The New Dark Age

'Socialism or Barbarism'

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  • Afghanistan News Links 18-19 August 2021

    19 August 2021 • 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 HTS Congratulates Taliban, While Ankara And The Kurds Continue Their Fight https://southfront.org/hts-congratulate-taliban-while-ankara-and-the-kurds-continue-their-fight/ As Kabul Is Retaken, Papers Look Back in Erasure https://fair.org/home/as-kabul-is-retaken-papers-look-back-in-erasure/ Continue reading

  • Leftists in UK outraged as Labour Party suspends Ken Loach

    Leftist and progressive sections across the UK expressed shock and outrage at the expulsion of veteran socialist and filmmaker Ken Loach from the Labour Party. On Saturday, August 14, Loach tweeted about his expulsion from the party. Left-wing sections denounced the Labour leadership’s decision to expel socialists like Loach. Thousands, including MP Jeremy Corbyn, extended… Continue reading

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  • Afghanistan’s “Color Revolution”: Who Is Ali Ahmad Jalali?

    What is abundantly clear is that the U.S. has not been thrown out of Afghanistan. Quite the opposite. A so-called interim Afghan government is to be headed by Prof. Ali Ahmad Jalali, who just so happens to be a US citizen. “Regime Change” in Afghanistan?  Troop withdrawals coupled with a US sponsored color revolution? Continue reading

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  • How Russia-China are stage-managing the Taliban

    18 August 2021 — The Saker By Pepe Escobar: The Saker Blog and cross-posted at the Unz Review. The first Taliban press conference after this weekend’s Saigon moment geopolitical earthquake, conducted by spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, was in itself a game-changer. The contrast could not be starker with those rambling pressers at the Taliban embassy in… Continue reading

  • The Return of the Taliban 20 Years Later

    18 August 2021 — Consortium News Washington spent more than $2 trillion on a war that it knew could not be won, writes Vijay Prashad. Continue reading

  • Afghanistan News Links 17-18 August 2021

    18 August 2021 • 20:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back How Russia-China are stage-managing the Taliban Taliban 2.0: Claims Of Rights For Women, Free Media, No Terrorism https://southfront.org/rights-for-women/ Video: Afghans Desperate to Escape as the Reality… Continue reading

  • Black Agenda Report, August 18, 2021

    18 August 2021 — Black Agenda Report Once Again, the Vultures Circle Haiti | Black Agenda Report Jemima Pierre, BAR Contributor Another earthquake in Haiti provides another opportunity for the NGO community, the Haitian oligarchy, and foreign imperialists to consolidate their profits and power.   MANIFESTO: The Attica Liberation Faction Manifesto of Demands and Anti-Depression… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan — 3

    There is immense curiosity about the Taliban’s first moves following the dramatic return to Kabul after two decades. The big question on everyone’s mind is whether the Taliban has ‘changed’ since the 1990s. Opinions vary. But, so far at least, there are no signs of a return of repressive authoritarian rule.  Continue reading

  • The People vs. Medical Tyranny? Resistance on a Global Scale Grows Against Mandatory Vaccinations, Health Pass Requirements and Face Masks

    A continuous fear campaign by the mainstream media against those who are skeptical about the covid-19 pandemic is obvious when you read this headline from the Washington Post ‘Goldilocks Virus; Delta Vanquishes all Variant Rivals as Scientists Race to Understand its Tricks’ says that “The variant battle in the United States is over. Delta won.” … Continue reading

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  • Afghanistan News Links 16-17 August 2021

    17 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 Afghan VP Saleh Declares Presidency, Organizes Resistance https://southfront.org/afghan-vp-saleh-declares-presidency-organizes-resistance/ WATCH: Afghan man records video sitting atop FAIRING of US military plane taxiing at Kabul airport https://www.rt.com/news/532336-kabul-airport-video-afghanistan-plane/ Continue reading

  • A Letter to the Unvaccinated

    OCLA researcher Dr. Denis Rancourt and several fellow Canadian academics penned an open letter to support those who have decided not to accept the COVID-19 vaccine. Continue reading

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  • Reflections on the Events in Afghanistan – 2

    The explosion of life is unstoppable. The first buds are edging their roots from the dirt no sooner than Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul on Sunday, without telling anyone, carrying a massive loot of ill-begotten wealth stolen from his people. And the green shoots of political recovery are appearing.  Continue reading

  • Haiti News Links 15-16 August 2021

    16 August 2021 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Haiti earthquake: Death toll climbs to 1,297 as storm nears https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58222888 Why Not Boycott US Products Until It Ends Its Embargo of Cuba and Leaves Guantanamo? https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/08/why-not-boycott-us-products-until-it-ends-its-embargo-of-cuba-and-leaves-guantanamo/ Continue reading

  • Afghanistan News Links 15-16 August 2021

    16 August 2021 • 22:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Making a “No Shit” Headline Permanent…For a While. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2021/08/making-no-shit-headline-permanentfor.html Rapid Taliban Takeover Shows How Little US Understood Afghanistan https://popularresistance.org/rapid-taliban-takeover-shows-how-little-us-understood-afghanistan/ Continue reading

  • UK Crony Capitalism: Tory welfare for the wealthy

    Cash for the Tories buys you access. And access means cash from the public purse. That’s the abysmal two-step that channels public cash to Party donors.  Continue reading

  • Science, Salvation and Heretics: From Monsanto to Pfizer, Same Old Playbook

    Why are numerous ‘independent alternative’ media outlets and writers not questioning the COVID-19 vaccine rollout? If anything, they are promoting it without even considering the serious concerns being voiced by top scientists. Continue reading

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  • Where Best to Ride Out the Climate Apocalypse? The Billionaires’ Bunker Fantasies Go Mainstream

    15 August, 2021 — Global Research By Jonathan Cook Having written posts on this blog for several years now, I have become ever more sensitive to how we, as news consumers, are subject to ideology – the invisible, shifting sands of our belief system. Those beliefs are not inbuilt, of course. How could they be? We… Continue reading

  • Reflections on Events in Afghanistan

    Social media reported that at the Kabul residence of the Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib who post-haste fled to Tajikistan on Saturday with President Ashraf Ghani, three Toyota Landcruiser SUVs were found stacked with American dollar bills. Continue reading

  • Book: Revolutionary Afghanistan

    15 August 2021 — The New Dark Age [I got sent a link to this PDF, of a book written I think in 1981 and it’s well worth reading to give some context to current events. WB] The idea for this book arose from a visit to Kabul in March 1979 when it became immediately obvious… Continue reading

  • Afghanistan News Links 14-15 August 2021

    15 August 2021 • 21:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Taliban Officials Interviewed At Afghan Presidential Palace Following Reports Of Explosions In Kabul (Videos, Photos) https://southfront.org/taliban-officials-interviewed-at-afghan-presidential-palace-following-reports-of-explosions-in-kabul-videos-photos/ Afghanistan’s Ghani claims he resigned to prevent Taliban slaughter in… Continue reading