May 14, 2021
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Palestine/Gaza News Links 13-14 May 2021
14 May 2021 • 20:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Global Resistance: End The Nakba Now! https://popularresistance.org/global-resistance-end-the-nakba-now/ Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state https://williambowles.info/2021/05/14/palestinians-in-israel-now-face-far-right-mob-violence-backed-by-the-state/ If I Fall In The Struggle, Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 14 May 2021
14 May 2021 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Glyphosate Raises Malaria Risk through Damage to Insect Immune Systems – New Study The chemical compound glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, can weaken the immune systems of insects, suggests a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Glyphosate is the Continue reading
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Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state
Protests by Palestinian citizens are being greeted with a mix of police violence and vigilante-style attacks from Jewish fascists Continue reading
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China blocks US bases in Central Asia
Ten months after the first meeting of the foreign ministers of China and the five Central Asian states, Beijing has followed through with a second session on May 11 at a gathering in Xi’an, China, hosted by Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The venue is symbolic. The ancient city of Xi’an used to be the ‘terminus… Continue reading
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This time it’s different
As I write, the building I live in here in Gaza is shaking continuously. Above us, Israeli F-16 warplanes pummel us with a seemingly endless barrage of bombs. I am writing amid a rapid flow of developing events, so it is certain that by the time this is published, many things may have changed, but… Continue reading
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G7 or failed colonial powers telling the world what to do
G7 are a bunch of western countries—the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada—who believe that they have the “civilizational” mandate to tell the world how it should be run Continue reading
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German Greens crusade for U.S./NATO wars
Ann Garrison: Diana, the German Greens are leading in the polls, heading into Germany’s federal elections in September. So Chancellor Angela Merkel may even be replaced by the Greens’ candidate Annalena Baerbock. However, the last time I looked, the German Greens were calling for a rewrite of the UN Charter to take away Russia and China’s… Continue reading
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Geopolitical Projection: US Claims China is an “Aggressor”
(Brian Berletic – NEO) – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has, in a 60 Minutes interview, accused China of acting “repressively at home and more aggressively abroad,” emphasizing it as a “fact.” He repeated unfounded claims that “1 million” Uyghurs are being interned in facilities in China’s western region of Xinjiang and referred to… Continue reading
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Meet the Censored: C.J. Hopkins, Critic of the “New Normal”
The arrival of Covid-19 has crashed America on a paradox that reads like the plot of a bad Star Trek episode. Half the country mistakes science for a set of inflexible decrees and demands it be worshipped as a religion. The other half believes the first group is always lying and defies even its sensible… Continue reading
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Watch/Read: Pepe Escobar joins Jeff J. Brown for a great conversation about the US, EU, China, Russia, Iran and DPRK, plus MUCH more
It was great to have such an informative and entertaining discussion with Pepe Escobar today. As I was editing it, I think what shines through is real friendship between two writers, journalists and analysts, who have great mutual respect for each other’s knowledge and experience. Continue reading