January 20, 2020
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Information Clearing House Headlines 20 January 2020
20 January 2020 — Information Clearing House Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? By Philip Giraldi Iran Shot It Down But There May Be More to the Story. – Continue Continue reading
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A Certain Stage of Development
At a certain stage of development, the material productive forces of society come into conflict with the existing relations of production, or–this merely expresses the same thing in legal terms–with the property relations within the framework of which they have operated hitherto. From forms of development of the productive forces, these relations turn into their… Continue reading
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Iran Counters EU Threat Of Snapback Sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to destroy the nuclear agreement with Iran. He has threatened the EU-3 poodles in Germany, Britain and France with a 25% tariff on their car exports to the U.S. unless they end their role in the JCPOA deal. Continue reading
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THE US ECONOMY IN 2019. “THROUGH THE LOOKING CLASS”
This article not only examines turnover in the US economy during Quarter 3, but, includes an analysis of the composition of funding making up circulating capital. For the first time the contributions made by internal funds (provided by profit) and external funds (provided by bank credits) can be analysed, because the turnover formula yields circulating… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 19-20 January 2020
20 January 2020 • 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Today’s Links 20 January 2020 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2020/01/todays-links_20.html Top Russian scholars warn about main global threats for this year https://tass.com/society/1110941 Continue reading
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Ex-Bush official: OPCW’s Syria cover-up recalls Iraq war lies
Former Bush administration official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson says that reports of US pressure on the OPCW’s Syria chemical weapons investigation in Douma recall the Bush administration’s coercion of the IAEA and OPCW before the Iraq war. Continue reading
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Rebecca Long-Bailey Labour leadership campaign marks end of “project Corbyn”
The nominally “left” candidate in the Labour Party leadership contest, Rebecca-Long Bailey, launched her campaign at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Friday. The event confirmed that four years of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership have changed nothing fundamental about the Labour Party. Continue reading
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The Murder Of Qassem Soleimani Will Deter No One
The Trump administration sees the U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani as a form of deterrence not only with regards to Iran but also towards Russia, China and others. That view is wrong. Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 198 Mid-January 2020 – is now online
20 January 2020 — Coldtype Continue reading
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Russians are coming — to the Indian Ocean
The Cold-War hypothesis that the Soviet Union was hoping to “wet its toes” in the Indian Ocean was in reality an extension of the geopolitical construct known as the “Anglo-Russian Question” that was written about by Lord Curzon, onetime viceroy of British India (1899-1905). We now know that the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was due… Continue reading
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Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down but There May be More to the Story
The claim that Major General Qassem Soleimani was a “terrorist” on a mission to carry out an “imminent” attack that would kill hundreds of Americans turned out to be a lie, so why should one believe anything else relating to recent developments in Iran and Iraq? To be sure, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 departing from Tehran’s… Continue reading
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