July 2022
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Ithaka
Away from the Tory Babel over who will be the top “world-leading” sociopath, I spent the last two evenings in the company of decent people. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian’s father and brother, were in Glasgow and Edinburgh for the screening of “Ithaka”, the documentary that follows the fight by Julian Assange’s family to have… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 15-16 July 2022
Saturday 16 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. Annoyingly, links to Continue reading
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Ray McGovern: Historical Context for Conflicts in Ukraine
This talk was hosted by Regis Tremblay on July 8 2022 as part of the Global Conversations series, with a description: “Ray McGovern’s presentation on the history of US provocations against Russia helps to understand Russia’s position on the special intervention in Ukraine.” Continue reading
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The Worst is Yet to Come: When the Center Cannot Hold
In America with wider global systemic tendencies. It is not hopeful about the future, yet. Its central message is that we should continue to struggle for a future we can believe in given that we live at a time of radical uncertainty. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 14-15 July 2022
Friday, 15 July 2022 • 17:00 — 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 and Continue reading
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While Guilty for Sex Trafficking, Ghislaine Maxwell Takes Fall for Alleged Sexual Blackmail Operation Run by Western Intelligence Agencies
Evidence suggests that Epstein and his paramour Ghislaine Maxwell were working for U.S., British and Israeli intelligence agencies to build a video database of sexually compromised political leaders, oligarchs and influential celebrities who could be manipulated and controlled by blackmail. Continue reading
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Secrets of the Pandemic
1) Pandemic Response: Failure or Success?; 2) The SARS&MERS “Death Rate”; 3) China & Zero Covid; 4) Coronavirus Origins; 5) Why Face Masks Have Failed; 6) Covid Vaccine Trials; 7) Covid Treatment: Antivirals & More; 8) Asymptomatic Transmission; 9) Long Covid; 10) Children Continue reading
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Biden’s I2U2 summit diminishes India
India’s involvement with US President Joe Biden’s quixotic venture called “I2-U2 Summit” is bizarre, to put it mildly. India’s excellent relations with Israel and the UAE are best pursued on the highly successful bilateral tracks instead of complicating them with the Abraham Accords or the US’ big power rivalry with Russia and China for regional… Continue reading
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Gaza Fights Back | Official Trailer | MintPress News
Gaza Fights Back tells the story of Israel’s 2021 11-day war on Gaza, the human toll, and how Gaza’s armed resistance groups outmaneuvered the vastly more powerful Israeli military. Continue reading
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Assange Fights Extradition To United States With Two Appeals
Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange separately appealed decisions by Home Office Secretary Priti Patel and a United Kingdom district court, which authorized his extradition to the United States. Continue reading
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Selling out the Ukraine
. It is now confirmed that the Russian Army was able to purchase two Caesar self-propelled howitzers from Ukrainian troops recently. Reports say that when new, these cost $7m each, yet ‘negotiations’ enabled the Russians to ‘obtain’ them at the bucketshop price of $120,000 apiece, these being taken to the Russian Uralvagonzavod factory for evaluation. More alarming… Continue reading
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This Proxy War Has No Exit Strategy
The International Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America has released a statement opposing the US government’s ongoing proxy war in Ukraine, saying the billions being funneled into the military-industrial complex “at a time when ordinary Americans are struggling to pay for housing, groceries, and fuel” is “a slap in the face for working people.” The statement advocates a… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 13-14 July 2022
Thursday, 14 July 2022 • 19:30 — 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 Continue reading
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Ukraine SitRep – Additional Defense Lines, A Failed Counterattack, Weapon Deliveries
This comes only a week after the cauldron around Lysichansk began to close. Until a few hours ago there was still a chance to flee from Lysichansk but the only passable road was under Russian fire. It is not know yet how many made it out or how many gave up and were taken prisoners. Continue reading
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Will Our Children Be Literate? Will They Look Forward to the Future with Dignity?: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 14 July 2022 — The Tricontinental Nú Barreto (Guinea-Bissau), A Esperar (‘Waiting’), 2019. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. The world is adrift in the tides of hunger and desolation. It is difficult to think about education, or anything else, when your children are not able to eat. And Continue reading
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Putin’s summit next week will strengthen ties with Iran, Turkey
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced in Moscow on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin will travel to Tehran on July 19, to take part in a tripartite meeting with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts as part of the Astana peace process to end the war in Syria as well as hold a bilateral meeting with… Continue reading
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As US Refuses to Act, Suspected Alex Odeh Assassins Enjoy Influential Role in Israeli Politics
Palestinian-American activist Alex Odeh was murdered outside his California office in October 1985. For decades, law enforcement officials have openly speculated that the perpetrators were members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) – a terrorist group led at the time by the notorious militant Irv Rubin. It is widely alleged that three individuals – Robert… Continue reading
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In Cité Soleil, the G9 Federation in All-Out War with G-Pèp
On the evening of Jul. 11, amid fierce gun battles, a combatant of Haiti’s “Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies, Mess With One, You Mess With All” (commonly referred to as the G9) called a Haïti Liberté source: “Right now, I’m lying in Ti Gabriel’s bed,” he told the source. Continue reading
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Russia and China Haven’t Even Started to Ratchet Up the Pain Dial
The Suicide Spectacular Summer Show, currently on screen across Europe, proceeds in full regalia, much to the astonishment of virtually the whole Global South: a trashy, woke Gotterdammerung remake, with Wagnerian grandeur replaced by twerking. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 12-13 July 2022
Wednesday, 13 July 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 and Continue reading
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