Wednesday, 14 December 2022 — Moon of Alabama
A new round of Wunderwaffen deliveries to Ukraine is taking place. It is unlikely to change the strategic or even operational picture of the war.
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British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 — Multipolarista
British colonialism caused at least 100 million deaths in India in roughly 40 years, according to an academic study.
Ben Norton
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Canada offers tax ‘charity’ receipts for NGO dispossessing Palestinians
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 — Yves Engler
A foreign based “settler colonial NGO” is seeking Canadian government subsidies. This week a representative of Jerusalem-based Regavim will be hosting a series of fundraisers in the Greater Toronto Area.
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Biden Opens Africa Summit With Sanctioning African Leaders
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 — Moon of Alabama
The Biden administration is holding a summit with some 40 leaders of African countries. The New York Times headline of its reporting on the summit is revealing:
Biden Is Bringing Africa’s Leaders to Washington, Hoping to Impress
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The UK in Ukraine
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 — The van says…
This might portray British bravado, but when matters such as these go wrong, they go VERY wrong.Preamble
Yesterday the British media covered a story regarding the use of Royal Marines in the Ukraine both before and after Russia began its Special Military Operation in the country. This article will examine what this could mean as well as the significance of this announced being made.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis @60: POSTMORTEMS
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 — National Security Archive
Left in the dark about missile exchange, Pentagon study drew wrong conclusions
Khrushchev: “We were truly on the verge of war”
Castro: “A great indignation”
Washington, D.C., December 13, 2022 – In the immediate aftermath of the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev met with the Czechoslovakian Communist Party leader, Antonin Novotny, and told him that “this time we really were on the verge of war,” according to minutes of their October 30, 1962, meeting posted today by the National Security Archive. “How should one assess the result of these six days that shook the world?” he pointedly asked, referring to the period between October 22, when President Kennedy announced the discovery of the missiles in Cuba, and October 28, when Khrushchev announced their withdrawal. “Who won?” he wondered.
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Dutch farmers battle technocratic forces driving them into oblivion
Thursday, 8 December 2022 — Grayzone UK
Dutch farmers are in open struggle against a cartel of multinational corporations, Davos-aligned parties and NGO’s seeking control over the global food supply. “They are sweeping the culture from the land,” a farmer laments.
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EU cracks the whip (gently) on Iran
Tuesday, 13 December 2022 — Indian Punchline
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (L) with Iran’s Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian, Tehran, July 27, 2022. (File photo)The European Union has returned to the ritual of sanctioning Iran to leverage its foreign and security policies. The highlight of the EU Foreign Affairs Council ministerial meeting in Brussels on Monday was the imposition of sanctions against Iran over a range of issues.
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, December 2022
Saturday, 10 December 2022 — — Origin: Climate & Capitalism
Six important new books on fungi and racism and building socialism and wheat and more
Ecosocialist Bookshelf is a monthly column, hosted by Ian Angus. Books described here may be reviewed at length in future. Inclusion of a book does not imply endorsement, or that C&C agrees with everything (or even anything!) these books say.
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The U.S. Cuckoo in the European Nest
Monday, 12 December 2022 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Alastair Crooke
For Europe, its unreflective taking of this American ‘cuckoo’ thinking into its own European nest is nothing short of catastrophic.
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Will Belated Open Letter by The New York Times and other Media Outlets Be Enough to Compel Julian Assange’s Release From Prison?
Monday, 12 December 2022 — CovertAction Magazine
By Ellen Taylor
[Source: qa.ousdoc.com]Or will vindictive elites exposed as war criminals in documents Assange released and who engaged in deep-reaching smear campaign directed against him try to lock up the heroic truth-teller forever?
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Ukraine News Links 11-12 December 2022
Monday, 12 December 2022 — The New Dark Age
Brian Berletic Sitrepping.
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/12/brian-berletic-sitrepping.htmlShort Clarification On “50/50” Offensive.
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/12/short-clarification-on-5050-offensive.htmlAndrei Raevsky Asks A Reasonable Question.
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/12/andrei-raevsky-asks-reasonable-question.html
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The journalist-run, intelligence-linked operation that warped British pandemic policy
21 November 2022 — Grayzone
Presented as an independent voice for “unbiased” scientific advice, iSAGE provided a channel for media spinmeisters, spies and psy-op specialists to influence Britain’s pandemic policy without accountability. Leaked internal emails show members fretting over its unethical methods.
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Uneven Earth’s November readings
Monday, 12 December 2022 — Uneven Earth
On AI, the COP, and why having more fun is good for the planet
Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental justice, radical municipalism, new politics, political theory, and resources for action and education.
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Watch Lowkey and Matt Kennard on The British-American Project
Monday, 12 December 2022 — Lowkey
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.
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The Heat of the Artemovsk Cauldron
Monday, 12 December 2022 — The van says…
The town of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) is now effectively surrounded, yet the fact that the Russians have minimized fighting in residential areas is for good reason.Preamble
As the assault on Artemovsk (Bakhmut) continues, rather than attempting to steamroll Ukrainian defenses in the town, Russian forces are now encircling the area, effectively cutting the it off from resupply and reinforcements from the rest of the Ukraine. This article will look at why Russia is choosing to do this and the potential consequences of following a plan such as this.
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Ukraine News Links 10-11 December 2022
Sunday, 11 December 2022 — The New Dark Age
Journalist in Donestk: Ukrainian Gov’t Put Me On a Hit List Because of My Reporting
https://popularresistance.org/journalist-in-donestk-ukrainian-govt-put-me-on-a-hit-list-because-of-my-reporting/Larry On The US Military…
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/12/larry-on-us-military.htmlCapitalist decay, the prospect of social upheaval, & the path to victory over the bourgeois state
https://seeyouin2020.blogspot.com/2022/12/capitalist-decay-prospect-of-social.html
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Watch: Lift the criminal sanctions on Syria NOW! Please watch, share and write to your MP, media/government
Sunday, 11 December 2022 — UK Column
While all the focus is on the plight of Ukrainians facing a winter without energy, everyone seems to have forgotten that Syria has been living under western Sanctions for eleven years.
Vanessa Beeley explains the impact of sanctions on the people of Syria and appeals for everyone to assist in raising awareness, and having them lifted.
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War as an Option
Sunday, 11 December 2022 — The van says…
There are no half-measures with a choice such as this. It is either measured words or immeasurable suffering.Preamble
Russia’s Special Military Operation has now been ongoing since February, yet there are still an immense number of people still saying that the situation should have been solved through diplomatic rather than bellicose means. With news this week regarding Merkel’s revelations concerning the Minsk Agreements, this article shall examine whether peace ever was an option and how the war is a result not only of political excess, but also an absence of common sense and good intentions on the part of Germany as well as others.
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Ukraine SitRep – Catastrophic Losses, Failing Wonder Weapons, NATO Escalation
Saturday, 10 December, 2022 — Moon of Alabama
The Russian military is still integrating most of the mobilized 300,000+ men and volunteers. According to Putin 25% of the mobilized forces are in combat units, 25% in rear positions, while 50% train in Russia. It does not look like an imminent all out attack on the Ukrainian front lines is in the cards. The expected large winter attack may not be coming at all. Instead the new forces will rotate through the frontline and only attack locally whenever they see an opportunity.
The New Dark Age 