The New Dark Age

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December 2022

  • Ukraine News Links 24-27 December 2022

    Tuesday, 27 December 2022 19:00 — The New Dark Age About Energy, Again. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/12/about-energy-again.html After a Fawning Netflix Doc, AOC Still Doesn’t Get It! https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/after-a-fawning-netflix-doc-aoc-still-doesnt-get-it/ Antiwar Activist Faces Repression In Germany https://popularresistance.org/antiwar-activist-faces-repression-in-germany/ Continue reading

  • The January 2023 issue of ColdType is now online

    Tuesday, 27 December 2022 — ColdType Continue reading

  • Ukraine war tolls death knell for NATO

    The defining moment in US President Joe Biden’s press conference at the White House last Wednesday, during President Zelensky’s visit, was his virtual admission that he is constrained in the proxy war in Ukraine, as European allies don’t want a war with Russia. Continue reading

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  • Ukrane News Links 23-24 December 2022

    Saturday, 24 December 2022 — The New Dark Age Ten surprisingly good things that happened in 2022 https://popularresistance.org/ten-surprisingly-good-things-that-happened-in-2022/ Christmas Jottings from North Queensland https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/christmas-jottings-from-north-queensland/ Why Time Isn’t Ripe For Ukraine Talks https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/24/why-time-isnt-ripe-for-ukraine-talks/ Continue reading

  • Anti-Capitalism Is The Only Way To Save Creativity From AI

    I have never thought about what I would look like as a superhero or a spaceman or, I dunno, a lion. As such, I’ve never had the desire to submit photos of myself to an AI generator to spit out stunning images of my likeness in technicolour. And I don’t begrudge the folks who have… Continue reading

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  • UK: A WINTER OF DISCONTENT OR DISORGANIZATION

    The number of strikes has intensified. However, there is no attempt yet to bring the strikes together in one general public sector strike. Nothing less will suffice to break the bosses resolve. This article explains why. The capitalists in England have their back to the wall or is it the cliff?! Continue reading

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  • A German-China-Russia triangle on Ukraine

    The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken probably thought that in his self-appointed role as the world’s policeman, it was his prerogative to check out what is going on between Germany, China and Russia that he wasn’t privy to. Certainly, Blinken’s call to Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday turned out to… Continue reading

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  • Ukraine News Links 22-23 December2022

    Friday, 23 December 2022 — The New Dark Age What is the Rules-Based Order? https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/what-is-the-rules-based-order/ Modi Ignores West’s Sanctions On Russia https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/23/modi-ignores-wests-sanctions-on-russia/ Will Korea send its shells to Ukraine, and more importantly, which Korea? https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/23/will-korea-send-its-shells-to-ukraine-and-more-importantly-which-korea/ Continue reading

  • Israel murders Palestinian soccer player Ahmad Daraghmeh

    Friday, 23 December 2022 — MintPress News Credit: Carlos Latuff The death of Palestinian soccer player Ahmad Daraghmeh, 23, is a reminder that the ongoing colonial occupation cripples the dreams of young athletes. Daraghmeh is just one of the thousands of young athletes whose potential was taken from the world by Israeli violence. Continue reading

  • A New Year’s Message

    23 December 2022 — The New Dark Age Wow, what a year eh! 2023 promises to be a watershed year for the planet and for all kinds of reasons. I think it may well be the year that decides whether our species has a future or not. Will the Evil Empire triumph or will it Continue reading

  • What In Zelenski’s “Epic Piece Of Theater” Was “Daring” And “Bold”?

    Friday, 23 December 2022 — Moon of Alabama “Daring”? Zelensky’s Weapons Wish List Goes Mostly Unfulfilled on Trip to Washington – New York Times – Dec 22, 2022 After his daring 10-hour dash to the nation’s capital on Wednesday, Mr. Zelensky left with nearly $2 billion in new arms and equipment — as well as a likely commitment from Continue reading

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  • In Ukraine, it’s Patriot vs. Iskander for now

    With the Republicans poised to take narrow control of the House of Representatives in the US Congress in January, the Biden Administration is hoping to extract as much funding as possible for the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia before the locus of legislative business shifts on the Hill. The White House is requesting nearly… Continue reading

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  • Ukraine News Links 21-22 December 2022

    Thursday, 22 December 2022 — The New Dark Age U.S. Congress Prepares To Declare War Against Russia https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/22/u-s-congress-prepares-to-declare-war-against-russia/ America’s 2022 Allocations to Ukraine Total $112 Billion https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/americas-2022-allocations-to-ukraine-total-112-billion/ On the first results of the US-Africa Leaders Summit https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/22/on-the-first-results-of-the-us-africa-leaders-summit/ Continue reading

  • The Perils of Pious Neoliberalism in the Austerity State: The Fifty-First Newsletter (2022)

    The International Labour Organisation’s Global Wage Report 2022–23 tracks the horrendous collapse of real wages for billions of people around the planet. The gaping distance between the incomes and wealth of 99% of the world’s population from the incomes and wealth of the billionaires and near-trillionaires who make up the richest 1% is appalling. During the pandemic,… Continue reading

  • Books of the year

    Every year at this time, I look back at any books that I have reviewed.  I’ll start with Bradford DeLong’s book, Slouching towards Utopia, because this was considered the best economic history book of the year.  Continue reading

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  • Ukraine News Links 20-21 December 2022

    Wednesday, 21 December 2022 — The New Dark Age Of Note. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/12/of-note.html Ten Surprisingly Good Things that Happened in 2022 https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/ten-surprisingly-good-things-that-happened-in-2022/ The decline and fall of the US world order is inevitable https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/21/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-us-world-order-is-inevitable/ Continue reading

  • NATO nuclear compass rendered unavailing

    The visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk on Monday, accompanied by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, turned out to be immensely consequential for European security. Continue reading

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  • Ukraine News Links 19-20 December 2022

    Tuesday, 20 December 2022 — The New Dark Age No Brainer: What is a Solstice? https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/no-brainer-what-is-a-solstice/ Former German Chancellor Merkel Admits that Minsk Peace Agreements Were Part of Scheme for Ukraine to Buy Time to Prepare for War with Russia https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/former-german-chancellor-merkel-admits-that-minsk-peace-agreements-were-part-of-scheme-for-ukraine-to-buy-time-to-prepare-for-war-with-russia/ U.S. Regime Now Tempts Ukrainian Stooge Regime To Invade Russia https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/20/u-s-regime-now-tempts-ukrainian-stooge-regime-to-invade-russia/ Continue reading

  • Watch LIVE: Ukraine ATTACKS Russian Territory | Scott Ritter: Diplomacy is DEAD

    Monday, 19 December 2022 — Chronicles of Haiphong Continue reading

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  • Kicking aside French protests, Israel expels Salah Hammouri

    Israel on Sunday kicked aside protests from France and expelled Salah Hammouri from his homeland. Continue reading

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