November 2022
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New U.S. Sanctions are Designed to Hit Nicaragua’s Poorest Citizens
MAINSTREAM MEDIA RIDICULOUSLY CLAIM THAT NICARAGUA IS A THREAT TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY WHEN IT HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST LEVELS OF DEFENSE SPENDING IN THE WORLD The Biden administration has announced new sanctions which are intended to hit the poorest Nicaraguans—both in their pockets and in the public services on which they depend. Continue reading
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Fascists in government won’t dent Western support for Israel
The most disturbing outcome of Israel’s general election this week was not the fact that an openly fascist party won the third-biggest tally of seats, or that it is about to become the lynchpin of the next government. It is how little will change, in Israel or abroad, as a result. Continue reading
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Southern Russia
Since Russia launched its Military Operation, a goodly portion of what was Ukrainian territory is now part of the Russian Federation. This area, which is currently talked of as ‘Southern Russia’ is only set to expand as Moscow’s men push further during the coming winter. This article will look at what winter may bring and… Continue reading
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Rishi Sunak: A Thatcherite in Downing Street
They are falling like ninepins, and the Tories have now given the weary people of Britain yet another prime minister. And what a catch: stupendously wealthy, youthful – the youngest in two centuries – and a lawbreaker. As Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Boris Johnson, he was fined for breaches during the… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 2-3 November 2022
Thursday, 3 November 2022 — The New Dark Age Libyan knot: no solution yet https://journal-neo.org/2022/11/03/libyan-knot-no-solution-yet/ Ah, Those Lovely Double-Standards. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/11/ah-those-lovely-double-standards.html Larry Makes Some Very Good Points.. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/11/larry-makes-some-very-good-points.html Continue reading
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @ 60 Getting to Know the Cubans: Part 2
Washington, D.C., November 3, 2022 – As Cuban-Soviet ties grew stronger from late 1960 through early 1961, the Cubans repeatedly asked for military assistance and security guarantees from the Soviets and expressed growing concern about the threat of a U.S. intervention, according to Russian archival documents published today by the National Security Archive. The Cubans… Continue reading
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Africa Does Not Want to Be a Breeding Ground for the New Cold War: The Forty-Fourth Newsletter (2022)
On 17 October, the head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), US Marine Corps General Michael Langley visited Morocco. Langley met with senior Moroccan military leaders, including Inspector General of the Moroccan Armed Forces Belkhir El Farouk. Since 2004, AFRICOM has held its ‘largest and premier annual exercise’, African Lion, partly on Moroccan soil. This past June, ten countries participated in… Continue reading
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The crisis in the West will steadily deepen
Western civilization is facing more and more problems. Over the past few decades, there have been many symptoms of a de facto decline of Western powers. Perhaps most clearly, these crises were reflected in the latest report of the so-called Club of Rome. Its authors believe that today’s “crisis is not cyclical, but intensifying. It… Continue reading
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Bullying Belgrade
Over the last month, several statements have been made by the EU in Brussels as well as its member states as they attempt to pressure Serbia into acting against Russia as the West moves against the East. This shorter article will look at Serbia, the role it plays in Europe as well as what the… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 1-2 November 2022
Wednesday, 2 November 2022 — The New Dark Age The crisis in the West will steadily deepen https://journal-neo.org/2022/11/02/the-crisis-in-the-west-will-steadily-deepen/ Israeli-Lebanese Agreement For The Exploitation Of Mediterranean Gas https://orientalreview.org/2022/11/02/israeli-lebanese-agreement-for-the-exploitation-of-mediterranean-gas/ Regarding the Indian factor in the appointment of the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom https://journal-neo.org/2022/11/02/regarding-the-indian-factor-in-the-appointment-of-the-new-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom/ Continue reading
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Who’s afraid of US troops in Ukraine?
Very innocuously, the Biden Administration has ‘sensitised’ the world opinion that American troops are indeed present on Ukrainian soil in Russia’s immediate neighbourhood. Washington made a “soft landing” with an unnamed senior Pentagon official making the disclosure to the Associated Press and the Washington Post. Continue reading
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Biden Administration Again Plants False Nuclear Scare Stories
Wednesday, 2 November, 2022 — Moon of Alabama Last month I dissected the fear mongering the Biden administration released over alleged Russian nuclear threads: [The report] quotes Biden as saying: “[Putin] is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons because his military is you might say is significantly Continue reading
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Stay Aggravated in the Permacrisis
It will come as little of a surprise to most of us that ‘permacrisis’ – the feeling of living through “an extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of catastrophic events” – has been chosen as Collins Dictionary’s word of 2022. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report November 2, 2022
Wednesday, 2 November 2022 — Black Agenda Report Politicians Make Black People the Face of Crime Margaret Kimberley Manufactured crime panics are still a successful method of getting votes from white people. SPEECH: Thomas Sankara to the United Nations General Assembly, 4th October, 1984 Editors, Black Agenda Review While the spirit of Thomas Sankara may Continue reading
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US Troops in Ukraine – Confirmed
The Pentagon has confirmed that active-duty US military personnel have been deployed to Ukraine. Continue reading
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It’s Done!
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss is reported to have texted the words “It’s done” to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken just minutes after the Nord Stream explosion. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 29 October – 1 November 2022
Tuesday, 1 November 2022 — The New Dark Age It Is Not Going To Make A Difference. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/11/it-is-not-going-to-make-difference.html Putin Skewers Us Ineptitude https://popularresistance.org/putin-skewers-us-ineptitude/ Self-Destructive Social Habits, Loneliness, and Propaganda https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/11/self-destructive-social-habits-loneliness-and-propaganda/ Continue reading
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Scandinavians: Against the Sands of Time
The debate regarding the enlargement of NATO has been talked to death since the collapse of the USSR, yet since Russia launched its Special Military Operation in the Ukraine, amongst a myriad of global events, Finland and Sweden have applied to join the Atlantic Alliance. This topic was covered in this previous article, yet statements coming… Continue reading
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Lula: Warmed Up Green Neoliberalism With Crumbs
As I write this, the progressive Lula (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) has very narrowly won the election for the Brazilian presidency, with the current right-wing President Bolsonaro losing. This is good news for the Amazon rainforest, and probably the poorer members of Brazilian society as they will benefit from small government income transfers. However,… Continue reading
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Is the U.S. and NATO Running Another Operation Gladio in Europe?
[In Part Two of this three-part series on foreign mercenary fighters in Ukraine, (see Part 1) the nexus between mercenaries with experience in Syria, Ukraine and U.S.-EU-NATO armed forces becomes more apparent. This second part of the investigation looks at Shaun Pinner, Alexander Tobiassen, John Harding, Sjoerd Heeger, Craig Lang and Ben Fischer.—Editors] Continue reading
The New Dark Age 