February 2020
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Iran News Links 3-4 February 2020
4 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 The US is going to the Cyber-mattresses https://journal-neo.org/2020/02/04/the-us-is-going-to-the-cyber-mattresses/ Nazi collabo families and racist propaganda in the New York Times https://www.greanvillepost.com/2020/02/04/nazi-collabo-families-and-racist-propaganda-in-the-new-york-times/ Continue reading
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Brexit & the British Working Class
Much has been written on Brexit, stage 1 of which occurred on 31 January. But a key point has been ignored: the UK’s departure from the European Union is due to a reactionary revolt by the British (mainly English) working class. This went against the established policy of the political elites, bourgeoisie, ruling class –… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 4 February 2020 (01/20)
4 February 2020 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://statewatch.org/news/2020/feb/email-4-2-20.pdf STATEWATCH ANALYSES 1. Italy guilty of refoulements in 2009 handover of Eritrean shipwreck survivors to Libya 2 : Germany: Shadow army or isolated cases? Right-wing structures in the security authorities Continue reading
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On Holocaust Memorial Day US Embassy Falsely Claims America Liberated Auschwitz
The United States Embassy in Denmark has apologized for a statement it made earlier this week that incorrectly claimed that it was American troops that liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. In fact, Red Army troops reached its gates on January 27, 1945. “We acknowledge the important contributions of all Allied Forces during WWII and remember… Continue reading
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All US Presidents are Criminals
4 February 2020 — Black Agenda Report David Swanson BAR senior columnist Margaret Kimberley will discuss her new book, Prejudential, at NYC’s People’s Forum, on Tuesday at 6:30 pm. She spoke earlier with David Swanson’s Talk Nation radio show. Source: https://www.blackagendareport.com/all-us-presidents-are-criminals Continue reading
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Belmarsh Prisoners Show Duty to Civil Disobedience
This is a trial of the First Amendment as a foundation of our society and it calls for popular participation, writes Nozomi Hayase. Continue reading
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Israel has played a key role in US aggression towards Iran
Before the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Israel played a key and overlooked role in the Trump administration’s aggression campaign against Iran. Continue reading
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Election: LSE report on the British Press – ‘From watchdog to attack dog’
Irrespective of anyone’s political affiliation – the mainstream media has a responsibility to hold power to account, not facilitate wannabe authoritarians into Downing Street. Don’t forget these are the words from the London School of Economics, founded in 1895 for the betterment of society. Despite its name, the school is organised into 25 academic departments… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for 29 January 2020
29 January 2020 — Black Agenda Report “Progressive” Dems Ought to Divorce the Duopoly, Not Badger Greens Glen Ford, BAR executive editor The signers reveal themselves to be as fearful for the fate of the duopoly as the corporate shills they claim to oppose. Freedom Rider: Negroes for Bloomberg Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist Chicago’s Bobby Continue reading
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The Fate of Xolobeni Would Be the Fate Of Us All
Since 1996, activists in Xolobeni, a coastal region in South Africa, have been fighting a foreign mining conglomerate that learned that their ancestral lands happen to be rich in titanium. The anti-mining activists of Xolobeni, who have lost many comrades to hit squads, continue to struggle against this foreign company and its partners in the… Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 199 February 2020 – is now online
2 February 2020 — Coldtype Continue reading
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Iran News Links 30 January – 2 February 2020
2 February 2020 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Iran offers $80,000 to families of each Ukrainian killed in plane crash – Zelensky https://tass.com/world/1115527 Iran to unveil new generation centrifuges in April – official https://tass.com/world/1115503 Continue reading
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Labour’s Leadership Candidates Need a Reckoning, Not a Whitewash
One of the most striking things about periods of profound political upheaval is the inconsistency. The Corbyn moment, which has (for the moment at least) transformed both Labour and the political perspectives of the left as a whole, is no different. Continue reading
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The Prosecution of Julian Assange and Its Impact on the Freedom of the Press
On 30 January 2020, at the National Press Club’s First Amendment Lounge in Washington D.C., a panel of experts discussed the Trump Administration’s indictment of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and the impact Assange’s extradition and prosecution could have on the freedom of the press. Continue reading
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House of Commons Presentation: OPCW Leaks Reveal International Community Was Misled About Alleged Douma Chemical Incident in 2018
REPORT ON THE HOUSE OF COMMONS PRESENTATION CONCERNING OPCW LEAKS ABOUT DOUMA Continue reading
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Novel Coronavirus Defies Conspiracy Theories As Data Shows Its Coming Decline
There are first signs that the novel Cor[on]avirus (nCorV19) epidemic will come to an end within a month or so. An analysis from the Chinese media house Caixin provides the newest numbers Continue reading
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Trump “peace” deal is Israel’s apartheid blueprint
US media have treated Trump’s launch of his Middle East “peace” plan as a sideshow to impeachment hearings in Washington. But the plan, if imposed on the Palestinians by Israel, which worked with the Trump administration to develop it, would violate the rights of millions of people. Continue reading
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Americans Keep Putting Up Roadblocks Against Russian Troops on Key Syrian Highway
This is now the fourth time this has happened that we know of. US troops in northeastern Syria keep blockading the M4 highway to prevent Russian troops from moving on it. Continue reading
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In Cuba, greener farming means cleaner rivers
When the Soviet Union disintegrated in the early 1990s, food production on the island of Cuba was reduced—as the supply of Russian fertilizers, pesticides, tractors, and oil dried up. Under the stress of an imminent food crisis, the island quickly rebuilt a new form of diversified farming—including many urban organic gardens—that depended less on imported… Continue reading
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