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  • January 29, 2020
    1 comment on Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ will not bring peace – that was the plan for the US and Israel

    Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ will not bring peace – that was the plan for the US and Israel

    29 January 2020 — Jonathan Cook

    The proposal deliberately includes a host of unrealisable preconditions before what remains of Palestine can be recognised

    The National – 29 January 2020

    Much of Donald Trump’s long-trailed “deal of the century” came as no surprise. Over the past 18 months, Israeli officials had leaked many of its details.

    The so-called “Vision for Peace” unveiled on Tuesday simply confirmed that the US government has publicly adopted the long-running consensus in Israel: that it is entitled to keep permanently the swaths of territory it seized illegally over the past half-century that deny the Palestinians any hope of a state.

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    Palestine

  • January 29, 2020
    3 comments on China’s New Coronavirus: An Examination of the Facts 29 January 2020

    China’s New Coronavirus: An Examination of the Facts 29 January 2020

    25 January 2020 — Global Research

    By Larry Romanoff

    The Western mass media have discussed the new corona virus that began in the city of Wuhan in Central China but, apart from repetitive small details and the inevitable China-bashing, not much light has been shed on the circumstances. My initial commentary here is composed from a medley of nearly 100 Western news reports, primarily ABC, CBS, CNN, AFP, and from some Chinese media. Officially called the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the contagion is a respiratory illness, a new type of viral pneumonia, in the same family of infections as SARS and MERS.  

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    China, Health

  • January 29, 2020
    1 comment on Trump’s “win-win” plan hands everything to Israel

    Trump’s “win-win” plan hands everything to Israel

    29 January 2020 — The Electronic Intifada

    Omar Karmi

    A man walks past a mural depicting US president Donald Trump with a footprint across his face
    Graffiti in Gaza shows what Palestinians have come to think of US President Donald Trump’s peacemaking. Mahmoud Issa SIPA USA

    After much anticipation and with great ceremony, on Tuesday US President Donald Trump presented his plan for Middle East peace.

    It’s “a great plan,” Trump had already said a few days ago, though he may just have been humoring his son-in-law Jared Kushner, its chief architect.

    On Tuesday, he called the plan “win-win,” though to whom the second win goes is hard to say.

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    Palestine

  • January 29, 2020
    No comments on Moscow pips Pompeo at the Syrian post

    Moscow pips Pompeo at the Syrian post

    29 January 2020 — Indian Punchline

    A street in Maarat al-Numan town in Idlib captured by Syrian forces after heavy fighting with al-Qaeda affiliates

    The capture of the town of Maarat al-Numan in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib bordering Turkey on Wednesday by the government forces must be counted as the first ‘new facts on the ground’ since the murder of Qassem Soleimani twenty-five days ago. The salience is that the military operation against the al-Qaeda affiliates went ahead and actually met with stunning success.

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    Syria

  • January 28, 2020
    1 comment on US IMPERIALISM, THE GULF AND CHINA – A BROKEN WORLD ECONOMY

    US IMPERIALISM, THE GULF AND CHINA – A BROKEN WORLD ECONOMY

    28 January 2020 — theplanningmotive.com

    MARX: SO OFTEN READ, SO SELDOM UNDERSTOOD. Finance Capital, Monopoly Capital and Imperialism

    Iranian General Qasem Soleimani’s assassination by the USA brings the issue of imperialism back to the fore. The General was not assassinated because he was planning future attacks. His fate was sealed on December 27th a week before his death. December 27th marked the beginning of the first joint naval manoeuvres between Iran, Russia and China, called “Indian Ocean Security Belt”. After the 4 days of war games, Iran declared an end to US hegemony in the region. No hegemonic imperial power, especially one in decline, can ignore such a challenge, especially after it warned Iran to “think twice” before conducting these drills. Its response was to project its power by killing the Iranian Chief of Staff in an international airport in a foreign country.

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    Capitalism, Iran, Ukraine

  • January 28, 2020
    No comments on 5 Million Cases Worldwide, 650,000 Deaths Annually: The Seasonal Flu Virus is a “Serious Concern”, But the Wuhan Coronavirus Grabs the Headlines

    5 Million Cases Worldwide, 650,000 Deaths Annually: The Seasonal Flu Virus is a “Serious Concern”, But the Wuhan Coronavirus Grabs the Headlines

    27 January 2020 — Global Research

    Tom Clifford Reporting from Beijing

    By Tom Clifford

    The common flu virus will infect millions across the globe. It can be easily spread and will especially strike the young and the elderly. But this is not what has been described as the Wuhan virus. The common flu is far deadlier. This is not to downplay the Wuhan coronavirus flu, or to give it its medical name, 2019-nCoV.

