Tag: UK
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[Sharing] A Nobel for the Donald? – David Stockman, Antiwar.com
Donald Trump doesn’t really deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Not after his unprovoked bombing of a country (Iran) that is no military threat whatsoever to the American Homeland. Not after continuing to green-light and arm Israel’s genocidal madness on Gaza and elsewhere. And not, most especially, after fronting for an even bigger defense budget than…
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[Sharing] Declassified: CIA’s Covert Ukraine Invasion Plan – Kit Klarenberg
On August 7th, US polling giant Gallup published the remarkable results of a survey of Ukrainians. Public support for Kiev “fighting until victory” has plummeted to a record low “across all segments” of the population, “regardless of region or demographic group.” In a “nearly complete reversal from public opinion in 2022,” 69% of citizens “favor…
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[Sharing] Russophrenia: the West’s favourite delusion about Russia – Brian McDonald
Ten years after I coined the term, the media’s still convinced Russia is both collapsing, and conquering the world There’s a peculiar affliction that’s gripped the Western commentariat for decades now. I first diagnosed it in June 2015 and gave it a name: Russophrenia. The tell-tale sign? That deep-set conviction that Russia’s about to keel…
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[Partage] La Russie est notre Rorschach – Emmanuel Todd
En avril dernier, interrogé par une chaîne de télévision russe sur la russophobie occidentale, j’avais eu une illumination. J’avais à peu près répondu : cela va vous être désagréable d’entendre ça, mais notre russophobie n’a aucun rapport avec vous. C’est un fantasme, une pathologie des sociétés occidentales, un besoin endogène d’imaginer un monstre russe. Pour…
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Daily pictures: Israel is the Middle Eastern boil of Western imperialism
the novelty is that the corrupt West is showing signs of sepsis The man at left is Ahmed al Sharaa, nom de guerre Muhammad al Julani, a jihadist warlord. He is leading since 2012 the Syrian branch of al Qaeda, became dictator in December 2024 of the new West-friendly emirate in former secular Syria, where…
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[Sharing] Imperial Hypocrisy About “Terrorism” Hits Its Most Absurd Point Yet – Caitlin Johnstone
The US has removed Syria’s Al Qaeda franchise from its list of designated terrorist organizations just days after the UK added nonviolent activist group Palestine Action to its own list of banned terrorist groups. The western empire will surely find ways to be even more hypocritical and ridiculous about its “terrorism” designations in the future,…
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[Sharing] Ukrainian, Georgian, and British — all in one? – Igor Pshenichnikov, GEOFOR
47-year-old Blaze Metreveli appointed as new head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service For the first time in its history, Britain’s MI6 intelligence service will be led by a woman, career intelligence officer 47-year-old Blaze Metreveli. An intriguing move from Russia’s perennial adversaries — but what’s behind it? First, let’s consider Russia’s initial reaction. Just a…
