Western Media Launch Attack on Critics of Controversial White Helmets Group

Western Media Launch Attack on Critics of Controversial White Helmets Group

 

 

The media and political impact of the White Helmets show what money and marketing can do.

Exclusive new report by Rick Sterling for MPN:

 https://www.mintpressnews.com/western-media-launch-attack-critics-controversial-white-helmets-group/250984/?fbclid=IwAR1QNxlcq7QxfOaS6_acB8exj5rJGP0dbOkR0g1oL3huNnesftsD6XbgYBQ

 

Noam Chomsky - The History of Corporations - Vídeo Dailymotion

Noam Chomsky - The History of Corporations - Vídeo Dailymotion

 

 #NoamChomsky - The History of Corporations

 

 

Finance and silence, by Noam Chomsky (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 1999)

Finance and silence, by Noam Chomsky (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 1999)

 

 

Noam
Chomsky: ‘Liberalising the movements of capital worldwide has proved a
powerful weapon against democracy and the social contract, much as was
anticipated by the framers of the (Bretton Woods) international economic
order in the 1940s.’

<<< https://mondediplo.com/1999/01/12chomsky >>>

Libéraux contre populistes, un clivage trompeur, par Serge Halimi & Pierre Rimbert (Le Monde diplomatique, septembre 2018)

Libéraux contre populistes, un clivage trompeur, par Serge Halimi & Pierre Rimbert (Le Monde diplomatique, septembre 2018)

 

 

Face
aux « élites » urbaines, les droites nationalistes mènent une
contre-révolution culturelle sur le terrain de l’immigration et des
valeurs traditionnelles. Mais elles poursuivent le même projet
économique que leurs rivales. (Analyse désormais en accès libre.)

<< https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2018/09/HALIMI/59046 >>

 

Bonnie Severien. – « New Illusions Small » (Nouvelles illusions), 2014

© Bonnie Severien - bonnieseverien.nl

Leaked documents detail how Wall Street bought the Clintons - World Socialist Web Site

Leaked documents detail how Wall Street bought the Clintons - World Socialist Web Site

 

 

WikiLeaks Updates

Posted on October 28, 2016

Leaked Documents Detail How Wall Street Bought the Clintons

❝ Documents released by Wikileaks
Wednesday (October 26, 2016) give the fullest picture so far of the way
that Bill and Hillary Clinton built up their private fortune during the
years after they left the White House in 2001. Hundreds of memos and
emails detail how corporations and banks were recruited to funnel
millions into the for-profit activities of the enterprise that a top
aide, Douglas Band, called “Bill Clinton Inc.”

As detailed in a
devastating 12-page memo written in November 2011, Band established a
consulting firm called Teneo to recruit corporate CEOs and bankers to
give large donations to the Clinton Foundation. At the same time, he
would urge them to provide lucrative speaking fees for an address by the
former president, usually in the six-figure range.

❝ What Band
outlines in the memo is the real substance of capitalist politics. Bill
Clinton, as a former president, was being richly rewarded for his
services to the American capitalist class. At the same time, the
business connections facilitated the political career of Hillary
Clinton, who was a U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 until 2009, an
unsuccessful presidential candidate in 2008, and Secretary of State from
2009 to 2013.

❝ Perhaps the most explosive aspect of the latest
Wikileaks documents is the suggestion, for the first time, of concrete
evidence of a link between fundraising for the Clinton Foundation and
payments to Bill Clinton personally, and Hillary Clinton’s actions as
Secretary of State.

