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Baiting the Russian Bear: How clever is that?

12Aug

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Russia, United Kingdom

Baiting the Russian Bear: How clever is that?

An open letter to my MP, Rt Hon Alister Jack, Secretary of State for Scotland By Stuart Littlewood Dear Mr Jack, Have I missed something, or is our government investing billions of pounds of our money in a belligerent campaign against the world’s largest country – and in the process putting us all in harm’s way – without even a vote in Parliament? “… Ukraine is a world-leading hotbed for arms smuggling, and the weapons the West supplies may well end up in the wrong hands…” Yes, the House of Commons “considered the situation in Ukraine” back in March when MPs were hot under the collar from the half-truths and one-sided reports they were fed. On that occasion the minister, James Cleverly, called Russia’s intervention an unprovoked attack and told the House: “We will ...

Yemen Truce Extension Applauded Amid Demands That US End Support for Saudi-Led War

12Aug

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Saudi Arabia, USA, Yemen

Yemen Truce Extension Applauded Amid Demands That US End Support for Saudi-Led War

A Yemeni girl walks on the rubble of a building destroyed in an airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition in Sana'a, Yemen on July 7, 2019. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images). "Not only was United States involvement in this brutal war unauthorized to begin with, but it is a crucial point of leverage to ensure that the Saudis and their allies remain at the negotiating table these next two months," said one advocate. JULIA CONLEY Anti-war campaigners on Tuesday applauded news that the United Nations-brokered truce in Yemen had been extended for another two months and called on U.S. lawmakers to help ensure more permanent peace by passing the Yemen War Powers Resolution. Both the Saudi-led military coalition, which receives backing from the U.S. government, and...

12Aug

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Iran, USA, ZIO-NAZI

Is the Iran nuclear agreement dead?

Mazda Majidi Download PDF flyer The U.S. created a new obstacle to an Iran nuclear agreement by declaring Iran's Revolutionary Guard, part of its military, a terrorist organization. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. On Aug. 6, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian called on the United States to have a “realistic response” to Iran’s proposals in the ongoing negotiations on the JCPOA, or Iran nuclear agreement. Meanwhile, the Europeans, who are acting as intermediaries in the U.S.-Iran negotiations said in a statement: “The text is on the table. There will be no re-opening of negotiations. Iran must now decide to conclude the deal while this is still possible.” If we follow U.S. media coverage, it is easy to adopt the false narrative that the ongoing negotiations are ...

Gaza: Nazi’s latest massacre shows why U.S. aid must end now

11Aug

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Gaza: Nazi’s latest massacre shows why U.S. aid must end now

Liberation Staff Download PDF flyer At least 44 Palestinians are dead following the latest campaign of terror waged by the Israeli military against the besieged population of Gaza. Israeli jets pounded residential buildings and other civilian areas for three days, leaving hundreds injured in addition to the dead. Fifteen of the Palestinians killed by the Israeli bombardment were children, including one four-year-old and two five-year-olds. This massacre was made possible by the U.S. government. Israel receives nearly $4 billion every year in military aid from the United States. This horrific misuse of taxpayer money must end immediately. Not only does the U.S. supply much of the bombs, missiles, jets and other instruments of destruction used to kill innocent Pales...

Pelosi’s Taiwan visit is pure imperialist war mongering

11Aug

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China, USA

Pelosi’s Taiwan visit is pure imperialist war mongering

Liberation Staff Download PDF flyer Photo: Protest in San Francisco Aug. 1 outside Nancy Pelosi’s office opposing her trip to Taiwan Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan today in a dangerous act of provocation designed to push the United States and China closer towards a catastrophic conflict. Her reckless decision raises the specter of all-out war between the two main world powers, and the full consequences of her actions remain to be seen. Make no mistake about it, this trip could not have happened without the support of the Biden administration. Just before Pelosi landed, it deployed an aircraft carrier off the coast of Taiwan along with accompanying warships. They too share responsibility for whatever happens next. In an op-ed published in the Wa...

The Fed Should Not Punish Working People for Inflation Driven by Big Oil’s Greed

11Aug

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USA

The Fed Should Not Punish Working People for Inflation Driven by Big Oil’s Greed

A burned Valero gas station smolders during the Creek fire in an unincorporated area of Fresno County, California on September 8, 2020. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) . Interest rate hikes are a blunt and imprecise tool that won't tackle current sources of inflation, particularly our overdependence on volatile fossil fuels. The best way forward is to shift finance away from fossil fuels, and jump-start a transition to renewable energy. AKIKSHA CHATTERJI If you own a car, pay energy bills, or buy groceries, then you have probably noticed that prices are soaring. The cost of food is up 10% and the cost of a gallon of gas is up 50% from a year ago. And in May this year, median monthly rent hit a record high at $2,002. We're experiencing the h...

Nancy Pelosi Taiwan Visit Could Get Us All Killed

11Aug

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China, USA

Nancy Pelosi Taiwan Visit Could Get Us All Killed

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) holds her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill on Friday, July 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi is on a diplomatic trip this week to visit several allied Asian countries, a trip that could include a controversial stop in Taiwan. (Photo: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images). The consequences—far from being only economic and diplomatic—could be existential for all of humanity. NORMAN SOLOMON The arrogance of power is especially ominous and despicable when a government leader risks huge numbers of lives in order to make a provocative move on the world's geopolitical chessboard. Nancy Pelosi's plan to visit Taiwan is in that category. Thanks to her, the chances of a military confrontation between China...

11Aug

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USA

How to reduce inflation

Thanks, Bill BY JOHN KENDALL HAWKINS Photograph Source: John G. Zimmerman for Sports Illustrated – Public Domain Celtics great and civil rights activist Bill Russell died on July 31 at the age of 88. Boston is now known as the City of Champions because of the success of its professional sports franchises over the last few decades. But when I moved to a Boston neighborhood (Southie) as a kid in the early 60s from suburban Kansas City, it was a pathetic little town of losers. The Bruins had languished at or near last place for a loooong time, albeit there were only the original 6 teams at the time. The Boston Patriots sucked, and had trouble even finding a stadium they could call home, from season, renting out the fields of universities — Harvard, BC, BU, any one of which co...

11Aug

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Politics, World

Globalization, Greed and Reality

BY GEORGE OCHENSKI Photo by Jon Tyson It wasn’t long ago that economists in our capitalist system were absolutely giddy over what they dubbed “globalization.” In this reality-denying construct, nations all over the planet would work together, each producing commodities using available resources, and we’d all be happily living in a Golden Age of peace and prosperity for all. “A rising tide would lift all boats” we were told. But now globalization has run headlong into the grim realities of war, resource depletion, and a planet on fire. Toss in wars, international sanctions, the pandemic, and globalization, for what it was ever worth, is deader than a doornail. Looked at objectively, one can credibly wonder how these economists and politicians ever expected humanity to ...

US-Saudi Relationship: Beyond the Obvious

11Aug

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Saudi Arabia, USA

US-Saudi Relationship: Beyond the Obvious

BY SAM HUSSEINI Photograph Source: Saudi Press Agency – CC BY 4.0 An adage favored by Claud Cockburn as well as Otto von Bismarck advises “Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.” Indeed, it should be a clear tenet of political analysis that stated goals are frequently not actual goals. US war planners used rhetorical concerns over non-existent Iraq WMDs as a pretext for invasion. Alleged human rights preoccupations were falsely heralded as the rationale for NATO bombings in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Libya. One reason it was clear in real time that the US establishment was putting forward false pretexts in those cases was the contrast with the US relationship with Saudi Arabia and Israel. But stated goals are not always false. T...