March 2023
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No, Australia Does Not Actually Need To Prepare For War With China
In the latest instance of the Australian media’s deluge of propaganda geared toward manufacturing consent for war with China, Nine Entertainment-owned newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have brought together a panel of “experts” to assess how well-prepared Australia is for a hot war with its primary trading partner. The question of if that war is necessary or should… Continue reading
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BRIAN BERLETIC ON GERMANY’S DEMISE | RUSSIA CLOSING IN ON BAKHMUT | CHINA
I will be discussing the latest reaction to Russia’s progress in Bakhmut, US and German talks at the White House, and the China Spy Crane Scandal that broke yesterday. Danny Haiphong Continue reading
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‘Progressives’ Strike Out – Again
Monday, 6 March 2023 — The GrayZone The House voted 414-2 last week to maintain US sanctions on Syria despite the earthquakes that have killed thousands of Syrians in the last few weeks. AOC and the Squad voted for the measure. The only opposition came from two Republicans including Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. Continue reading
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Meet the British intelligence-linked firm that warped MH17 news coverage
Staffed by British special forces veterans, Pilgrims’ Group quietly shaped international coverage of the MH17 disaster as it shepherded journalists to and from the crash site. Continue reading
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Ukraine: A war to end all wars in Europe
The dash for the White House in Washington on Friday by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz remains a riddle wrapped in a mystery. Scholz landed in DC, drove to the White House and was received by President Biden in Oval Office for a conversation that lasted over an hour. No aides were present. And he flew… Continue reading
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Zelensky’s Comic Insults… Gimme HIMARS, Tanks, F-16s and Now America’s Sons & Daughters
The glib talk of people dying for no good cause, but rather only for a clique of clowns and their imperial circus, is the ultimate sick joke. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 3-4 March 2023
Saturday, 4 March 2023 — The New Dark Age Why Biden Snubbed China’s Ukraine Peace Plan https://popularresistance.org/why-biden-snubbed-chinas-ukraine-peace-plan/ G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Ends Without A Joint Communique Because Of Disagreements Regarding Ukraine War https://popularresistance.org/g20-foreign-ministers-meeting-ends-without-a-joint-communique-because-of-disagreements-regarding-ukraine-war/ Ukraine War One Year In https://popularresistance.org/ukraine-war-one-year-in/ Continue reading
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Bakhmut, Strategic Or Not, Is Falling
‘Western’ media can not decide if Bakhmut is a strategic city or has little strategic value. They claim both is the case. Continue reading
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Bye Bye Bakhmut
Saturday, 4 March 2023 — The van says… With Ukrainian demolitions under way, the fall of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) is now imminent. Preamble After months of war, the city of Artemovsk (covered in this article) is about to fall into Russian hands. This shorter article will look not just at the city, but what the consequences of Russia Continue reading
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House overwhelmingly approves resolution to maintain Syria sanctions after earthquake
Every member of the progressive Squad voted for the resolution. Only Republican Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene voted against it. Continue reading
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‘They’ve got money for wars but can’t feed the poor’ – Tupac
Since the proxy war in Ukraine began, the Biden administration and Congress have directed more than $100 billion in assistance to their proxy forces fighting Russia in Ukraine. MintPress Senior Staff Writer Alan MacLeod asks why all of that money is going to Ukraine while Europe and the United States neglect their own populations. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 2-3 March 2023
Friday, 3 March 2023 — The New Dark Age Why Biden Snubbed China’s Ukraine Peace Plan https://consortiumnews.com/2023/03/03/why-biden-snubbed-chinas-ukraine-peace-plan/ China’s Peace Plan for Ukraine https://consortiumnews.com/2023/03/03/chinas-peace-plan-for-ukraine/ Seymour Hersh: US Blowing Up Nord Stream Was ‘Act of War’ https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/03/02/seymour-hersh-us-blowing-up-nord-stream-was-act-of-war/ Continue reading
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Reality Based People Can Fact Check The ‘Fact-Checkers’
Stavroula Pabst, a writer in Greece, has published an interesting piece on the nefarious purpose of fact-checking and ‘dis-information’ debunking. Guy Debord’s Warning of “The Role of the Expert”: A Philosophical Perspective on the Rise of Fact-Checking The piece explains this by going back to the writings of the French philosopher Guy Debord and his… Continue reading
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Sanctions On Russia Come Back To Bite Their Issuers
Unlike ‘western’ politicians I try to think ahead of the consequences certain foreign relation policies might have. Continue reading
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War party target lists expands from Crimea to China
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate cover the growing pressure on the Biden administration to take its Ukraine proxy war to Crimea, while military leaders openly discuss plans for war with China over Taiwan, while acknowledging the inevitability of Taiwan’s destruction. The militaristic fever comes as antiwar rallies gain momentum across the Atlantic and… Continue reading
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We refuse to give up…
Thousands of emails have been sent and both the Co-op and Waitrose have now removed these products from their shelves. We know that a few of the other supermarkets are on the verge of doing the same, but we need to push them over the finish line. Continue reading
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Wayne Shorter 1933 – 2023
Friday, 3 March 2023 — WKCR 35 hours of Wayne’s music, everything from his work with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis, Weather Report and of course his own music on Blue Note through to his later work like Atlantis and rebroadcast of the late, great jazz broadcaster Phil Schapp’s marathon on WKCR on Wayne Continue reading
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Entrenched Mentalities
It is always interesting to look back upon history if only to draw parallels with the present, and a review of British operations during the First World War caused the author to reflect upon mistakes made in the past and to compare them with the policies of today. This shorter article will examine the similarities… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 1-2 March 2023
Thursday, 2 March 2023 — The New Dark Age Caitlin Johnstone: Media Muzzling Anti-War Protests https://consortiumnews.com/2023/03/02/caitlin-johnstone-media-muzzling-anti-war-protests/ The US diplomatic efforts to curtail Turkish independence continue https://journal-neo.org/2023/03/02/the-us-diplomatic-efforts-to-curtail-turkish-independence-continue/ WATCH: The Vietnam Peace Movement & Ukraine Today https://consortiumnews.com/2023/03/01/watch-the-vietnam-peace-movement-ukraine-today/ Continue reading
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Attacks on asylum housing: from Ireland to Knowsley
Thursday, 2 March 2023 — Institute of Race Relations Since our last newsletter in which we reported on the eruption of violence in Knowsley, Merseyside, we have seen the spreading of a relentless campaign targeting hotels accommodating asylum seekers across England, with protests in Rotherham, Skegness, Newquay, Long Eaton and Dunstable in the past weeks. Continue reading
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