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How US govt-funded Nicaraguan anti-Sandinista media spread fake news – and lied about me
4Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Media, Nicaragua, USA

How US govt-funded Nicaraguan anti-Sandinista media spread fake news – and lied about me

Right-wing Nicaraguan media outlets funded by the US government constantly spread blatant fake news to attack the Sandinistas – and defamed journalist Benjamin Norton with demonstrably false claims. ByBenjamin Norton (Se puede leer esta nota en español aquí.) Ever since the leftist Sandinista Front returned to power through democratic elections in Nicaragua in 2006, the US government has poured tens of millions of dollars into funding right-wing media outlets in the country. This present journalist, Benjamin Norton, has documented how CIA cutouts like the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and US Agency for International Development (USAID) bankroll these anti-Sandinista media outlets that played a key role in a bloody 2018 coup attempt, spreading fa...
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US media attacks China’s Covid-19 policies for saving lives, while Americans die
4Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
China, USA

US media attacks China’s Covid-19 policies for saving lives, while Americans die

The New York Times claims China’s Covid-19 strategy “has set the nation up for disaster.” But here is how Beijing saved countless lives and protected its population, while more than 885,000 people in the US died. ByJoe Scholten Chinese medical workers at the Wuchang temporary hospital in Wuhan in March 2020 (Photos credit: Xinhua) The People’s Republic of China has a population of more than 1.4 billion people, yet has had fewer than 6,000 Covid-19 deaths in the entirety of its territory. The Western press corps insists this is a bad thing. The New York Times published an opinion piece on January 25 titled “China’s Zero Covid Policy is a Pandemic Waiting to Happen.” In this article, the authors argue that the pandemic will inevitably become endemic, and that the Chinese pol...
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US sanctions on Afghanistan could kill more civilians than 20 years of war
4Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Afghanistan, USA

US sanctions on Afghanistan could kill more civilians than 20 years of war

US sanctions imposed on Afghanistan are on track to take the lives of more civilians than were killed by 20 years of war. 98% of the population is not getting enough food, according to the UN. ByMark Weisbrot Afghan children in Khost Province (Photo credit: Flickr/funbobseye) (This article was published at the Center for Economic and Policy Research.) Economic sanctions have, in recent years, become one of the most important tools of US foreign policy. There are currently more than 20 countries subjected to various sanctions from the US government. But if more Americans knew how many innocent civilians actually die as a result of these sanctions, would the worst of them be permitted? We may be about to find out in Afghanistan. Sanctions c...
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Ukrainian leftist criticizes Western war drive with Russia: US is using Ukraine as ‘cannon fodder’
4Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Russia, Ukraine, USA

Ukrainian leftist criticizes Western war drive with Russia: US is using Ukraine as ‘cannon fodder’

A left-wing peace activist raised in Ukraine explains how the US government created the crisis, backing two coups in a decade, fueling a devastating civil war, and exploiting his nation as a proxy against Russia. ByYuliy Dubovyk Ukrainian soldiers (Photo credit: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine / public domain) (Se puede leer este artículo en español aquí.) I am a Ukrainian-American. I grew up and spent over half of my life in Ukraine, although now I live in the United States. I wanted to explain my thoughts on the ongoing crisis with Russia, because mainstream corporate media outlets don’t ever share perspectives like mine. It is definitely a stressful time, for obvious reasons. Fortunately, my family and friends in the country are alive and are doing well enough und...
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Russia demanding Europe pay for gas in rubles could have huge repercussions
4Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Europe, Russia

Russia demanding Europe pay for gas in rubles could have huge repercussions

Moscow’s demand that the European Union pay for its gas exports in Russian rubles could shake up the global economy, undermining the Western sanctions strategy and forcing Europe to decide if it truly wants to be independent from the US. ByLeo Rowley (Se puede leer este artículo en español aquí.) Russia announced on March 23 that going forward it will only accept rubles as payment for natural gas contracts with what it calls “unfriendly countries” – that is to say, nations that have imposed sanctions on Moscow. This is a very important geopolitical development that could have big repercussions for the global economy. Russia supplies nearly 40% of the European Union’s natural gas. This is used to heat homes and power the European grid. It is a cheap en...
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Weaponization of immigration policy: Ukrainians welcomed, refugees of US wars abused
4Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Human Rights, USA

