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Dear friends My computers are going to be down for the next 24 hours or so. until Sat evening, hopefully. So I cannot work on the blog (I will be
Press TV – December 20, 2019 The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo has reiterated earlier remarks by the UN General Secretary that the body cannot verify US claims blaming Iran for attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil facilities. DiCarlo made remarks during a UN Security Council briefing on the eighth report of the Secretary […]
Strategic Culture Foundation | December 20, 2019 The credibility of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is on the line after a series of devastating leaks from whistleblowers has shown that the UN body distorted an alleged CW incident in Syria in 2018. The distortion by the OPCW of the incident suggests that […]
Thursday, just before Congress recessed until the new year, U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) introduced H.R.
Rice has not been safety tested in animals or humans
A few hours after the House voted to impeach Trump on Wednesday, The Atlantic published a piece by Trump critic George Conway, Donald Trump Made His Own Impeachment Inevitable, asserting that Trump's "narcissism renders him unable to comply with his duties to the nation...
New Development Bank loan to Eskom for battery storage follows technical assistance for small hydro project in India
The first president of the New Development Bank K. V. Kamath [NDB]
At its board meeting on December 16, 2019, the board approved three projects aggregating to approximately $1 billion bringing the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB)’s portfolio to 52 projects with loans aggregating to $14.7 billion.
Freelancers who love what they do can keep writing, explained John Ness, executive director of the Vox-owned website SB Nation, but they “need to understand they will not be paid for future contributions.”
The protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the proposed NRC is spreading in many parts of India. Six protesters were killed in clashes that erupted across Uttar Pradesh over the Citizenship Amendment Act on Friday, the state police confirmed. This has taken the total number of protest-related deaths in the state so far to seven. However, Uttar Pradesh Director[Read More...]
"In brief, I am satisfied that war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip."
"Trade deal process will now be conducted in secret," warns Labour MP
De sex mörka krigsåren har dragit förbi. När Lucia kom 1945 hölls en Luciafest i Stadshuset i fredens och glädjens tecken. Gurli Holmberg kröntes till Lucia i Blå Hallen. Skådespelerskan Inga Tidblad deklamerade vid kröningen denna dikt av Anders Österling. LUCIA Från fädernas gråa tider i helig ärende sänd, på frusna vägar hon sprider sin … Fortsätt läsa Anders Österling: Lucia
2019 has been a year of upheavals and transitions, of scandals and revelations. In this special end-of-year episode we cover some of the important ones – like the proliferation of protests and uprisings that happened around the world, as well as the noticeable trend towards nationalism, coupled with some governmental shifts towards constitutional reform.
By Nebojsa Malic | RT | December 19, 2019 There is actually some good advice in the Democratic National Committee’s five suggestions for avoiding “disinformation” online. Too bad it’s buried in hypocrisy and promotion of literal disinformation shops, grifters and frauds. On Tuesday, as Democrats launched their final impeachment push in the House of Representatives, […]
We, the Indian recipients of the Magsaysay Award, would like to express our deep sense of concern and anguish at the passing into Law, of the Citizenship Amendment Bill – and the linkage of the same with the National Register of Citizens. Both of these are clearly discriminatory and violative of all the guarantees of right to equality before law[Read More...]
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
American writers on peace and against war
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Robert Sherwood
From review of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Sputnik – December 20, 2019 The US Democratic National Committee has published a list of recommendations on how to combat online disinformation. This list of “tips and additional resources” mentions Russian “propaganda outlets like RT & Sputnik.” “Don’t let yourself be manipulated. Be aware of Russian propaganda outlets like RT & Sputnik and educate yourself […]
By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | December 20, 2019 Fittingly for the jolly season, the House of Representatives’ vote to impeach Trump was more pantomime than serious politics. “Oh yes, he is!.. Oh no, he isn’t!..” and so it went on for nearly 10 hours of to-and-fro between Democrats and Republicans. Eventually, the […]
Co-Written by Bikash Sarma and Shofiul A. Pathan Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy recently tweeted,“A democracy is necessarily divisive. If you do not want it, go to North Korea”, even before the protestors against Citizenship Amendment Bill (Now an Act), 2019 in Shillong reached his official residence. His tweet is a small but significant statement that constitutes the supposedly majoritarian discourse[Read More...]
My journey with activism started early on in my youth in 1958 in Jenin, my place of birth. I was fifteen years of age. Angry at the loss of a huge chunk of our land to the Zionists. Angry at the lack of preparation to reclaim not only our land but also our dignity and honour. Angry at what I[Read More...]
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Paul Craig Roberts
The impeachment proceedings orchestrated by the idiot House Democrats with the aid of the corrupt FBI, CIA, NSA and presstitute media have been a boon for Republican fundraising.
This week on Questions For Corbett, James answers a question from Jim, who asks if the Bank of England’s vision for “The Future of Finance” supports the idea of a banker dictatorship, and whether this vision paves the way for the next bankster-directed war.
By Finian Cunningham | Strategic Culture Foundation | December 19, 2019 US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin seems to think that nations under the hammer of American sanctions should be thanking Washington for not attacking them militarily instead. How generous, how virtuous of Uncle Sam! Speaking at the Doha Forum in Qatar last week, Mnuchin made […]
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the annual marathon session annual press conference held by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin fielded a variety of questions from domestic press including questions on Ukraine, climate change, the Russian economy, foreign agents, and the Trump impeachment hoax.
