OPCW-DOUMA – Release Part 4

27 December 2019 — Wikileaks

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Today WikiLeaks releases more internal documents from the OPCW regarding the investigation into the alleged chemical attack in Douma in April 2018.

Syrian Advisor to President Assad Warns of Operations Against US to Regain Syrian Oil

26 December2019 — 21st Century Wire

This week, Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, a top political and media adviser to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, issued a warning of sorts to the United States – that Washington’s illegal three year occupation of various parts of northeastern Syria could be coming to an end. She warned that Damascus will not accept Washington’s open-ended military deployment inside her country’s borders, and the ongoing theft of Syria’s natural resources.

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Social Media and Social Control: How Silicon Valley Serves the US State Department

25 December, 2019 — Mint Press

Foxes in the henhouse

Facebook isn’t the only Silicon Valley firm with partisan oversight of what we see: the bipartisan billionaire class and their security state have partnered with tech firms since the dawn of the internet to control the parameters of users’ thinking.

A news chronology of France in 2019: The year of Yellow Vest rebellion

24 December, 2019 — Greanville Post

Please make sure these dispatches reach as many readers as possible. Share with kin, friends and workmates and ask them to do likewise.

This is part of a series of dispatches by correspondent Ramin Mazaheri


One of the Gilets’s strengths has been their relative decentralisation, but taking on a well armed and organised state requires far more coordination. Spontaneity can go only so far. (TGP screengrab)

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Interview: The Mount Sinai Scandal Shows Everything Wrong with US Healthcare

25 December 2019 — Left Voice

[The shape of things to come, here in the UK? WB]

A recently released report on horrifying conditions in one of New York City’s major hospitals revealed the way that profit-driven understaffing and overcrowding lead to patient death and deplorable conditions for healthcare workers. The Mount Sinai Hospital scandal is just one example of the dismal quality of care under capitalism.

Bolivia 24-27 December 2019

27 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

Persecution of Evo’s Main Ministers in Bolivia
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/12/21/persecution-of-evos-main-ministers-in-bolivia/

Bolivia’s Dictator Seeks to Annihilate Opposition From Exile
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/12/27/bolivias-dictator-seeks-to-annihilate-opposition-from-exile/

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