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German Greens crusade for U.S./NATO wars
Ann Garrison: Diana, the German Greens are leading in the polls, heading into Germany’s federal elections in September. So Chancellor Angela Merkel may even be replaced by the Greens’ candidate Annalena Baerbock. However, the last time I looked, the German Greens were calling for a rewrite of the UN Charter to take away Russia and China’s… Continue reading
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Geopolitical Projection: US Claims China is an “Aggressor”
(Brian Berletic – NEO) – US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has, in a 60 Minutes interview, accused China of acting “repressively at home and more aggressively abroad,” emphasizing it as a “fact.” He repeated unfounded claims that “1 million” Uyghurs are being interned in facilities in China’s western region of Xinjiang and referred to… Continue reading
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Meet the Censored: C.J. Hopkins, Critic of the “New Normal”
The arrival of Covid-19 has crashed America on a paradox that reads like the plot of a bad Star Trek episode. Half the country mistakes science for a set of inflexible decrees and demands it be worshipped as a religion. The other half believes the first group is always lying and defies even its sensible… Continue reading
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Watch/Read: Pepe Escobar joins Jeff J. Brown for a great conversation about the US, EU, China, Russia, Iran and DPRK, plus MUCH more
It was great to have such an informative and entertaining discussion with Pepe Escobar today. As I was editing it, I think what shines through is real friendship between two writers, journalists and analysts, who have great mutual respect for each other’s knowledge and experience. Continue reading
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Palestine/Gaza News Links 13 May 2021
13 May 2021 — The New Dark Age Laith Marouf on Palestinian legitimate Resistance to Israeli occupation & to the bombardment of Gaza The Electronic Intifada 13 May 2021 https://williambowles.info/2021/05/13/the-electronic-intifada-13-may-2021/ Continue reading
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If I Fall in the Struggle, Take My Place: The Nineteenth Newsletter (2021)
13 May 2021 — Tricontinental Tiger Tateishi (Japan), Samurai, the Watcher (Koya no Yojinbo), 1965. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Ugliness defines the mood of state violence from Cali (Colombia) to Durban (South Africa), each context different and the depth of the violence particular to the location. Images of… Continue reading
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The Electronic Intifada 13 May 2021
13 May 2021 — The Electronic Intifada France bans rally, arrests Palestine solidarity leader By Ali Abunimah on May 13, 2021 05:03 am “Dictatorial methods” will not stop French citizens speaking out, group says. Continue reading
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Fifteen Thoughts On Palestine
13 May 2021 — Caitlin Johnson by Caitlin Johnstone Listen to this article: 1 You don’t get to drop an entire colony on top of an inhabited country, grind those inhabitants into the dirt for generations, and then claim self defense every time they retaliate. That’s not a thing. The US-centralized power alliance in general is… Continue reading
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LETTER FROM LONDON: The Troubling Sentencing of Craig Murray
The troubling conviction of former British diplomat Craig Murray for contempt of court in connection with his coverage of the prosecution of the prominent Scottish nationalist politician Alex Salmond on sexual assault charges has now produced an equally troubling sentence by a tribunal of the Scottish High Court of eight months in prison for Murray. Continue reading
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Listen: Gil Evans Day – ‘Boplicity’
13 May 2021 — Jazz on the Tube Gil Evans – May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988 Arranger, composer, leader, and pianist Ian Ernest Gilmore Green (who became known as Gil Evans) was born May 13, 1912 in Toronto Canada. Gil Evans began his career as a bandleader quite early, leading his own orchestra… Continue reading
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South Africa: Blame for May Day’s bare whimper
May Day 2021 has come and gone, without much of a whimper, let alone a bang. And it is the novel coronavirus that is only marginally responsible. Because there would not have been much of a bang even without the pandemic. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: It never stops
Good Law Project has uncovered remarkable evidence that a Tory Minister brought a former Chair of the Tory Party, a man who now runs a lobbying firm, into the heart of Government to work on the massive multi-billion PPE procurement process. Having got his feet under the table that former Chair lobbied to win PPE… Continue reading
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Second Stage Terror Wars
It is well known that the endless U.S. war on terror was overtly launched following the mass murders of September 11, 2001 and the linked anthrax attacks. The invasion of Afghanistan and the Patriot Act were immediately justified by those insider murders, and subsequently the wars against Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc. So too the terrorizing… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 13 May 2021
13 May 2021 — Black Agenda Report Freedom Rider: The End of Low Wage Work Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist The combination of unemployment and additional stimulus support has made staying home a better economic decision than working for peanuts under stressful conditions. Continue reading
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Dr. Romeo F. Quijano [series]: Covid-19: Militarism & Big Money Trampling Humanity [Part 3]
12 May 2021 — Wrong Kind of Green By Romeo F. Quijano, M.D., Professor (Ret.), Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila Romeo F. Quijano, M.D. “The Covid-19 spectre, vaccine mania, deceptive remedial schemes and brutal, anti-people pandemic responses created by militarism and big money have shoved by the… Continue reading
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Dr. Romeo F. Quijano [series]: Should We Take the Vaccine Against Covid-19 [Part 2]
“The credibility of the CDC, WHO, public health authorities and mainstream health professionals have been seriously eroded because of corporatization, conflicts of interests, dishonesty, corruption and misrepresentation. People have good reasons to be wary of vaccines. Too much reliance on vaccines to address infectious diseases is not congruent with the current body of scientific knowledge… Continue reading
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Dr. Romeo F. Quijano [series]: Beware the Vaccine for Covid-19 [Part 1]
There seems to be a strong presumption that the ultimate answer to the Covid-19 pandemic is a vaccine. People are made to believe that a magical vaccine is in the offing and the world will be saved from the pandemic. Bill Gates and Big Pharma push hard to hasten vaccine development. The WHO and most… Continue reading
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Palestine/Gaza News Links 14 April – 12 May 2021
12 May 2021 18:49 — The New Dark Age Enough is Enough: It is Time for Apartheid to End, by Kenn Orphan I have anxiety in my heart tonight. I have friends in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, Palestinians and Israeli Jews, and I am truly fearing for them. Several of them have reported… Continue reading
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Saudi-Iran reset will take time
The Saudi-Iranian contacts that began last month in secrecy has gained gravitas. The unannounced trip to Jeddah last night by the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and the exceptional courtesies he received, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greeting him at the airport, calls attention to the winds of change sweeping… Continue reading
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