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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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Those Who Die for Life – like Hugo Chávez – Cannot Be Called Dead: The Ninth Newsletter (2023)
On 28 October 2005, a special event was held in Caracas at the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. At this gathering, held on the birthday of Simón Rodríguez (Simón Bolívar’s teacher), the Venezuelan government announced that nearly 1.5 million adults had learned to read through Mission Robinson, a mass literacy programme that… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report March 1, 2023
Wednesday, 1 March 2023 — Black Agenda Report East Palestine, Ohio and the Oligarchy Margaret Kimberley A freight train derailment brought environmental catastrophe to a small Ohio town. While the circumstances are somewhat unique, events there followed a predictable pattern in a country run by and for the ruling class. ESSAY: Canada in the Caribbean,… Continue reading
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Russo-Ukrainian War: Schrodinger’s Offensive
Where is the big Russian offensive? This is, at the moment, the million dollar question that inevitably intrudes on any discussion of the war’s current course. It is probably not surprising (to those of us that are familiar with human nature, at least) that this question becomes a Rorschach test in which everybody sees their… Continue reading
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UkraineNews Links 28 February – 1 March 2023
Wednesday, 1 March 2023 — The New Dark Age US Berates Georgia for Not Being Sufficiently Anti-Russian https://consortiumnews.com/2023/03/01/us-berates-georgia-for-not-being-sufficiently-anti-russian/ Zionists Attack Palestinian Writers and Australian Free Speech https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/03/zionists-attack-palestinian-writers-and-australian-free-speech/ African Union under Western pressure https://journal-neo.org/2023/03/01/african-union-under-western-pressure/ Continue reading
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Openly pro-Israel Oracle now has control over UK’s most sensitive national security data!
Executives at the software giant Oracle have made it clear that they’re loyal to the settler-colonial government of Israel that’s occupying Palestinian land. They have also managed to win contracts that put Oracle in charge of sensitive data from the UK government. Continue reading
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Not Just The China Balloon, US Has A History of Hysteria
The downing of a Chinese balloon by the United States was a clear episode of hysteria. In fact, the US has a history of unhinged responses to perceived threats. Continue reading
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Leaked Files Expose Britain’s Ambulances for Terrorists Conspiracy
On February 6th, Syria and Turkey were brutally rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the most devastating recorded in the Levant’s history. Ever since, residents of these countries and the region more widely have been subjected to a particularly unforgiving – yet illuminating – crash course in Western double standards over humanitarian aid. Continue reading
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