July 22, 2022
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U.S. Attempts To Make China An Enemy Require A Lot Of Fantasy
The U.S. weapon industry needs U.S. enemies. Without those it is hard to justify an ever growing war budget. The most lucrative enemy, besides Russia, is of course China. But there is a problem. China has no interest in being a U.S. enemy and certainly not in being THE enemy. In its view that only… Continue reading
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Japan sounds alarm over Ukraine and Taiwan
Japan sees an increasing amount of global and regional security risks tied to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the tension around Taiwan, according to the country’s new defense white paper. Tokyo is also concerned about the relationship developing between Moscow and Beijing, the document says. Continue reading
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Gaza Fights Back | Original MPN Documentary (English subtitles)
Gaza Fights Back is a MintPress News original documentary, directed by Dan Cohen. It tells the story of how Gaza’s armed resistance intervened in occupied Jerusalem as Israeli settlers expelled Palestinians from their homes and created provocations at the al-Aqsa compound. Featuring rare interviews with the Palestinian armed resistance and innocent victims of Israeli aggression,… Continue reading
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Crowdfunding Colonialism: Who Is Bankrolling Israel’s Latest Excursion Into the West Bank?
Friday, 22 July 2022 — MintPress News OCCUPIED WEST BANK — On Wednesday, thousands of Israeli settlers from the Nachala settler group — along with Israeli lawmakers — flocked to the occupied West Bank and established seven illegal outposts in a land grab operation propelled by a massive fundraising campaign. Continue reading
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Russia-Ukraine vs US civil war
Reading The great big book of horrible things (2012), I came to the American civil war. Bloody, but well down the list at 65. It was in the works for at least a decade and finally caught fire. Brother fighting brother over a defense of the equality of all vs white nationalism. Messy and cruel, in the… Continue reading
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The End of the American Century?
Has the so-called American Century come to an end? If so, how did this come about? Was it poor leadership or the mission to lead the world itself was always destined to fail? And, what follows the end of the American Century? CrossTalking with Pepe Escobar, Peter Kuznick, and Ajamu Baraka. Continue reading
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50 Sick Headlines About Vladimir Putin’s Health
Over the last months the British MI-6 disinformation service had fun with strewing rumors over Vladimir Putin’s health, mostly via British tabloids. It used its usual tools – a former MI-6 chief, ‘former’ MI-6 spies and the ever available ‘anonymous’ Russian oligarch who lives in London. Like its other propaganda claims these were obvious nonsense… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 21-22 July 2022
Friday, 22 July 2022 — 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 and some links Continue reading
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It Is Dark, but I Sing Because the Morning Will Come: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 22 July 2022 — The Tricontinental Photograph by Wellington Lenon / MST-PR Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In the chilly Brazilian winter of 2019, Renata Porto Bugni (deputy director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research), André Cardoso (coordinator of our office in Brazil), and I went to the Lula Continue reading
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The Hype of HIMARS
In the face of a rampant Russia, a collapsing Ukraine and a West that simply cannot abandon its political path, western MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) units are being sent to the Ukraine if for no other reason than to shore up the headlines as nothing but bad news comes from Eastern Europe. This article… Continue reading
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Captured militant of the “Kraken” battalion speaks about the morale in the AFU
Four militants of the national battalion “Kraken” were captured after the defeat of their assault squad near Belogorovka by the forces of motorized infantry of the Central Military District (group “O”). Continue reading
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Watch: Gaza Fights Back: Israel Bombs AP Press Tower
🔥This is the story of the al-Jalaa tower, home to Gaza’s AP, Al-Jazeera & other media offices. Israel’s targeting and bombing of this civilian high-rise in May 2021 is a blatant war crime, one of several documented in our new feature film Gaza Fights Back. No justice has been served. Continue reading
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