuse and rationalize Trump voters.… Continue reading
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UK art exhibition for Julian Assange: “If courage was not contagious, I wouldn’t be here today”
In the face of a media blackout and state-orchestrated vendetta, support for Julian Assange is growing among artists. An Exhibition of Free Expression by three local artists on the UK’s Isle of Wight offered a revealing glimpse of popular opposition to the attempts to silence the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder and award-winning journalist. Continue reading