November 2022

  • The December 2022 issue 240 of ColdType is now online

    Friday, 25 November 2022 — ColdType Continue reading

  • Cleaning the Augean stables (Part I)

    ‘There seems to be no study too fragmented, no hypothesis too trivial, no literature citation too biased or too egotistical, no design too warped, no methodology too bungled, no presentation of results too inaccurate, too obscure, and too contradictory, no analysis too self-serving, no argument too circular, no conclusions too trifling or too unjustified, and… Continue reading

  • UK: State violence in a no-access border zone

    Exactly a year ago, a dinghy with 34 people on board sank in the English Channel. There were two survivors. In the three hours it took for the boat to sink, as distress messages flooded in from those on board, French and British coastguards debated whose responsibility it was to rescue them. No help came,… Continue reading

  • Ukraine News Links 23-24 November 2022

    Thursday, 24 November 2022 — The New Dark Age The Ukraine War Is A Sales-Promotion Campaign For Lockheed And Other U.S. ‘Defense’ Contractors https://orientalreview.org/2022/11/25/the-ukraine-war-is-a-sales-promotion-campaign-for-lockheed-and-other-u-s-defense-contractors/ American Democracy: Buying and Selling Elections https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/11/american-democracy-buying-and-selling-elections/ BRICS breaks the hegemony of the West https://journal-neo.org/2022/11/25/brics-breaks-the-hegemony-of-the-west/ Continue reading

  • Ukraine – Running On Empty

    Thursday, 24 November 2022 — Moon of Alabama Yesterday the Pentagon announced another transfer of weapons to the Ukrainian military: According to the Pentagon, the package includes: Additional munitions for NASMAS 150 heavy machine guns with thermal imagery sights to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Additional ammunition for HIMARS 200 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds 10,000 120mm mortar Continue reading

  • Putin invokes Castro’s legacy

    A three-meter-tall bronze statue of Fidel Castro was unveiled on Tuesday in the Fidel Castro Square in Moscow’s Sokol District by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in memory of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution. Continue reading

  • In Malay, Orangutans Means ‘People of the Forest’, but Those Forests Are Disappearing: The Forty-Seventh Newsletter (2022)

    Thursday, 24 November 2022 — The Tricontinental Chéri Samba (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Reorganisation, 2002. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. The dust has settled at the resorts in Sharm el-Shaikh, Egypt, as delegates of countries and corporations leave the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Continue reading

  • Ukraine News Links 22-23 November 2022

    Wednesday, 23 November 2022 — The New Dark Age I Like Douglas MacGregor, But… https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/11/i-like-douglas-macgregor-but.html Tokayev’s policies will focus on Russia, China and the West https://journal-neo.org/2022/11/23/tokayev-s-policies-will-focus-on-russia-china-and-the-west/ Missile Attack On Poland – A Provocation By Kiev And Warsaw https://orientalreview.org/2022/11/23/missile-attack-on-poland-a-provocation-by-kiev-and-warsaw/ Continue reading

  • Ukraine – Lights Out, No Water And Soon No Heat

    Wednesday, 23 November 2022 — Moon of Alabama Earlier today the Russian military shut down the Ukrainian electricity network. Previous attacks had limited the distribution capacity to some 50% of demand. Controlled blackouts over several hours per day allowed to give some electricity for a few hours to most parts of the country. The attack Continue reading

  • Black Agenda Report November 23, 2022

    Wednesday, 23 November 2022 — — Black Agenda Report Xi Jinping, Justin Trudeau and White Supremacist Ideology Margaret Kimberley Western arrogance and anger about the economic prowess of a non-white nation resulted in Xi Jinping’s very public dressing down of Justin Trudeau. EXCERPT: Pentagonism, A Substitute for Imperialism, Juan Bosch, 1967 Editors, The Black Agenda Continue reading

  • The Medium – An Appeal For Support

     On November 15, as 90 Russian cruise missiles struck at Ukraine’s energy network, a companion US-UK propaganda blitz blamed the Russian missiles for the deaths of two workers on a farm in Poland. Continue reading

  • Ukraine News Links 21-22 November 2022

    Tuesday, 22 November 2022 — The New Dark Age Anti-Imperialist Youth Intensify Campaign To Free Kononovich Brothers https://popularresistance.org/anti-imperialist-youth-intensify-campaign-to-free-kononovich-brothers Beth Van Schaak Lies… https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/11/beth-van-schaak-lies.html Did North Korea invent a teleporter? https://journal-neo.org/2022/11/22/did-north-korea-invent-a-teleporter/ Continue reading

  • Outrageous Brainwashing Event—Sponsored By Bush Institute and CIA-Backed National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—Deliberately Falsifies History to Inflame American Hatred Against Russia and China

    Head of International Republican Institute Dan Twining ridiculously compares Putin-Xi meeting to Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact between Hitler and Stalin, while former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs accuses Russia of igniting protests in Chile Continue reading

  • Ukraine News Links 20-21 November 2022

    Monday, 21 November 2022 — The New Dark Age Liberating Africa from Poverty Requires Changing Power Relations with the West https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/11/liberating-africa-from-poverty-requires-changing-power-relations-with-the-west/ President John F. Kennedy: His Life and Public Assassination by the CIA http://edwardcurtin.com/president-john-f-kennedy-his-and-life-public-assassination-by-the-cia/ Background to current US policy in Europe https://journal-neo.org/2022/11/21/background-to-current-us-policy-in-europe/ Continue reading

  • Messages from the mud

    If there’s one thing that everyone agrees about, it’s that the weather in Eastern Europe can be terrible from any time in October through to April. From snow to hail to frosts that last a month, the inclemency of the climate becomes more legendary the further you travel eastwards. Continue reading

  • EU Commission Chief Faces Corruption Probe Over Pfizer Contracts

    Is it possible that the President of the European commission, Ursula von der Leyen is not quite as squeaky clean as some might assume? Do such lightweights, who define themselves by how much they fail to achieve, who come from the bowels of political obscurity in Germany rise to such prominence without a little help… Continue reading

  • Ukraine – No Way To Peace Without Further War

    A week ago I welcomed the talks between CIA director Bill Burns and the director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin but was skeptical of any outcome: Continue reading

  • Hunter Biden Laptop | Russian Disinfo Disinfo

    Monday, 21 November 2022 — Youtube Continue reading

  • Ukraine News Links 19-20 November 2022

    Sunday, 20 November 2022 — The New Dark Age Sure, Sure, Mr. Austin. In Related News… https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/11/sure-sure-mr-austin-in-related-news.html Who Are The Ukrainian Integral Nationalists? https://orientalreview.org/2022/11/20/who-are-the-ukrainian-integral-nationalists/ Russia Strategises With Iran For The Long Haul In Ukraine https://orientalreview.org/2022/11/20/russia-strategises-with-iran-for-the-long-haul-in-ukraine/ Continue reading

  • Multipolarity shows up in Kazakh steppes

    The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made a tantalising remark to reporters on Sunday that his country will pursue a multi-vector policy. As he put it, “I believe that given our geopolitical situation, given the fact that we have over $500 billion involved in our economy, given that there are global companies operating in our… Continue reading