January 23, 2020
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Selected Articles: Focus on the Davos World Economic Forum (2017-2020)
23 January 2020 — Global Research Trump Parties in Davos While Ordinary Americans Struggle to Make Ends Meet By Stephen Lendman, January 23 2020 The annual Davos billionaire’s ball — aka World Economic Forum — continues until Friday. Countless millions of US households face unacceptable choices between paying rent or servicing mortgages, seeking high-cost medical care when needed, Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 23 January 2020
23 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back ‘We simply can’t get in’: Assange lawyer complains about lack of access to WikiLeaks founder https://on.rt.com/a9ln WikiLeaks Editor: US Is Saying First Amendment Doesn’t Apply To Foreigners In Continue reading
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Iran News Links 22-23 January 2020
23 January 2020 • 17:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Dutch foreign minister’s speculations over plane crash in Iran impermissible — Zakharova https://tass.com/politics/1112407 Today’s Links 23 January 2020 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2020/01/todays-links_23.html Continue reading
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Review: “One World Digital Dictatorship” by Soren Korsgaard – Digital Nightmare
Danish writer Soren Korsgaard (editor of Crime & Power) has written a very long and detailed account entitled “One World Digital Dictatorship” that describes the accelerating movement by both Western-style democracies and one-party states (notably China) towards world-wide Digital Dictatorship (Digital Imprisonment) involving mass data collection on everyone, mass surveillance, facial recognition-based tracking, crypotocurrency-based cashless… Continue reading
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Book Now: The Media Democracy Festival 2020
We are delighted to invite you to this year’s Media Democracy Festival on Saturday 14 March at Birkbeck University*, Central London. Free registration tickets are now available. Continue reading
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20 points to understand the drama of the right-wing opposition in Venezuela
One year ago on January 23, 2019, Juan Guaidó had united the Venezuelan right-wing opposition against Maduro. Today Guaidó continues to enjoy support from the United States but not from his fellow opposition legislators. Continue reading
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When Will The Winter Come to An End?: The Fourth Newsletter (2020)
23 January 2020 — Tri-Continental When Will The Winter Come to An End?: The Fourth Newsletter (2020) Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 17 January, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led the Friday prayers for the first time in eight years. He mocked the ‘American clowns’ who Continue reading
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Syria News Links 10-23 January 2020
23 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back US, UK Diplomats Protest Against OPCW Whistleblower Giving Evidence to United Nations https://williambowles.info/2020/01/22/us-uk-diplomats-protest-against-opcw-whistleblower-giving-evidence-to-united-nations/ OPCW Inspector Debunks Doctored Syria Report. “The Chemical Weapons Incident That Never Occurred” https://www.globalresearch.ca/opcw-inspector-debunks-doctored-syria-report-the-chemical-weapons-incident-that-never-occurred/5701378 Continue reading
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World’s Super Rich Meet in Davos to Discuss the Climate Change Problem they Created
Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together. Continue reading
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New Report – In the Frame: UK media coverage of drone targeted killing
Our new report looks at UK involvement in drone targeted killing and in particular at media coverage of British citizens killed in such strikes. It argues that the government’s refusal to discuss key details or policy issues around these operations has helped to curtail coverage, creating a climate where targeted killing has become normalised and… Continue reading
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How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate US Regime Change in Venezuela
Following the opposition leader’s failure to secure reelection as National Assembly president this month, Washington and its corporate media stenographers have hysterically decried a “coup” (FAIR.org, 1/10/20) against the coup leader, moving absurdly to recognize a new parallel parliament that he can still be in charge of. Continue reading
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