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Retired US generals, admirals take top jobs with Saudi crown prince, other foreign governments
More than 500 retired U.S. military personnel — including scores of generals and admirals — have taken lucrative jobs since 2015 working for foreign governments, mostly in countries known for human rights abuses and political repression, according to a Washington Post investigation. Continue reading »
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Always opposing the last war but not the current one: notes from the edge of the narrative matrix
Those who hate Russia the most are the ones who embody everything they claim to hate about it: they’re all pro-war, pro-censorship, pro-propaganda, pro-trolling operations, and support Ukraine in banning political parties and opposition media. They are what they claim to hate. Continue reading »
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Extraordinary intervention by Jeffrey Sachs at the Athens Democracy Forum!!!
Watch Professor Jeffrey Sachs describe the US as “the most violent country in the world” and then get shockingly shut down at the Athens Democracy Forum. Continue reading »
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Gas export tax would help to fix Australia’s energy crisis, says Dr Ken Henry
The dire state of Australia’s domestic electricity market, and our lack of investment in renewables, has been a mess of our own making, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry has said. Continue reading »
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The profoundly stupid narrative that nuclear brinkmanship is safety and de-escalation is danger
Of all the face-meltingly stupid narratives that have been circulated about the US proxy war in Ukraine, the dumbest so far has got to be the forthcoming budget should be judged principally in terms of how well it sets us up to solve these fundamental fiscal problems facing the nation. Continue reading »
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Australia needs an honest conversation about tax and budgets – and Jim Chalmers is ready to talk
Jim Chalmers is a wily operator. Ahead of delivering his first budget next Tuesday, he has given himself room to do the things a treasurer needs to do. Continue reading »
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How the US military/business complex works. Jobs in Saudi for the Generals
“The government fought us for two years to keep these records a secret,” said one Washington Post journalist. “We sued, and won.” Continue reading »
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The market has failed to give Australians affordable housing, so don’t expect it to solve the crisis
The federal Labor government has promised to craft a national housing and homelessness plan and to fund new social housing, returning Canberra to a field it all but abandoned for a decade. A new Productivity Commission report is scathing about current arrangements and calls for far-reaching change. Continue reading »
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The flaws and fantasies of the new Biden doctrine
The US president’s new National Security Strategy is ambitious — and delusional about America’s role in the world. Continue reading »
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The non-West coalesces
Something recently happened in Vienna, where the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, now known as OPEC–Plus with the inclusion of the Russian Federation, convened for its first in-person session since 2020. It is something of epochal importance, though you will not know this if you rely solely on the reports carried in our corporate-owned media. Continue reading »
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Terror on Crimea Bridge and Russia unleashing shock’n awe
The western narrative of a ‘losing Russia’ has just been decimated by Moscow’s blitzkrieg against Ukraine and its foreign-backed terror operations. Continue reading »
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“Pictures and words”: The manipulative uses of images and language in Ukraine
12 OCTOBER—I have been reading for some days, mostly in independent publications whose credibility I am not in a position to assess, about what goes on in the territories Ukrainian troops have recently retaken. It seems that what ensues very quickly are violent campaigns of reprisals wherein those whose sympathies lie with Russia are called Continue reading »
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COVID-19 border policies strengthen Japan’s Insular mindset
From April to August 2020, Japan implemented a re-entry ban for all foreign nationals, including permanent residents, with some exceptions. This came as a shock to many who considered Japan ‘home’ since they found themselves either trapped outside the country or unable to leave to see sick family members or attend funerals. Continue reading »
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How the West’s sanctions on Russia boomeranged
When President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February, he began two very different wars. One was a military conflict in which the Russian armed forces have suffered repeated defeats, from the failure of the initial invasion to the successes of the Ukrainian counter-offensive. Continue reading »
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When will the stars shine again in Burkina Faso?
This is a tale from far away about tribulations and upheavals in countries adjacent to the Sahara desert. It has direct relevance to Australia in that much of the upheaval arises from the overthrow of the Libyan government in 2011 by NATO or more particularly France and the United States. Continue reading »
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Iranian and Turkish moves to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation challenges US hegemony
The SCO can further its goal of challenging the wider Western-dominated ecosystem and prevent Washington from setting the global agenda. Continue reading »
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US rejection of Moscow’s offer for peace talks is utterly inexcusable
It is absolutely pants-on-head gibbering insanity that these direct negotiations are not already presently underway. Continue reading »
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Ukraine’s revenge on the West
As the balance of power shifts again in Ukraine, its reverberations will impact the very unity of the EU project. Continue reading »
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Jeffrey Sachs urges dialogue amid rising Taiwan-China tensions
Jeffrey Sachs, who has been named this year’s Tang Prize laureate for Sustainable Development, has urged Taiwan and China to commit to dialogue to find a peaceful resolution in the midst of rising tensions between the two sides. Continue reading »
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How the US, not just Russia, helped bring the world closer to nuclear war
The West has effectively been challenging Russia’s right to be a hegemonic power. What if the proxy US campaign in Ukraine doesn’t lead to Russian regime downfall but instead to a desperate Putin using nuclear weapons? Continue reading »
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Watch Stella Assange slap the mustache off John Bolton’s war criminal face
Stella Assange just delivered a beatdown on one of her husband’s persecutors that was so scorched-earth demolishing I feel like I need a cigarette after watching it. Continue reading »
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US hanging fire on Australia’s nuclear subs
High-ranking US naval official points to shipyard and labour constraints that could push delivery well beyond 2030. Continue reading »
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How Israel practices apartheid
Between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, Israel has built and reinforced a single regime of rule to ensure Jewish Israeli supremacy and domination over the indigenous Palestinian people, who are politically and geographically fragmented into different categories in which they have lesser, little, or no rights in comparison to Israeli Jews depending on Continue reading »
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Jeffrey Sachs: The US or its ally may have sabotaged Nord Stream.
Why does the US star economist suspect the USA and not Russia to be behind the leaks in the gas pipelines? And what awaits the German economy now? His answers. Continue reading »
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It’s only a ‘Conspiracy Theory’ when the US Government is accused of the likely sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines
The western political/media class has been dismissing as “conspiracy theories” all claims that the US is likely responsible for last month’s sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, even while levelling the exact same accusations against Russia without ever using that term. Which probably says a lot about the way that label has been used Continue reading »
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We won’t recognise the annexation
Does any country buy Israel’s self-righteousness – it doesn’t recognise the annexation of the four provinces – at a time when Israel is trying to persuade world leaders to recognise its own annexations. Continue reading »
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Nothing’s more important than avoiding nuclear war
Avoiding nuclear war is the single most important agenda in the world. The single most important agenda in history. It is more important than your political faction. It is more important than how Vladimir Putin makes your feelings feel. It is more important than anything else. Continue reading »
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Peace, prosperity are ASEAN watchwords
Southeast Asian nations must call out US attempts to destabilise the region with anti-China rhetoric. Continue reading »
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Who profits from Pipeline Terror?
The War of Economic Corridors has entered incandescent, uncharted territory: Pipeline Terror. A sophisticated military operation – that required exhaustive planning, possibly involving several actors – blew up four separate sections of the Nord Stream (NS) and Nord Stream 2 (NS2) gas pipelines this week in the shallow waters of the Danish straits, in the Continue reading »
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The Palace Lunch
Stuart Revill, then Manager of ABC London, wrote a letter to his mother-in- law, Ethel Brunton Gibb on the occasion of being invited to Buckingham Palace for lunch, c. 1978. Continue reading »
