Day: August 15, 2022

Ukraine News Links 14-15 August 2022

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Monday, 15 August 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 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.

China’s Growing Military Might
https://journal-neo.org/2022/08/15/china-s-growing-military-might/

Is the Ukrainian War on its Own People Now Over?
https://journal-neo.org/2022/08/15/is-the-ukrainian-war-on-its-own-people-now-over/

German chancellor opposes fellow EU leaders on visa issue
https://www.rt.com/news/560899-olaf-scholz-against-visa-ban-russians/

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A Birth of Tragedy

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Monday, 15 August 2022 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Alastair Crooke continues to explore the origins of concealed totalitarianism within European culture.

(Part One of these two articles traced the origins of this concealed totalitarianism within European culture. This second piece takes the story and its implications further)

For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see,
Saw the Vision of the world, and all that would be.

(Alfred Lord Tennyson)

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Various Points On Ukraine And Media

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Monday, 15 August 2022 — Moon of Alabama

Let me start today’s write up out with two reading recommendations.

Lambert Strether and Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism discuss a piece on the Russian operation in Ukraine that had been printed in the Marine Corps Gazette and of which facsimile pictures were published two weeks ago on Twitter and later in full at Reddit and by Southfront.
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EU ‘blatantly lying’ about threat to Zaporozhye nuclear plant – Moscow

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Monday 15 August 2022 — RT

[I was able to connect to RT to retrieve this text, you may not be so lucky. B]

Brussels’ claim that Russia is the one threatening the facility is allowing Kiev to obstruct an IAEA inspection, Russia’s Foreign Ministry says

Accusations that Moscow is jeopardizing the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) contradict the facts and allow Kiev to undermine the International Atomic Energy Agency’s efforts to inspect the facility, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

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CIA, Pompeo Sued For Allegedly Spying On US Attorneys And Journalists Who Met With Assange

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Monday, 15 August 2022 — The Dissenter

By Kevin Gosztola

Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo (Photo: Gage Skidmore)

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A group of journalists and lawyers, who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange while he was living under political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, sued the CIA and former CIA director Mike Pompeo. They allege that the agency under Pompeo spied on them in violation of their privacy rights.

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BREAKING: 11 AM Press Conference! CIA & Mike Pompeo SUED for Spying on Americans!

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Monday, 15 August 2022 — Assange Defense

Remember when news broke that the CIA plotted to kidnap or assassinate Julian Assange, and that they colluded with a foreign security firm to spy on those who visited him in the embassy?

Today, attorneys announced a bombshell lawsuit against the CIA, its former Director Mike Pompeo, and the security firm he conspired with.

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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, August 2022

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Sunday, 14 August, 2022 — — Origin: Climate & Capitalism

Seven new books for people who know that the point is to change the world 

Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly Climate & Capitalism feature, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that C&C agrees with everything (or even anything!) these books say.

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