Tag: current affairs – international

Enabled by the USA, UK & servile Arab states, Israel has slaughtered an average of 122 Palestinians EVERY DAY for 629 days

The international political-economic system is not just a disgrace, its a corrupt and vicious murder machine. This is genocidal mania in broad daylight. No one will do anything to stop this massacre. We can only watch the IDF (which styles itself ‘the most moral army in the world’), bombs hospitals, refugee camps, schools, and ‘safe… Read More Enabled by the USA, UK & servile Arab states, Israel has slaughtered an average of 122 Palestinians EVERY DAY for 629 days

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Trump is terrified of Black culture. But not for the reasons you think

A look back at 1960s Black arts movement explains why Trump is obsessed with eliminating Black artistry and the museums and institutions that support it Saida Grundy By the time Jesse Owens bowed his head from the highest podium tier to be crowned with his fourth Olympic wreath in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Europe’s premiers… Read More Trump is terrified of Black culture. But not for the reasons you think

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Why BBC Editors Must One Day Stand Trial for Colluding in Israel’s Genocide

the BBC has largely ignored Israel’s campaign of murdering Palestinian journalists in Gaza. A greater number have been killed by Israel in its war on the tiny enclave than the total number of journalists killed in all other major conflicts of the past 160 years combined Jonathan Cook / Jonathan Cook Blog Veteran journalist Peter Oborne… Read More Why BBC Editors Must One Day Stand Trial for Colluding in Israel’s Genocide

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Michael Hudson: War on Iran Is Fight for US Unipolar Control of World

By Michael Hudson / Geopolitical Economy Report Opponents of the war with Iran say that the war is not in American interests, seeing that Iran does not pose any visible threat to the United States. This appeal to reason misses the neoconservative logic that has guided U.S. foreign policy for more than a half century, and… Read More Michael Hudson: War on Iran Is Fight for US Unipolar Control of World

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Jeff Bezos alters Venice wedding plans after threat of inflatable crocodiles

NB: Truth be told the happy couple look like inflatable crocs themselves. DS Angela Giuffrida in Venice Campaigners in Venice have claimed victory after Jeff Bezos was reportedly forced to change the venue for his wedding celebrations in the city as his guests started arriving on Tuesday for the three-day jamboree. The main reception for the wedding of Bezos… Read More Jeff Bezos alters Venice wedding plans after threat of inflatable crocodiles

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The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran

NB: Except that it neither was, nor is a mistake, Owen; its deliberate deception. DS Israel is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this reality Owen Jones As the G7 issues a statement declaring that Israel has a “right to defend itself”, you have a… Read More The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran

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