December 2022
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Demons creep up from Europe’s attic
The visit of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to New Delhi had an anti-climatic ending. Baerbock waxed eloquently about Germany as a paragon of democratic values and claimed affinity with India. She hoped to persuade Modi government to disengage from strategic partnership with “authoritarian” Russia. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 8-10 December 2022
Saturday, 10 December 2022 — The New Dark Age Captivity, Inequality, Familiarity https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/10/captivity-inequality-familiarity/ How Bigotry Weakens A Country https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/10/how-bigotry-weakens-a-country/ Iran against the West’s hybrid warfare https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/10/iran-against-the-west-s-hybrid-warfare/ Continue reading
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Eighteen Years Ago Today, Journalist Gary Webb Was Murdered After Exposing CIA Drug Trafficking
On December 10, 2004, the body of journalist Gary Webb, 49, was discovered in his home near Sacramento after a moving company worker found a note posted to his front door that read: “Please do not enter. Call 911 and ask for an ambulance.” Continue reading
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Italy distances from ‘cancellation’ of Russia
Noam Chomsky once wrote that the astronomical cost of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, estimated into trillions of dollars, is a major victory for Osama bin Laden, whose announced goal was to bankrupt America by drawing it into a trap. Continue reading
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Dec. 10 #FreeAssange Events NATIONWIDE As Mainstream Momentum Grows!
Over the past few months, #FreeAssange activists have made huge strides. We have worked hard to grow our coalition and get press freedom groups and media outlets to speak out. Global leaders are saying “enough is enough.” We need to continue the pressure on Saturday, Dec. 10 for International Human Rights Day. Continue reading
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Bye Bye Bakhmut. It’s Time for the Truth
A recent article covered the unraveling situation for Ukrainian forces in Artemovsk, (Bakhmut) mounting casualties beginning to bleed Kiev’s war machine white over recent weeks. Two days ago, this matter was examined by Newsweek, the article going further than any other mainstream Western piece over the last year in its criticism of both the Ukrainian military as well as… Continue reading
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Nothing Good Will Come from the New Cold War with Australia as a Frontline State: The Forty-Ninth Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 8 December 2022 — The Tricontinental John (Prince) Siddon (Australia), Slim Dusty, Looking Forward, Looking Back, 2021. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 15 November 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country ‘seeks a stable relationship with China’. This is Continue reading
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Rich nations doubly responsible for greenhouse gas emissions
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 06, 2022 (IPS). Natural flows do not respect national boundaries. The atmosphere and oceans cross international borders with little difficulty, as greenhouse gases (GHGs) and other fluids, including pollutants, easily traverse frontiers. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 6-7 December 2022
Wednesday, 7 December 2022 — The New Dark Age An overview of the situation in Pakistan https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/07/an-overview-of-the-situation-in-pakistan/ The Kazakhstan Gas Situation: A Key Indicator of Things to Come https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/07/the-kazakhstan-gas-situation-a-key-indicator-of-things-to-come/ Andrei Raevsky Posted A Good Piece… https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/12/andrei-raevsky-posted-good-piece.html Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report December 7, 2022
Wednesday, 7 December 2022 — Black Agenda Report Hakeem Jeffries and the Railroad Workers Margaret Kimberley A new Black “first” came along at the same moment that the Democratic Party showed itself to be a servant of the ruling classes. Hakeem Jeffries is a very willing tool of powerful people. There is no reason to Continue reading
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Meet the Brutal Proxy Force Fighting the Russians, Not Only on the Ground in Ukraine But Also on the Internet
The story of the Georgian Legion is more than just battles and atrocities. Far from the battlefield, thousands of people are now soldiers on a second, digital front. They are engaged in both propaganda and attack, relentlessly swarming anyone who dares to question approved narratives. These are not random Internet trolls; rather, they operate with… Continue reading
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Ella Fitzgerald Jailed for for Singing to an Integrated Audience
Home of the brave, land of the free? Continue reading
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Scientists Struggle to Explain Why COVID Spared Unjabbed
“Vaccine equity” remains high on the global cabal’s list of priorities, even though real-world evidence shows the COVID shots have done more harm than good Africa, where fewer than 6% of people have received the COVID jab, have maintained an extremely low COVID-19 death rate throughout the last three years, likely because they didn’t have… Continue reading
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An image of hope: Abahlali baseMjondolo’s fight for dignity and land, 17 years on
On November 17, a photo exhibition titled ‘Socialism or Death: Abahlali baseMjondolo on the Frontlines of Struggle’ opened at The Forge in Johannesburg. The work displayed chronicles the years-long struggle of South Africa’s shack dwellers movement to secure land and housing for the urban poor Continue reading
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Artemovsk: The Beginning of the End for the Ukraine?
Those following current affairs in Eastern Europe cannot have failed to notice the bloody fighting in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) over recent days and weeks. As a stronghold of Ukrainian defenses, it is a very tough nut to crack, yet there may be more to Russia’s assault in the town that meets the eye. This article will… Continue reading
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Ukraine 5-6 December 2022
Tuesday, 6 December 2022 — The New Dark Age What does the future hold for Burkina Faso? https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/06/what-does-the-future-hold-for-burkina-faso/ Macron’s US Visit Tells Europe’s Alienation https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/06/macrons-us-visit-tells-europes-alienation/ What do people in Australia think of the SMO? https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/06/what-do-people-in-australia-think-of-the-smo/ Continue reading
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UK: Pandemic Inquiry off to a shaky start
The official UK Covid-19 Inquiry is yet to begin but the groups who will be included as core participants have been selected for the first two modules. There are severe biases evident but we have to ask how much it really matters. Continue reading
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Macron’s US visit tells Europe’s alienation
The state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the United States stands out as a signpost of the alignments taking place against the backdrop of the historic churning in the world order. The two leaders went to extraordinary lengths to display bonhomie but how far that impressed the two statesmen — Macron, an erudite mind… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 3-4 December 20202
Sunday, 4 December 2022 — The New Dark Age Macron’s US visit tells Europe’s alienation https://www.indianpunchline.com/macrons-us-visit-tells-europes-alienation/ What “Victory” And “Defeat” Would Mean In Ukraine’s War https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/04/what-victory-and-defeat-would-mean-in-ukraines-war/ Srebrenica in the Ukraine https://uprootedpalestinians.wordpress.com/2022/12/04/srebrenica-in-the-ukraine/ Continue reading
The New Dark Age 