January 29, 2020
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Meet the Candidates Taking on Bolivia’s US-Backed Right Wing Government
Bolivian journalist Oliver Vargas takes an in-depth look at the candidates taking on the interim right-wing government of Jeanine Anez in Bolivia’s upcoming elections and the many challenges they face. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 28-29 January 2020
29 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 U.S. Demands Iraq Either Join U.S. War Against Iran or Be Destroyed https://www.greanvillepost.com/2020/01/28/u-s-demands-iraq-either-join-u-s-war-against-iran-or-be-destroyed/ Today’s Links 29 January 2020 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2020/01/todays-links_29.html Continue reading
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Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ will not bring peace – that was the plan for the US and Israel
The so-called “Vision for Peace” unveiled on Tuesday simply confirmed that the US government has publicly adopted the long-running consensus in Israel: that it is entitled to keep permanently the swaths of territory it seized illegally over the past half-century that deny the Palestinians any hope of a state. Continue reading
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China’s New Coronavirus: An Examination of the Facts 29 January 2020
The Western mass media have discussed the new corona virus that began in the city of Wuhan in Central China but, apart from repetitive small details and the inevitable China-bashing, not much light has been shed on the circumstances. My initial commentary here is composed from a medley of nearly 100 Western news reports, primarily… Continue reading
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Trump’s “win-win” plan hands everything to Israel
After much anticipation and with great ceremony, on Tuesday US President Donald Trump presented his plan for Middle East peace. Continue reading
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Moscow pips Pompeo at the Syrian post
The capture of the town of Maarat al-Numan in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib bordering Turkey on Wednesday by the government forces must be counted as the first ‘new facts on the ground’ since the murder of Qassem Soleimani twenty-five days ago. The salience is that the military operation against the al-Qaeda affiliates went ahead… Continue reading
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