January 2020
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Information Clearing House Headlines 21 January 2020
21 January 2020 — Information Clearing House The Angry Arab: US Violated Unspoken Rule of Engagement with Iran By As`ad AbuKhalil The Trump administration has revealed the extent to which the U.S. war empire is run by the military-intelligence apparatus. – Continue ==== Continue reading
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Iran News Links 21 January 2020
21 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 The US’s Inalienable Right to Violence https://williambowles.info/2020/01/21/the-uss-inalienable-right-to-violence/ Western media focus on a ‘clown’, but US murders still the real story in Iran http://thesaker.is/western-media-focus-on-a-clown-but-us-murders-still-the-real-story-in-iran/ Continue reading
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The US’s Inalienable Right to Violence
Even when critical of US actions, media commentary on recent US bombings and assassinations in the Middle East is premised on the assumption that the US has the right to use violence (or the threat of it) to assert its will, anytime, anywhere. Conversely, corporate media coverage suggests that any countermeasure—such as resistance to the US presence… 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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FIRST GLOBAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST 5G GATHERS MOMENTUM
A Global Day of Protest against 5G was just an idea three months ago. At this writing, more than 205 events in more than 195 cities in 32 countries are being planned for Saturday, January 25. Continue reading
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Capitalism and the Gut-Wrenching Hijack of India by Colin Todhunter
In India, the ‘development’ paradigm is premised on moving farmers out of agriculture and into the cities to work in construction, manufacturing or the service sector, despite these sectors not creating anything like the number of jobs required. The aim is to displace the existing labour-intensive system of food and agriculture with one dominated by… Continue reading
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Propaganda – Gov’t creates film factory to rewrite Brexit history
Dan Brown, author of the Da Vinci Code once wrote – “History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books – books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, ‘What is history, but a fable… Continue reading
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WATCH: Wikileaks Documents Further Discredit OPCW
This video, made by RT, is a great rundown on the current state of the OPCW’s “official report” on the Douma incident. Put it simply: it is in tatters. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 20, 2020
21 January 2020 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 20, 2020 Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford Black Self-Defense is Important, But Ideology is Paramount / Catch the “‘F’ the Police” Train / Roots of Imperial Policing Continue reading
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How To Be A Mentally Sovereign Human
We all showed up naked, slimy and clueless in a world of inexplicable sensory input we couldn’t make head or tail out of. We were then taught what’s what by people who showed up under the exact same circumstances a blink of an eye earlier. Continue reading
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The Mad Geopolitics of Israel’s EastMed Gas Pipeline
At just a time when the world holds its collective breath over risk of a World War over the US assassination of Iran’s leading general and other provocations, Israel has chosen to sign a natural gas pipeline deal with Greece and Cyprus that is the equivalent of tossing a loaded hand grenade into the hyper-tense… Continue reading
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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
The New Dark Age 