Craig Murray on the ‘slow motion execution’ of Julian Assange

ChrisHedges

September 15, 2023

As Julian Assange continues to fight extradition to the United States to face prosecution under the Espionage Act, a growing chorus of voices is rising to demand an end to his persecution. Hounded by US law enforcement and its allies for more than a decade, Assange has been stripped of all personal and civil liberties for the crime of exposing the extent of US atrocities during the War on Terror. In the intervening years, it’s become nakedly apparent that the intent of the US government is not only to silence Assange in particular, but to send a message to whistleblowers and journalists everywhere on the consequences of speaking truth to power. Former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, who was fired for exposing the CIA’s use of torture in the country, joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss what Julian Assange’s fight means for all of us.

Is BRICS+ an Anti-Colonial Formation Worth Cheering From the Left? Far From It.

Tithi Bhattacharya & Gareth

September 13, 2023

BRICS+ is not a new Non-Aligned Movement seeking to redistribute global wealth but an alliance of aspiring hegemons.

باور

گفته میشود که این آخرین شعری است که سیاوش کسرائی سرود:ا

| شکست سیاست «حیاط کوچک و دیوار بلند» آمریکا در جلوگیری از پیشرفت‌های فناوری چین

یازده سپتامبر ۲۰۲۳

شرکت «هواوی» چین با عرضه یک تلفن همراه جدید مجهز به تراشه‌های پیشرفته ساخت داخل، شور و هیجان فراوانی ایجاد کرده به گونه‌ای که برخی در ایالات متحده با ابراز نگرانی گفتند اقدامات محدودکننده علیه تراشه‌های چین موثر نبوده است.ا

UK to be one of worst performing economies this year, predicts IMF

 Faisal Islam & Noor Nanji
The UK is set to be one of the worst performing major economies in the world this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Will It Be Socialism or Barbarism for the Twenty-First Century?

RobUrie

September 11, 2023

 

Graph: the ‘enemies’ of the US (in red above) have a freakish, even preternatural, propensity for possessing large oil reserves. As if this weren’t bad enough, five of the ten nations with the largest oil reserves have ‘authoritarian’ leaders who tend toward insanity, if you believe what the CIA has to say about it. That the Americans are willing to slaughter a few million innocents abroad to control oil supplies begs the question of how many Americans they would be willing to kill to do so. The most likely answer given the substance of this essay? All of us. Source: worldometers.info.

Bound to Lose

John J. Mearsheimer

Sep 2, 2023

It is now clear that Ukraine’s eagerly anticipated counteroffensive has been a colossal failure.[1] After three months, the Ukrainian army has made little progress pushing back the Russians. Indeed, it has yet to get beyond the so-called “grey zone,” the heavily contested strip of land that lies in front of the first main line of Russian defenses. The New York Times reports that “In the first two weeks of the counteroffensive, as much as 20 percent of the weaponry Ukraine sent to the battlefield was damaged or destroyed, according to U.S. and European officials.

Caitlin Johnstone: Re-Reading John Pilger

CaitlinJohnstone

September 7, 2023

To go over a 2016 article by the renowned journalist now, in 2023, is like watching someone placing flags next to recently planted seeds that would eventually grow into the towering problems our world now faces.

 

Democracy Now! (Youtube)

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Western leaders are all fighting for their survival in power

Gilbert Doctorow

Where does this lead? To war!

I follow the Evening with Vladimir Solovyov shows as a professional duty, not for fun. The host is very often boorish and the panelists are variable in quality, with too many duds among them.  However, every several days I am pleasantly surprised by the analytical talents of one or another panelist who gives us a fresh and often persuasive understanding of the drivers of global events. 

