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EU’s “Alternative” to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
(Brian Berletic – NEO) – The European Union unveiled what it is touting as an “alternative” to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Called the “Global Gateway,” the EU claims it will deliver better alternatives consisting of “high standards, good governance, and transparency,” in a rollout almost indistinguishable from the vague and poorly received US… Continue reading
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COMMENT: Does it matter who replaces Cressida Dick as head of a racist police force?
Inevitably, speculation has begun on who will take over from the outgoing Metropolitan Police Commissioner, following the recent announcement of Cressida Dick’s early departure from the most senior policing position in the country. Continue reading
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Iran Unbound. What it means.
The negotiations in Vienna over the revival of the Iran nuclear deal, known as JCPOA, are almost certainly close to an agreement. The surest sign is that crude oil futures were sharply lower in mid-morning Asian trade Feb. 17 despite bearish developments due to the rising tensions on the Ukraine-Russia border. Even an interim deal… Continue reading
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John Pilger: War in Europe and the Rise of Raw Propaganda
THE WAR HYSTERIA THAT HAS ROLLED IN LIKE A TIDAL WAVE IN RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS IS THE MOST STRIKING EXAMPLE. KNOWN BY ITS JARGON, “SHAPING THE NARRATIVE,” MUCH IF NOT MOST OF IT IS PURE PROPAGANDA. Continue reading
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UK: Strike action: Race & class faultlines exposed
This week, the IRR signed an open letter protesting a temporary High Court injunction against the United Voices of the World Union. This unprecedented legal intervention was aimed at suppressing strike action by outsourced security guards at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), prohibiting them from ‘waving banners’, ’vigorous dancing’ or even ‘making rapid dramatic movements’ within 200 metres of… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 17 February 2022
Thursday, 17 February 2022 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. Ukraine:… Continue reading
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WATCH: UN Security Council on Ukraine Crisis LIVE
Russia has called a U.N. Security Council meeting on the anniversary of the signing of the Minsk 2 accord. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is addressing the council. Watch it here live starting at 10 am EST. Continue reading
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What Red Book Will You Read This Year on Red Books Day (21 February)?: The Seventh Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 17 February 2022 — The Tricontinental Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 16 February 2015, Govind and Uma Pansare went for a morning walk near their home in Kolhapur, in the western state of Maharashtra, India. Two men on a motorcycle stopped them and asked for… Continue reading
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Media Studies – (‘Russian Invasion’ Scam)
Material for media studies: The Hill @thehill – 9:32 PM · Feb 3, 2022 Reporter: “It’s an action that you say they have taken, but you have shown no evidence to confirm that. […] This is like – crisis actors? Really? This is like Alex Jones territory you’re getting into now.” Must-watch exchange between @APDiploWriter Matt… Continue reading
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From Wuhan to Ottawa
A recent preprint meta-analysis by researchers from Denmark (Center for Political Studies), Sweden (Lund University) and the US (Johns Hopkins University) found that lockdowns in the spring of 2020 had no significant impact on mortality. Moreover, the authors highlight that the many “simulation studies” that claimed otherwise essentially presupposed that the entire decline in infections had been due to… Continue reading
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Failure in Moscow: Liz Truss Loses Britannia’s Way
Incompetent politicians and diplomats are on the level with ill-prepared generals fighting current wars with dated methods. They err, they stumble, and they may well be responsible for the next idiotic slander, misfire or misunderstanding. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is synonymous with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s idea of groping diplomacy. Graceless, all confusion, and much ignorance besides,… Continue reading
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The New Domestic Terrorist: The Government’s War on Thought Crimes and Truth-Tellers
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WHICH SPEAKS IN A LANGUAGE OF FORCE, IS AFRAID OF ITS CITIZENRY. What we are dealing with is a government so power-hungry, paranoid and afraid of losing its stranglehold on power that it is conspiring to wage war on anyone who dares to challenge its authority. Continue reading
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Ukraine Invasion Scheduled for Wednesday Canceled
New this time, and so far unique, is the lack-of-spin headline and lede that the AP promptly used yesterday in reporting on the significance of the talks held in Moscow by Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Continue reading
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“Unreported Truths”?
Not everything that has been left unreported is the truth, as several recent claims by a reasonably well-known US author and noted covid propaganda skeptic show. Continue reading
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Two interpretations of the Ukrainian affair
The choice of the Anglo-Saxons to ignore the Russian proposal for a treaty guaranteeing peace and to substitute it with the fantasy of a Ukrainian crisis is not bearing fruit. France is agitated, Germany is paralyzed, but Hungary is likely to lead its neighbors to a position identical to that of Russia: the defense of… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 15-16 February 2022
Wednesday, 16 February 2022 • 21:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. Biden’s… Continue reading
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The Big White House Plans Behind Its ‘Russian Invasion’ Scam
As the ‘Russian invasion’ scam reaches new heights it is time to look at the motives behind it. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 15 February 2022
Tuesday, 15 February 2022 • 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. Russia… Continue reading
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Cry “Havoc!” and Let Slip the Dogs of War
The mainstream media is, without exception, repeating the unevidenced claim from the Biden administration that Russia is about to invade Ukraine. They do this with no proper journalistic questioning or scepticism. They do this despite the fact that, in the last month, not only have we had repeated cries that invasion is “imminent”, we have… Continue reading
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Vladimir Putin: Working meetings with Sergei Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Lavrov, we agreed today that the Foreign Ministry would present its views on the responses we received to our proposals sent to our US colleagues in Washington and our NATO colleagues in Brussels regarding security issues in Europe and their response to our concerns, primarily NATO’s endless and, in our view, most dangerous eastward expansion, now aimed at reaching out to former Soviet republics, including… Continue reading
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