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US-China relations at crossroads
The Biden Administration, in dire straits over Afghanistan, is pursuing China for help. There have been two phone calls to Chinese State Councilor and FM Wang Yi from US Secretary of state Antony Blinken since August 16 alone. Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 29-30 August 2021
30 August 2021 • 16:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Chris Hedges: The Empire Does Not Forgive https://www.mintpressnews.com/chris-hedges-afghanistan-empire-does-not-forgive/278346/ Did the US Support the Growth of ISIS-K in Afghanistan? https://www.mintpressnews.com/did-the-us-support-the-growth-of-isis-k-in-afghanistan/278339/ Viral Infographic Reveals the Shocking Amount of… Continue reading
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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-10
The US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed today in an interview with CBS “Face the Nation” the evolving relationship between Washington and the Afghan Taliban. Three things emerge. First, Sullivan disclosed that “over-the-horizon strikes” against the ISIS-K from outside Afghanistan will continue but he ruled out any return to combat missions. Continue reading
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India reaches out to Russia to break out of regional isolation over Afghanistan
The Indian establishment media hyped up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 24 in a desperate attempt to distract attention from Delhi’s abject isolation over the Afghanistan situation. Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 28-29 August 2021
29 August 2021 • 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 The Futility Of The Afghan War And “War On Terror” https://popularresistance.org/the-futility-of-the-afghan-war-and-war-on-terror/ Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 26 August 2021
26 August 2021 — Black Agenda Report Gentrification and the End of Black Communities Margaret Kimberley, BAR Editor and Senior Columnist Census data show that gentrification is accelerating Black displacement. Continue reading
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The September 2021 issue of ColdType (Issue 226) is now online
Welcome to the September issue of ColdType with another great line-up of first-rate reading and eye-catching photography. This week’s main section features John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead’s alphabet of state-imposed tyranny that is sweeping the US. In other stories, Joe Allen visits Sturgis, South Dakota, for the annual motorcycle rally, John Pilger sits inside a London court on a day that… Continue reading
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‘Bombshell’ study finds natural immunity superior to vaccination
IF THE FINDINGS ARE CONFIRMED, THE IMPLICATIONS FOR COVID POLICY WILL BE PROFOUND A major study conducted by Israeli researchers into natural immunity has found that immunity acquired via infection from Covid-19 is superior to immunity from the Pfizer vaccine. Continue reading
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The Foreign Policy Borg And The Retreat From Afghanistan – by Michael Brenner
There are few things in this kaleidoscopic world of ours that we can count on – for predictability, for fixity of outlook, for unswerving resistance to the vicissitudes of life. The American foreign policy community is one of them. They reliably react to stunning events in the world with reiteration of what they have been… Continue reading
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Part 2 – Afghanistan News Links 24-28 August 2021
28 August 2021 • 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 Here comes China: Afghanistan, 7 Deadly Sins, Space, Common Prosperity Taliban Takeover Alarms The Gulf https://popularresistance.org/taliban-takeover-alarms-the-gulf/ Continue reading
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Part 1 – Afghanistan News Links 24-28 August 2021
28 August 2021 — The New Dark Age ‘Accountability to the People of Afghanistan Should Remain Our Focal Point’ https://fair.org/home/accountability-to-the-people-of-afghanistan-should-remain-our-focal-point/ Taliban orders Kabul residents to hand over weapons, ammo & ‘state property’ https://www.rt.com/news/533308-taliban-order-weapons-ammunition-handover/ ‘So Much of This War Has Got Almost Nothing to Do With the Afghans Themselves’ https://fair.org/home/so-much-of-this-war-has-got-almost-nothing-to-do-with-the-afghans-themselves/ Continue reading
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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-9
The commander of CENTCOM Gen. Kenneth McKenzie disclosed to journalists on Thursday that the US was already sharing information on terror threats in Afghanistan with Taliban. As he put it, “We share versions of this information with the Taliban so that they actually make searches… We think they’ve thwarted some.” Continue reading
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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan -8
This week will stand out as a pivotal moment in President Joe Biden’s presidency. It has been a humble moment yet bold and decisive, far-sighted but tactical, and focused on America’s self-interests. It underscores that the US’ capacity to force its will on other countries (or even non-state actors) has dramatically diminished. Continue reading
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John Pilger: Afghanistan, The Great Game of Smashing Countries
In 2010, I was in Washington and arranged to interview the mastermind of Afghanistan’s modern era of suffering, Zbigniew Brzezinski. I quoted to him his autobiography in which he admitted that his grand scheme for drawing the Soviets into Afghanistan had created “a few stirred up Muslims”. “Do you have any regrets?” I asked.“Regrets! Regrets!… Continue reading
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I Awakened Here When the Earth Was New: The Thirty-Fourth Newsletter (2021)
In late March 2021, 120 traditional owners from 40 different First People’s groups spent five days at the National First People’s Gathering on Climate Change in Cairns (Australia). Speaking on the impact of the climate crisis on First People, Gavin Singleton from the Yirrganydji traditional owners explainedthat ‘From changing weather patterns to shifts in natural ecosystems,… Continue reading
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Leaked report of the IPCC reveals that the growth model of capitalism is unsustainable
The second draft of the IPCC Group III report, focused on mitigation strategies, states that we must move away from the current capitalist model to avoid surpassing planetary boundaries and climate and ecological catastrophe). It also confirms our previous reports, covered by CTXT and The Guardian, that “greenhouse gas emissions must peak in the next… Continue reading
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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-7
The Taliban has warned that there will be consequences if the Biden Administration were to extend the timeline for its deployment at Kabul Airport beyond August 31. The G7 meeting that Britain has called for Tuesday regarding Afghanistan will take a call on the timeline. Continue reading
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Study: Fully Vaccinated Healthcare Workers Carry 251 Times Viral Load, Pose Threat to Unvaccinated Patients, Co-Workers
A groundbreaking preprint paper by the prestigious Oxford University Clinical Research Group, published Aug. 10 in The Lancet, includes alarming findings devastating to the COVID vaccine rollout. Continue reading
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Afghanistan News Links 22-23 August 2021
23 August 2021 • 1 7:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back FIRE reported at Kabul airport amid frantic evacuation, VIDEOS show billowing smoke (update) https://www.rt.com/news/532831-fire-kabul-airport-afghanistan/ More than 500 tons of medical supplies unable to reach Afghanistan… Continue reading
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HSBC is the 800-pound Gorilla in the Canadian Courtroom that No One is Talking About
The prosecution of telecommunications giant Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou on charges of violating U.S. sanctions policies with Iran has been very politicized from the outset and a bellwether in the decline of U.S.-Sino relations in an era of renewed cold war. Continue reading
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