Weaponization of immigration policy: Ukrainians welcomed, refugees of US wars abused

Posted by: John Phoenix Washington is expediting the entry of Ukrainians while abusing and deporting thousands of migrants and refugees, including children, who fled US wars and destructive interventionist policies. The hypocrisy exposes the racism of US immigration laws. ByAbraham Marquez Immigrant families held in cages in an overcrowded US Border Patrol facility in Texas in June 2019 (Photo credit: DHS Office of Inspector General) The hypocrisy of immigration laws in the United States has been made strikingly obvious as Ukrainian refugees are welcomed at the US/Mexico border while those escaping violence in Haiti, Guatemala, El Salvador, Syria, and other countries devastated by US imperialism are turned away, criminalized, and abused. The Associated Press reporte...
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The US war over Ukraine is a phase in the West’s hybrid war on Russia
4Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Russia, Ukraine, USA

The US war over Ukraine is a phase in the West’s hybrid war on Russia

The NATO war over Ukraine is a phase in the hybrid war that the West is waging on Russia and any country that chooses an economic path other than subordination to the US empire. ByRadhika Desai This analysis is a presentation that scholar Radhika Desai gave for the International Manifesto Group, titled “The US war over Ukraine.” The conflict that the West calls Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and which Moscow calls its special military operations for Ukraine’s demilitarization and denazification, is not a conflict between Ukraine and Russia; it is a phase in the hybrid war that the West has been waging for decades against any country that chooses an economic path other than subordination to the United States. In its current phase, this war takes the form of a US-led...
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New York Times’ ridiculous attack on me exposes its deceitful propaganda tactics
4Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Media, USA

New York Times’ ridiculous attack on me exposes its deceitful propaganda tactics

The New York Times printed absurd claims about Multipolarista editor Benjamin Norton in a smear piece, using an image of his face crossed out by a red line, without giving him an opportunity to comment. This hatchet job reflects the newspaper’s long history of spreading false war propaganda for the US government. ByBenjamin Norton The New York Times published a ridiculous article smearing me with misleading claims, and even used an image of my face menacingly crossed out by a red line. The newspaper dismissed my factual statement that the United States sponsored a violent coup d’etat to overthrow Ukraine’s democratically elected President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, calling this objective truth a “conspiracy theory,” while deceptively erasing the overwhelming evidence that I p...
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Indirect colonialism: US role in Pakistan’s political crisis
3Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Pakistan & Kashmir, USA

Indirect colonialism: US role in Pakistan’s political crisis

Pakistan is a victim of indirect colonialism by the United States, from the 1977 coup against Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to the overthrow of Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2022. By: Abdul Jabbar Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan I am a scholar originally from Pakistan, and I have taught interdisciplinary studies (including political science) in the United States for nearly half a century, so I have been following the developments in Pakistan with great interest and concern, both from professional and personal points of view. For brevity and clarity, I am itemizing my impressions as follows: Did the U.S. government play a role in creating Pakistan’s current political crisis? From the reports available so far, it seems likely that the U.S. government colluded with Pakist...
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How the imperialist system works, and how Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution resists it
3Oct By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Bolivia, Venezuela

How the imperialist system works, and how Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution resists it

A Venezuelan sociologist explains how the imperialist system is built on a murderous, savage capitalism, and how Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution has resisted it, based on Hugo Chávez’s concept of 21st-century socialism. By: María Páez Victor This article by Venezuelan sociologist María Páez Victor is based on her presentation at the webinar “Imperialism and the Western Left” organized by the Geopolitical Economy Research Group and International Manifesto Group on April 24, 2022. There are many characteristics of imperialism, but essentially it involves the desire and the ability of one nation to overpower, dominate, and or persuade other nations to act in the best interests of the empire’s own aims. Imperialism is not a new phenomenon, but today i...
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