One of Teneo’s main customers, Dow Chemical,
carried out a major investment in Northern Ireland during Hillary
Clinton’s tenure at the State Department. Clinton named Declan Kelly,
the partner of Douglas Band in fundraising for “Bill Clinton Inc.” as a
State Department representative for encouraging US investments in the
British-controlled territory. Dow paid Teneo $2.8 million in 2011,
soaring to $19.4 million in 2012, according to internal Dow documents
reported by the Washington Post. An investigator hired by the company
later wrote, “It appears Dow is paying Teneo for connections with
Clinton.” ❞

Read more: http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/10/28/clin-o28.html#

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Western Media Attacks Critics of the White Helmets. The New McCarthyism - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Western Media Attacks Critics of the White Helmets. The New McCarthyism - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 RICK STERLING: The October 16 issue of NY Review of Books has an article
by Janine di Giovani titled “Why Assad and Russia Target the White
Helmets”. The article exemplifies how western media promotes the White
Helmets uncritically and attacks those who challenge the myth.

 

Catalan leaders remain in jail year after independence referendum | Spain | Al Jazeera

Catalan leaders remain in jail year after independence referendum | Spain | Al Jazeera

 

 

CATALONIA

A year after the October 1 referendum on seceding from Spain, Catalonia
is no closer to independence, and many of the figureheads of the
movement remain in jail.

<< https://www.aljazeera.com/…/catalan-leaders-remain-jail-yea… >>

 

Catalan
separatists stand face police officers as another group marches in
support of the Spanish police units who tried to prevent the
independence referendum [Jon Nazca/Reuters]

CATALONIA -- Catalonian independence is not a threat to Europe – POLITICO

Catalonian independence is not a threat to Europe – POLITICO

 

 

CATALONIA

"The only weapons used by Catalans over the past six years were
peaceful demonstrations and a democratic vote. It was Catalan
independence supporters who were the target of violent attacks from the
police when they tried to cast their votes in last year’s referendum."

<< https://www.politico.eu/…/catalonia-independence-spai…/amp/… >>

 Pro-independence supporters march during the Catalan national day on September 11, 2018 | Roser Vilallonga/ANC via Getty Images

CATALONIA -- De Rajoy a Sánchez: la operación de Estado del establishment español

De Rajoy a Sánchez: la operación de Estado del establishment español

 

 CATALONIA

SPAIN : OPERATION DEEP STATE

From Rajoy to Sánchez: the operation of the State of the Spanish establishment

Ana Patricia Botín, the president of Banco Santander and a benchmark
for the Ibex35 , has celebrated the appointment of Nadia Calviño as
Minister of Economy. He says it is "a guarantee". Alfredo Pérez
Rubalcaba , who two years ago prevented Pedro Sánchez from forming a
government with the same support that he has achieved now, has also
praised the new Executive. Rubalcaba is first of all a "servant of the
State". Belongs to a theoretically republican party, but was the
architect of the relay at the head of the State at the right time to
save the monarchy. Rubalcaba is part of the editorial board of the
newspaper El País, which has become the organ of expression of the
Spanish deep state . On June 1, the editorial of this newspaper was
titled "A Government unviable" and now, six days later, with another
director , in this case, director, its publisher is entitled "A good
cabinet." A week ago, Spain was a country in democratic decadence and
now, suddenly, it seems that everything has become colorful, although as
we have seen, the vice president Oriol Junqueras continues in Estremera
passing the mocho . What exactly has happened?
The image of Spain
in Europe had been deeply degraded. The international media presented
Mariano Rajoy as the president of a corrupt, incompetent and
authoritarian government that was incapable of resolving the state
crisis with Catalonia . And it was creating problems in Europe by
forcing the exile of Democratic politicians that the European courts
were not willing to extradite. The change was sung. Pedro Sánchez has
been placed in the right place at the right time ... when the State
needed it.
Mariano Rajoy has decided to abandon politics but did not
resign as president of the government because the issue was not to
ensure the continuity of the PP government, but to save the state. The
resignation of Rajoy would have prolonged the political instability
indefinitely and would not have offered in Europe the change of image
that Pedro Sánchez has achieved.

Spain has gone from having
the most unfriendly government on the planet to being governed by a
council "of ministers and ministers" with a majority of women, with an
admired astronaut and a frivolous journalist

Spain has gone from
having the most unfriendly government on the planet to being governed
by a council " of ministers and ministers " with a majority of women,
with an admired astronaut and a frivolous journalist . It seems out of
The Worlds of Yupi , but Sanchez has done a casting full of intentions.

