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“Niger Rejects Rules-Based Order” — by M.K. Bhadrakumar

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A French military helicopter over the Nigerien town Madama. (Thomas Goisque, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0). France and the U.S. have been blindsided by popular support for Niger’s coup, as the trend towards multipolarity emboldens Africans to confront neo-colonial exploitation, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
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“AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Arab Apathy on Israeli Protests” — by As ‘ ad AbuKhalil

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Protesters again judicial reforms block Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on March 26. (Oren Rozen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ) The divide in Israel today is between the right and the far right — those who want to repress the Palestinians and those who want to repress the Palestinians even more. For that reason, Arabs regard the protests as irrelevant to their lives.
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“Revolution in Sahel? Military Coups in Guinea, Mail Burkina Faso and Niger — by All African People’s Revolutionary Party

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Crowds express support for the new Nigerien government. “France must go. Long live Niger.”(Photo: AFP via Getty Images)
As the U.S. and France move to interfere in the Sahel region of West Africa, Niger, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Mali have spoken up to defend their sovereign rights and declare their determination to be free from western hegemony.
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“Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure To Remove Imran Khan” — by Ryan Grim & Murtaza Hussein

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Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister, during an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday June 2, 2023. Khan said Pakistan's military establishment wanted to stop his opposition party from winning the next election, paving the way for a weak government as the country seeks to stave off a financial crisis. Photographer: Betsy Joles/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, during an interview in Lahore, Pakistan, on June 2, 2023. Photo: Betsy Joles/Bloomberg via Getty Images “All will be forgiven,” said a U.S. diplomat, if the no-confidence vote against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeds.
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“Fact Check: Debunking Blinken’s Fake News Claims About Grain Deal” — by Ilya Tsukanov

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©️ AP Photo / Luis Magana Russia suspended its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative last month, citing the West’s systematic efforts to block the export of Russian food and fertilizers, and the fact that just 3 percent of the Ukrainian grain exported under the grain deal actually went to nations in need.
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“From Chi-Town Bagman to ECOWAS Chairman: Meet the Former Money Launderer Leading the Push to Invade Niger” — by Alexander Rubinstein & Kit Klarenberg

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Since the overthrow of Niger’s US-friendly government, West African nations of the ECOWAS bloc have threatened an invasion of their neighbor.
Before leading the charge for intervention, ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu spent years laundering millions for heroin dealers in Chicago, and has since been ensnared in numerous corruption scandals.
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“Burkina Faso’s New President Condemns Imperialism, Quotes Che Guevara, Allies with Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba” — by Ben Norton

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Burkina Faso’s revolutionary President Ibrahim Traoré Burkina Faso’s new President Ibrahim Traoré vowed to fight imperialism and neocolonialism, invoking revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, quoting Che Guevara, allying with Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba
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“RFK Jr Staff Block Israel-Palestine Dialogue After the Candidate Agreed” — Max Blumenthal

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A day after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. agreed to a public discussion with Max Blumenthal on Israel-Palestine, his campaign walked back his words. RFK Jr. has pledged “unconditional support” to Israel while spouting vitriolic anti-Palestinian rhetoric.
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“Medical Journals: Eliminate Nuclear Weapons” — Jake Johnson

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Protesters hold anti-nuclear war signs as they gather in the viewing area at an air base on May 21, 2022 in Lakenheath, England. “Before they eliminate us.” More journals are expected to publish the editorial in the coming days ahead of the 78th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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“The Bidens’ Burisma Bribery” — by Patrick Lawrence

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Jan. 16, 2017: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traveling to Kiev. (U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Flickr). Seven years ago, the DNC email leak set Russiagate in motion. Now comes FD–1023, an F.B.I. document exposing Biden making fully corrupt use of Washington’s leverage in post-coup Ukraine.
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