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On the 20th anniversary of imperialism’s predatory invasion of Iraq

1Jan

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On the 20th anniversary of imperialism’s predatory invasion of Iraq

Posted by: John Phoenix The 20th of March this year marked the 20th anniversary of the start of Anglo-American imperialism’s war against Iraq. Although there was mass opposition to this war, most of the print and electronic media, including the BBC, whipped up jingoistic hysteria against Iraq and in favour of the war. 20 years on there is hardly anyone who can be found to speak in favour of it. Respectable bourgeois newspapers have published articles, written by respectable bourgeois journalists, condemning this war. We just take one such article as an example. It appeared in the Sunday Times of 19 March 2023. Under the half misleading title ‘Ever noticed how much less stable the world is now than in 2003? Well, Blair’s to blame’, the...

Iran and the Western manufactured Hijab protests

1Jan

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Iran and the Western manufactured Hijab protests

Posted by: John Phoenix The Western media are harping on relentlessly about great anti-hijab protests happening all over Iran, with ever more violent repression being meted out to those protesting by a ‘vicious and violent regime’. The nail that they are trying to hang this deceitful web of lies on is the story of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman. The known facts – of the sad death of this young woman – are as follows: during a shopping trip to Tehran with her family, she had emerged from a metro station and entered Talaqani Park, where she was walking with three female and two male relatives, including her brother Ashkan. The group was approached by members of the ‘morality police’ who said she was in breach of the Islamic dress code. Two of the women were given war...

Iraq: Imperialism at sixes and sevens as resistance to occupation gathers pace

1Jan

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Iraq: Imperialism at sixes and sevens as resistance to occupation gathers pace

Posted by: John Phoenix For seventeen years British and US soldiers have been in occupation of Iraq. At first this occupation was openly acknowledged. Later it was presented as offering security to the US-sponsored regime which in turn ‘invited’ the troops to stay on. Gradually successive Iraqi governments, acting under popular pressure, have sought to set deadlines for the troops’ departure, but the army never quite managed to find the exit. As things stand, there are still about 7,500 coalition grunts squatting on Iraqi soil, of whom 5,000 are from the US. Needless to add, this conservative estimate does not include the numerous contractors, mercenaries and other camp-followers who buttress the occupation. Now, though, with the imperialist proxy war against Syria collap...

1Jan

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Iraq: Stands at a Crossroads

Posted by: John Phoenix The protests which erupted in Iraq throughout October and November, culminating in the resignation of prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, did not come out of a clear blue sky. There is no shortage of reasons to revolt against the situation in which Iraqis find themselves seventeen years after their country was sanctioned, invaded, occupied and destroyed by US and British imperialism, all in the name of democracy and freedom. What had been one of the most modern and industrially advanced societies in the Middle East, with an enviable record in health, education and welfare funded by ample domestic oil revenues, was comprehensively trashed, leaving behind nothing but wreckage and depleted uranium. To this day, despite (or because of) the lucrative involve...

Victimhood or Vengeance? ‘Israel’ Wants Both

31Dec

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Victimhood or Vengeance? ‘Israel’ Wants Both

JEWISH TALMUD Sanhedrin 59a: “A goy (Gentile) who pries into The Law (Talmud) is guilty of death.” TED RALL Israel is about to learn that. Supporters of Israel’s government (as opposed to Israel writ large, which includes millions of Israelis who distrust their government) ask: Why are so few people still talking about Oct. 7? “It is striking and in some ways shocking that the brutality of the slaughter has receded so quickly in the memories of so many,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken remarked in early November. Hamas’ attack was vicious, claimed many victims and was so recent — how can it be that those pitiful “kidnapped” posters are falling so flat so soon? Blame Benjamin Netanyahu and his co-conspirators. They chose vengeance over victimho...

Biden’s America Surrenders to War Criminal Naziyahu

31Dec

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Biden’s America Surrenders to War Criminal Naziyahu

Vital US interests are sacrificed to avoid offending Israel and its Lobby PHILIP GIRALDI I don’t have anyone whom I would consider a friend who supports the genocide being carried out by Israel in Gaza. But my occasional interaction with the psychopaths who infest the US government and media and who are intimately connected by virtue of their political instincts as well as their personal interests in campaign donations and/or elevated salaries derived from Israel and its powerful lobby have plenty of sound bites to throw out to demonstrate their love of the Jewish state in all its manifestations. They mouth the Pelosi-Schumer-Biden assertion that “Israel has a right to defend itself” and that Israel is “America’s closest ally” and “best friend,” all of which can readily be expo...

31Dec

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Russia – China Are on a Roll

PEPE ESCOBAR While the dogs of war bark, lie and steal, the Russia-China caravan strolls on. 2023 may be defined for posterity as The Year of the Russia-China Strategic Partnership. This wonder of wonders could easily sway under a groove by – who else – Stevie Wonder: “Here I am baby/ signed, sealed, delivered, I’m yours.” In the first 11 months of 2023, trade between Russia and China exceeded $200 billion; they did not expect to achieve that until 2024. Now surely that’s One Partnership Under a Groove. Once again signed, sealed and delivered during the visit of a large delegation to Beijing last week, led by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and revisited and upgraded the whole spectrum of the comprehensive partnership/strategic ...

31Dec

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How Yemen Changed Everything

In a single move, Yemen's Ansarallah has checkmated the west and its rules-based order. PEPE ESCOBAR Whether invented in northern India, eastern China or Central Asia – from Persia to Turkestan – chess is an Asian game. In chess, there always comes a time when a simple pawn is able to upset the whole chessboard, usually via a move in the back rank whose effect simply cannot be calculated. Yes, a pawn can impose a seismic checkmate. That’s where we are, geopolitically, right now. The cascading effects of a single move on the chessboard – Yemen’s Ansarallah stunning and carefully targeted blockade of the Red Sea – reach way beyond global shipping, supply chains, and The War of Economic Corridors. Not to mention the reduction of the much lauded US Navy force projection ...

‘Are We the Baddies?’ Western Support for Genocide in Gaza Means the Answer Is Yes

31Dec

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‘Are We the Baddies?’ Western Support for Genocide in Gaza Means the Answer Is Yes

JONATHAN COOK The desperate smear campaign to defend Israel’s crimes highlights the toxic brew of lies that’s been underpinning the liberal democratic order for decades In a popular British comedy sketch set during the Second World War, a Nazi officer near the front lines turns to a fellow officer and, in a moment of sudden – and comic – self-doubt, asks: “Are we the baddies?” For many of us, it has felt like we are living through the same moment, extended for nearly three months – though there has been nothing to laugh about. Western leaders have not only backed rhetorically a genocidal war by Israel on Gaza, but they have provided diplomatic cover, weapons and other military assistance. The West is fully complicit in the ethnic cleansing of some two million...

Genocide in Palestine: The Whole World Is Watching

31Dec

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Genocide in Palestine: The Whole World Is Watching

KEVIN BARRETT • As police beat protestors outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, crowds chanted: “The whole world is watching.” And they had a point. Television network news cut away from convention speeches to show snippets of violence in the streets. Despite the networks’ refusal to show the worst abuses, it was all too obvious that police were the instigators and perpetrators. That widely-viewed “police riot” helped polarize public opinion, partly along generational lines, and contributed to the collapse of the US war on Vietnam. In 1968, only a small portion of the world watched a few brief network-selected clips of the Chicago police riot. An even smaller portion got the unvarnished truth from underground newspapers. Today, however, the whole world really i...