Josep Borrell in the Foreign Ministry, as a Catalan, is the man in
charge of denying to the world the existence of a Catalan democratic
cause. Even more significant is the incorporation of Fernando
Grande-Marlaska in the Interior, which ensures the continuity of the
repressive criteria of the previous government and increases the peace
of the defendants of the PP due to corruption issues. Grande-Marlaska
has been a judge always promoted from the right who has not had any
inconvenience in archiving the scandalous case of the Yak-42 or
determining that in the Foreigners ' Detention Centers "fundamental
rights are not violated ". And so significant is its appointment as the
"non-appointment" of Margarita Robles , who is a lawyer experienced in
conflict management and who has been relegated to Defensa, a fictitious
ministry where everything is technical decisions determined by NATO and
by the military. It has been wanted to decorate the appointment with the
control of the CNI , when everybody knows that the espionage service to
whom reports finally is to the president.
There is another
interesting fact of the new Spanish cabinet as is the Andalusian
component . With Carmen Calvo in the vice presidency, María Jesús
Montero in Hacienda and Luis Planas in Agriculture is guaranteed that,
if a new financing system could be negotiated that could serve to
appease the Catalan sovereignty claims, in no case will it be to the
detriment of the so-called flow of solidarity from the north to the
south. The own Andalusian president, Susana Diaz , already has said that
"Montero and Planas are a guarantee for Andalusia ", that is a way of
saying that "we send ourselves". The incorporation of the Catalan
Meritxell Batet to Territorial Policy will be sold as the bet of Pedro
Sánchez for the dialogue with Catalonia but it is a way of
circumscribing the negotiation to a matter of statutory competences that
does not interest anyone.
Certainly, now those who govern Spain are
no longer nostalgic for Francoism. The European perception of Spain and
the Spanish Government will not be the same, but Judge Llarena will
continue to do what he does, peaceful political leaders and Democrats
will continue in prison or in exile accused of crimes they did not
commit. Everything remembers the Lampedusian maxim, "if we want
everything to continue the same, everything needs to change". And it
will cost a lot more to explain everywhere that Catalonia is the victim
of a repressive state. Who says that we are not facing a cosmetic and
successful state operation?
<<< https://www.elnacional.cat/…/jordi-barbeta-de-rajoy-a-sanch… >>>

 

CATALONIA -- Spain Grapples With Catalan Independence, Political Trials

Spain Grapples With Catalan Independence, Political Trials

 

 

CATALONIA

'Now the trials are poised to take Spain, and with it Europe, into
uncharted territory. Prosecuting high-profile — and, for many, even
hallowed — political figures for rebellion is unlike anything Western
Europe has witnessed in recent memory. It seems like a page taken from
Europe’s political upheavals in the 1800s.'

'The trials will take
place in an atmosphere of distrust. The Spanish judiciary has long been
accused of political partisanship because key judges are appointed by
dominant political parties.'

'They face charges in Spain, but
their extraditions were halted after a federal German high court ruled
in July that Puigdemont could not be sent back to Spain to face a charge
of rebellion. The court said there was not enough evidence to support
the charge.'

<<< https://www.courthousenews.com/spain-grapples-with-catalan…/ > >>

 

CATALONIA -- Business rides out storm over Catalan independence | Financial Times

Business rides out storm over Catalan independence | Financial Times

 

 CATALONIA

Business rides out storm over Catalan independence

Dire predictions over impact have so far proved overstated, companies report

<< https://www.ft.com/con…/2bc5f3c0-c000-11e8-84cd-9e601db069b8 >>

 

CATALONIA --- I’ll serve life in jail if I must, vows Catalan ‘martyr’, Jordi Cuixart | World | The Sunday Times

I’ll serve life in jail if I must, vows Catalan ‘martyr’, Jordi Cuixart | World | The Sunday Times

 

 

