The amazing pianist Kenny Kirkland broken down by fellow pianist, Peter Martin, in a wonderful video that deconstructs four aspects of Kirkland’s genius at the keyboard. This is what life should really be about! Kenny Kirland, 1955 – 1998.
U.S. oil giant Chevron plunders natural gas from the stolen waters off PalestineJoe Biden didn’t go to Arabia in July to beg for oil. That’s not the nature of the U.S.-Saudi relationship.
He didn’t go to Palestine to promote peace. The U.S.-Israeli relationship is based on endless war. And war is what Biden’s trip was about.
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Standing Together: Neoliberalism, Palestine and Progressive Politics in Israel
https://socialistproject.ca/2022/08/standing-together-neoliberalism-palestine-progressive-politics-israel/
Why Resistance Matters: Palestinians are Challenging Israel’s Unilateralism, Dominance
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/08/why-resistance-matters-palestinians-are-challenging-israels-unilateralism-dominance/
Time to Acknowledge Hateful Leader of “anti-hate” Group
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/07/time-to-acknowledge-hateful-leader-of-anti-hate-group/
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Pelosi’s Taiwan visit places the U.S. on the wrong side of history
https://williambowles.info/2022/08/06/pelosis-taiwan-visit-places-the-u-s-on-the-wrong-side-of-history/
Ivan Timofeev: Beijing and Moscow can lead a kickback against the West dictating to the rest of the world
https://www.rt.com/news/560353-west-world-hegemony-lesson/
Ivan Timofeev: The rest of the world can use a lesson from history to neuter the hegemonic power of the West
https://www.rt.com/news/560353-west-world-hegemony-lessom/
By Roger Annis
[Source: english.news.cn]On July 7, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR.org) published an article by Gregory Shupak analyzing the hypocrisy of U.S. corporate media in its reporting of Ukraine, specifically the differing treatment by Western media of the situations in Donbas compared to that of the Serbian-Albanian territory of Kosovo. The article was titled, “Media support ‘self-determination’ for U.S. allies, not enemies.”
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China Is Still Playing The Long Game On Taiwan
https://orientalreview.org/2022/08/06/china-is-still-playing-the-long-game-on-taiwan/
US is Actively Trying to Transform Kyrgyzstan into Anti-Russia
https://journal-neo.org/2022/08/06/us-is-actively-trying-to-transform-kyrgyzstan-into-anti-russia/
Poor Hunter Biden, Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Father!
https://journal-neo.org/2022/08/05/poor-hunter-biden-wrong-place-wrong-time-wrong-father/
A record 3.4 million gas and electricity accounts were in debt even before the April price hike, new figures quietly released by Ofgem reveal.
Lyndsie Bourgon
TREE THIEVES
Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods
Little, Brown, 2022
Reviewed by Martin Empson
Forests are one of the world’s most important biological reserves. They suck about a third of humanity’s carbon emissions out of the atmosphere each year. According to the United Nations, forests also “contain 60,000 different tree species, 80 percent of amphibian species, 75 percent of bird species, and 68 percent of the world’s mammal species.” Despite this importance, tree cover is being lost at an alarming rate, and as Lyndsie Bourgon’s new book details, significant damage to our forests comes from the illegal trade in wood, driven by the poaching of trees.
(Issue 13/22, also available as a PDF)
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The special aircraft carrying the U.S. House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi seen departing at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Malaysia, August 2, 2022. /CFPOn August 2, U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi led a Congressional delegation to Taiwan despite numerous warnings from China’s Foreign Ministry and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to reconsider. Pelosi’s military aircraft snuck into Taiwan late in the evening.
LIVE: Mass Vaccination, Lockdowns and Permanent War, with Denis Rancourt and Dan Cohen
104 watching now Started streaming 25 minutes ago MintPress News’ Dan Cohen is joined by scientist Denis Rancourt to discuss his latest research paper on mass COVID-vaccination. They will discuss lockdowns, climate and the permanent war state, and how all of these issues are related.
The New Dark Age 