February 17, 2022
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John Pilger: War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda
THE WAR HYSTERIA THAT HAS ROLLED IN LIKE A TIDAL WAVE IN RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS IS THE MOST STRIKING EXAMPLE. KNOWN BY ITS JARGON, “SHAPING THE NARRATIVE,” MUCH IF NOT MOST OF IT IS PURE PROPAGANDA. Continue reading
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UK: Strike action: Race & class faultlines exposed
This week, the IRR signed an open letter protesting a temporary High Court injunction against the United Voices of the World Union. This unprecedented legal intervention was aimed at suppressing strike action by outsourced security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), prohibiting them from ‘waving banners’, ’vigorous dancing’ or even ‘making rapid dramatic movements’ within 200 metres of… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 17 February 2022
Thursday, 17 February 2022 • 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. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. Ukraine: Continue reading
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WATCH: UN Security Council on Ukraine Crisis LIVE
Russia has called a U.N. Security Council meeting on the anniversary of the signing of the Minsk 2 accord. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is addressing the council. Watch it here live starting at 10 am EST. Continue reading
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What Red Book Will You Read This Year on Red Books Day (21 February)?: The Seventh Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 17 February 2022 — The Tricontinental Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 16 February 2015, Govind and Uma Pansare went for a morning walk near their home in Kolhapur, in the western state of Maharashtra, India. Two men on a motorcycle stopped them and asked for Continue reading
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Media Studies – (‘Russian Invasion’ Scam)
Material for media studies: The Hill @thehill – 9:32 PM · Feb 3, 2022 Reporter: “It’s an action that you say they have taken, but you have shown no evidence to confirm that. […] This is like – crisis actors? Really? This is like Alex Jones territory you’re getting into now.” Must-watch exchange between @APDiploWriter Matt… Continue reading
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From Wuhan to Ottawa
A recent preprint meta-analysis by researchers from Denmark (Center for Political Studies), Sweden (Lund University) and the US (Johns Hopkins University) found that lockdowns in the spring of 2020 had no significant impact on mortality. Moreover, the authors highlight that the many “simulation studies” that claimed otherwise essentially presupposed that the entire decline in infections had been due to… Continue reading
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Failure in Moscow: Liz Truss Loses Britannia’s Way
Incompetent politicians and diplomats are on the level with ill-prepared generals fighting current wars with dated methods. They err, they stumble, and they may well be responsible for the next idiotic slander, misfire or misunderstanding. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is synonymous with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s idea of groping diplomacy. Graceless, all confusion, and much ignorance besides,… Continue reading