CATALONIA

Jordi Cuixart

🗞
Interview with Jordi Cuixart : «Accepting a pardon it would mean
recognising guilt – and I don't. I'm not guilty of any crime, I've never
handed out weapons or called for violence»

<< https://t.co/4lnk9dTqNj >>

 

Jordi Cuixart with wife Txell Bonet and their son Amat. He has spent a year behind bars in a prison in Catalonia

Jordi Cuixart with wife Txell Bonet and their son Amat. He has spent a year behind bars in a prison in Catalonia

CATALONIAJordi Cuixart: I am a political prisoner, held hostage by Spain | The National

Jordi Cuixart: I am a political prisoner, held hostage by Spain | The National

 

 

CATALONIA

Jordi Cuixart: I am a political prisoner, held hostage by Spain

<<< http://www.thenational.scot/…/16993191.jordi-cuixart-i-am…/… >>

 

Jordi Cuixart only sees his 18-month-old son for a few hours per month

CATALONIA -- Carles Puigdemont and Quim Torra: It's Been A Year And Catalonia Is Still Not Free | Opinion

Carles Puigdemont and Quim Torra: It's Been A Year And Catalonia Is Still Not Free | Opinion

 

 

CATALONIA

Carles Puigdemont and President Quim Torra

"The EU’s de facto tolerance of the violence last year, and over the
existence of political prisoners and exiled leaders, sends an alarming
message for the future of Europe”.

<<< https://www.newsweek.com/carles-puigdemont-and-quim-torra-i… >>

 
Students demonstrate against the position of the Spanish government to
ban the referendum of Catalonia. September 28, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

 

Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion

Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion

 

 About 90% of the world’s illegal opium is estimated to come from Afghanistan.

 

WikiLeaks en Twitter: "Hillary Clinton email: Israeli intelligence says collapse of Syria will spark a Sunni-Shiite war that will benefit #Israel https://t.co/WRAqiINbHH #Syria #Iran… https://t.co/pnFX225HCs"

WikiLeaks en Twitter: "Hillary Clinton email: Israeli intelligence says collapse of Syria will spark a Sunni-Shiite war that will benefit #Israel https://t.co/WRAqiINbHH #Syria #Iran… https://t.co/pnFX225HCs"

 

 

Wikileaks:

« Hillary Clinton email: Israeli intelligence says collapse of Syria will spark a Sunni-Shiite war that will benefit #Israel https://bit.ly/25jSiSQ #Syria #Iran » ⚬  

https://bit.ly/2oSQTUG

 

Video: 9/11, Uncovering the Truth. Michel Chossudovsky - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Video: 9/11, Uncovering the Truth. Michel Chossudovsky - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 Seventeen years have passed since the World Trade Center attacks of
September 11, 2001, and there are still many unanswered questions
surrounding that fateful day.

 

White Helmets Currently Staging “False Flag” Chemical Attack in Idlib

White Helmets Currently Staging “False Flag” Chemical Attack in Idlib

 

 It seems that the millions of dollars the U.S. and its allied Western
governments have paid to the White Helmets will now pay off with
interest, as a staged provocation that is the group’s specialty will
offer a new justification for the continued military presence of these
countries inside Syria.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/white-helmets-chemical-att…/…/

 

UN Declares: "UK Has Weakest Oversight Of Surveillance In The Western World" (update) - TruePublica

UN Declares: "UK Has Weakest Oversight Of Surveillance In The Western World" (update) - TruePublica

 

 

By TruePublica: This article was first published
in August 2015. What is interesting here is how far ‘mission creep’ has
enabled Britain to go further than ever before when it comes to the
destruction of privacy. It has only just been revealed that the Five
Eyes alliance (UK, USA, Aus, NZ and Can), dedicated to a global “collect-it-all” surveillance
task, has issued what they like to term as a memorandum, demanding that
tech companies build complete backdoor access for states to access
users’ encrypted data or face measures that will force companies to
comply.

