Financial Times
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Former IOF Chief held secret UK media meetings to spin Gaza war coverage
A Declassified UK investigation has uncovered secret meetings between former IOF Chief Aviv Kohavi and top British media executives, including editors from The Guardian, BBC, and Financial Times. Backed by “Israel’s” military and foreign ministry, these talks aimed to shape Western coverage of “Israel’s” war on Gaza as global outrage over the Israeli atrocities grew.… Continue reading
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To Western Media, Prosecuting Bolivian Coup Leaders Is Worse Than Leading a Coup
One can imagine an editor of the London-based Guardian (3/17/21) shaking her head sadly as she typed the headline: “Cycle of Retribution Takes Bolivia’s Ex-President From Palace to Prison Cell.” The subhead told readers, “Jeanine Áñez’s government once sought to jail the country’s former leader Evo Morales for terrorism and sedition—now she faces the same charges.” Continue reading
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The Financial Times lays down the law to Labour’s Corbyn By Thomas Scripp
After running a series of articles under the general title “The Corbyn Revolution,” analyzing Jeremy Corbyn’s programme for a Labour government, the Financial Times (FT) has delivered its verdict. Continue reading
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The Lies of our (Financial) Times By James Petras
The leading financial publications have misled their political and investor subscribers of emerging crises and military defeats which have precipitated catastrophic political and economic losses. The most egregious example is the Financial Times (FT) a publication which is widely read by the business and financial elite. Continue reading
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Google sets up “news initiative” to censor political opposition and promote mainstream media By Andre Damon
Google announced Wednesday that it is partnering with the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times and other major news outlets to reinforce their monopoly over news coverage by blocking independent news organizations. Continue reading
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Washington Islamist strategy in crisis as Morsi toppled by F. William Engdahl
The swift action by Egypt’s military to arrest Mohamed Morsi and key leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood organization on July 3 marks a major setback for Washington’s “Arab Spring strategy of using political Islam to spread chaos from China through Russia across the energy-rich Middle East. Continue reading
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The US as Superintendent of Global Capitalism: A Response by Leo Panitch, Sam Gindin
We very much appreciate these generous, perceptive and comradely comments on our book and we hope our response will contribute to continued discussions and further research. Continue reading
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Financial Cleansing: The Cyprus Bail-in Template By grtv
The recent bail-in in Cyprus has given the world a glimpse at the future of the banking landscape. Now, as Canada gets set to hardwire the bail-in process into law, analysts like Michel Chossudovsky are warning how the big banks can use this template to further consolidate their monopoly of economic control. This is the… Continue reading
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Demise of Britain’s Welfare State: Largest ever Welfare Cuts. Millions of Families Affected By Paul Mitchell
For the next three years, most welfare benefits will be limited to just a 1 percent rise a year—well below the expected inflation rate and equivalent to a 4 percent cut in real terms. Other benefits have been frozen including Child Benefit and the Working Tax Credit available to low-paid workers. Over nine million families… Continue reading
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Hillary Clinton: Thwarting “Re-Sovietization” or Imposing Americanization? By Boris Volkhonsky
As reported by the Financial Times, on Thursday, hours before meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a news conference that the US is to prevent Russia from integrating more closely with its neighbors in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Continue reading
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Video: Restructuring Europe – For Whom?
The structural reform now being discussed in Europe would mean an even more neoliberal agenda Continue reading
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The Global Stagnation and China
The global economy has entered a dangerous and uncertain phase. Adverse feedback loops between the real economy and the financial sector have become prominent. And unemployment in the advanced economies remains unacceptably high. If we do not act, and act together, we could enter a downward spiral of uncertainty, financial instability, and a collapse in… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Selective Outrage – Iran And Libya
News that a fourth scientist in two years, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, had been assassinated in Iran by an unknown agency generated minimal outrage in the press. Continue reading
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This Is How Israel Runs The British Press
The following is a glimpse into the Israeli Hasbara’s/Mossad’s/Sayanim’s operation in the UK. It explains how Israel and its agents manage to dominate news coverage in Britain and beyond. It seems from the following leaked email as if BICOM (British Israel Communication & Research Centre) runs the News desk for the BBC, Sky and the… Continue reading
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Alan Maass: Right-wing terror in Norway
To judge from his messages on Facebook and other websites, Brievek saw himself as a warrior against immigrants–especially Muslim immigrants, who he blamed for “[transforming] my beloved Oslo into a multicultural shithole.” Continue reading
The New Dark Age 