Kashmir And Impasse At The United Nations

Kashmir And Impasse At The United Nations By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai Kashmir is a dispute recognized by the United Nations. It holds the infamy as the most dangerous place on the planet. The 76-year-old conflict in that disputed, divided,... Read More › - Voice of East
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New Year’s Resolution: Protect Your Own Privacy

“Here’s some free advice for 2023,”  Erin Keller writes at the New York Post: “Delete all your personal information — and sexual content — from your electronic devices before donating them to Goodwill.” The advice may be free, but it’s worth far more than we’re paying for it. The “news hook” to Keller’s piece:  A … Continue reading New Year’s Resolution: Protect Your Own Privacy → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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The Five Ways That The US Successfully Reasserted Its Hegemony Over Europe In 2022

The Five Ways That The US Successfully Reasserted Its Hegemony Over Europe In 2022 By Andrew Korybko The first three were the direct result of US intelligence agencies’ anti-Russian information warfare campaign and attendant political weaponization of the false perceptions that... Read More › - Voice of East
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Yes, Government is A Business. No, You’re Not The Customer.

On December 15,  the US Government Accountability Office released a report on the Internal Revenue Service’s failings in “providing customer service to taxpayers.” Are taxpayers “customers?” Let’s have a look at that idea. “For years, George Ochenski writes at CounterPunch, “we’ve all heard politicians claim they should ‘run government like a business.’ But of course government … Continue reading Yes, Government is A Business. No, You’re Not The Customer. → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Why Is British Media Glorifying Anti-Russian Suicide-Bombing Terrorists?

Why Is British Media Glorifying Anti-Russian Suicide-Bombing Terrorists? By Andrew Korybko There are plenty of other ways to rekindle the Western public’s interest in the Ukrainian Conflict without disgustingly misportraying literal jihadis (in the words of Sky News’ Dominic Waghorn prior... Read More › - Voice of East
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Zelensky Played The Iran Card During His Congressional Address To Appeal To The Israel Lobby

Zelensky Played The Iran Card During His Congressional Address To Appeal To The Israel Lobby By Andrew Korybko It’s an objectively existing and easily verifiable fact that the total assistance that the US gave Ukraine in the span of a single... Read More › - Voice of East
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What is the Rules-Based Order?

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder & political prisoner, epitomizes what the rules-based order means in the lexicon of US empire. In fits of, what might well be termed, masochism, some of us now-and-then tune in to the legacy media. When doing so, one is likely to hear western-aligned politicians rhetorize ad nauseam about the linguistically vogue […] The post What is the Rules-Based Order? first appeared on Dissident Voice. - Kim Petersen
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The Air Up There, or, Trickle-Down for Real

Talking with The Daily Beast about the new Dyson Zone — a $949  wireless headphone that also purifies the air its user breathes via an attached face mask —  Dr. Anthony Wexler, an air quality researcher at University of California Davis complains:  “These things are terrible because only rich people can afford them …. if … Continue reading The Air Up There, or, Trickle-Down for Real → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Holiday Musings: No News is Good Snooze

For the last 20-odd years, my jobs have pretty much entirely revolved around, in two words, “the news.” For the last eight years, I’ve written 150 (give or take) op-eds per year here at the Garrison Center.  The basis for any good opinion column is its “news hook” — what’s going on in the world, … Continue reading Holiday Musings: No News is Good Snooze → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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The Military Dimension Of The Russian-Iranian Strategic Partnership Stabilizes West Asia

The Military Dimension Of The Russian-Iranian Strategic Partnership Stabilizes West Asia By Andrew Korybko To be absolutely clear, Russia has no intent of encouraging Iran to carry out its own first strike against the US-Israel-GCC since any eruption of conventional conflict... Read More › - Voice of East
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Kate Brown Finally Finds the Courage of Her Convictions

Writing at The Dispatch, Kevin D. Williamson laments “adhocracy” in the form of technically legal executive action that skirts legislative prerogatives — namely, outgoing Oregon governor Kate Brown’s decision to commute the death sentences of the state’s 17 death row inmates (to life in prison without parole). It’s not that Williamson supports the death penalty. Unlike … Continue reading Kate Brown Finally Finds the Courage of Her Convictions → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Kiev’s Worst Attack Against Donetsk In Eight Years Is A Desperate Attempt To Save Face

Kiev’s Worst Attack Against Donetsk In Eight Years Is A Desperate Attempt To Save Face By Andrew Korybko Kiev’s latest war crime was also a psychological operation aimed at manipulating domestic, Russian, and Western perceptions of the conflict at this pivotal... Read More › - Voice of East
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DWP wasted £66m that was supposed to help prevent claimant suicides

CONTENT WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS REFERENCES TO SUICIDE  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has effectively admitted it has not made progress on … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
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The Yemen Yes-Men Ride Again

“Today,” US Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Masquerading-as-I — VT) said in a December 13 statement, “I withdrew from consideration by the U.S. Senate my War Powers Resolution after the Biden administration agreed to continue working with my office on ending the war in Yemen. Let me be clear. If we do not reach agreement, I will, … Continue reading The Yemen Yes-Men Ride Again → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Elon Musk Might Have Just Dealt A Death Blow To NAFO

Elon Musk Might Have Just Dealt A Death Blow To NAFO By Andrew Korybko Instead of Twitter taking Kiev’s side by boosting its trolls’ accounts and hashtags, it’s now finally moving towards becoming a neutral host of civilized debate, which aligns... Read More › - Voice of East
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Don’t let the BBC fool you – inflation hasn’t fallen for the poorest people

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Wednesday 14 December that inflation had fallen to 10.7% in November. This was down from 11.1% … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
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Memo to White House: Fauci Lied. People Died.