The memo was
very quietly released with no media coverage last week by the
Australian Department of Home Affairs, which essentially demanded that
tech providers “create customized solutions, tailored to their
individual system architectures that are capable of meeting lawful
access requirements.” In other words, let the state snoop on anything
including encryption or you’re breaking the law. And to be absolutely
precise on the matter, this is not a law – it’s a decree. That means the
state will use bullying and intimidation and not the rule of law
through the courts to get its way. The memo was reportedly released
after ministers for the intelligence agencies of the Five Eyes nations met on Australia’s Gold Coast last week.

As for the reasons why privacy is so important – well just look
at the dreadful record of the UK government with data. (This single list
shows government agencies lost the private details of over 30 million individuals
– in 30 incidents, many containing highly sensitive and very personal
information) used by hackers to intimidate, blackmail and thieve. 

It’s truly shocking.  Add the fact that security experts of these backdoor access proposals have stated time and time again that
there is no workable way to create a “secure backdoor” that would not
be vulnerable by hackers and the government then becomes your enemy.

 

Au Brésil, la crise galvanise les droites, par Anne Vigna (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 2017)

Au Brésil, la crise galvanise les droites, par Anne Vigna (Le Monde diplomatique, décembre 2017)

 

 

À
propos du député Jair Messias Bolsonaro, vainqueur du premier tour de
l'élection présidentielle au Brésil, dimanche 7 octobre : « élu depuis
1990, cet ancien militaire ne s’est jamais illustré par son travail
parlementaire. Ses provocations, en revanche, lui offrent une grande
visibilité médiatique. Ce fut le cas lors du vote du Congrès relatif à
la destitution de Dilma Rousseff, le 17 avril 2016 — un scrutin
retransmis en direct à la télévision. Bolsonaro a alors justifié sa
décision en la présentant comme une prise de position « contre le
communisme, pour les forces armées et pour la mémoire du colonel Carlos
Alberto Brilhante Ustra, la terreur de Dilma Rousseff ». Ce colonel de
l’armée de terre a torturé l’ancienne présidente (alors membre d’une
organisation d’extrême gauche) pendant vingt-deux jours lors de son
arrestation, en 1970. Le député a été condamné par la justice pour des
propos dépréciatifs sur les femmes, les Noirs et les homosexuels, mais
il est aujourd’hui l’homme politique le plus suivi sur Facebook. »

<< https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2017/12/VIGNA/58174 >>

 

Daniel Melim. — « People » (Le Peuple), São Bernardo do Campo (São Paulo), 2011

www.melim.art.br

The Final Truth of Russia-gate

The Final Truth of Russia-gate

 

 So here we have it at last, the final truth of Russia-gate: yes, there
was indeed foreign collusion in the 2016 election, but it came from the
opposite direction than the media are telling us.

 

CATALONIA -- Spain: What Are Human Rights Worth?

Spain: What Are Human Rights Worth?

 

 

CATALONIA

Spain: What Are Human Rights Worth?

<< https://thecatalanvoice.blogspot.com/…/spain-what-are-human… >>

 

 

Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New Middle East” - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New Middle East” - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

This
article by award winning author Mahdi Nazemroaya first published by GR
in November 2006 is of particular relevance to an understanding of the
ongoing process of destabilization and political fragmentation of Iraq,
Syria and Yemen.

Washington’s strategy consists in breaking up Syria and Iraq.

 

De la corruption à la guerre au Yémen, l’histoire secrète des chars français - Rallumerlesetoiles.over-blog.com

De la corruption à la guerre au Yémen, l’histoire secrète des chars français - Rallumerlesetoiles.over-blog.com

 

 

FROM CORRUPTION TO WAR IN YEMEN, THE SECRET HISTORY OF FRENCH TANKS •  

www.mediapart.fr

« Documents obtained by Wikileaks and shared with Mediapart, DER SPIEGEL and la Repubblica
unveil a secret state: the corruption hidden behind the sale of French
tanks in the United Arab Emirates. These are the same tanks that are
plaguing the war in Yemen today, causing the worst humanitarian crisis
in the world, according to the UN.

