October 2022
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In 31 days, at least 32 Palestinians were killed by Israeli Occupation Forces
Monday, 32 October 2022 — MintPress News MintPress will continue to record Palestinian deaths at the hands of the Israeli occupation each month. Continue reading
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Lula da Silva Wins Brazilian Presidency
Right-winger Jair Bolsonaro’s claims of election fraud reduced to sour grapes as Brazil’s bulletproof voting process shames the United States’ swiss-cheese system Continue reading
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is Elected President of Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the first former Brazilian president to be elected to serve a new term in office. At 7:57pm, the PT candidate had 59.563.912 votes and could no longer be reached by his opponent, the current occupant of the Planalto Jair Bolsonaro (PL), consolidating the victory. Continue reading
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Onwards towards Odessa
A lot has been said of late regarding happenings near Kherson, yet with the promised Ukrainian advance being as elusive as the Ghost of Kiev, there may be more to events in the area than meet the eye. This article will look both at Russia’s future push westwards as well as other matters which will… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 29-30 October 2022
Sunday, 30 October 2022 — The New Dark Age Peskov Cuts The Crap… https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/10/peskov-cuts-crap.html What ever happened to our fear of Armageddon? https://popularresistance.org/what-ever-happened-to-our-fear-of-armageddon/ Noam Chomsky: Neoliberalism And The Roots Of Fascism https://popularresistance.org/noam-chomsky-neoliberalism-and-the-roots-of-fascism/ Continue reading
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Of Gas and Hot Air
Sunday, 30 October 2022 — The van says… Hot air from the politicians, yet no heat for the people Preamble We have seen some pretty scary stories coming out of the UK of late, and the ones regarding its energy situation are even worse than those concerning the political rollercoaster that London has become of Continue reading
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Watch: 5 questions about Brazil’s historic elections
Everything you need to know about the second round presidential elections in Brazil which will see former president Lula face off against far-right incumbent Bolsonaro Continue reading
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How the world now works – or doesn’t
This blog has nothing to do with heart disease, or vaccines, or anything directly about medical practice at all. However, it does have a great deal to do with data manipulation, which is something very close to my heart. It also illustrates how a ‘fact’ can be anything but. Continue reading
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Brazil’s economic and political rollercoaster
The latest polls put Workers Party leader Lula de Silva ahead in the two-horse race with incumbent right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro in today’s final round of the presidential election in Brazil. If Lula wins, it will be a dramatic comeback for the former president after having been jailed for alleged corruption under the previous right-wing… Continue reading
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NATO Had Plans for a Preemptive Strike on Russia Using the Cover of a French-Led Naval Exercise in the Mediterranean
Revelations further underscore mendacity behind Biden administration claim that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked Continue reading
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These Countries Account for Half of Global Natural Gas Consumption
Seven countries account for more than fifty percent of global natural gas consumption Continue reading
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The message from China’s party congress
The highlight of the recent 20th National Congress of the Communist Party (CPC) of China has been the re-election of Xi Jinping as the General Secretary for another five-year term. The tradition set by Deng Xiaoping in the post-Mao Zedong era has been set aside. This was not unexpected, and has been largely interpreted as a consolidation… Continue reading
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Ducks with Ruffled Feathers
IS IT A LAME DUCK, SITTING DUCK OR JUST A DEAD DUCK IN THE WATER? A TSUNAMI OF CONSEQUENCES NOW AFFECTS BRUSSELS AND MANY OF ITS MINIONS AS THE TIDE OF EVENTS SLOWLY SINKS IT. Continue reading
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Putin: “The situation is, to a certain extent, revolutionary”
In an all-encompassing address to the plenary session of the 19th annual meeting of the Valdai Club, President Putin delivered no less than a devastating, multi-layered critique of unipolarity. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 27-28 October 2022
Friday, 28 October 2022 — The New Dark Age Europe Self-Destructing For U.S. Proxy War In Ukraine, W/ Prabhat Patnaik https://popularresistance.org/europe-self-destructing-for-u-s-proxy-war-in-ukraine-w-prabhat-patnaik/ The Division Of The American Society Is In Ukraine https://orientalreview.org/2022/10/28/the-division-of-the-american-society-is-in-ukraine/ Will Ursula von der Leyen be forced to resign, and will her deeds be investigated? https://journal-neo.org/2022/10/28/will-ursula-von-der-leyen-be-forced-to-resign-and-will-her-deeds-be-investigated/ Continue reading
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Statewatch News Issue 18/22: Join our Board; Refugee relocation scheme founders; Who benefits from EU security funding?
Friday, 28 October 2022 — statewatch.org (Issue 18/22, also available as a PDF) Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter Welcome to the latest edition of Statewatch News, featuring: Join our Board of Trustees! Refugee relocation scheme founders as states plan to “intensify police checks” across the EU Who benefits from EU military and security funding? As Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up
DOCUMENTS RECORD HOW KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION BURIED QUID PRO QUO THAT RESOLVED MISSILE CRISIS LETTERS IMPLICATE PRESIDENT KENNEDY AS AUTHOR OF POLITICAL ATTACK ON U.N. AMBASSADOR ADLAI STEVENSON Continue reading
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Bolsonaro Implements Policies that are Completely Subservient to U.S. government, Says Director of Brazilian Data Privacy Group
Inauguration of a Fusion Center of Multinational Intelligence gathering located next to the pristine Iguaçu Falls—a long-held dream of the U.S. Embassy—is a case in point Continue reading
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Sound and Fury
It has been several weeks since I last posted in this space – while I could apologize for the hiatus, I actually believe that one should only write when they have something to say – I do not believe in content simply for the sake of content (call that the Disney model). Events on the… Continue reading
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Glyphosate, GMOs and Pesticides – Weekly Global News Bulletin 28 October 2022
Friday, 28 October 2022 — Sustainable Pulse Indian Government Restricts Use of Glyphosate in Massive Blow to Agrichemical Lobby The Indian government has restricted the use of glyphosate-based herbicides due to the risks to human and animal health. On Tuesday the Agricultural Ministry stated in a notification that “the use of glyphosate is prohibited and Continue reading
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