Month: January 2023

“Holiday Rebound Propels Chinese Stocks to Near Bull Market” — By Wang Cong and Song Lin

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Workers wait at a train station in Chongqing on January 30, 2023 for the train to take them to work in Guangzhou. This is the first chartered train this year that brings workers from Chongqing to work in other places of the country. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
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“Israeli Government Calls for Retribution and Collective Punishment in Wake of Jerusalem Shooting” — by Yumna Patel

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PALESTINIANS CLASH WITH ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES DURING A PROTEST AGAINST THE SIEGE OF THE VILLAGE OF BEITA BY THE ISRAELI ARMY, NEAR THE WEST BANK CITY OF NABLUS, ON JANUARY 28, 2023. (PHOTO: MOHAMMED NASSER /APA IMAGES). In the aftermath of the Jenin massacre and the shooting operations in Jerusalem, Israeli government officials call for retribution and collective punishment, as tensions on the ground show no signs of subsiding.
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“Tanks and Tragedy” — by Michael Brenner

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On Dec. 21, 2022, NATO headquarters in Brussels joined other international landmarks in switching off its lights in solidarity with Ukraine. (NATO, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Amid the vacuum of creditable reporting by the mainstream media, Michael Brenner offers a briefing on the background of the neocon-inspired war in Ukraine and his view on the present strategic situation.

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“After Windfall Profits, Chevron Set to Buy Back $75 Billion in Shares” — by Brett Wilkins

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Chevron CEO Michael Wirth speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference on October 18, 2021 in Beverly Hills, California.
(Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/ AFP via Getty Images)
“Chevron should not be doing $75 billion in stock buybacks while price gouging American families and accelerating the climate crisis,” said one critic.
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“Caitlin Johnstone: US Constantly Provoking China” — by Caitlin Johnstone

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U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta fires the Mark 45 gun while in the Philippine Sea on Jan. 15. (U.S. Navy, Greg Johnson). The way the U.S. has been positioning its war machinery around China would have sparked a third world war had the roles been reversed. Nonetheless, talk inside the U.S. empire is all about Chinese “aggression.”
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