December 1, 2022
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Ukraine News Links 30 November – 1 December 2022
Thursday, 1 December 2022 — The New Dark Age New UK PM Enters Whilst the Rest of the World Gangs Up Against the Schoolyard Bully, America https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/01/new-uk-pm-enters-whilst-the-rest-of-the-world-gangs-up-against-the-schoolyard-bully-america/ Sharper’s Victims In The Energy Poker https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/01/sharpers-victims-in-the-energy-poker/ Debunking Lies About The War In Ukraine https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/01/debunking-lies-about-the-war-in-ukraine/ Continue reading
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#FreeAssange MOMENTUM: NY Times letter, Lula and Albanese Speak Out, and Cryptome’s Founder Says, “Prosecute Me!”
It’s been a huge week for the #FreeAssange movement and you can feel the momentum building! On the heels of the open letter from major press outlets denouncing the U.S. government’s prosecution of Julian Assange, mainstream coverage of the case has spiked. Even comedy legend Jon Stewart joined in! Continue reading
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Of Mud, Massacre and Madness
As well as watching happenings in Eastern Europe, the author frequently sees parallels between events of the past and those of today. A post on Intel Republic caused a pause for thought, this reflection comparing the misery suffered by the Ukrainians in the trenches today with the same scenario seen in France a little over a century… Continue reading
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Watch: The Secret Reason The US Is Still In Syria
This week Lee Camp delves into the ongoing US military presence in Syria. Continue reading
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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan — 41
The time has come to pick up threads from my blog of January 27 titled The West co-opts the Taliban. Indeed, the wheel has come full circle: the three-day conclave in Oslo on January 23-25 between a core group of Western diplomats with Taliban officials failed to work out a reasonable a modus vivendi. The pendulum… Continue reading
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Palestine Action puts Israel’s war industry “on trial”
The Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems is effectively being put on trial by the group Palestine Action. By intentionally damaging property that Elbit owns or rents in Britain and getting arrested as a result, Palestine Action’s campaigners have been able to present courts with evidence against the arms maker. Continue reading
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Mali’s Break with France Is a Symptom of Cracks in the Transatlantic Alliance: The Forty-Eighth Newsletter (2022)
On 21 November 2022, Mali’s interim prime minister, Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, issued a statement on social media announcing the government’s decision ‘to ban, with immediate effect, all activities carried out by [French] NGOs operating in Mali’. This announcement came a few days after the French government cut Official Development Aid (ODA) to Mali, alleging that Mali’s government is ‘allied… Continue reading
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