September 2022
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Without Culture, Freedom Is Impossible: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2022)
In 2002, Cuba’s President Fidel Castro Ruz visited the country’s National Ballet School to inaugurate the 18th Havana International Ballet Festival. Founded in 1948 by the prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso (1920–2019), the school struggled financially until the Cuban Revolution decided that ballet – like other art forms – must be available to everyone and so must be… Continue reading
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MoA’s take on the Empire’s Proxy War against the Global South
Friday, 23 September 2022 — The New Dark Age I couldn’t resist publishing the backlog of Moon of Alabama’s take on the Empire’s war on the Global South. It complements, to some degree, MK Bhadrakumar’s excellent analysis reproduced below. B Historic Context Of The Referenda In Ukraine https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/09/historic-context-of-the-referenda-in-ukraine.html Ukraine Open Thread 2022-155 https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/09/ukraine-open-thread-2022-155.html Russia Announces Continue reading
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Why Ukraine referendum is a big deal
The referendum on September 23-27 in the Donbass and southern Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine on their accession to Russian Federation is, prima facie, an exercise of the right of self-determination by the native population who reject the western-backed regime change in Kiev in 2014 and the ascendancy of extreme nationalist forces with neo-Nazi leanings in… Continue reading
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Taking a break…
Saturday, 17 September 2022 — The New Dark Age Updates below… Sunday, 18 September, 2022 – Sunset From my hospital Window I’m kinda ‘under the weather’ right now, in fact I’m feeling rather shitty, some kind of chest infection which, hopefully will respond to antibiotics (when I can get hold of them with our trashed Continue reading
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India’s gaffe at Samarkand
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Samarkand on September 16 after the SCO Summit turned into a media scandal. The Western media zeroed in on six words culled out of context in the PM’s opening remarks — “today’s era is not of war” — to triumphantly proclaim that India is finally distancing… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 15-16 September 2022
Friday, 16 September 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 Continue reading
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US Does Not Want Data on Its Biological Activities to Become Public
The US does not want information about its military-biological activities, which are carried out in violation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), to become known to the global community, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said at a briefing on Tuesday. Continue reading
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Statewatch News 16 September (Issue 15/22)
Friday, 16 September 2022 — Statewatch (also available as a PDF) We are back after a break with a bumper issue, including: Europe-wide facial recognition system intrusive and unnecessary Spanish AI agency should prioritise human rights The future of travel: “a future with even more surveillance” Continue reading
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Police response to anti-monarchy protests shows the need for Netpol’s Charter for Freedom of Assembly Rights
There has been outrage this week at the arrests and threat of arrest of anti-monarchy protesters. However the arrests have also led to a lot of misinformation and alarmist statements about the law and our right to protest. Continue reading
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COMMENT: police ‘not knowing’ whether protest is permitted is deliberate – and it has to end
There has been considerable press interest in the fairly small number of arrests (or threats of arrests) of anti-monarchists since the Queen’s death on 8 September. Continue reading
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Want to protest against the monarchy? These are your rights!
In recent days, there’s been outrage as anti-monarchy protesters have either been arrested or threatened with arrest. However, the arrests have also led to a lot of misinformation and alarmist statements about the law and our rights. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Cool Observation of Mass Hysteria
When the so-called “Leader of the opposition” opposes protest against a new unelected head of state, out of respect for the previous unelected head of state, you know you live under totalitarianism. Continue reading
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Royal Money: Charles III and the Wealth Dimension
Once the fixated adoration with the late Queen Elizabeth II starts cooling, the accountants of public welfare and decency will be stunned to realise the costs and wealth associated with the royal institution. Her successor, Charles III, is continuing in that vein, a jarring note of wealth and pomp even as prices rise and the… Continue reading
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Ukraine – Dissecting Some War Propaganda News Item
Friday, 16 September 2022 — Moon of Alabama Last night a Reuters headline claimed: Mass grave of more than 440 bodies found in Izium, Ukraine -police bigger Continue reading
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Uprising targets Canada’s man in Haiti
A popular uprising has paralyzed life in much of Haiti. While police are violently suppressing protesters, don’t expect Canadian officials to criticize security forces they fund. Continue reading
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Crown prosecutor levels blackmail charges against Palestine Action
In June, I wrote an analysis of Britain’s disturbingly draconian new Sections of that bill give every appearance of having been specifically drawn up in order to undermine Palestine Action. Openly committed to damaging and destroying the British-based assets of top Israeli arms manufacturers, including Elbit Systems, Palestine Action has since launch in mid-2020 pulled off a string… Continue reading
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Chris Kaba – a family fights for justice
The accession of a new monarch has led many to question the nature of their citizenship (along with their right to protest). But the citizenship of many British citizens, particularly Muslims, has been in question for some time. A new IRR report, Citizenship: from right to privilege by Frances Webber shows how changes in the law over… Continue reading
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Russia won’t congratulate CIA on its diamond jubilee
In the Russian journal Natsionalnaya Oborona (National Defence), the chief of Russia’s foreign intelligence Sergey Naryshkin has written a riveting essay on the 75th anniversary of the Central Intelligence Agency, which falls on Sunday. It is an unusual gesture, especially in the middle of the hybrid war in Ukraine. Continue reading
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Ukraine SitRep – Hit On Dam Endangers Ukrainian Troops – Russians Defeat More Counterattacks
The BBC continues to misinterpret war news from Ukraine Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 14-15 September 2022
Thursday, 15 September 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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