August 20, 2021
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Britain Wants A Rerun Of The War On Afghanistan
Immediately after the Taliban victory an enormous dis-information campaign was launched to again badmouth them. There are now suddenly all kinds of allegations that the Taliban are doing this or that bad. These are mostly based on hearsay and no or very little evidence is presented. Don’t believe them without direct confirmation from original sources. Continue reading
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Imperialism and its discontents
On the night of 14 August 1791, enslaved Africans gathered in the Bois Caïman forest and planned the revolt that would begin the Haitian Revolution. Last week, on the 230th anniversary of this meeting, Haiti was hit by an earthquake that has upturned the lives of more than a million people. The count of the… Continue reading
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The IPCC Report: Key Findings and Radical Implications
The UN-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released its latest comprehensive report on the state of the earth’s climate. The much-anticipated report dominated the headlines for a few days in early August, then quickly disappeared amidst the latest news from Afghanistan, the fourth wave of Covid-19 infections in the US, and all the… Continue reading
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Afghanistan news Links 19-20 August 2021
20 August 2021 • 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 Dumbest headline of the Year Award goes to the New York Times for this: Afghanistan: Watching It All Fall Apart By Douglas Schorzman Yeah, us, too. Continue reading
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Afghanistan 20/20: The 20-Year War in 20 Documents
Washington, D.C., August 19, 2021 – The U.S. government under four presidents misled the American people for nearly two decades about progress in Afghanistan, while hiding the inconvenient facts about ongoing failures inside confidential channels, according to declassified documents published today by the National Security Archive. Continue reading
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