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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-35
The acknowledgement of “shared interests” with Russia regarding Afghanistan by the new US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West following his discussions in Moscow on November 14 with the Kremlin’s Special Presidential Representative Zamir Kabulov and Security Council’s Deputy Secretary Alexander Venediktov is an important step forward. Continue reading
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US at ASEAN Summit Looks to Turn Region Against Itself
(Brian Berletic – NEO) – For the first time in four years a US President has attended the annual ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit. In a poorly disguised redux of the Obama-era “Pivot to Asia,” the US seeks to appear interested in contributing to ASEAN in a constructive manner while ultimately attempting… Continue reading
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Covid: the surprising fourth wave
I was surprised, at first, when many heavily vaccinated countries were hit by a new wave of covid-19 at the beginning of autumn. I was surprised, that is, until I started to see studies coming out that showed that the protection offered by the vaccines is far less impressive than was initially thought, and drops to… Continue reading
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The failure of COPitalism
The future was supposed to be copitalism: a new global economic paradigm where national governments work together through the United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP) process to limit emissions and prevent runaway climate breakdown – while leaving capitalism otherwise intact. Continue reading
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A Solution Without a Solution
16 September, 2021 — John Steppling Léon Spilliaert “Ultima ratio regum. (The final argument of kings)” — Inscription on french cannons, on order of Louis XIV “The language of Enlightenment has been hijacked in the name of corporate greed, the police state, a politically compromised science, and a permanent war economy.” — Terry Eagleton (Reason,… Continue reading
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Farm Laws Repeal: A Historic Day For India
On November 19 the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi announced the important decision of repealing three highly controversial farm laws. This decision should be widely welcomed cutting across narrow narrow political divides. Continue reading
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WATCH: Digital ID: Freedom-As-A-Service. The Lure of Entitlement as the Method for Entrapment
From the roll-out of vaccine credentials/accreditations, to obtain health passes (under ID2020 Good Health Pass framework) in order to access services – experimental jabs are the portal to achieving a digital identification global infrastructure – an imperative for a seamless functioning of “ecosystems” (digital finance/wallets, data economy, smart cities, etc.) within the fourth industrial revolution… Continue reading
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A Dirty Occupation: The UN’s Criminal Enterprise and Ecological Catastrophe in Haiti
What are the environmental and ecological impacts of large-scale military occupations by the United Nations “peacekeeping” missions? The deadly cholera epidemic unleashed on the Haitian people by UN soldiers is an extension of a totality of violence – material, political, and ecological – enacted by a presumably humanitarian peacekeeping mission. Continue reading
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Ukraine, Belarus in the eye of the storm
Wouldn’t that be a delicious irony — the British defence secretary Ben Wallace rushing to Warsaw on Thursday to work up detailed plans to strengthen Poland’s border fence with Belarus? Britain had partnered the US in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and is now the self-appointed protector of the European Union from Iraqi migrants! Continue reading
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Register: War and the Environment Online Course
Thank you to everyone who helped raise the issue of military pollution around COP26. While the conference itself was a major COPOUT, vastly more people now know and care about military climate destruction. Continue reading
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Afghanistan: between pipelines and ISIS-K, the Americans are still in play
US trained and armed Afghan security forces are joining ISIS-K, which makes the US ‘withdrawal’ from Afghanistan look more like an American ‘repositioning’ to keep chaos humming. Continue reading
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So you think you’re British?
The IRR warned this week of the dangers posed by a clause inserted quietly, a couple of weeks ago, into the Nationality and Borders Bill, which will allow some British citizens (mainly dual nationals) to lose their citizenship without being notified in a wide range of circumstances, which could put them at grave risk. As vice-chair Frances… Continue reading
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New files expose Australian govt’s betrayal of Julian Assange and detail his prison torment
Documents provided exclusively to The Grayzone detail Canberra’s abandonment of Julian Assange, an Australian citizen, and provide shocking details of his prison suffering Continue reading
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Big Tech and the Current Challenges Facing the Class Struggle
A data ‘cloud’ sounds like an ethereal, magical place. It is, in reality, anything but that. The images in this dossier aim to visualise the materiality of the digital world we live in. A cloud is projected onto a chipboard. A vegetable is represented by a genetically modified patent. A cryptocurrency is ‘mined’ not by… Continue reading
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In the Name of Saving the Climate, They Will Uberise the Farmlands: The Forty-Sixth Newsletter (2021)
As the last private plane takes off from the Glasgow airport and the dust settles, the detritus of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, remains. The final communiqués are slowly being digested, their limited scope inevitable. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, closedthe proceedings by painting two dire images: ‘Our fragile planet is… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Then there were 50
Government was forced to release the names following a successful and long-running Freedom of Information battle by Good Law Project. We can reveal this list includes 50 names – rather than the 47 leaked to Politico – and includes three more significant Conservative Party figures. Continue reading
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CONFIRMED: Reuters Caught Posting Fake Pictures of US-backed Thai Protesters
November 16, 2021 (The New Atlas) – Reuters has been caught publishing photos depicting Thai protests that are confirmed to have been staged. Continue reading
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Trends in Mortality and Morbidity in the Most Vaccinated Countries : Twenty-one Proven Facts
Even with very high vaccination rates, we will not achieve herd immunity Continue reading
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Watch: Caging Childhood
On behalf of DCIP I’d like to invite you to the virtual premiere of our new short documentary, Caging Childhood, on Saturday, November 20 at 1 p.m. Eastern. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on the Israeli military detention system, its impact on Palestinian children, and how this film can be used for advocacy. Here’s… Continue reading
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From Silicon Valley to Sámi lands: Victories Against Facebook
17 November 2021 — Corpwatch From Silicon Valley to Sámi lands in Norway, victories against Facebook and for reindeer herders! Welcome to the latest CorpWatch bulletin! We start with the good news – Facebook has agreed to shut down its decade-old facial recognition system following years of complaints because of how the data can be misused by private corporations, governments, and… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 