Friday, 18 October 2024 — Al Mayadeen English
Given the shift in American strategy from advocating for a ceasefire to supporting an open war, some argue that the Resistance likewise must adapt its own strategy.
Given the shift in American strategy from advocating for a ceasefire to supporting an open war, some argue that the Resistance likewise must adapt its own strategy.
I have a confession to make.
When a journalist writes this it generally means they will proceed to reveal something they hope will actually show them in a good light or justified in some way. But I have a real confession to make, of something I did that was wrong.
Zionism and U.S. hegemony are doomed to keep declining; this means that the decisive question of the 21st century is how the anti-imperialist bloc will choose to usher in the post-American era. Will the powers which challenge the U.S. refrain from serious military action against the USA and the Zionist entity? Or will they take on a more proactive role, and commit to defeating these genocidal regimes by any means necessary? The latter option does not have to entail any reckless behavior; it would merely look like a continuation of the path that Iran is presently on, wherein it’s intervening against the entity with calculated restraint. The same is true for Russia, which fully committed to the path of resistance when it acted to rescue the Donbass from Banderite terror. As these countries have continued with their anti-imperialist wars, the decisive question’s answer has become clearer.

Asa Winstanley (R Witts Photography)
British counterterrorism police on Thursday raided the home and seized several electronic devices belonging to The Electronic Intifada’s associate editor Asa Winstanley.
Approximately 10 officers arrived at Winstanley’s North London home before 6 am and served the journalist with warrants and other papers authorizing them to search his house and vehicle for devices and documents.
The Undercover Policing Inquiry is back this week, to hear much delayed evidence about some of the most controversial events in the history of the highly criticised spycops unit, the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS). Live hearings begin this Monday, 21 October, at 2pm, and will look at deployments from 1983-1992.

The UK government and police – the British state – made clear today they are waging a war of intimidation against the country’s independent journalists in a desperate attempt to silence them.

Asa Winstanley, associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, had multiple electronic devices confiscated by British counterterrorism police during their raid on his residence on Thursday.
Before six in the morning, about ten police officers showed up at Winstanley’s residence in North London and issued the journalist with warrants and other documents allowing them to search his home and car for electronics and papers.

“Israel” bombarded al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza where 500 patients were massacred, including injured women and children.
The senseless crime drew wide condemnation at the time but to no avail. The Israeli occupation continues its policy of absolute aggression against everything, not sparing hospitals, ambulances, residential buildings, schools, or worship houses.
“Israel” can do all of these things because no one has held the occupation accountable for all the massacres yet, as the US and many Western countries continue to provide it with diplomatic cover and the arms it needs to carry out these massacres.
Join Netpol at the annual United Families and Friends Campaign demonstration
Every year, the bereaved families and friends of loved ones who have died at the hands of the state are joined in London by supporters to march to Downing Street to hand in their demands for justice and accountability.
On Saturday 26 October, the United Families and Friends Campaign will gather again at Trafalgar Square in central London at midday.
This year, Black Lives Matter UK, Copwatch Network and Netpol are collectively mobilising an “ACAB Bloc” on the march, and urging supporters to come together and show the strength of our solidarity families who have lost someone. Many loved ones have been fighting for justice for years; the first Annual Remembrance Procession took place in 1999.
We are meeting from 12pm at the statue of the imperialist general Henry Havelock in Trafalgar Square. This is between the east side of Nelson’s Column and the subway exit to Charing Cross (Bakerloo Line). The procession leaves promptly at 1pm. Please wear black.
There are eerie parallels between the state the NHS is in now, and the state it was in when Labour last took over in government from the Conservatives. Back in 1997 Tony Blair’s New Labour party got into office with a pledge to save the NHS – much like Keir Starmer is promising to do today.
Helen Zughaib (Lebanon), Reading Coffee Cups, c. 2021.
Dear friends,
Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
Reading legacy Western media – which dominates the world information order – is painful. During the genocidal war against Palestinians, for instance, these media outlets (such as CNN, The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, and Bild) have been unable to bring themselves to describe the Israeli military’s attacks on Palestinians. At most, and when it suits them, they resort to passive voice (‘Palestinians die’) or to a dangerous form of turning civilian areas into military targets (‘Hezbollah village’ or ‘Hamas command and control centre’).
Censorship, War Propaganda and Fascism
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The U.S. edges closer to hot war and continues aiding and abetting a genocide. Censorship and war propaganda are necessary tools when a rogue state chooses to silence its opponents.

A new MintPress News investigation reveals that a number of the most influential journalists in the United States were previously operatives of Israeli spying agency, Unit 8200.

Despite having cancelled 30 of 350 weapons licensing contracts with their Israeli allies, the British government refuses to impose a full arms embargo as Tel Aviv seeks to expand its war in Gaza t0 Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss Israel’s arrest and persecution of journalist Jeremy Loffredo as it escalates its assault on Lebanon, threatens to strike Iran, and enacts a horrifying plan in Gaza, generating searing images that capture the essence of a year-long campaign of brutality.
Keir Starmer
The Labour Party and its leader, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, are highly unpopular, much like the previous PM, Mr. Rishi Sunak, and his Conservative Party. The latest YouGov poll result, released on October 8, 2024, reveals that more than six out of ten people in Britain dislike Mr. Starmer as Prime Minister, with 63% holding a negative opinion of him. Mr. Starmer and his leadership are now more unpopular than both Mr. Rishi Sunak and Mr. Nigel Farage.
The twelve-month Israeli attack on Gaza could not be sustained without the unwavering support of corporate media in the West.
