Salah Hammouri and Elsa Lefort in Lifta, a Palestinian village near Jerusalem that was depopulated by Zionist forces in 1948. (Photograph courtesy of Salah Hammouri)Israel on Sunday kicked aside protests from France and expelled Salah Hammouri from his homeland.
Every year, I analyse the US rate of profit on capital. This is because the US data is the best and most comprehensive to use and because the US is the most important capitalist economy, often setting the scene for trends in global capitalism. We now have the data for 2021 (that’s as far as the official national data go).
Russia warns that Patriot missile defence systems will be legitimate targets should Washington supply them to Kiev (File photo)A Russian-American “consensus” is forming that the Ukraine conflict is far from a climactic stage leading to peace talks. Russia’s stance is that any settlement will devolve upon Kiev recognising “realities” — namely, acceptance of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions being integral parts of Russian Federation.
Stop US Wars: MLK Week Of Actions – Jan 13 – 22, 2023
https://popularresistance.org/stop-us-wars-mlk-week-of-actions-jan-13-22-2023/
Volodymyr Zelensky and Ethnopolitics
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/volodymyr-zelensky-and-ethnopolitics/
Larry On Hysteria… And Not Only.
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/12/larry-on-hysteria-and-not-only.html
Book review: A powerful polemic against capitalism’s planetary destruction, and an engaging look at the degrowth movement
Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter and Aaron Vansintjan
THE FUTURE IS DEGROWTH
A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism
Verso, 2022
reviewed by Martin Empson
Russia launched dozens of missiles at Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Friday morning, knocking out heating systems in towns and cities across the country as temperatures dropped well below freezing and prompting the national utility to impose sweeping emergency blackouts.
© Photo: Flickr/Martin LopatkaThe role of the US military in stealing Syria’s oil runs deeper than mere petty theft. The funds are used to prop up Kurdish self-rule and ensure Syria’s geographic division.
By Firas Al-SHOUFI
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar (L) met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Moscow, November 8, 2022 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday marks a new stage in the bilateral relationship between the two time-tested friends, both contextually and from a long-term perspective.
With Dany Haiphong: Scheduled for 17 Dec 2022
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Multiple Breadbasket Failures as Radicals Stop Private Jets
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/multiple-breadbasket-failures-as-radicals-stop-private-jets/
Unrest In Mongolia: Who Stands To Gain?
https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/16/unrest-in-mongolia-who-stands-to-gain/
Russia & VT Exposes US Bio Weapons in Georgia-Ukraine
https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/16/russia-vt-exposes-us-bio-weapons-in-georgia-ukraine/
You’ve noticed the momentum building, and now it’s time to add your voice.
Over the past few weeks, #FreeAssange activists have grown our coalition and picked up important endorsements from press freedom groups and media outlets. Global leaders are saying “enough is enough.”
The Economist has interviewed the three Ukrainian leaders who manage the war in Ukraine. It summarizes them in an interpretive writeup. I will use that to extract the important points. (more…)
A storm of controversy erupted earlier this year in Iran, after local media outlets announced that a “Mossad spy” and “Israeli infiltrator” had gained the trust of the country’s senior leadership, penetrated into the highest halls of power, and had even been employed as a writer for Ayatollah Khamenei himself.
Lowkey is joined by investigative journalists Matt Kennard (Declassified UK) and Asa Winstanley (Electronic Intifada), along with activist Huda Ammori (Palestine Action), for a special episode of The Watchdog.
They explore the US Embassy-funded British-American Project and its grip on British politics. They also discuss Asa Winstanley’s new book, Weaponising Antisemitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Corbyn, and the recent victories of Palestine Action with Huda Ammori.
You can see Lowkey on tour in January by clicking here for tickets: https://linktr.ee/lowkeyonline
The Department of Defense has failed its fifth audit out of five audits and can’t account for half of its assets. This week Lee Camp looks at the backstory of the Pentagon’s financial fraud.
Balqis Al Rashed (Saudi Arabia), Cities of Salt, 2017.Dear friends,
Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
On 9 December, China’s President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to discuss deepening ties between the Gulf countries and China. At the top of the agenda was increased trade between China and the GCC, with the former pledging to ‘import crude oil in a consistent manner and in large quantities from the GCC’ as well to increase imports of natural gas. In 1993, China became a net importer of oil, surpassing the United States as the largest importer of crude oil by 2017. Half of that oil comes from the Arabian Peninsula, and more than a quarter of Saudi Arabia’s oil exports go to China. Despite being a major importer of oil, China has reduced its carbon emissions.
The US is the main instigator of terrorism around the world
https://journal-neo.org/2022/12/14/the-us-is-the-main-instigator-of-terrorism-around-the-world/
Volodymyr Zelensky And Ethnopolitics
https://orientalreview.org/2022/12/14/volodymyr-zelensky-and-ethnopolitics/
“Nearly Every War Has Been the Result of Media Lies”
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/12/nearly-every-war-has-been-the-result-of-media-lies/
Brittney Griner and the U.S. State
Margaret Kimberley
Brittney Griner’s ordeal in Russia is over. But she has been secreted away for “reintegration” and the U.S. continues its own brand of international hostage taking.
ESSAY: Negroes Speak of War, Langston Hughes, 1933
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
What benefits do Black folk get by endorsing or participating in the white man’s war? Revisiting an anti-war statement by Langston Hughes.
Today Live: Vijay Prashad, Historian & Philosopher, Joins Lee Camp
Hey,
I’d love for you to join me LIVE today at Noon ET/ 9am PT for a livestream interview with historian, philosopher & author Vijay Prashad. We’ll be talking about Ukraine, Peru, China, and how to gain power in the struggle for a better world. Join me at Noon ET/ 9am PT today (Dec 14)
Julian Assange once observed that, ‘Nearly every war has been the result of media lies.’For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at risk of being extradited to the US within the next few weeks. The prospects for a fair trial range from miniscule to zero.
The New Dark Age 