August 2022
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China News Links 4-5 August 2022
Friday, 5 August 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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Ukraine News Links 4-5 August 2022
Friday, 5 August 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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Israel tightens Gaza chokehold
Gaza siege,closure,collective punishment,Bassam al-Saadi,Islamic Jihad,Gaza health care system,Gaza power plant Continue reading
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Another War? History of US-China Relations. The One China Policy and the 1972 Shanghai Communiqué
U.S. provocations against China have moved into high gear. Even as the war in Ukraine, instigated by Washington, unfolds with disastrous consequences for European economies and vibrates through the world economy, a more ominous confrontation is planned. Continue reading
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The End of War Crimes and Law in the UK (Magna Carta)
Thursday, 4 August 2022 — The Saker Continue reading
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How the Pentagon dictates Hollywood storylines
New documentary discloses the ways western publics are softened up for aggressive, global US militarism through the Pentagon’s influence over thousands of films and TV shows Continue reading
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China News Links 3-4 August 2022
Thursday, 4 August 2022 • 18:30 — 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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Sri Lankans Seek a World in Which They Can Find Laughter Together: The Thirty-First Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 4 August 2022 — The Tricontinental Anoli Perera (Sri Lanka), Dream 1, 2017 Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 9 July 2022, remarkable images floated across social media from Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital. Thousands of people rushed into the presidential palace and chased out former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa,… Continue reading
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Once Led By a Fierce Champion of Anti-Colonialism in Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo Has Effectively Been Recolonized by Western Capital
The United States does the heavy lifting, but Canada provides consistent behind-the-scenes support to enable the plunder of Congo and other nations in the Global South. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 3-4 August 2022
Thursday, 4 August 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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How Pelosi’s Visit Hurts Taiwan
When Nancy Pelosi made her ‘woke’ flight to Taiwan the U.S. seemed to hope for a Chinese military reaction to it. It positioned an aircraft carrier and two amphibious landing ships in the region. It also shipped additional fighter planes to Japan and South Korea. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 2-3 August 2022
Wednesday, 3 August 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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China News Links 2-3 August 2022
Wednesday, 3 August 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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The killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri: the tip of the targeted killing iceberg
Drone assassination returned briefly to the top of the news agenda this week with the US targeted killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul. Many could be forgiven for thinking this was the first drone targeted killing since the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in January 2020, but behind the scenes the use of drones for… Continue reading
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Ukraine SitRep – On The Ground Report – Ukrainian Frontline Collapses
Below is a slightly edited machine translation of a piece which appeared yesterday on the Ukrainian side censor.net. The piece was promoted by Yuri Butusov, a well known Ukrainian military correspondent. It is originally a social media post by someone who was on the frontline in Pisky, immediately northwest of Donetsk city. Continue reading
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UK: Lost in the Matrix – how police surveillance is mapping protest movements
How can British police, who have struggled for so long to justify its surveillance on alleged “extremists”, ever hope to adequately categorise something as subjective as people’s political opinions? As Netpol asked in March 2021, how do campaigners become “aggravated activists” – the new label applied to those taking action that challenges state and corporate interests? Continue reading
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China News Links 1-2 August 2022
Tuesday, 2 August 2022 • 17:30 — 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 News Links 1-2 August 2022
Tuesday, 2 August 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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Ukraine war is losing its sparkle. Where’s the Lady with the Lamp?
The Russian Defence Ministry announced yesterday that at around 9.20 a.m. Moscow time, Razoni, ship flying the flag of Sierra Leone, left Odessa port in Ukraine as part of the recent grain deal. Razoni is carrying a cargo of maize to Istanbul port. Continue reading
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