The French tanks used for
three years by the United Arab Emirates in Yemen, in a war that has
already killed more than 10,000 (mostly civilians) and provoked,
according to the UN, the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, hide a
heavy secret.

A state secret a quarter of a century old.

His revelation today opens the door on the unpublished confession of
state corruption through the payment by a French government arms company
of 200 million dollars of black money on accounts located in tax
havens, according to documents obtained by Wikileaks
and shared with Mediapart, Der Spiegel (Germany) and La Repubblica
(Italy), who were able to authenticate them by an independent
investigation.

These documents offer a rare dive into the
mysteries of one of the largest arms contracts signed by France, now the
third largest arms exporting country in the world. »

Read More: https://bit.ly/2OqWVdt

 

Video: ISIS Seizes Toxic Agents Intended to be Used for Provocations in Idlib - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Video: ISIS Seizes Toxic Agents Intended to be Used for Provocations in Idlib - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 ISIS terrorists have been able to seize toxic chemicals due to the
irresponsible actions of the representatives of the Western countries,
Lieutenant General Vladimir Savchenko, chief of the Russian center for
the reconciliation of the conflicting sides in Syria, said on October
10.

Afghanistan: The Making of a Narco State – Rolling Stone

Afghanistan: The Making of a Narco State – Rolling Stone

 

 

Even
more shocking is the fact that the Afghan narcotics trade has gotten
undeniably worse since the U.S.-led invasion: The country produces twice
as much opium as it did in 2000. How did all those poppy fields flower
under the nose of one of the biggest international military and
development missions of our time? The answer lies partly in the deeply
cynical bargains struck by former Afghan President Hamid Karzai in his
bid to consolidate power, and partly in the way the U.S. military
ignored the corruption of its allies in taking on the Taliban. It’s the
story of how, in pursuit of the War on Terror, we lost the War on Drugs
in Afghanistan by allying with many of the same people who turned the
country into the world’s biggest source of heroin.

<< https://www.rollingstone.com/…/afghanistan-the-making-of-a…/ >>

 

Afghanistan produced 6,400 tons of opium in 2014, about 90 percent of the world's supply.

Victor J. Blue

SPAIN -- Catalonia and postfascism | openDemocracy

Catalonia and postfascism | openDemocracy

 

 

SPAIN

"The Spanish transition was in many ways unique to Europe. Of the
countries that were under the iron heel of fascism in the twentieth
century (Germany, Italy, Greece and Portugal and Spain) only Spain
deserves the description ‘postfascist.’ Italy and Germany passed through
different processes of cleansing fascism from government in the
post-war settlement; Greece and Portugal were exposed to processes of
reparation, memory and indeed criminal trials that helped expel fascism
from the establishment. This was not the case in Spain."

<< https://www.opendemocracy.net/…/d…/catalonia-and-postfascism >>

Striking
Catalan pro-independence students march through Barcelona on the
Catalan Secession referendum anniversary, October 1, 2018. Matthias
Oesterle/Press Association. All rights reserved.

 

IDF Awards Israeli Solders for Deadly Crackdown on Gaza Protests

IDF Awards Israeli Solders for Deadly Crackdown on Gaza Protests

 

Sometimes described in the media as “clashes,” the protests in Gaza
involve heavily-armed Israeli snipers firing into crowds of unarmed
young Palestinians. Those killed by IDF fire include journalists, medics
and children.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/idf-awards-israeli-soldier…/…/ 

 

New WikiLeaks Doc Exposes Corruption in UAE Arms Deal Fueling War on Yemen

New WikiLeaks Doc Exposes Corruption in UAE Arms Deal Fueling War on Yemen

 

 Though the corruption detailed in the newly leaked document took place
decades ago, it highlights how lucrative arms deals are often enough
incentive for governments to bend the rules in order to keep weapons and
cash flowing, no matter the consequences.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/new-wikileaks-doc-exposes-…/…/

 

CATALONIA -- 1 October: then and now – barbaryfigs

1 October: then and now – barbaryfigs

 

