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China and Russia declare ‘new era’ of multipolarity, challenging US interventionism
After meeting in Beijing, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin released a joint statement clarifying the ideological divisions of the new cold war: Eurasian calls for multipolarity, cooperation, sovereignty, and “redistribution of power in the world” against US unipolar hegemony and interventionism. Continue reading
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Moscow confronts ‘good cop, bad cop’
Americans use the slang “lockstep” recalling a characteristic trait of their prisons of the 19th century when inmates had to shuffle step due to the chain that linked their legs. But the US President Joe Biden used that powerful evocative metaphor to convey on Monday that his country and Germany are aligned on fighting any… Continue reading
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Beijing Deals a Devastating Blow to Washington
The White House’s policy of unfettered discretion and domination, of unceremonious interference in the internal affairs of other countries, has met an increasingly widespread anti-American backlash. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 9-10 February 2022
Thursday, 10 February 2022 • 20:00 — 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. Hungary… Continue reading
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The Mediocracy Of ‘Global Britain’
The knowledge and quality of ‘western’ leading officials is of serious concern. They are often politicians with no experience in the fields they are supposed to represent. Liz Truss, currently the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, is a sad example. Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 10 February 2022
Thursday, 10 February 2022 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks GMO Wheat in Argentina Suffers from Low Yields Developments in Argentina regarding genetically modified (GM) wheat show that however determined governments are to boost GMOs in agriculture, the inherent weaknesses of the technology undermine their efforts. Although the Argentine government approved it for planting and the… Continue reading
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“Do You Want a War Between Russia and NATO?”
ISTANBUL – Emmanuel Macron is no Talleyrand. Self-promoted as “Jupiterian”, he may have finally got down to earth for a proper realpolitik insight while ruminating one of the former French Minister of Foreign Affairs key bon mots: “A diplomat who says ‘yes’ means ‘maybe’, a diplomat who says ‘maybe’ means ‘no’, and a diplomat who says… Continue reading
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The Great Covid Class War
On January 19, 2020, Washington state reported the first US case of coronavirus. By the end of March, 245 million Americans were under stay-at-home restrictions to “flatten the curve.” Mainstream news terrorized the public with exponential graphs, threats of a medical supply shortage, and displays of hygiene theater. Appeals to science were weaponized to enforce conformity, and the media portrayed anti-lockdown… Continue reading
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The Left Has Culture, but the World Still Belongs to the Banks: The Sixth Newsletter (2022)
Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. ‘[T]here is great intellectual poverty on the part of the right wing’, Héctor Béjar says in our latest dossier, A Map of Latin America’s Present: An Interview with Héctor Béjar (February 2022). ‘There is a lack of right-wing intellectuals everywhere’. Continue reading
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Some observations on the infection fatality rate of COVID19
When COVID struck the world two years ago, or thereabouts, the first thing that happened was rather unfortunate. Namely, the instant and widespread distortion, nay destruction, of data. This happened so fast that it became almost impossible to know what on earth was going on. Who to believe … what to believe? Continue reading
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How the Establishment Functions: The Real Dark Web
Alison Levitt, the lawyer appointed by Keir Starmer to produce the report which “cleared” him of involvement in the decision not to prosecute Jimmy Savile, is married to Lord Carlile, friend of two serial paedophiles, Greville Janner and Cyril Smith. Carlile played a role in the Establishment cover-up of Janner’s crimes. Continue reading
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‘They used axes to spare the ammo’: How modern Ukraine’s Nazi heroes massacred civilians during WWII
The Second World War is usually seen as a confrontation between giant military alliances. However, in reality, many smaller separate conflicts unfolded within this epic war, and the struggle between peoples and countries was often conducted without compromise or mercy. One of the darkest and least-known pages of the Second World War is the Volyn… Continue reading
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The persecution of the unvaccinated
Established western democracies are hosting the overt expression of hate – in words and deeds – directed at a minority outgroup, the likes of which have not been observed for almost a century. The victims of this onslaught are those people who have made the decision not to accept the offer of a Covid-19 gene-based… Continue reading
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UK Official Secrets Act Proposals Take Cues From US Espionage Act Cases
The United Kingdom’s right-wing dominated government is on course to greatly expand its ability to prosecute and jail whistleblowers and journalists through amendments to the country’s Official Secrets Acts. Continue reading
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Why Comparing Chinese Africa Investment to Western Colonialism Is No Joke
“Why China Is in Africa” (12/16/21) is a question Trevor Noah took up last month for Comedy Central‘s Daily Show. As with many of the topics taken up by the Daily Show, the issue is no joke: China has a large and growing economic presence in many African countries. The China/Africa deals cry out for analysis: Are they… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 8-9 February 2022
Wednesday, 9 February 2022 • 15:00 — 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. US… Continue reading
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Kill the Bill activist cleared of riot charges in Bristol
Activists in Bristol have won a partial court victory, as Jasmine York has been found not guilty of riot and of arson involving reckless likely to endanger life. However, York was found guilty of a lesser charge of arson, and has been released on bail pending sentencing on 14 March. The Jury returned a majority ‘not… Continue reading
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A Health Public Policy Nightmare
Vaccine spike antigen and mRNA persist for two months in lymph node germinal centers… protein production of spike is higher than those of severely ill COVID-19 patients! Vaccination confers broader IgG binding of variant RBDs than SARS-CoV-2 infection Imprinting from initial antigen exposures alters IgG responses to viral variants Histology of mRNA vaccinee lymph nodes… Continue reading
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Europe Should Leave NATO Behind And Integrate With Russia
The recent Chinese Russian statement made it look as if Russia has completely turned its back to Europe and is now locked into an Eurasian destiny with China, Iran and the Central Asian states. That however does not seem to be Russia’s understanding. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 7-8 February 2022
Tuesday, 8 February 2022 • 19:00 — 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. Memo… Continue reading
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