17 June 2019 • 19:49 — The New Dark Age
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Officials Worldwide Ridicule Claim that Iran Attacked Tankers In Gulf of Oman
US secretary of state declares “military response” to Iran “being considered”
Tanker attacks in Gulf of Oman: oil market proves its geopolitical vulnerability
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17 June 2019 — InfoRos
Steven Sahiounie, Middle East observer
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million. Online videos uploaded to the internet and shown around the world via news media, as well as social media, are telling a visual story, but missing the context and explanations which could only come in the form of words.
17 June 2019 • 18:30 — The New Dark Age
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China to launch four projects linked with Russia’s Ion Collider
https://tass.com/science/1064185
“Step down, Carrie Lam!” Two Million Rise Up Once More Against The Hong Kong Extradition Bill
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/fa4De1zAvHI/step-down-carrie-lam-two-million-rise-up-once-more-against-the-hong-kong-extradition-bill.html
17 June 2019 — Greyzone
The Trump administration’s claims Iran attacked oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman were quickly debunked, with the ship’s crew saying it “was hit by a flying object.” But the US disrupted important Iranian diplomatic efforts at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
17 June 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation
US media reports have claimed that China is helping to expand Saudi Arabia’s ballistic missile arsenal. The implication from the US media is that Beijing is recklessly stoking tensions in the Middle East between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
17 June 2019 — WSWS
The New York Times Magazine feature “The Day the Music Burned” by Jody Rosen published June 11 has brought to light important details about the inferno that destroyed an invaluable popular music archive in 2008 at Universal Studios in Hollywood. Of equal significance are Rosen’s revelations about the cover-up of the disaster by Universal Music Group (UMG).
17 June 2019 — Statewatch
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Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/jun/email-17-6-19.pdf
ANALYSIS
Analysis: The Commission and Italy tie themselves up in knots over Libya by Yasha Maccanico.
17 June 2019 — WSWS
Spain’s Supreme Court has issued a ruling endorsing the 1936 fascist coup led by Generalissimo Francisco Franco. It led to the three-year Spanish Civil War, in which the victory of Francoite forces backed by Hitler and Mussolini established a fascist dictatorship that lasted until 1978.
17 June 2019 — South Front
The US’ conclusion that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC) appears to be based on a redacted draft of the Crowdstrike report.
The Grizzly Steppe joint report by the FBI and US Department of Homeland Security concluded that Russia hacked the DNC servers back in 2018, and it was predominantly based on a claim by cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike, which was highly scrutinized, according to an article by Breitbart’s former reporter Lee Stranahan.
16 June 2019 — Jonathan Cook
With Benjamin Netanyahu under pressure and the US signalling its support, the time to realise this catastrophic ambition may be fast approaching
The National – 16 June 2019
When Israeli prime ministers are in trouble, facing difficult elections or a corruption scandal, the temptation has typically been for them to unleash a military operation to bolster their standing. In recent years, Gaza has served as a favourite punching bag.
15 June 2019 — Jonathan Cook
Middle East Eye – 14 June 2019
The White House’s prolonged financial bullying of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the Palestinians’ government-in-waiting, has reached the point where there are now credible warnings that it is close to collapse. The crisis has offered critics further proof of the administration’s seemingly chaotic, often self-sabotaging approach to foreign policy matters.
16 June 2019 — Dissident Voice
The smearing of George Galloway and widely reported disinformation that there was no evidence to support the claim that Viva Palestina delivered aid, raises serious concerns, not just in this case, but far beyond.
It is seriously disturbing how disinformation and lazy ‘cut and paste’ journalism has become common place within the monopoly media of the UK. One wonders where the professional and serious investigative reporting of old has gone.
16 June 2019 • 18:35 — The New Dark Age
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Attempts to drag IAEA into the dispute about Iran nuclear deal are harmful – Russian SC
https://tass.com/politics/1064050
US, Israel and Saudis Pushing for War on Iran?
https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-israel-saudis-pushing-war-iran/5680750
16 June 2019 — theplanningmotive.com
Download the PDF: panic-what-panic
What distinguishes the Crash of 2019 from the Crash of 2008 is the messianic belief that the Central Banks will pre-empt a credit emergency. This is based on an assessment of the interventions by Central Banks post-2008 and the lessons learnt from 2008. This post argues this belief maybe misplaced.
16 June 2019 — Moon of Alabama
There is no evidence that Iran was behind Friday’s attack on tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
There are many parties in the Middle East and in the United States who are interested in goading the U.S. into a military confrontation with Iran. Most of these parties have the capability to launch clandestine attacks on civilian vessels. That the U.S. government would blame Iran for any such attack is obvious. But even Israeli analysts doubt that Iran is responsible for the recent incidents. The German government doubts that video the U.S. presented shows anything of significance. Others point at the suspicious timing of the incident.
16 June 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Who is attacking oil tankers in the Gulf between Oman and Iran? So far, the answer is still a mystery. The US, of course, accuses Iran. Iran says it’s the US or its local allies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
15 June 2019 — Global Research
It is known that the US has for long had a comprehensive and combined plan with Israel to attack Iranian targets with huge, non-nuclear, bunker-busting, 10 ton, GBU-43 air-blast bombs capable of destroying the deepest underground installations – these are the most powerful non-nuclear ordnance pieces ever produced – but first the Trump-Netanyahu war-plan needed a credible excuse.
16 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
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The Green New Deal: Whither Capitalism?
https://socialistproject.ca/2019/06/green-new-deal-whither-capitalism/
Mongolia Playing Stabilizing Role in Situation on Korean Peninsula
https://journal-neo.org/2019/06/16/mongolia-playing-stabilizing-role-in-situation-on-korean-peninsula/
14 June 2019 — Internationalist 360°
Last Sunday, the Intercept and the Intercept Brasil published a series of exposés that has created a major political earthquake in Brazil that has only grown and intensified throughout the week. In less than a week, the once-revered Justice Minister of President Bolsonaro’s government, Sergio Moro, now faces widespread calls to resign from the same large Brazilian media outlets that spent years transforming him into an untouchable icon of integrity and uncritically applauding his every move.
7 June 2019 — 21st Century Wire
By Susan Dirgham and Rick SterlingIt’s a David vs Goliath story. A former local newspaper reporter, Robert Stuart, is taking on the British Broadcasting Corporation. Stuart believes that a sensational video story about an alleged atrocity in Syria “was largely, if not entirely, staged.” The BBC would like it all to just go away. But like David, Stuart will not back down or let it go.