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    Global Research, Health

  • January 28, 2020
    No comments on Grenfell Tower Fire: A Conspiracy to Hide the Truth from Thousands of Current Residents of 400 Existing Buildings

    Grenfell Tower Fire: A Conspiracy to Hide the Truth from Thousands of Current Residents of 400 Existing Buildings

    28 January 2020 — Global Research

    By Hans Stehling

    All polymer foams produced from isocyanate chemicals are fire-accelerants that will not only spread any fire within seconds of ignition but will also emit lethal hydrogen cyanide gas that can cause death within a few minutes.

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    UK

  • January 28, 2020
    No comments on The Holocaust, the BBC and antisemitism smears

    The Holocaust, the BBC and antisemitism smears

    28 January 2020 — Jonathan Cook

    Senior BBC news reporter Orla Guerin has found herself in hot water of an increasingly familiar kind. During a report on preparations for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, she made a brief reference to Israel and an even briefer reference to the Palestinians. Her reporting coincided with Israel hosting world leaders last week at Yad Vashem, its Holocaust remembrance centre in Jerusalem.

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    Propaganda, UK

  • January 27, 2020
    No comments on The death of Errol Graham: Latest tragedy is linked to 10 years of DWP deaths

    The death of Errol Graham: Latest tragedy is linked to 10 years of DWP deaths

    23 January 2020 — Disability News Service
    Stephen Carre smiling and stroking a black cat

    By John Pring

    Listen

    A disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped is the latest in a long line of fatalities that can be linked to failings and deliberate policy decisions by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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    UK

  • January 27, 2020
    1 comment on Iran News Links 26-27 January 2020

    Iran News Links 26-27 January 2020

    27 January 2020 — The New Dark Age

    There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back

    Russia, Iran agree to look at format of parliamentary dialogue of Caspian nations
    https://tass.com/world/1113385

    Today’s Links 27 January 2020
    http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2020/01/todays-links_27.html

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    Iran

  • January 27, 2020
    No comments on The value in GDP

    The value in GDP

    27 January 2020 — Michael Roberts Blog

    At the recent ASSA 2020 conference there was a session on whether Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the ubiquitous measure of national output, was adequate as a gauge of “well-being or social welfare”. Various proposals have been put forward for attempting to measure social welfare, including “dashboards” of economic and social indicators as well as approaches that are more explicitly tied to economic theory.  The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) initiated a discussion at ASSA to consider the pros and cons of alternative approaches.

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    Capitalism

  • January 27, 2020
    No comments on Julian Assange and the Inhumanity of the British State: ‘Unofficial’ Solitary Confinement as Torture

    Julian Assange and the Inhumanity of the British State: ‘Unofficial’ Solitary Confinement as Torture

    26 January 2020 — 21st Century Wire

    By Nina Cross

    Up until this week, Assange has been held in solitary confinement in Belmarsh prison. Incredibly, it was the other prisoners along with Assange’s legal team, who have pressured the government officials to respect the law and allow Assange to be removed from solitary confinement, resulting in his transfer to a general wing. This piece looks at how Assange was unofficially segregated in the prison’s healthcare unit,  with no recourse to systems designed for prisoners in official solitary confinement regimes as applied under Prison Rule 45, leaving him out of reach of rules and law.


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    Liberties, UK

  • January 27, 2020
    1 comment on Russia stood by Iran in showdown with US

    Russia stood by Iran in showdown with US

    27 January 2020 — Indian Punchline

    By M.K. Bhadrakumar

    Russian President Vladimir Putin watches Black Sea navy exercise from Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser, Jan. 9, 2020.

    The US President Donald Trump first said there were ‘no casualties’ in the Iranian missile attack on the Ain al-Asad military airbase in Iraq on January 8. “We suffered no casualties, all of our soldiers are safe, and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases,” Trump had said.

