December 10, 2019
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How the Global North’s Left Media Helped Pave the Way for Bolivia’s Right-Wing Coup
In our brave new age of hybrid warfare, corporate media play the role of ideological heavy artillery within the arsenal of Western imperialist powers. Day in and day out, “reputable” establishment outlets bombard progressive and/or anti-imperialist governments in the Global South with endless salvos of smears and libelous misrepresentations (e.g., FAIR.org, 5/23/18, 8/23/18, 4/11/19, 7/25/19). Continue reading
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Santa Trump comes to Brixton
Imagine if you met Donald Trump on your high street handing out boxes of chlorinated chicken and pesticide contaminated baby food – all with festive Christmas cheer! Continue reading
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Hebron plan is Israel’s reminder to Palestinians that settler-power knows no limits
Proposed destruction of the West Bank city’s market to make way for a new settlement is the Israeli government’s route to refashion its apartheid system as the rule of law Continue reading
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UK: Fake News and the “Punch” that never happened What one media lie tells us about the way our “news” works
Yesterday the Health Secretary Matt Hancock went to Leeds to visit a struggling NHS hospital. It was a PR stunt designed to make the Tories look pro-active in the face of a late-campaign PR disaster. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 5-10 December 2019
10 December 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 A Beautiful but Deceptive Documentary: “For Sama” https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/a-beautiful-but-deceptive-documentary-for-sama/ The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO): Plans for 2020 https://journal-neo.org/2019/12/10/the-collective-security-treaty-organization-csto-plans-for-2020/ Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia Retreats From The Troubles Its Clown Prince Caused
When the Saudi King Salman promoted his son Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) to Defense Minister and then Crown Prince the expectations were high. But three of the major projects Muhammad launched since then soon ran into trouble. Now initiatives are under way to limit the damage he caused. The end of the five year old… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 6-9 December 2019
10 December 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 Newsweek Journo Quits After Editors Kills Report On Syria Chemical Attack Scandal https://www.mintpressnews.com/newsweek-tareq-haddad-quits-syria-douma-opcw/263292/ Question for Kirbymoorside UK Hustings Meeting: Would you stand up for Julian Assange? https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/question-for-kirbymoorside-uk-hustings-meeting-would-you-stand-up-for-julian-assange99425/ Continue reading
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Bolivia News Links 9-10 December 2019
10 December 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 Stella Calloni: The New Counterinsurgency War is Not Operation Condor II. It is a Project of Recolonization Chris Hedges: Empire Striking Back In Latin America https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/12/09/chris-hedges-empire-striking-back-in-latin-america/ Continue reading
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Workshop on Northern Ireland: The legacy of collusion
THE LEGACY OF COLLUSION On 20 November 2019 the Presiding Coroner for Northern Ireland, the Honourable Mrs Justice Keegan, set a timetable to hear the 71 outstanding Legacy Inquests into killings that date back as far as the 1970s over the next five years. At the same time, there are a number of related on-going… Continue reading
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