May 13, 2021 — China Rising Radio Sinoland
By Jeff J. Brown
Pictured above: Jeff J. Brown on the left and Pepe Escobar on the right, cover news and events on every continent on Earth, except the Antarctic, but especially Asia and East v West.
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No comments on Watch/Read: Pepe Escobar joins Jeff J. Brown for a great conversation about the US, EU, China, Russia, Iran and DPRK, plus MUCH more
Watch/Read: Pepe Escobar joins Jeff J. Brown for a great conversation about the US, EU, China, Russia, Iran and DPRK, plus MUCH more
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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 security forces cracking down on people trying to express their political rights have become commonplace. It is impossible to keep track of the events, which move swiftly from public manifestations to courtroom scenes, from the dissipation of tear gas to the invisible frustration of the prison cell. Yet, underlying these events and amidst the range of feelings that shape them lies a sense of refusal, the Great Refusal, the refusal to accept the terms dictated from those in power and the refusal to express this dissent in polite terms.
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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.
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Fifteen Thoughts On Palestine
13 May 2021 — Caitlin Johnson
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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 a gargantuan globe-spanning juggernaut that feeds on rivers of human blood and every time its victims try to escape from its fangs it shows up on the news sobbing that it is merely defending itself.
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LETTER FROM LONDON: The Troubling Sentencing of Craig Murray
13 May 2021 — Consortium News
The defence counsel has reasonably criticized the decision to impose a prison sentence, writes Alexander Mercouris.
in London
Special to Consortium News
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.
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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 during 1933-38 which eventually became the backup band for singer Skinnay Ennis (for whom he arranged).
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South Africa: Blame for May Day’s bare whimper
11 May, 2021 — Terry Bell Writes
News & Views by Terry Bell
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.
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UK Crony Capitalism: It never stops
13 May 2021 — Good Law Project
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 contracts for at least one, and possibly a number, of clients of his lobbying firm.
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Second Stage Terror Wars
12 May 2021 — Edward Curtin
“We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” – William Casey, CIA Director, Feb. 1981
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 of the American people with constant fear-mongering about imminent Islamic terrorist attacks from abroad that never came.
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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.
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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 wayside pro-people, more sensible and a wider range of prevention and treatment strategies to address the pandemic. Bill Gates, Big Pharma and the militarist regimes and agencies, with the complicity of the WHO and others in the status quo successfully convinced practically the entire world that a vaccine and submission to authoritarian measures are the only things that will allow the people to “return to normal”. The clear scientific, empirical and historical evidence that the experimental vaccines being pushed are fraught with dangers of severe adverse reactions have been ignored. The criminal and unethical behaviour history of the major vaccine manufacturing companies, the blatant conflicts of interest of mainstream “experts” pushing for mass vaccination and the clearly ineffective militaristic measures that run roughshod over basic human rights are all swept under the rug. Indeed, with this Covid-19 calamity, militarism and big money has been trampling humanity.”
Download paper:
Covid_19_Militarism_and_Big_Money_Trampl
https://www.academia.edu/46641943/Covid_19_Militarism_and_Big_Money_Trampling_Humanity
[Romeo F. Quijano, M.D. is a retired professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila. He is president of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) – Philippines. He served as the co-chair of the International POPs Elimination Network, bureau member of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development, and as a standing committee member of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety. He is regarded as one of the country’s leading toxicologists.]
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Dr. Romeo F. Quijano [series]: Should We Take the Vaccine Against Covid-19 [Part 2]
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 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 about the immune system, microbial ecology and the intimate relationship of humans with the environment.”
Download paper:
Should_We_Take_the_Vaccine_Against_Covid
[https://www.academia.edu/45058943/Should_We_Take_the_Vaccine_Against_Covid_19]
[Romeo F. Quijano, M.D. is a retired professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila. He is president of Pesticide Action Network (PAN) – Philippines. He served as the co-chair of the International POPs Elimination Network, bureau member of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development, and as a standing committee member of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety. He is regarded as one of the country’s leading toxicologists.]
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Dr. Romeo F. Quijano [series]: Beware the Vaccine for Covid-19 [Part 1]
12 May 2021 — The 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
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein
TIME double issue, January, 2021There 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 governments easily agree. Rapid clinical trials have started and several companies are in the race to put their candidate products on the market. The mainstream media is all hype and bombards the public with glowing pro-vaccine messages, conditioning them to accept vaccination with no questions asked.
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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 explosions close to their homes.Muna is Palestine, Yakub is Israel: The Untold Story of Sheikh Jarrah
There are two separate Sheikh Jarrah stories – one read and watched in the news and another that receives little media coverage or due analysis.
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Saudi-Iran reset will take time
11 May 2021 — Indian Punchline
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (R) received Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (L), Jeddah, May 11, 2021The 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 Gulf region. Sheikh Tamim returned to Doha by the crack of dawn but it was a substantive visit.
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More Hacks, More Baseless Accusations Against Russia
12 May 2021 — Moon of Alabama
In January police in various countries took down the Emotet bot-network that was at that time the basic platform for some 25% of all cybercrimes.
Based on hearsay Wikipedia and other had falsely attributed Emotet to Russian actors. The real people behind it were actually Ukrainians:
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Pictures of a Ukrainian Dream
11 May, 2021 — The Saker
Pepe Escobar for The Saker Blog
Picture yourself about to meet a girl with kaleidoscope eyes… No. Sorry. Actually picture merry lines of code in the R programming language – wallowing in a happy valley of game theory models which would not preclude Goth or New Romantic Walkyrie dancin’ to the 12-inch version of Bauhaus’s Bela Lugosi is Dead.
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Craig Murray Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison
11 May 2021 — Consortium News
Craig Murray, the former British diplomat, has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for contempt of court during the 2020 trial of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond.
Craig Murray. (Vodex/Flickr)By Joe Lauria
Special to Consortium News
Craig Murray, an ex-British ambassador and blogger, has been sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty in March of contempt of court during the 2020 trial of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond. He was given three weeks to turn himself into police, pending his appeal. Judge Lady Dorrian issued the sentence, she said, despite Murray’s health issues.
