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NATO Ready to Fight in Seven-Year Black Sea Conflict
The Romanian press, in reporting on the ongoing U.S. Army-led 30,000-troop, 27-nation war games codenamed DEFENDER-Europe 21, cited an American commander in the country characterizing them as “mutual intra-NATO defense.” A suggestion: NATO should publish a Militarese-English dictionary for the uninitiated. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Tuesday in Court
On Tuesday, our legal challenge to the PPE procurement scandal will be heard in the High Court. It’s the first day of a mammoth five day hearing. Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 15-16 May 2021
16 May 2021 • 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 “Anti-Zionist Naples”: Award-Winning Italian Artist Speaks about Palestine and Why He Quit Photojournalism https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/anti-zionist-naples-award-winning-italian-artist-speaks-about-palestine-and-why-he-quit-photojournalism/ Roger Waters On Israel’s Crimes And Palestine’s Resistance https://popularresistance.org/roger-waters-on-israels-crimes-and-palestines-resistance/ Continue reading
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The unending nightmare of Gaza
The bombs rain down on Gaza city and the rest of the strip compounding the nightmare that Gaza is already for the people living there. Gaza, measuring 375 square kilometers (145 square miles) is home to around 2 million Palestinians, more than half of them refugees. Since 2007, the besieged enclave has been under a… Continue reading
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15 May 2021 – Nakba Day: Israel Punishes Media For Reporting Its Escalation In Palestine
Today is Nakba day which commemorates the violent expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homes which began 74 years ago and is still continuing. Just yesterday Fares Akram. Associated Press reporter in Gaza, wrote in a diary about his families expulsion and his life under colonist bombing: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) —… Continue reading
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Gaza/Palestine News Links 14-15 May 2021
15 May 2021 • 18:30– The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Israel Punishes Media For Reporting Its Escalation In Palestine https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/05/israel-punishes-media-for-reporting-its-escalation-in-palestine.html Blowing apart a monstrous Israeli lie By Ali Abunimah on May 15, 2021 02:50 am It’s a… Continue reading
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The untold story of Sheikh Jarrah
The obvious story is that of the nightly raids and violence meted out by Israeli police and Jewish extremists against Palestinians in the devastated East Jerusalem neighbourhood. For weeks, thousands of Jewish extremists have targeted Palestinian communities in Jerusalem’s Old City. Their objective is the removal of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh… Continue reading
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Israel is deliberately obliterating media buildings in Gaza to cover up the war crimes that will follow
On Tuesday, Israel bombed the 10-storey Al-Jawhara Tower, causing it to collapse. Before doing so, it had ‘benevolently’ warned that the airstrikes were coming. The following day, it bombed the 14-storey Al-Shorouk Tower, also giving warning it was going to do so. Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, May 2021
Seven new books about capitalist environmental destruction and the fight to save the earth Continue reading
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Call for Evidence: COVID 19 Vaccine Certification
I have grave concerns over recent rhetoric, from government and private businesses, regarding the introduction of COVID-Status certificates and/or COVID-19 vaccine certificates/immunity passports. Continue reading
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Anthony Fauci “has no clue and no authority to lecture on what is good for India”
In light of the current COVID-related situation in India, Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US adviser on COVID, has called for India to implement a hard lockdown and for the mass roll-out of vaccines. However, Fauci “has no clue and no authority to lecture on what is good for India”. Continue reading
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Modern Marxist Monetary Theory or MMMT
MMMT has to solve two issues. Firstly, how can token money, that is money without any intrinsic value, circulate valuable commodities. Secondly, why do prices not fall in line with the cheapening of production in terms of labour time when circulated by this symbolic money. This article briefly addresses these two questions. Continue reading
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Some notes on the world economy now
The IMF foresees a strong economic recovery. The assumption is that the virus can be controlled to such an extent that lockdowns and social distancing are no longer necessary. This is mainly due to the vaccination campaigns. Continue reading
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Palestine/Gaza News Links 13-14 May 2021
14 May 2021 • 20:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Global Resistance: End The Nakba Now! https://popularresistance.org/global-resistance-end-the-nakba-now/ Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state https://williambowles.info/2021/05/14/palestinians-in-israel-now-face-far-right-mob-violence-backed-by-the-state/ If I Fall In The Struggle,… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 14 May 2021
14 May 2021 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Glyphosate Raises Malaria Risk through Damage to Insect Immune Systems – New Study The chemical compound glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide, can weaken the immune systems of insects, suggests a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Glyphosate is the… Continue reading
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Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state
Protests by Palestinian citizens are being greeted with a mix of police violence and vigilante-style attacks from Jewish fascists Continue reading
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China blocks US bases in Central Asia
Ten months after the first meeting of the foreign ministers of China and the five Central Asian states, Beijing has followed through with a second session on May 11 at a gathering in Xi’an, China, hosted by Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The venue is symbolic. The ancient city of Xi’an used to be the ‘terminus… Continue reading
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This time it’s different
As I write, the building I live in here in Gaza is shaking continuously. Above us, Israeli F-16 warplanes pummel us with a seemingly endless barrage of bombs. I am writing amid a rapid flow of developing events, so it is certain that by the time this is published, many things may have changed, but… Continue reading
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G7 or failed colonial powers telling the world what to do
G7 are a bunch of western countries—the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Canada—who believe that they have the “civilizational” mandate to tell the world how it should be run Continue reading
The New Dark Age 