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Ukraine News Links 3-4 February 2022
Friday, 4 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. AP… Continue reading
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US pips regional states at race for Kabul
In a hugely consequential advisory, the US Treasury Department quietly signalled on Wednesday that it was “tweaking” the sanctions against the Haqqani Network. The international banks can transfer money to Taliban, including Haqqani Network without fear of breaching sanctions. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 3 February 2022
Thursday, 3 February 2022 — Black Agenda Report The U.S. Black Political Class and War What passes for leadership is always a joke played upon Black people. The high water mark of the CBC being the “conscience of the congress” is long gone. No one can look to them on the issue of Ukraine or… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 2-3 February 2022
Thursday, 3 February 2022 • 23:00 — 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 updated time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular.… Continue reading
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How A Misguided Grand Strategy Led To This U.S. Defeat
In response to Russia’s demand for security guarantees, especially to its request to remove foreign NATO forces from the territory of East European countries, the U.S. and Britain are moving more forces to the east: Continue reading
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The far Right, conflict narratives and race war
Thursday, 3 February 2022 — Institute of Race Relations Getting the facts out quickly about far-right violence is one of the things that motivates us to bring out IRR News, with our fortnightly calendar of racism and resistance a continuation of IRR’s role as a place of record documenting Europe’s white supremacist movements. This long monitoring experience has taught… Continue reading
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Why Russia-China partnership is effective
The cascading tensions between Russia and the United States brought into play the Russian-Chinese “comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation”. The topic has been the stuff of animated discussion among strategic thinkers lately. Continue reading
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Make Noise about the Silent Crisis of Global Illiteracy: The Fifth Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 3 February 2022 — The Tricontinental Amadou Sanogo (Mali), Je pense de ma tête, 2016. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In October 2021, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a seminar on the pandemic and education systems. Strikingly, 99% of the students in… Continue reading
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Blackwater is in Donbass with the Azov battalion
The phone call between President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky “did not go well”, CNN headlines: while “Biden warned that a Russian invasion is practically certain in February, when the frozen ground makes it possible for tanks to pass through”, Zelensky “asked Biden to lower his tone, arguing that the Russian threat is still ambiguous”.… Continue reading
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Analyzing President Putin’s Response To The Undeclared US-Provoked Missile Crisis
For the time being at least, diplomacy is still ongoing, which speaks to the suggestion that Russia isn’t yet ready to resort to kinetic means for ensuring its national security red lines. This also hints that they haven’t yet been fully crossed either otherwise Moscow would likely have already acted. Continue reading
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The British Medical Journal Story That Exposed Politicized “Fact-Checking”
The fact-checkers who flagged Paul Thacker’s British Medical Journal article about a Pfizer subcontractor for Facebook admitted they police narrative, not fact Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 1-2 February 2022
Wednesday, 2 February 2022 • 17:00 — 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. Both… Continue reading
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Amnesty apartheid report: The walls protecting Israel are finally crumbling
The walls protecting Israel are quickly crumbling. A year ago, it was Israel’s most celebrated human rights group, B’Tselem. Months later, it was the New York-based Human Rights Watch, whose senior staff have often enjoyed a revolving door with the US State Department. Continue reading
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Shutting Down Israel’s Death Machine in Britain, with Three Activists Who Were There
On January 13, campaigners announced that, after years of popular pressure and direct action, Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems had decided to bite the bullet and sell its factory located in Oldham in the northwest of England. Continue reading
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Rodchenko.LIVE: Legendary Russian avant-garde artist teaches his creative concepts in deepfake video
Rodchenko.LIVE is a series of deepfake videos in which the artist talks about the legacy of the visionary Russian art and design school Vkhutemas (the Higher Art and Technical Studios) – the Soviet counterpart of the German Bauhaus. Rodchenko taught construction and metalwork at Vkhutemas, pioneering design ideas in Russia. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: £9.9 Billion PPE goes up in smoke
The Government wasted over £9.9 billion on PPE, which is more than it would cost to give every nurse in the NHS a 100 per cent bonus on their salary. Continue reading
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Online Debate: Can War Ever Be Justified? Mark Welton vs. David Swanson
This free, public webinar will feature a live debate between Mark Welton and David Swanson on the question “Can War Ever Be Justified?” Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 31 January – 1 February 2022
Tuesday, 1 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. Ukrainian… Continue reading
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