December 15, 2022
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Ukraine – What Its Military Leadership Says
The Economist has interviewed the three Ukrainian leaders who manage the war in Ukraine. It summarizes them in an interpretive writeup. I will use that to extract the important points. Continue reading
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Catherine Perez-Shakdam: The “Israeli Spy” Who “Infiltrated” MintPress
A storm of controversy erupted earlier this year in Iran, after local media outlets announced that a “Mossad spy” and “Israeli infiltrator” had gained the trust of the country’s senior leadership, penetrated into the highest halls of power, and had even been employed as a writer for Ayatollah Khamenei himself. Continue reading
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Watch: Lowkey and Matt Kennard on The British-American Project
Lowkey is joined by investigative journalists Matt Kennard (Declassified UK) and Asa Winstanley (Electronic Intifada), along with activist Huda Ammori (Palestine Action), for a special episode of The Watchdog. Continue reading
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Watch: Pentagon Can’t Account For HALF Their Assets, Fails New Audit
Thursday, 15 December 2022 — Behind the Headlines The Department of Defense has failed its fifth audit out of five audits and can’t account for half of its assets. This week Lee Camp looks at the backstory of the Pentagon’s financial fraud. Continue reading
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The Road to De-Dollarisation Will Run through Saudi Arabia: The Fiftieth Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 15 December 2022 — The Tricontinental Balqis Al Rashed (Saudi Arabia), Cities of Salt, 2017. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 9 December, China’s President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to discuss deepening ties between the Gulf countries and Continue reading