“Incredibly dangerous.” “Disgusting.” “Divorced from reality.” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre finally put the Biden administration on record condemning nearly three years of  disastrously misguided  “public health” responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Oh, wait, no. Jean-Pierre (and her bosses) aren’t upset about more than one million American dead, ineffectual vaccines, a ravaged economy, the … Continue reading Memo to White House: Fauci Lied. People Died. → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Iran executes a second protester, Majidreza Rahnavard, with more expected to follow

On Monday 12 December, Iranian authorities executed protester Majidreza Rahnavard. It was over the protests that have shaken the regime for months. The state … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
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Here’s Why The Latest Unrest In Iran Is Actually A US-Backed Hybrid War

Here’s Why The Latest Unrest In Iran Is Actually A US-Backed Hybrid War By Andrew Korybko Here’s the full English version of the interview that I recently gave to Iran’s Kayhan newspaper, which was reported on by the Tehran Times. 1.... Read More › - Voice of East
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Germany’s Double Standards On South African Coal Expose Its “Green Imperialism”

Germany’s Double Standards On South African Coal Expose Its “Green Imperialism” By Andrew Korybko The indisputable trend is that Germany is weaponizing “green” goals by conning South Africa into exporting all of its coal to Europe as part of its promised... Read More › - Voice of East
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“Intermittency” and “Density” Arguments Favor Household Renewables Over Fossil Fuel and Grid Dependence

Avid supporters of coal, oil, and gas (and opponents of wind and solar energy, but I repeat myself) seem convinced that they’ve got the ultimate gotcha arguments in “intermittency” and “energy density.” They’re right, but not in quite the way they seem to think. What does “intermittency” mean? It’s pretty simple: The sun doesn’t shine … Continue reading “Intermittency” and “Density” Arguments Favor Household Renewables Over Fossil Fuel and Grid Dependence → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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JCPA: A Good Idea, Promoting a Stupid Behavior, Rolled into an Unrelated Bill

It’s never really news that the annual “National Defense Authorization Act” is bloated . The 2023 version comes to $858 billion which, probably ten times what’s required to fund an actual “national defense” (as opposed to trying to maintain a sprawling global empire in terminal decline). It’s also never really news that various political factions … Continue reading JCPA: A Good Idea, Promoting a Stupid Behavior, Rolled into an Unrelated Bill → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Complaints about social housing are through the roof

Complaints to a government watchdog over the state of social housing properties have increased since 2020. New data shows some housing associations are performing … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
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Corporate media peddles ‘vile propaganda’ over NHS strikes

As trade unions announce that ambulance workers will strike on Wednesday 21 December, the corporate media has predictably gone on the attack. However, as … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
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Keir Starmer backing potential human rights violations? All in a day’s work.

Keir Starmer’s descent into Tory-lite politics has officially ended – the Labour leader has now gone full-on right-wing over refugees. Starmer: tag ’em As … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
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Donald Trump Isn’t The Terminator — He’s Just Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud

“A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude,” former US president Donald Trump wrote on his pet social media platform, Truth Social, “allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.” In reference, of course, to his fantasy that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from him. Cue … Continue reading Donald Trump Isn’t The Terminator — He’s Just Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Is France Funnelling Ukrainian Arms To West African Terrorists?

Is France Funnelling Ukrainian Arms To West African Terrorists? By Andrew Korybko Mali and Burkina Faso, who’ve earlier accused France of supporting terrorism, should cooperate with those countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission whose recent summit saw Nigerian President Buhari... Read More › - Voice of East
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The DWP’s £10 Christmas bonus is a p*ss take: it should be £274 now

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has said it will be paying claimants their £10 Christmas bonus soon. However, the amount is worth … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
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Russian-Iranian Cooperation Expands From The Levant To Central Asia And The South Caucasus

Russian-Iranian Cooperation Expands From The Levant To Central Asia And The South Caucasus By Andrew Korybko As Russia and India trade more across Central Asia and the South Caucasus via the North-South Transport Corridor, Russian-Iranian coordination will naturally expand in those... Read More › - Voice of East
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Freedom Isn’t Just Another Word For a Job Left to Lose

  The editors of the Queens Chronicle admit that it “shouldn’t be surprising when” those who “seem determined to drive businesses out of” New York City “bill themselves as Democratic Socialists, but it still is” (“Another anti-biz bill to nix,” December 1). Their shock evidently isn’t at socialists being anti-business.  The editorial posits that employers … Continue reading Freedom Isn’t Just Another Word For a Job Left to Lose → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Pakistan’s Unrealistic Demand Doomed Its Oil Talks With Russia

Pakistan’s Unrealistic Demand Doomed Its Oil Talks With Russia By Andrew Korybko The esteemed representatives who participated in this week’s talks should have been better advised than to place Pakistan on equal footing with China and India when it comes to... Read More › - Voice of East
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DWP is planning to force yet more sick and disabled people into work

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is planning on forcing more chronically ill and disabled people back to work. That’s according to its … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
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“Free Speech” and “Permissive Platforms” Aren’t the Same Thing, But They’re Both Good

Since his acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk has styled himself the very avatar of “free speech,” descending from on high to defend us against the forces of “censorship.” On the whole, I think he’s sincere in his approach to the issue. I also think he’s in error as to what, precisely, “free speech” means. To … Continue reading “Free Speech” and “Permissive Platforms” Aren’t the Same Thing, But They’re Both Good → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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