 

سلمان پارسی‌

 یکی‌ از بزرگترین تاثیر گذران تاریخ که کمتر به آن بها داده شده است سلمان پارسی‌ است. با هدایت مستقیم چنین شخصی‌ بود که یک راهزن قافله‌ها تبدیل به یک پیامبر شد. سلمان که از بزرگترین امپراطوری‌های آن زمان برخاسته بود، و با دانشی که از مذاهب مختلف آنروز جهان داشت، علاوه بر احاطهٔ او بر علوم پایهٔ آن روزگار که بر علم و جهان‌بینی‌ اطرفیانش برتری داشت، دینی تحت عنوان اسلام زاده شد.ا

The Most Fundamental Problem with the US Military

William J. Astore

August 28, 2023

“Integrity First” is the fundamental core value of the U.S. Air Force. Two other core values speak to “service before self” and “excellence in all we do.” But integrity remains the wellspring, and it’s the U.S. military’s stunning lack of integrity that has cost the American people and indeed the world so dearly over the last half-century. 

 

American Power Just Took a Big Hit

Sarang Shidore
September 1, 2023
For more than a decade, the United States mostly ignored BRICS. The grouping, formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, rarely registered on Washington’s radar. When it did, the impulse — as shown by Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, recently stressing that the coalition is not “some kind of geopolitical rival” — was to downplay the group’s significance. Western commentators, for their part, largely painted BRICS as either a sign of Chinese attempts to dominate the global south or little more than a talking shop. Some even called for its dissolution.

Report: US, Israel to Conduct Joint Drills Simulating Attacks on Iran

Dave DeCamp

August 31, 2023

The US and Israel held their largest-ever joint exercise earlier this year

Patrick Lawrence

August 31, 2023

The Biden regime’s robotic procession to Beijing proceeds apace. Following Antony Blinken’s fruitless visit in mid–June, U.S. taxpayers have paid Janet Yellen’s airfare for another fruitless visit, and following Yellen it was the same for John Kerry. This week it is Gina Raimondo’s turn. The secretary of state, the treasury secretary, the chief climate envoy, and the commerce secretary: What is the point of this parade?

How companies in the Global North use online gig work to exploit Global South workers

Tamara Pearson

August 29, 2023

Remote gig work lets companies find workers anywhere in the world, and they’re using that to depress wages as much as possible. I was fired for speaking out about it.

Global Air Pollution Is Cutting More Than 2 Years Off Average Human Life Expectancy: Report

Jake Johnson

August 29, 2023

"Particulate pollution remains the world's greatest external risk to human health, with the impact on life expectancy comparable to that of smoking."

داستان سرنگونی مصدق

تاریخ انتشار: ۲۸ مرداد ۱۴۰۲ا

زیتون– در آستانه هفتادمین سال‌روز کودتای ۲۸ مرداد، نیکلا گرجستانی نوشتاری را درباره‌ کارنامه محمد مصدق در اختیار زیتون گذاشته است که بخش نخست آن با عنوان «مصدق برای ایران چه می‌خواست و چه کرد؟» در روزهای گذشته در زیتون منتشر شد.ا

نیکلا گرجستانی، نویسنده کتاب «مصدق؛ آن‌ها جلوتر از زمان خود بودند» ، از مقامات ارشد سابق بانک جهانی با بیش از چهار دهه تجربه در زمینه توسعه اقتصادی کشورهای در حال گذار است.ا

مصدق برای ایران چه می‌خواست و چه کرد؟

نیکلا گرجستان

بیست و پنج مرداد ۱۴۰۲

زیتون– در آستانه هفتادمین سال‌روز  کودتای ۲۸ مرداد، نیکلا گرجستانی نوشتاری را درباره‌ کارنامه محمد مصدق در اختیار زیتون گذاشته است که در دو بخش منتشر میشود.ا

نیکلا گرجستانی، نویسنده کتاب «مصدق؛ آن‌ها جلوتر از زمان خود بودند ، از مقامات ارشد سابق بانک جهانی با بیش از چهار دهه تجربه در زمینه توسعه اقتصادی کشورهای در حال گذار است.ا

US-Iran relations: Why did the prisoner exchange deal happen now?

Priyanka Shankar

August 26, 2023

Critics have argued that the US has given into Iranian blackmail by agreeing to a prisoner exchange deal.