16 September 2019 — New Eastern Outlook
Huge blazes were reported at two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia owned by Aramco. While Saudi authorities refused to assign blame, media outlets like the BBC immediately began insinuating either Yemen’s Houthis or Iran were responsible.
15 September 2019 — Of Two Minds
What was “possible” yesterday is now a low-cost proven capability, and the consequences are far from predictable.
Predictably, the mainstream media is serving up heaping portions of reassurances that the drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities are no big deal and full production will resume shortly. The obvious goal is to placate global markets fearful of an energy disruption that could tip a precarious global economy into recession.
16 September 2019 — Information Clearing House
By Moon Of Alabama
Claim’s of cooperation by people in Saudi Arabia will make the Saudi rulers even more paranoid . –Continue
16 September 2019 — Open Rights Group
Join us in London to hear a digital marketing expert blow the whistle on personal data abuse by digital advertisers and tell us how we can “opt out” of the corporate surveillance economy.
14 September 2019 — Moon of Alabama
Ten drones controlled by Yemeni Houthi forces hit two major Saudi oil installations last night and caused several large fires.
15 September 2019 — Information Clearing House
By Jerusalem Post
Moscow threatened that any jets attempting such a thing would be shot down, either by Russian jets or by the S400 Anti-aircraft missiles. – Continue
13 September 2019 — Moon of Alabama
In August 2013 the BBC produced a fake video headlined “Saving Syria’s Children” about an alleged chemical weapon attack in Syria which it claimed was caused by the Syrian government. Robert Stuart has since pressed the BBC to admit the obvious fabrication of these scenes.
15 September 2019 — Craig Murray
We are now just one week away from the end of Julian Assange’s uniquely lengthy imprisonment for bail violation. He will receive parole from the rest of that sentence, but will continued to be imprisoned on remand awaiting his hearing on extradition to the USA – a process which could last several years.
14 September 2019 — 21st Century Wire
By Nina Cross
On Monday evening MPs voted to force the UK government to publish all of its no-deal Brexit ‘Yellowhammer‘ documents. A majority vote of 311 to 302 was passed in favour of what is known as a “humble address” to force the government to publish all the Yellowhammer documents available to the cabinet or a cabinet committee since 23rd July, the date Boris Johnson was appointed as Prime Minister.
14 September 2019 — True Publica
This article is part of a series we are publishing from the ‘State of Surveillance’ report written by BigBrotherWatch, the civil liberties organisation. Much of the mainstream media have completely ignored its findings. Regular readers of TruePublica know we have published many reports and articles over the last four years relating to state surveillance (database) as we regard it to be a crucial battleground of our civil liberty. 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 and its agencies inhibits the fundamental ability of democratic rights to be exercised and amply demonstrates the thin ground Britain’s democracy stands on.
14 September 2019 — WSWS
In a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning, British District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange will remain in prison, despite the fact that his custodial sentence for “absconding” bail expires on September 22.
14 September 2019 — WSWS
Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster and the richest person in the world under 30, plans to evict tenants through the demolition of two residential blocks in Belgravia in order to build luxury flats and expensive shops.
13 September 2019 — 21st Century Wire
Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire
Nearly three years into the Trump administration, one thing is clear: as it struggles to wage any direct military or proxy wars, Washington has instead relied on economic warfare against its perceived enemies, and largely on behalf of the state of Israel. Rather than hamper its supposed enemies, this policy is actually driving sanctioned parties into closer alliances, and hastening the inevitable geopolitical realignment of the region and the world.
13 September 2019 — Greanville Post
13 September 2019 — RT
Recently released papers shed new light on the infamous non-aggression pact between the USSR and the Nazis. It was allegedly the West’s enmity and a potential alliance between Poland and Germany that forced Moscow’s hand.
12 September 2019 — Caitlin Johnson
Twitter has suspended multiple large Cuban media accounts for reasons the social media platform has yet to explain as of this writing, a move which journalist Dan Cohen has described as “the equivalent of silencing CNN, Fox, WaPo and NPR’s accounts” for that nation. The Union of Cuban Journalists has denounced the move as censorship.
13 September 2019 — Michael Roberts
All our wealth has been stolen by big finance and in doing so big finance has brought our economy to its knees. So we must save ourselves from big finance. That is the shorthand message of a new book, Stolen – how to save the world from financialisation, by Grace Blakeley.
13 September 2019 — The Canary
BBC Radio 4 is to air a discussion titled Impartial Journalism in a Polarised World. Sounds good. But sociologist Russ Jackson spotted a problem:
13 September 2019 — The New Dark Age
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When Will the US and Iranian Leaders Meet?
https://journal-neo.org/2019/09/13/when-will-the-us-and-iranian-leaders-meet/
‘You’re fired!’ Trump cuts loose of his dog of war (by George Galloway)
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/09/13/285008/
