Month: October 2022

“Westerners Live In Denial, Convinced They’re The Good Guys” — by Johnathan Cook of the Middle East Eye

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Stark contradictions in West’s treatment of the Ukraine war and the occupation and siege of Palestine should serve as a wake-up call A woman poses for photos in front of the large poster form of a postage stamp depicting the Crimean Kerch Bridge on fire in Kyiv, Ukraine on 8 October 2022 (Reuters)
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“How Much Longer Can the U.S. Continue to Wage Economic War on Europe, and Much of the World, Without a Major Blowback Effect?” — by Jeremy Kuzmarov for Covert Action Magazine

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Sabotage of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has awakened many people to the gangster methods that have been deployed for years by the U.S. government doing the bidding of multinational corporations.
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“U.S. Imperialism Targets China in Biden’s New national Security Strategy” — by C.J. Atkins for People’s World

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President Joe Biden meets virtually from the Situation Room at the White House with China’s Xi Jinping, March 18, 2022, in Washington. In a new national security strategy document released Wednesday, the Biden administration laid out plans for a long Cold War with China. | The White House via AP
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“Amazon Suspends 80 Workers for Refusing to Work Following Dangerous Fire” — by Jacob Buckner for People’s World.

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The Amazon Labor Union says that more than 600 workers initiated a work stoppage and occupied the break room, refusing to work after a cardboard compactor caught fire in the warehouse. | @IssaSmallsWorld via Twitter
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“SCOTT RITTER: Pipelines v. USA” — by Scott Ritter for Consortium News

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Seafox special warfare patrol craft practicing in 1986. (U.S. National Archives). Intent, motive and means: People serving life sentences in U.S. prisons have been convicted on weaker grounds than the circumstantial evidence against Washington for the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines.
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“‘NYT’ Reporter’s Book is More Frank About Adelson Buying Foreign Policy for Israel Than ‘NYT’ Was” — by Philip Weiss of Mondoweiss

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A new book by Maggie Haberman is frank about a story the New York Times didn’t tell us — Donald Trump sold his policy on Israel to the late Sheldon Adelson. TRUMP WITH SHELDON AND MIRIAM ADELSON, PHOTO FROM ANDY ABOUD IN VEGAS, UNDATED
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“US Accuses Opec+ of Aligning with Russia, Gulf States Deny Politics at Play” — by Middle East Eye Staff

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UAE says production cut was ‘technical and not political’, but Washington says it is exploring ways to reduce Opec’s control over energy prices. Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman (R) and Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, arrive at the 29th annual Middle East Petroleum and Gas conference in Manama, 16 May 2022 (AFP)
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“Iran’s Anti-Morality Police Protests: A Different View from the Ground“ — by Max Blumenthal for The Grayzone

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Setareh Sadeghi, an Esfahan, Iran-based scholar and teacher, provides Max Blumenthal with a complex view of Iran’s protests against the country’s morality police and the death of Mahsa Amini never heard in US mainstream media.
A full transcript of Sadeghi’s conversation with Blumenthal is below.
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“Dirty Money: Meet the US Agent Driving the CIA-Led Riots in Iran” — by Mona Issa for Al Mayadeen English

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The largest color revolution attempt in recent Iranian history is led by a woman on Washington’s payroll – and we have the facts. There are Iranian women, though a minority, who are not in favor of the mandatory veil – a legitimate grievance, an opinionated dissatisfaction to which humankind is entitled. And then there are people leading a fraudulent anti-hijab movement with a barrel aimed at Tehran.
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“The Fed’s Intentional Recession: Higher Interest Rates Mean Fewer Jobs, Smaller Paychecks” — by C.J. Atkins for People’s World

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A recession on purpose? They’ve done it before, and they’ll do it again. The Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes are aimed at slashing wages and cutting jobs as part of a campaign that blames workers for inflation. In this photo, jobless workers line up at a Michigan unemployment office in the late 1970s. | Preston Stroup / AP
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