19 September 2019 — Climate & Capitalism
We seldom receive enough new books to justify two columns in one month, but our red and green bookshelf is overflowing …
Climate & Capitalism can’t review every book we receive, but this column lists and links to those that seem relevant to our mission, along with brief descriptions. Titles described here may be reviewed in future. Inclusion does not imply endorsement, or that we agree with everything (or even anything!) these books say.
19 September 2019 — Moon of Alabama
The crisis about the Yemeni drone and cruise missile attack on two Saudi oil installations is for now over.
The Saudis and the U.S. accuse Iran of being behind the “act of war” as Secretary of State Pompeo called it. The Saudis bomb Yemen with U.S. made bombs since 2015. One wonders how Pompeo is calling that.
19 September 2019 • 19:39 — The New Dark Age
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Trump Regime Anti-Iran Blame Game
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-anti-iran-blame-game/5689657
How the Houthis overturned the chessboard
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/09/19/how-the-houthis-overturned-the-chessboard/
19 September 2019 • 15:00 — The New Dark Age
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Piers Morgan leapt in to defend Laura Kuenssberg. It didn’t end well
The European Union And The Euroscepticism (I)
https://orientalreview.org/2019/09/19/the-european-union-and-the-euroscepticism-i/
18 September 2019 — The Saker
The Yemeni Shiite group’s spectacular attack on Abqaiq raises the distinct possibility of a push to drive the House of Saud from power
We are the Houthis and we’re coming to town. With the spectacular attack on Abqaiq, Yemen’s Houthis have overturned the geopolitical chessboard in Southwest Asia – going as far as introducing a whole new dimension: the distinct possibility of investing in a push to drive the House of Saud out of power.
Blowback is a bitch. Houthis – Zaidi Shiites from northern Yemen – and Wahhabis have been at each other’s throats for ages. This book is absolutely essential to understand the mind-boggling complexity of Houthi tribes; as a bonus, it places the turmoil in southern Arabian lands way beyond a mere Iran-Saudi proxy war.
19 September 2019 — WSWS
British class justice was on full display last Friday, as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was detained indefinitely at Belmarsh prison, beyond the completion of his sentence, while fascist leader Tommy Robinson was released 10 weeks early from the same jail.
18 September 2019 — Information Clearing House
By Finian Cunningham
It must be deeply troubling for the Saudis in that their oil economy seems to be defenceless – despite having spent hundreds of billions of dollars on US anti-missile systems. – Continue
18 September 2019 — Black Agenda Report
Glen Ford, BAR executive editor
In any alliance with corporate oppression and militarism, Black America
squanders reservoirs of respect among the Earth’s peoples. We betray
ourselves and become Black Gringos.
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18 September 2019 — The New Dark Age
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18 September 2019 — The New Dark Age
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If Iran behind attack, ‘US military worthless’ – Tehran prof
http://thesaker.is/if-iran-behind-attack-us-military-worthless-tehran-prof/
Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/09/18/will-americans-let-trump-start-world-war-iii-saudi-arabia-and-israel?cd-origin=rss
18 September 2019 — Jonathan Cook
There looms the possibility of weeks of horse-trading and the Joint List of Arab legislators becoming the official opposition
The National – 18 September 2019
For most Israelis, the general election on Tuesday was about one thing and one thing only. Not the economy, nor the occupation, nor even corruption scandals. It was about Benjamin Netanyahu. Should he head yet another far-right government, or should his 10-year divisive rule come to an end?
18 September 2019 — John Pilger
18 September 2019 — True Publica
This article is part of a series dedicated to a significant and wide-reaching BigBrotherWatch publication focusing on state surveillance that has been largely ignored by the mainstream media. Today, it is a very serious worry that our entire mechanism of democracy is being undermined by excessive and uncontrolled state surveillance. This disproportionate obsession by the government inhibits the fundamental ability of campaigners such as human rights activists, civil liberty experts and even local non-violent protestors to exercise their rights and has the potential to stall social change.
18 September 2019 — WSWS
On Tuesday, the UK’s Supreme Court began its hearing into the legality of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s proroguing of parliament for five weeks from September 10. A ruling is expected by Friday or early next week.
17 September 2019 — Climate & Capitalism
As the world leader in renewable energy capacity and production, China has the potential to open up a path for global ecosocialist transition, if …
David Schwartzman is Professor Emeritus of Biology, Howard University, Washington DC. This is a revised version of a paper he gave at the 2nd World Congress on Marxism, Peking University, May 5-6, 2018.
18 September 2019 — Information Clearing House
By Ron Paul
Washington’s warmongers are ready for war, neocon lies about Iran’s role in the war must be refuted and resisted. – Continue
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17 September 2019 — TRNN
As’ad Abukhalil maintains that Trump may not actually want war, but the consequences of this attack could still have dangerous consequences
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17 September 2019 — Caitlin Johnson
I’m expected to write something about the Trump administration’s warmongering against Iran over an attack on a Saudi oil refinery, because that’s typically what I do in this ongoing improvisational exercise of mine: I write about the behavior of the US war machine and the propaganda that is used to bolster it. It’s what my readers have come to expect. But honestly I find the whole thing extremely tedious and I’ve been putting off writing about it for two days.
17 September 2019 — Michael Roberts Blog
Last Thursday, Mario Draghi, the current head of the European Central bank, soon to be replaced by Christine Lagarde from the IMF, announced a parting gift to banks and financial markets. The ECB decided to reintroduce its bond purchasing programme in order to inject yet more billions into Europe’s banks in order to persuade them to lend onto industry and boost lagging growth.
17 September 2019 — The New Dark Age
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‘Alternative Arrangements’ to the Backstop Won’t Work, and the Government Is Beginning to Realise It
