Month: October 2022

“US Ignores Growing Calls for Diplomacy and Sends More Weapons to Ukraine” — by Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken—seen here during an October 3, 2022 press conference in Bogotá, Colombia—explained the latest American military assistance to Ukraine is “carefully calibrated to make the most difference on the battlefield and strengthen Ukraine’s hand at the negotiating table when the time is right.” (Photo: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images). “Are there still negotiation possibilities?” asked Noam Chomsky. “There’s only one way to find out. That’s to try. If you refuse to try, of course, there’s no option, no possibilities.”
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“Israeli Campaign in Germany Blocks Award to Navi Pillay, a Renowned Rights Leader” — by Barbara Corssette for Pass Blue

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In September, Navi Pillay, a global rights expert, was to receive an award by the United Nations Association of Germany for her pioneering work in human rights and international criminal law. But then an Israeli lobbying campaign contested the award, and Pillay was suddenly abandoned. UN PHOTO
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“Sudanese-British Magnate Ibrahim Blasts West’s Hypocrisy Over Green Agenda, Use of African Resources” — by Olga Borodkina for Sputnik News

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Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim took part in the “Reuters impact” conference in London on Monday, where world leaders, businessmen, scientists and thinkers gathered to discuss climate issues.
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“The App ICE Forces You To Download” — by Maurizio Guerrero for In These Times

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Under Biden, monitoring of immigrants by cell phone has jumped 808%. The SmartLINK phone app, made by BI Incorporated under contract with ICE, uses facial recognition, voice recognition and GPS to track nearly a quarter-million immigrants. PHOTO COURTESY CAROLINA SANCHEZ BOE
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