 

CATALONIA

It’s 1 October again, full year has passed since the Catalans managed
to hold a referendum against all the odds. The Spanish government and
authorities would not authorise the referendum but the Catalan
authorities decided to go ahead with it anyway. Thanks to extraordinary
ingenuity, resolve and firm non-violent resistance of the people, they
pulled it off. Ballot boxes were imported from China, stored in Elna,
Rousillon, smuggled across the border to distribution points, and then
taken to the polling stations without one being intercepted by police.
Hundreds of thousands of ballot papers were seized, but of course there
are millions of printers in Catalonia.

<< https://barbaryfigs.com/2018/10/01/1-october-then-and-now/ >>

 

 

US military plan to spread viruses using insects could create ‘new class of biological weapon’, scientists warn | The Independent

US military plan to spread viruses using insects could create ‘new class of biological weapon’, scientists warn | The Independent

 

 

In a scathing #report issued this week, researchers with the #Science Policy Forum have accused the #USA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (#DARPA)
of creating a technology – ostensibly used to genetically modify crops
with insects – but that could be converted into a dangerous and illegal #bioweapon. | #InsectAllies #biotech #gmo

<< https://www.independent.co.uk/…/us-military-plan-biological… >>

 

Central Banks, Technocratic Power, and the Fear of Democracy | Economic Sociology and Political Economy

Central Banks, Technocratic Power, and the Fear of Democracy | Economic Sociology and Political Economy

 

 

“What
do border guards and central bankers have in common? Both operate, on a
day-to-day basis, in political spaces exempt from many of the norms of
liberal democratic politics and yet have the power to define and
constrain them." Jacqueline Best presents thought-provoking discussion
and arguments on the power of technocratic exceptionalism

<< https://economicsociology.org/…/central-banks-technocratic…/ >>

 

 

Europe, It’s Time to End the Growth Dependency

Europe, It’s Time to End the Growth Dependency

 

 

Economic growth 📉💹💶
- a mantra Europe has been living by for the past 70 years. Now, It's
time to change the conversation. Let's put people and the planet first! 🌎
Add your support to European Environmental Bureau - EEB's call for a Europe #BeyondGDP! 👇

<< https://you.wemove.eu/…/europe-it-s-time-to-end-the-growth-… >>

 

 

On France, Greece, and the Never Ending Elites Ruling | New Eastern Outlook

On France, Greece, and the Never Ending Elites Ruling | New Eastern Outlook

 

 

I never imagined I’d be starting a
report on international affairs with “I told you so.” But here it is,
the day most of the world is looking on in disbelief at more political
promises which were just that – promises. New presidents and older prime
ministers stand out in front of billions in dismay. Here’s that “I told
you so” I never wanted to give you.

I woke up this morning reading a story
from The Independent with the punchline, “The people’s voice is loud and
clear as French lose faith in Macron and his popularity plummets to an
all new low.” Author Adam Nossiter does a nice job painting a picture of
ordinary French people stunned once again by the reality that is the
French political process. I have to quote from the lead-in of the story
for you here:

“The cheese lady, the melon man, the
retiree downing his morning glass, the olive seller, the housewife
sipping coffee and the village mayor submerged by constituents’ unpaid
bills – all agreed that their country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, was
letting them down.”

https://journal-neo.org/2018/09/29/569on-france-greece-and-the-never-ending-elites-ruling/

 

US War on ISIS Is the Biggest Lie Since the 2003 Iraq Invasion: Here’s the Proof

US War on ISIS Is the Biggest Lie Since the 2003 Iraq Invasion: Here’s the Proof

 

 War is the most profitable business..

 

CATALONIA CataloCATALONIA -- Catalonia: What would an economic split from Spain mean? - BBC News

Catalonia: What would an economic split from Spain mean? - BBC News

 

 

CATALONIA

Catalonia: What would an economic split from Spain mean?