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    Iran, Russia

  • January 27, 2020
    No comments on The Musical Matilda on Stage in Amherst Inspires Joyous Rebellion By Edward Curtin

    The Musical Matilda on Stage in Amherst Inspires Joyous Rebellion By Edward Curtin

    18 January 2020 — Edward Curtin

    “Our problem is civil obedience,” said the people’s historian Howard Zinn.

    This may sound like an odd way to begin a review of a play, but I think you will agree that it is apropos, since the musical Matilda, based on the book by the impish writer Roald Dahl and produced by Amherst Leisure Services Community Theater, has just opened and will run, most appropriately, through the Sunday of Martin Luther King weekend and continue the following Thursday through Sunday at Bowker Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts.  I like to think MLK would approve.

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    Theatre

  • January 27, 2020
    No comments on Bolivia News Links 23-26 January 2020

    Bolivia News Links 23-26 January 2020

    26 January 2020 — The New Dark Age

    There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back

    Bolivians Celebrate Fourteen Years of the Plurinational State
    https://libya360.wordpress.com/2020/01/24/bolivians-celebrate-fourteen-years-of-the-plurinational-state/

    Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva: Obama, Hillary Ordered Me Not to Negotiate with Iran
    https://www.mintpressnews.com/brazil-president-lula-da-silva-obama-hillary-ordered-not-negotiate-iran/264315/

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  • January 27, 2020
    No comments on Armed Drone Proliferation Update, January 2020

    Armed Drone Proliferation Update, January 2020

    27 January 2020 — Drone Wars

    Armed Drone Proliferation Update, January 2020
    Joanna Frew

    The third of our twice-yearly updates details new operators and other significant developments around the proliferation of armed drones.  For our complete list of states operating, or close to operating, armed drones see Who Has Armed Drones?
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    War

  • January 26, 2020
    No comments on Syria News Links 24-25 January 2020

    Syria News Links 24-25 January 2020

    26 January 2020 — The New Dark Age

    There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back

    Today’s links 25 January 2020
    http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2020/01/todays-links_25.html

    Pentagon aggravates situation around interaction in Syria – Russian Defense Ministry
    https://tass.com/defense/1112963

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  • January 26, 2020
    No comments on Housmans Books Newsletter February 2020

    Housmans Books Newsletter February 2020

    26 January 2020 — Housmans Books

    HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2020

    NEWS 
    1. Our Power Is Real – Saturday 28th March
    2. London Bookshop Crawl 2020

    INSTORE EVENTS
    3. ‘Journey Through Utopia’ with Matthew S. Adams, Rhiannon Firth, and Tim Waterman
    4. Poetry Against Homelessness
    5. ‘The Clamour of Nationalism: Race and the Nation in Twenty-First Century Britain’
    6. Radixal Love Zine V Day Takeover
    7. ‘In and Against the State: Lessons from our recent past’ with Rosemary Grennan and Seth Wheeler
    8.’So We Live: The Novels of Alexander Baron’ with Susie Thomas, Nadia Valman, and Ken Worpole
    9. Autonomy Now presents: ‘Occult Features of Anarchism’ with Erica Lagalisse and Carl Levy
    10. ‘Feminism for the 99%’ with Sara Farris and Susan Pashkoff

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    Books, London

  • January 25, 2020
    No comments on Brazil Aims to Criminalize Glenn Greenwald’s Journalism

    Brazil Aims to Criminalize Glenn Greenwald’s Journalism

    25 January 2020 — Defend Wikileaks

    New York Times: “Federal prosecutors in Brazil have brought charges against US journalist Glenn Greenwald for reporting on leaked cellphone messages showing widespread corruption of Brazilian public officials. Greenwald is accused of being part of a “criminal organization” that hacked into the cellphones of several prosecutors and other officials to obtain the messages.”

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    Brazil, Liberties, Media

  • January 25, 2020
    No comments on Iraq: Associated Press Sees “Hundreds” Where Pictures Show Millions

    Iraq: Associated Press Sees “Hundreds” Where Pictures Show Millions

    25 January 2020 — Moon of Alabama

    Fake News in Action

    At 10:01 UTC today the Associated Press tweeted that “hundreds” gather in central Baghdad to demand that American troops leave the country.

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    Thirty eight minutes earlier CNN had already reported that “hundreds of thousands” are protesting in Baghdad against the U.S. troop presence in Iraq.
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