March 9, 2021
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Yemen war a quagmire for Saudi Arabia
With the world’s largest oil export terminal coming under missile and drone attack — a giant Saudi Aramco complex capable of exporting roughly 6.5m barrels a day, nearly 7% of global oil demand — the war in Yemen surges in the global media. During the night on Saturday, the Houthis fired eight missiles and 14… Continue reading
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African food systems are the ‘new oil,’ UN documents say
Planning documents for the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 shed new light on the agenda behind the controversial food summit that hundreds of farmers’ and human rights groups are boycotting over its dominance by agribusiness interests. Continue reading
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The New Normal (Phase 2)
Most of Western Europe is still in “lockdown,” or “under curfew,” or in some other state of “health emergency.” Police are fining and arresting people for “being outdoors without a valid reason.” Protest is still banned. Dissent is still censored. The official propaganda is relentless. Governments are ruling by edict, subjecting people to an ever-changing series of increasingly absurd restrictions of… Continue reading
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NYT Fails to Examine Its Participation in Brazil’s ‘Biggest Judicial Scandal’
The Brazilian Supreme Court on March 8 dismissed all charges against former President Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva made during the Lava Jato investigation, a little over a month after the investigation was officially ended. The termination came shortly after the Supreme Court admitted 6 terabytes of leaked Telegram chats between public prosecutors and judges as evidence in… Continue reading
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Intensive Fishing and the Birth of Capitalism, Part 2
8 March 2021 — Origin: Climate & Capitalism Plundering a New Found Land While treasure fleets carried silver to Spain, far more ships were carrying men, fish and whale oil across the North Atlantic. Part One discussed the development of fish as a mass food commodity, and the Dutch use of factory ships in the… Continue reading
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Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements”
A new report from Washington D.C.-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concludes that the U.S. government should work closely with social media companies to ensure that protest movements around the world result in an outcome more conducive to American interests. Along with intern Riley McCabe, the organization’s senior fellow, Samuel… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 