February 19, 2020
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Syria – Turkey’s Bluff Is Called – Media Opposition Sources Run By British Intelligence
Russia has called Turkey’s bluff of a wide ranging attack on Syrian government forces. The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan will now have to find a way out of the Idleb trap he set himself in. His excellent Syria adventure is coming to an end. Continue reading
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Legal Team Files Motion to Release Chelsea Manning
Today, attorney Moira Meltzer-Cohen filed a Motion to Release Chelsea Manning, based on evidence, including an expert’s assessment of Chelsea’s personality profile, and a public condemnation of her “coercive confinement” by Nils Melzer, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Continue reading
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‘And Then – Nothing. Silence’: The Deadly Facade Of ‘Democracy’
If you were mad enough to judge the state of the world by the daily outpourings of ‘mainstream’ media, you would have no real understanding of the perilous state of the human race. Or, if you had concerns on seeing the latest news on climate breakdown, you would not be fully informed about the powerful elites that… Continue reading
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The West Displays Its Insecurity Complex
The only complaint the U.S. allows is that the United States might not defend us enough, when the greater danger comes from being defended too much, writes Diana Johnstone on the Munich conference. Continue reading
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Apocalypse Now! Insects, Pesticide and a Public Health Crisis
In 2017, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics, Baskut Tuncak, produced a report that called for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use of dangerous pesticides in farming and move towards sustainable agricultural practices. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Headlines 18 February 2020
18 February 2020 — Information Clearing House Julian Assange Must be Freed, Not Betrayed By John Pilger When Julian Assange steps into Woolwich Crown Court, true journalism will be the only crime on trial. – Continue ==== Continue reading
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“Leave Our Bloke Alone”: A Little Mission for Julian Assange
“I think that now it is time that the government I am a part of needs to be standing up and saying to both the UK and the US: ‘enough is enough, leave our bloke alone and let him come home.’” George Christensen, Australian conservative MP, Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 19, 2020 Continue reading
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Capitalist roots of the environment crisis
Amid the infinite, silent expanse of the universe, the emergence of any kind of life at all on the small speck we call Earth is miraculous enough. That those first primitive forms of life, after 3 to 4 billion years of development, would give rise to a species that can ask about the origin and… Continue reading
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Scandal-Ridden OPCW Now Using Twitter’s “Hide Replies” Function
When Twitter first implemented its “hide replies” function last year I published an article warning that it could be used by establishment narrative managers to marginalize dissident voices and diminish the relatively egalitarian nature of the platform. When I wrote it I was imagining the function being used by overt manipulators like cable TV pundits… Continue reading
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Book Review ‘Eyes In The Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare’ by Arthur Holland Michel
Arthur Holland Michel, author of ‘Eyes In The Sky’, is one of the co-founders of the Centre for the Study of the Drone at Bard College in New York State. The Centre for the Study of the Drone has done extraordinary work in monitoring the spread in the use of drones, including publication of ‘The… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 17-18 February 2020
18 February 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 Selected Articles: America “Down the Rabbit Hole” https://www.globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-us-further-down-rabbit-hole/5703892 US Pressuring Iraq Not to Reveal Details of Soleimani Killing: MP https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-pressuring-iraq-not-reveal-details-soleimani-killing-mp/5703918 Continue reading