March 5, 2020
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Syria – Another Ceasefire In Idleb – Erdogan Loses On All Points
President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and President Vladimir Putin of Russia met today in Moscow. They had a 160 minute long talk under 4 eyes and another round with their relevant staff. The parties agreed on a new ceasefire in Idleb governorate. Continue reading
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Coronavirus: The only thing spreading “exponentially” is fear – Fewer people are sick each day, and yet there’s no sign of panic abating
Shall we start off this little overview with some cold hard facts? Not the ones about death rates, and the flu, and clinical diagnosis. We’ve done that. A lot. No this is just simple maths; There are, according to official estimates, fewer people with coronavirus today, than yesterday. Continue reading
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Empires of the steppes fuel Erdogan Khan’s dreams
The latest installment of the interminable Syria tragedy could be interpreted as Greece barely blocking a European “invasion” by Syrian refugees. The invasion was threatened by President Erdogan even as he refused the EU’s puny “offer you can refuse” bribe of only one billion euros. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 5 March 2020
5 March 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 Julian Assange case is a retreat in civic progress and protection | Opinion The Commercial Appeal The case of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, violates not only Assange’s rights as Continue reading
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Turkey at War with Syria: Selected Stories
5 March 2020 — Global Research Empires of the Steppes Fuel Erdogan Khan’s Dreams By Pepe Escobar, March 05, 2020 The latest installment of the interminable Syria tragedy could be interpreted as Greece barely blocking a European “invasion” by Syrian refugees. The invasion was threatened by President Erdogan even as he refused the EU’s puny “offer you can refuse” bribe Continue reading
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Where Are The Skripals?
Two years ago, on March 4 2018, Sergei Skripal a British-Russian double agent and his daughter Julia were poisoned in the streets of Salisbury, England. The British government accused Russia of an attempt to kill the Skripals with a nerve agent. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 4-5 March 2020
5 March 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 Selected Articles: Turkey at War with Syria https://www.globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-turkey-war-syria-whose-side-winning/5705666 Anti-Turkish Coalition is Getting Bigger by the Day https://journal-neo.org/2020/03/05/anti-turkish-coalition-is-getting-bigger-by-the-day/ Continue reading
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Review: Diana Johnstone, Circle in the Darkness: Memoir of a World Watcher (2020)
First, Diana Johnstone’s memoir is a classic, and will be read and quoted as long as we keep struggling for peace and justice. It is one of the great personal accounts of the anguished decline of our uncivilization, both a riveting eye-witness account of many of the horrors and perfidies, and a primer for students… Continue reading
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WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup
President Evo Morales won re-election in Bolivia’s presidential election last October 20, as pre-election polls predicted. He received 47% of the vote in an election with 88% turnout. He beat his nearest rival by just over 10 percentage points, which meant a second round was not required. Continue reading
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We Who Were Nothing and Have Become Everything Shall Construct a New and Better World: The Tenth Newsletter (2020)
5 March 2020 — Tricontinental Jane Norling, Sistersongs, Berkeley, California, 1975. We Who Were Nothing and Have Become Everything Shall Construct a New and Better World: The Tenth Newsletter (2020). Dear Friends, For Ernesto Cardenal (1925-2020), who has gone to hand out clandestine pamphlets in the sky. Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Continue reading
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The Alex Salmond Trial and Censorship
On Monday morning at 6am I shall again be queuing up outside a courtroom. I never had any intention this blog would become so concentrated on court reporting, but then I never expected the state to be trying to put so many of my friends in prison. Continue reading
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