RT | December 20, 2019 Breaking away from his Democratic peers, Andrew Yang called on the party to get over impeachment and stop pretending like President Donald Trump or Russia – not their own policy failures – caused their 2016 election loss. In his opening remarks at the last Democratic presidential debate of the year […]
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When you hear "economics," you might think of complex charts and graphs presented by brainiacs in bow-ties. But that's not all economics is. In fact, it starts with individual human action. If you can understand that, you’re well on your way to understanding economics. These free eBooks will help guide your journey.
Sputnik -December 20, 2019 WASHINGTON – The Democrats are targeting their own population by impeaching President Donald Trump, former US Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts said. On Wednesday, Trump became the third president in US history to be impeached when the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives voted to find him guilty of abuse of power […]
By Johanna Ross | December 20, 2019 Thursday was a busy news day, what with Trump’s impeachment and the Queen’s speech in Westminster, but another item given less coverage in UK mainstream media was arguably more significant than anything else making the headlines. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s speech, formally asking the UK Prime Minister […]
[audio mp3="https://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/episode370-lq.mp3"][/audio]The Afghanistan Papers! The Afghanistan Papers! Everyone is talking about the Afghanistan Papers! These incredible documents must be full of explosive revelations about the US-led NATO invasion and 18-year presence in Afghanistan, right? That's what everyone is saying, after all. But what if I were to tell you that this bombshell report from The Washington Post isn't just a nothingburger, but is actually an establishment whitewash?
In her final letter, written while in hiding just days before she and her comrade in struggle, Karl Liebknecht, were tracked down in Berlin by counterrevolutionary Friekorps proto-fascists prior to being butchered, Rosa Luxemburg summed up the crisis facing the workers’ movement she’d helped to inspire and lead in Germany, and which had just culminated in a failed uprising: these […]
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If Corbyn can be defeated with a libel it can work just as well on Sanders. “Corporate in both countries behave in similar fashion and make a mockery of any claims of a free press.” One year ago this columnist wrote about the Integrity Initiative, an arm of British intelligence masquerading as an NGO. “The Integrity Initiative is a means of undermining […]
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Fittingly for the jolly season, the House of Representatives’ vote to impeach Trump was more pantomime than serious politics.
“Oh yes, he is!.. Oh no, he isn’t!..” and so it went on for nearly 10 hours of to-and-fro between Democrats and Republicans. Eventually, the finale came when black-clad Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi hammered the gavel, announcing President had been impeached – only the third-ever in two-and-half centuries of 45 presidents.
Citizenship Amendment Bill, while passed in both houses of Parliament has elicited diverse and negative responses all over India. On one hand we see massive protests in North East leading to death of four people. On the other there is a sever discomfort among those upholding Indian Constitution and among the Muslim community all over the country. This Bill in[Read More...]
Mr. Slavoj Zizek has tried to interpret recent development of the UK Labour Party – its election debacle – but has only exhibited his misunderstanding of the entire capitalist scenario. The heading, if the heading is by Mr. Zizek and not by the editor, of his article in RT on December 17, 2019 – “Big Capital will use every tool[Read More...]
BOOK REVIEW – Islam and God-Centricity: A Theological Basis for Human Liberation (Book 1 and 2) By Shaykh Arif Abdul Hussain, Al-Mahdi Institute, Birmingham These volumes are a compilation of transcribed and edited talks of Shaykh Arif Abdul Hussain in which the essential message of Islam and Prophet Muhammad’s message of God-centricity is presented in a fresh reevaluation of religion[Read More...]
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This title is not intended to trivialize the very serious nature of the deadly conflict in Libya; the situation is an ever-escalating humanitarian disaster, and has been since US State and NATO destroyed the country in 2011.
The following is a statement issued by faculty members of South Asian University on the recent police excesses against peacefully protesting students and other citizens. We, the undersigned teachers of the South Asian University, New Delhi are deeply disturbed by the developments at the Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University in the last few days.
The credibility of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is on the line after a series of devastating leaks from whistleblowers has shown that the UN body distorted an alleged CW incident in Syria in 2018. The distortion by the OPCW of the incident suggests that senior directors at the organization were pressured into doing so by Western governments.
Folks, Daniel and I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and every good thing […]
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Politicians are people who not only live in the public eye but also encounter disapproval because of their decisions and actions. Hence, from time to time, the world is shaken by front-page news about the death or tragic demise of yet another prominent politician. It is also worth noting that an overwhelming majority of already solved political assassinations is linked to the United States. And nowadays, such a state of affairs is hardly surprising.
This is the sixth in a series titled Against Aachaaram: A Dossier from Malayalam on Kafila. The note below is by J Devika. The short essay by C V Kunhiraman has been translated by LIJU JACOB KURIAKOSE. The formidable CV Kunhiraman (1871-1949) was one of the most explosive anti-aachaaram voices of the early twentieth … Continue reading Against Aachaaram: CV Kunhiraman’s Warning about Hypocrisy →
Sputnik – December 20, 2019 German lawmakers approved a non-binding initiative on Thursday calling on the government to ban from Germany the political and militant group Hezbollah, which forms part of the Lebanese government. The move, reportedly aimed at combating anti-Semitism, has been rejected multiple times by the parliament. The Thursday resolution was approved by […]