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A Programme for a Future Society That We Will Build in the Present: The Second Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 13 January 2022 — Tricontinental Chittaprosad, Indian Workers Read, n.d. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In October 2021, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report that received barely any attention: the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021, notably subtitled Unmasking disparities by ethnicity, caste, and gender. ‘Multidimensional poverty’ is… Continue reading
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Putin draws the line for colour revolutions
This must be a rare page in American diplomatic history that a US Secretary of State has been literally off his rocker. Antony Blinken’s outbursts on the events in Kazakhstan were not only boorish but also illogical. Continue reading
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With No Progress In Talks Russia Will Have To React
Monday’s negotiations over Russian security demands between the U.S. and Russia were, as predicted, a failure. Russia’s core demand, to end the NATO drive to its borders by excluding membership for the Ukraine and Georgia, was rejected. A for once realistic NYT piece did not even try to hide the disaster: Continue reading
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National Endowment for Democracy Provided $1.2 Million to Kazakhstan to Help Spark Color Revolution Against Pro-Russian and Pro-China Regime
Wednesday, 12 January 2022 — CovertAction Magazine By Jeremy Kuzmarov Protesters climb on top of a van in Almaty on January 6. [Source: nbcnews.com; collage by staff] Media Has Covered Crisis in Kazakhstan in Biased Way On January 2nd, protests erupted in the city of Zhanaozen in western Kazakhstan that have since spread across the country.… Continue reading
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Kazakhstan News Links 11-12 January 2022
Wednesday, 12 January 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. BTW, cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular. National Endowment for… Continue reading
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Military analysis of the attacks on Kazakhstan
The attack on Kazakhstan on January 2, 2022 involved two independent main groups linked to the same foreign command. It involved about 20,000 fighters, both foreign and Kazakh. These personnel had been trained for jihad in Syria or Afghanistan, as the case may be. The Kazakh and Russian armies were taken by surprise, but managed… Continue reading
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Professor Ehud Qimron: “Ministry of Health, it’s time to admit failure”
Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists, has written an open letter sharply criticizing the Israeli – and indeed global – management of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
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Glyphosate: EU assessment report excludes most of the scientific literature from its analysis
The preliminary EU report on glyphosate prepared by the Dutch, Hungarian, French and Swedish regulatory agencies fails to take account of the vast majority of recent studies published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, according to a report by the association Générations Futures. Continue reading
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New Big Data Study of 145 Countries Show COVID Vaccines Makes Things Worse (Cases and Deaths)
The study found that the COVID vaccines cause more COVID cases per million (+38% in US) and more deaths per million associated with COVID (+31% in US). Continue reading
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Kazakhstan News Links 10 January 2022
Monday, 10 January 2022 • 20:30 — The New Dark Age US-Russian Negotiations On Security Guarantees Ended In Geneva (Video) Putin and CSTO leaders meet to discuss Kazakhstan Why the Kazakhstan Crisis Is a Much Bigger Deal than Western Media Is Letting On https://www.globalresearch.ca/why-kazakhstan-crisis-much-bigger-deal-than-western-media-letting-on/5766731 There Was an Attempted Coup in Kazakhstan, but It Wasn’t by… Continue reading
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What War With Russia Would Look Like
Sherman will face off against Ryabkov in Geneva, with the fate of Europe in her hands. The sad thing is, she doesn’t see it that way. Thanks to Biden, Blinken and the host of Russophobes who populate the U.S. national security state today, Sherman thinks she is there to simply communicate the consequences of diplomatic… Continue reading
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The Russia-U.S. Talks In Geneva Are Likely To Fail
Monday, 10 January 2022 — Moon of Alabama Like Scott Ritter I am deeply skeptical that today’s talks between the U.S. and Russia in Geneva will have any results: Continue reading
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From Summits to Boycotts – America’s Waning Influence
First, the US attempted to trigger a widespread diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympic games. After announcing no US diplomats would attend the games in Beijing, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada followed. New Zealand would notify Beijing it would not send any diplomats “mostly to do with Covid,” Bloomberg would report. Continue reading
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The Mauling of Novak Djokovic
Rarely can the treatment of a grand sporting figure by officialdom have caused such consternation. Novak Djokovic, the tennis World Number One, has always had a tendency to get under skin and constitution, creating a large following of admirers and detractors. But his current treatment by Australian authorities, and his subsequent detention as an unlawful… Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2022
9 January 2022 — Climate & Capitalism Start the new year with seven new books for red-greens and green-reds Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly Climate & Capitalism feature, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that C&C agrees with everything… Continue reading
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Watch: Blinken, Stoltenberg unleash unprecedented diktat, ultimatum at Russia following NATO FM meeting
Videos of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at their respective press briefings following the virtual meeting of NATO’s thirty foreign policy chiefs on January 7, preceded by the transcript of Blinken’s comments. They provide a clear indication of what to expect from the upcoming NATO-Russia Council and Biden-Putin… Continue reading
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Kazakhstan News Links 8-9 January 2022
Sunday, 9 January 2022 • 16:00 — The New Dark Age Kazakh Security Council adopts draconian measures against jihadists Kazakhstan and Europe’s Anti-lockdown Protests — A Contrast in Reactions https://www.globalresearch.ca/kazakhstan-europe-anti-lockdown-protests-contrast-reactions/5766654 Kazakhstan: Eyewitnesses Say Unrest Is Being Coordinated https://www.globalresearch.ca/kazakhstan-eyewitnesses-say-unrest-being-coordinated/5766643 Kazakhstan Calming Down – The West Getting Mad https://southfront.org/kazakhstan-calming-down-the-west-getting-mad/ Continue reading
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Kazakhstan turns into graveyard for US diplomacy
The Kazakh Ministry of Health issued an innocuous disclaimer today denying social media reports about the seizure of a “military biological lab near Almaty by unidentified people.” Continue reading
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Covid Vaccination and Pregnancy
According to a preliminary analysis of British data, covid vaccination during pregnancy might be associated with a 33% increased risk of stillbirth. Continue reading
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CSTO in Kazakhstan annoys U.S.
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Press Availability at Washington on Friday was largely devoted to Ukraine and the forthcoming strategic stability talks with Russia. But in response to a carefully planted question at the fag-end of the interaction, Blinken reflected bitterly on the deployment of Russian troops to Kazakhstan. Continue reading
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