June 10, 2021
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Every Region of the World Is the Worst Affected: The Twenty-Third Newsletter (2021)
10 June 2021 — Tricontinental Faisal Laibi Sahi (Iraq), Cafe 2, 2014. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Each month, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) releases a monthly food price index. The release on 3 June showed that food prices have surged by 40%, the largest rise since 2011. Continue reading
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Imperialism meets in Cornwall
This weekend, the leaders of the ‘free world’ are flying (and helicoptering) into Cornwall, at the tiny end of England, for the first physical meeting of the G7 nations. As they increase the carbon footprint sharply through extensive fossil fuel activity, the G7 agenda will include dealing with climate change, global ‘action’ on the COVID… Continue reading
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Thomas Friedman’s last gasp
10 June 2021 — Jonathan Cook New Left Review – 10 June 2021 Thomas Friedman’s recent column in the New York Times reflecting on Israel’s 11-day destruction of Gaza is a showcase for the delusions of liberal Zionism: a constellation of thought that has never looked so threadbare. It seems that every liberal newspaper needs Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 10 June 2021
10 June 2021 — The New Dark Age On the Politics of Victory and Defeat: How Gaza Dethroned the King of Israel https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/06/on-the-politics-of-victory-and-defeat-how-gaza-dethroned-the-king-of-israel/ National Coalition Calls On Biden To Halt Weapons Sales To Israel https://popularresistance.org/national-coalition-calls-on-biden-to-halt-weapons-sales-to-israel/ Continue reading
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Official: Lady Dorrian Rules Courts Should Apply Different Standards to Bloggers and Mainstream Media
We are racing to lodge our application to the Supreme Court by Friday, so I am just going to post an email I just sent my legal team: Continue reading
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Their wars, our lives: The return of anti-militarism
On June 14, 2021 NATO will hold a “Summit of Allied Leaders” at its headquarters in Brussels. According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenber, the meeting “is a unique opportunity to reinforce NATO as the enduring embodiment of the bond between Europe and North America.” The summit will follow a “Group of Seven” (G7) meeting… Continue reading
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