July 2022
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Black Sea and three musketeers
As the conflict in Ukraine slouches toward Odessa, the war gets elevated to the sphere of a romantic adventure. If Alexander Dumas was alive, the idea might have struck him to write a sequel to his Three Musketeers, the historical novel written in 1844, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice, highlighting the… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 24-25 July 2022
Monday, 25 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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Gaza Fights Back | MintPress News Original Documentary
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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The Forde Report and the Labour Right
Sunday, 24 July 2022 — Craig Murray Craig Murray Nobody can accuse the authors of the Forde report of having a low opinion of themselves. Its lofty tone reflects profound disdain for the views and actions of mere mortals, and it utters judgments with an air of deep profundity. This is amusing as it is banal in Continue reading
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‘A Possible Coup’ Against the Labour Government?
A file released on Tuesday by the National Archives, titled “Allegations concerning a possible coup in 1968”, reveals how rattled MI5 and the Home Office were many years later about conspiracies that have never been properly investigated. Continue reading
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Europe: caught in a trap
The major economies are moving closer to recession, if they are not already there; and yet inflation rates continue to rise (for now). The latest surveys of business activity, called Purchasing Managers Indexes (PMIs), show that both the Euro area and the US are now in contraction territory (i.e. any level below 50). The composite… Continue reading
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Biden proved that Israel is a US proxy in the Middle East
American President Joe Biden landed in Israel on Wednesday and started his four-day tour of the Middle East, the first since he took office. Moments after landing in Tel Aviv, he delivered a speech which outlined his intentions during this controversial tour. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 23-24 July 2022
Sunday, 24 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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UK: GENERAL STRIKE NOW!
This is the slogan of the day as workers around the world are driven into destitution by the fraud of inflation. Such a slogan will only gain muscle if it is driven by the membership of the trade unions. The majority of trade union leaders do not lead from the front, instead they are found… Continue reading
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Ukraine grain deal is a feel-good event. But road to peace is long and winding
The agreements signed in Istanbul on Friday regarding the export of grain out of Ukraine and Russia catch the headlines as a major development from the angle of global food security, which it surely is. Between around 22 million tonnes of grain from last year’s harvest now trapped inside Ukraine due to the war, and… Continue reading
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UK: Laundering the death numbers
The ONS have released the latest update on their data for deaths by vaccination status. Superficially it appears to show residual protection against death in the vaccinated but only a little digging reveals that there is likely hidden information that could turn that observation on its head. Continue reading
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S.Korea attempts to assure China on supply chain amid US pressuring over exclusive ‘chip alliance’
South Korea faces a dilemma of whether to join the US-led semiconductor alliance “Chip 4” or not, as President Yoon Suk-yeol has called for “active diplomacy” with China to ensure there are no misunderstandings regarding its possible participation, the Yonhap News Agency reported. Continue reading
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Russian Ops in Ukraine (July 21, 2022) – Pentagon Prefers Fiction Over Facts
Saturday, 23 July 2022 — Land Destroyer July 21, 2022 (The New Atlas) – Update on Russia Operations in Ukraine for July 21, 2022. Pentagon admits Ukrainian troops are not stopping Russia’s advance; Pentagon admits HIMARS cannot “win” a war on their own; US allies are repairing Ukrainian equipment Ukraine is not capable of repairing itself; Media Continue reading
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US is Trying to Drive Erdogan into a Corner – but Without Success
Joe Biden’s administration is currently losing on all its foreign policy fronts, but he is still hoping for success, if nowhere else, in his confrontation with the Turkish leader Recep Erdoğan, so that he can demonstrate to the world and the US public, that there is still some “gunpowder left in the barrel.” This consideration… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 22-23 July 2022
Saturday, 23 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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Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun
Since the creation of the US Federal Reserve over a century ago, every major financial market collapse has been deliberately triggered for political motives by the central bank. The situation is no different today, as clearly the US Fed is acting with its interest rate weapon to crash what is the greatest speculative financial bubble… Continue reading
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Ukraine Grain Exports – Myths And Reality
Saturday, 23 July 2022 — Moon of Alabama A deal between Ukraine and Russia aims to ease the global food crisis. – New York Times – Jul 23, 2022 BRUSSELS — Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement in Istanbul on Friday to free more than 20 million metric tons of grain stuck in blockaded Black Sea ports in Ukraine, a Continue reading
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How The CIA Made Google
INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a new crowd-funded investigative journalism project, breaks the exclusive story of how the United States intelligence community funded, nurtured and incubated Google as part of a drive to dominate the world through control of information. Seed-funded by the NSA and CIA, Google was merely the first among a plethora of private sector start-ups… Continue reading
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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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