January 2023
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Ukraine News Links 13-14 January 2023
Saturday, 14 January 2023 — The New Dark Age About T-90M, Again. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/01/about-t-90m-again.html Ukraine Open Thread 2023-13 https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/01/ukraine-open-thread-2023-13.html Ukraine’s & Russia’s Defense Ministers Agree (But NATO Disagrees): War in Ukraine is Between NATO & Russia, NOT Ukraine & Russia https://orientalreview.org/2023/01/13/ukraines-russias-defense-ministers-agree-but-nato-disagrees-war-in-ukraine-is-between-nato-russia-not-ukraine-russia/ Continue reading
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Top 20 Most Cringeworthy Zelensky PR Moments
Saurday, 14 January 2023 — Caitlin Johnson Caitlin Johnstone The US empire’s proxy war in Ukraine has had many jaw-dropping instances of imperialist sociopathy, propagandistic audacity and brazen journalistic malpractice that we’ve discussed in this space many times, but one of the most cringeworthy and degrading aspects of the globe-spanning narrative control campaign surrounding this Continue reading
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Will Western Main Battle Tanks Turn the Tide in Ukraine? What do Russian Gains in Soledar Mean?
Thursday, 12 January 2023 — Internationalist 360° Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 13, 2022. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 10-12 January 2023
Thursday, 12 January 2023 — The New Dark Age Gerald Horne: promoting British empire apologia to divert radicals into the Democratic Party https://seeyouin2020.blogspot.com/2023/01/gerald-horne-promoting-british-empire.html 2023 Outlook For Ukraine https://popularresistance.org/2023-outlook-for-ukraine/ My, My, My… https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-my-my.html Continue reading
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The Winds of the New Cold War Are Howling in the Arctic Circle: The Second Newsletter (2023)
In 1996, the eight countries on the Arctic rim – Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States – formed the Arctic Council, a journey that began in 1989 when Finland approached the other countries to hold a discussion about the Arctic environment. The Finnish initiative led to the Rovaniemi Declaration (1991), which established the… Continue reading
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NORTH KOREA AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER w/ Nodutdol | The Duran REACTS to Ukraine’s Soledar Defeat
Thursday, 12 January 2023 — The Left Lens Continue reading
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Biden stoops to conquer Brazil’s Lula
The tragicomic “insurrection” in Brasilia on Sunday was destined to meet a sudden death. The universal condemnation and, in particular, the brusqueness with which the Biden Administration distanced itself from the protestors, sealed their fate. Certainly, this revolt is no “civil war,” although it is difficult to make predictions about new protests in the country. Continue reading
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Statewatch: Join us in Brussels on 25 January at Privacy Camp 2023
In June 2022 EU policing agency Europol received substantial new powers. Legal changes mean the agency can now process data on entirely innocent people, more easily receive and transmit personal data from non-EU states, and is responsible for developing algorithms and other new technologies for police forces across the EU. Continue reading
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Ukrainian Defense Lines And What Happens When They Are Breached
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 — Moon of Alabama Soledar has fallen to Russian troops. Bakhmut (Artymovsk) will follow soon. This constitutes the breach of Ukraine’s second defense line within the Donetzk and Lysichansk oblasts. I will discuss those lines with the maps below. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report January 11, 2023
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 — Black Agenda Report The Vote for House Speaker Obscured Democratic Treachery Margaret Kimberley House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s need for 15 rounds of voting from his party is viewed with alarm or humor. But the right wing proved that activists win if they make demands. Democrats have no members brave enough Continue reading
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Why the CIA attempted a ‘Maidan uprising’ in Brazil
A former US intelligence official has confirmed that the shambolic Maidan remix staged in Brasilia on 8 January was a CIA operation, and linked it to the recent attempts at color revolution in Iran. Continue reading
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Grandson of Charles de Gaulle, an Old CIA Nemesis, Condemns West’s Policy in Ukraine
Pierre de Gaulle, a grandson of former French President Charles de Gaulle, has said the U.S. is making Europeans suffer by fueling the Ukraine conflict and waging a pre-planned economic war against Russia. Continue reading
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Sweden hustled into military pact with US
The Biden Administration’s efforts to put on fast track Sweden’s accession as a NATO member petered out as Turkiye balked, exercising its prerogative to withhold approval unless its conditions regarding Stockholm’s past dalliance with Kurdish separatist elements is fully addressed. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 9-10 January 2023
Tuesday, 10 January 2023 — The New Dark Age Information Warfare 101, or “My evening with a Ukrainian propaganda/agitation unit” https://popularresistance.org/information-warfare-101-or-my-evening-with-a-ukrainian-propaganda-agitation-unit/ Europe And The Legitimization Of Deception https://popularresistance.org/europe-and-the-legitimization-of-deception/ Patrushev Framed The Narrative… https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/01/patrushev-framed-narrative.html Continue reading
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LIVE: Haiti in the Age of the Ukraine Proxy War w/ Jemima Pierre and Margaret Kimberley
Tuesday, 10 January 2023 — The Left Lens With Danny Haiphong and Margaret Kimberley Continue reading
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Stella Assange & Lee Camp: When Will Julian Be Freed?
Tuesday, 10 January 2023 — MintPress News Continue reading
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Russia-Ukraine war: How the US paved the way to Moscow’s invasion
Nearly a year after Russia’s invasion, the western narrative of an ‘unprovoked’ attack has become impossible to sustain Continue reading
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90% of world’s people to face combined extreme heat and drought
More than 90% of the world’s population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat and drought, potentially widening social inequalities as well as undermining the natural world’s ability to reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere — according to a study from Oxford University’s School of Geography. Continue reading
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Ukraine Carrying Out NATO’s Mission
“We are carrying out NATO’s mission today. They aren’t shedding their blood. We’re shedding ours.” Continue reading
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In 2022, The U.S.-led Unipolar Order Was More Unstable Than Ever
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin via video link on December 30, which drew alarm from certain Western media outlets. The New York Times, for example, concluded that the call came amid a “weak moment” for both leaders. Readers were led to believe that both China and Russia find themselves “isolated and… Continue reading
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