Sunday, 7 August 2022 • 19:00 — 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 some links may not work, depending on your location but I’ve kept them anyway, so at least the reader has some idea of the scale of censorship now operating in the ‘democratic’ West.

New Media Are as Intertwined With Imperial Power as Old Media
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/08/07/new-media-intertwined-with-imperial-power-as-old-media/

Paths of Glory
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/08/07/paths-of-glory/

Sweden to prepare Ukrainians for military service
https://www.rt.com/news/560421-sweden-training-ukrainian-troops/

Ukraine in the time of Covid
https://desultoryheroics.com/2022/08/07/ukraine-in-the-time-of-covid/

Finland warns about ‘imminent’ downturn in Europe
https://www.rt.com/news/560410-finland-eu-recession-warning/

An unpleasant truth for Ukrainians is coming to light
http://thesaker.is/an-unpleasant-truth-for-ukrainians-is-coming-to-light/

UK is facing Dickens-style poverty, ex-PM warns
https://www.rt.com/news/560403-poverty-fuel-uk-brown/

Pink Floyd’s Waters explains why he called Biden a war criminal
https://www.rt.com/news/560404-pink-floyd-waters-biden-war-criminal/

Ukraine Open Thread 2022-124
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/ukraine-open-thread-2022-124.html

Pets at risk as broke Brits cut costs – RSPCA
https://www.rt.com/news/560396-pets-crisis-economy-danger/

Kosovo detains Russian journalist
https://www.rt.com/news/560390-russian-reporter-detained-kosovo/

War, the police state, falling living standards, & the downward spiral of capitalism
https://seeyouin2020.blogspot.com/2022/08/war-police-state-falling-living.html

President of Indonesia Widodo Visited China and Japan
https://journal-neo.org/2022/08/07/president-of-indonesia-j-widodo-visited-china-and-japan/

U.S. empire preparing to discard Zelensky regime, pivoting to Taiwan to make up for its losses
https://seeyouin2020.blogspot.com/2022/08/us-empire-preparing-to-discard-zelensky.html

Amnesty International On Ukraine’s Violations Of International Law
https://popularresistance.org/amnesty-international-report-exposes-ukraines-violations-of-international-law-deliberate-use-of-civilians-as-human-shields/

At the Lost and Found
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/08/at-the-lost-and-found/

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/

Note To Myself…
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/08/note-to-myself.html

If You Ever Needed Any Proof…
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/08/if-you-ever-needed-any-proof.html

Post-American World, Post-Ukrainian Geopolitics (III)
https://orientalreview.org/2022/08/05/post-american-world-post-ukrainian-geopolitics-iii/

PM candidate warns UK to face ‘tough winter’
https://www.rt.com/news/560354-truss-uk-economy-winter/

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/

US prepares new weapons package for Ukraine – Reuters
https://www.rt.com/news/560341-us-ukraine-weapons-package/

How a Missile in Kabul Connects to a Speaker in Taipei
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/08/05/how-a-missile-in-kabul-connects-to-a-speaker-in-taipei/

Video: Ukraine Deploying Petal Mines Against Donetsk Civilians
https://www.globalresearch.ca/ukraine-deploying-petal-mines-against-donetsk-civilians/5788957

Most of the “Fact-Checking” Organizations Facebook Uses in Ukraine Are Directly Funded by Washington
https://www.globalresearch.ca/most-fact-checking-organizations-facebook-uses-ukraine-directly-funded-washington/5789020

So NATO Wants to Defeat Russia But Doesn’t Want a Full-Scale War
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/08/05/so-nato-wants-defeat-russia-but-doesnt-want-full-scale-war/

Journalists Hijacking Planes for Performing Bears
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/08/05/journalists-hijacking-planes-for-performing-bears/

Why Is There More Media Talk About Using Nuclear Weapons Than About Banning Them?
https://fair.org/uncategorized/why-is-there-more-media-talk-about-using-nuclear-weapons-than-about-banning-them/

Ukraine SitRep – Casualties Leak – Ukraine Admits Russian Breakthrough – Southern Front Paralysis
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/08/ukraine-sitrep-casualties-leak-ukraine-admits-russian-breakthrough-southern-front-paralysis.html

75,000 Brits vow to stop paying their energy bills
https://www.rt.com/news/560322-dont-pay-uk-campaign/

Turkey wants to open ‘new page’ in ties with Russia
https://www.rt.com/news/560311-putin-erdogan-turkey-grain/

Hungarians want ‘more Chuck Norris’ – Orban
https://www.rt.com/news/560310-hungary-orban-chuck-norris-woke/

Lavrov speaks out on US effort to dominate world
https://www.rt.com/news/560313-lavrov-taiwan-us-blinken/

Ukraine News Links 4-5 August 2022
https://williambowles.info/2022/08/05/ukraine-news-links-4-5-august-2022/

Another War? History of US-China Relations. The One China Policy and the 1972 Shanghai Communiqué
https://williambowles.info/2022/08/05/another-war-history-of-us-china-relations-the-one-china-policy-and-the-1972-shanghai-communiqu/

Russia labels France ‘unfriendly’ state
https://www.rt.com/news/560299-france-unfriendly-russia-peskov/