By Daniel Thomas

<< https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45723474 >>

 

 Pro-independence protesters on the streets of Barcelona this week

CATALONIA - Spain's waged 'economic war' against Catalonia, claims report

Spain's waged 'economic war' against Catalonia, claims report

 

 

CATALONIA

Just a day after the referendum, some 10 billion euros in capital
deposited by Spanish public companies and authorities were withdrawn
from Catalonia's top 2 banks, claims report https://goo.gl/Cdi1ev ~~

 

CATALONIA -- Catalonian independence is not a threat to Europe – POLITICO

Catalonian independence is not a threat to Europe – POLITICO

 

 

CATALONIA

"The only weapons used by Catalans over the past six years were
peaceful demonstrations and a democratic vote. It was Catalan
independence supporters who were the target of violent attacks from the
police when they tried to cast their votes in last year’s referendum."

<< https://www.politico.eu/…/catalonia-independence-spai…/amp/… >>

 

Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion

Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion

 

 About 90% of the world’s illegal opium is estimated to come from Afghanistan.

 

WikiLeaks - Hillary Clinton Email Archive

WikiLeaks - Hillary Clinton Email Archive

 

 

Wikileaks:

« Hillary Clinton email: Israeli intelligence says collapse of Syria will spark a Sunni-Shiite war that will benefit #Israel https://bit.ly/25jSiSQ #Syria #Iran » ⚬ https://bit.ly/2oSQTUG

 " At the same time, the fall of the House of

Assad could well ignite a sectarian war between the Shiites and the majority Sunnis of the region drawing in
Iran, which, in the view of Israeli commaders would not be a bad thing for Israel and its Western allies. In the

opinion of this individual, such a scenario would distract and might obstruct Iran from its nuclear activities for a

good deal of time. In addition, certain senior Israeli intelligence analysts believe that this turn of events may

even prove to be a factor in the eventual fall of the current government of Iran. "

White Helmets Currently Staging “False Flag” Chemical Attack in Idlib

White Helmets Currently Staging “False Flag” Chemical Attack in Idlib

 

 

Whitney Webb

It
seems that the millions of dollars the U.S. and its allied Western
governments have paid to the White Helmets will now pay off with
interest, as a staged provocation that is the group’s specialty will
offer a new justification for the continued military presence of these
countries inside Syria.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/white-helmets-chemical-att…/…/

 

UN Declares: "UK Has Weakest Oversight Of Surveillance In The Western World" (update) - TruePublica

UN Declares: "UK Has Weakest Oversight Of Surveillance In The Western World" (update) - TruePublica

 

 

By TruePublica: This article was first published
in August 2015. What is interesting here is how far ‘mission creep’ has
enabled Britain to go further than ever before when it comes to the
destruction of privacy. It has only just been revealed that the Five
Eyes alliance (UK, USA, Aus, NZ and Can), dedicated to a global “collect-it-all” surveillance
task, has issued what they like to term as a memorandum, demanding that
tech companies build complete backdoor access for states to access
users’ encrypted data or face measures that will force companies to
comply.

The memo was
very quietly released with no media coverage last week by the
Australian Department of Home Affairs, which essentially demanded that
tech providers “create customized solutions, tailored to their
individual system architectures that are capable of meeting lawful
access requirements.” In other words, let the state snoop on anything
including encryption or you’re breaking the law. And to be absolutely
precise on the matter, this is not a law – it’s a decree. That means the
state will use bullying and intimidation and not the rule of law
through the courts to get its way. The memo was reportedly released
after ministers for the intelligence agencies of the Five Eyes nations met on Australia’s Gold Coast last week.

As for the reasons why privacy is so important – well just look
at the dreadful record of the UK government with data. (This single list
shows government agencies lost the private details of over 30 million individuals
– in 30 incidents, many containing highly sensitive and very personal
information) used by hackers to intimidate, blackmail and thieve. 

It’s truly shocking.  Add the fact that security experts of these backdoor access proposals have stated time and time again that
there is no workable way to create a “secure backdoor” that would not
be vulnerable by hackers and the government then becomes your enemy.