December 2024
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Syria: Ultimate Pipelineistan War
Syria is an energy war. With the heart of the matter featuring a vicious geopolitical competition between two proposed gas pipelines, it is the ultimate Pipelinestan war, the term I coined long ago for the 21st century imperial energy battlefields. Continue reading
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What happened to the Syrian Army?
🇺🇸🇸🇾I’m asked why the Syrian Arab Army collapsed so quickly… The Syria army was hollowed out from years of fighting and a crippled economy. Russia prioritizes Ukraine and would not have been able to supply Syria with the arms/ammunition in the quantities required to fight off a NATO-armed/trained army. Continue reading
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Syria: A Battle Lost Amid a Wider War
Editorial Comment: I agree with Brian’s analysis, yet I have many questions that demand answers. Not only did Syria’s allies fail to stop the fall of Syria, they did nothing to end the genocide in Palestine or the advance of the war to Lebanon and Syria. In fact, Russia repeatedly sabotaged negotiations in Syria by… Continue reading
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Genocide Rewarded
The US backed al Qaeda takeover of Syria follows Israeli retreat from Lebanon Within hours of the Israeli-Lebanese cease fire – essentially an Israeli retreat after making no progress against Hezbollah in the ground war in south Lebanon, indicted war criminal Netanyahu turned his attention to Syria, warning Syrian President Bashar al Assad that he… Continue reading
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Report from Syria 8 December 2024
Sunday, 8 December 2024 — Vanessa Beeley Made it out of Syria for the time being. Chaos rules, looting, thuggery and thieving. Gets the US Israel stamp of approval because this is what they believe in. Going through the border was a mash of gunfire, infighting and looting from every single shop and market. Terrorists Continue reading
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Three Principles of Working-Class Liberation
Do you dream of a world where everyone has what they need? Where work is creative and meaningful? Where people care for each other? Where we all protect the environment? Continue reading
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BREAKING: SYRIA FALLS, ASSAD’S PLANE DISAPPEARS, IS IRAN NEXT? W/ PROF. MOHAMMAD MARANDI
On Dec. 8th, “rebels” entered the Syria’s capital and assumed control of the government in a shocking development that has huge ramifications for the region and the world. Prof. Mohammad Marandi joins from Tehran to discuss how regime change in Syria changes the geopolitical calculus and what we can expect going forward. Continue reading
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Syria: A Battle Lost Amid a Wider War
Syria’s collapse is a loss for the Syrian people and their Iranian, Russian, and Chinese allies Continue reading
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Refaat’s book “If I Must Die” has surged to top 100 worldwide — let’s push it higher
The push to make Refaat Alareer’s posthumous collection of poetry and prose a global bestseller is now in full swing. Based on the current rankings, it looks like thousands of you pre-ordered the book “If I Must Die” in the past few days. It has soared into the top 100 worldwide — #77 as I… Continue reading
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Watch “The Syria Deception: Al-Qaeda Goes to Hollywood”
In order to affect regime change in Syria, the U.S. government and its media organs carried out the most sophisticated and expensive propaganda campaign in history. Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 6 December 2024
Friday, 6 December 2024 — GM Watch Study reveals lasting effects of glyphosate on brain health New research has shown even brief exposure to the weedkiller chemical glyphosate can cause lasting damage to the brain, which may persist long after any direct exposure ends. In the new study, Arizona State University researcher Ramon Velazquez and Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: The Syria tragedy and the new omni-war
The geopolitical situation in West Asia is more complicated than ever, as conflicts and alliances intertwine. “Until recently, West Asia and Ukraine were two vectors of the standard hegemon modus operandi, which is to incite and unleash forever wars,” says Sputnik columnist Pepe Escobar. Now, both regions are converging into what he calls an omni-war. Continue reading
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The December 2024 issue of ColdType is now online
Thursday,5 December 2024 — ColdType Read Issue 264 at https://www.coldtype.net/Assets23/PDFs/CT264Dec24.pdf?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ And at https://issuu.com/coldtype/docs/ct264dec24?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ —————————- BACK COPIES – All issues of ColdType (plus the original 6 tabloid versions) are available to read and download at https://issuu.com/coldtype and at www.coldtype.net/reader.html —————————- ColdType Continue reading
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France Must Go from Africa Is the Slogan of the Hour: The Forty-Ninth Newsletter (2024)
A cascade of anti-French sentiment continues to sweep across the belt of the Sahel in Africa: joining Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, Chad and Senegal demanded in November that the French government withdraw its military from their territories. From the western border of Sudan to the Atlantic Ocean, French armed forces, which have been in… Continue reading
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From definitions to solutions: Can local food systems sustainably deliver fair rewards for farmers and access to quality food for all?
Richard Kipling, the SFT’s Senior Research Advisor, takes an in-depth look at how we can work towards flourishing local food systems that build communities, increase food security for all, and provide a fair return to farmers and growers. Continue reading
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Leak reveals UK lawyers, Israeli government planned ‘special unit’ to counter human rights reporting. Here’s what we know
On 10 August 2017, pro-Israel advocacy group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) approached the Embassy of Israel in London with a “pitch for business”: a proposal to setup “a rapid response unit to correct false narratives” regarding Israel. According to the proposal, human rights organizations “such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty, routinely publish material… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 4 December 2024
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 — Black Agenda Report The Problem with Joe and Hunter Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist The outrage surrounding President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden is not just about clemency for the relatively minor charges he was facing. The younger Biden has lived a life of great Continue reading
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Anti-Imperialism and the Tricontinental Vocation
Tricontinentalism is the lens through which we should analyze the anti-imperialist movement, not only to understand the past but to build the movement against imperialist domination today. Continue reading
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🦫🇸🇾🏴🤝🇺🇦 Syrian opposition drone operators reveal collaboration with Ukraine
Wednesday, 4 December 2024 — New Eastern Outlook Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 3 December 2024
Tuesday, 3 December 2024 — GM Watch Victory! US federal court strikes down lax GMO rules, halts GE crop introductions without USDA oversight In a precedent-setting victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court in the US has ruled that genetically engineered (GE) organisms must be regulated. The Court’s ruling overturns the 2020 Continue reading
The New Dark Age 