The clubof.info Blog: February 2023

28 February 2023

Antiwar, Apathy, and War Hawks

Read Part 1. Back in February of 2003, an estimated 10 million to 15 million people hit the streets around the world in opposition to a war on Iraq. US president George W Bush dismissed the protesting masses as a “focus group.” Bush and his partner in crime, UK prime minister Tony Blair, invaded Iraq […] The post Antiwar, Apathy, and War Hawks first appeared on Dissident Voice. - Kim Petersen
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On February 27, Reuters reports, the White House gave federal agencies a 30-day deadline to ensure that all government-owned devices are TikTok-free. The supposed, but seemingly evidenceless, reason: Because a Chinese company owns TikTok — a smart phone app for creating and sharing short videos — the Chinese government may be using it to spy … Continue reading The Proposed TikTok Ban Goes Too Far. The Current TikTok Ban Doesn’t Go Far Enough. → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Patriotic Alternative had a bad weekend, despite the Guardian amplifying its views

Far-right group Patriotic Alternative was out on Saturday 25 February in Newquay and Skegness, stoking racist and fascist sentiment under the guise of ‘protesting’ … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2023/02/27/patriotic-alternative-had-a-bad-weekend-despite-the-guardian-amplifying-its-views/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

China Compellingly Appears To Be Recalibrating Its Approach To The NATO-Russian Proxy War

China Compellingly Appears To Be Recalibrating Its Approach To The NATO-Russian Proxy War By Andrew Korybko If the military-strategic dynamics decisively shift in NATO’s favor due to the bloc dispatching more modern arms to Kiev at the expense of its members’... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/02/26/china-compellingly-appears-to-be-recalibrating-its-approach-to-the-nato-russian-proxy-war/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Here’s What I Learned From Analysing The New Cold War For 365 Consecutive Days

Here’s What I Learned From Analysing The New Cold War For 365 Consecutive Days By Andrew Korybko Humbly speaking, nobody in the Alt-Media Community or the Mainstream Media has published as many analyses as I have over the past year, which... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/02/24/heres-what-i-learned-from-analysing-the-new-cold-war-for-365-consecutive-days/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Seldom a day goes by without some new controversy on, or about, Twitter. Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform worked like a mainline injection of methamphetamine to boost that effect. Consider a February 15 announcement which, even a year ago, would likely have struck most people as boring and technical: “[S]tarting today, we will no longer … Continue reading 2FA Change: Good for Twitter, Good for Twitter’s Users → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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We now know the DWP is still not properly increasing Universal Credit in April

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be increasing benefits by 10.1% in April. These include payments like Universal Credit. However, there’s a … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/02/24/universal-credit-claimants-still-worse-off-pandemic-dwp-benefits/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Instead of Stuck in Court or on Some Future Ballot, Legal Marijuana Should Be On DeSantis’s Desk ASAP

For the “privilege” of using medical marijuana without being arrested, about one of every 25 Floridians pays the state government $75 per year for a special identification card, and up to another $200 for periodic visits to a small sub-set of authorized doctors who can prescribe the common plant for a limited number of ailments. … Continue reading Instead of Stuck in Court or on Some Future Ballot, Legal Marijuana Should Be On DeSantis’s Desk ASAP → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Sheikh Imran N. Hosein: Who Will Be Responsible For A Nuclear War?

Sheikh Imran N. Hosein: Who Will Be Responsible For A Nuclear War? By News Desk Sheikh Imran N. Hosein: If a nuclear war takes place, who will be blamed for it? Many scholars and analysts around the world are also... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/02/22/sheikh-imran-n-hosein-who-will-be-responsible-for-a-nuclear-war/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The far right are targeting refugees in a Newquay hotel this weekend

A far-right group has organised a racist protest at a hotel hosting refugees in Newquay, Cornwall, on Saturday 25 February. It comes after the … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/02/22/the-far-right-are-targeting-refugees-in-a-newquay-hotel-this-weekend/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

“Qualified Immunity” Strikes Again

Over the last few decades, we’ve seen numerous bad actors escape punishment for their bad acts — ranging from theft to sexual misconduct to summary execution — for no better reason than that they were government employees, under the doctrine of “qualified immunity.” Now the US Supreme Court appears to have dropped the “qualified” part … Continue reading “Qualified Immunity” Strikes Again → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Enabling the Warmaking of Empire

It is understood by all that at least two sides are required in a war scenario. One side must be waging war on another side. It is not required that the aggressed side fight back. To surrender to a warmaker, however, means coming under the suzerainty of the warmaker. That is almost always anathema to […] The post Enabling the Warmaking of Empire first appeared on Dissident Voice. - Kim Petersen
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It’s Not Strange That Russia Gave Security Guarantees To Biden During His Trip To Kiev

It’s Not Strange That Russia Gave Security Guarantees To Biden During His Trip To Kiev By Andrew Korybko Neither competing Great Power wants a significant escalation in their ongoing proxy war in Ukraine, let alone one caused by Russia accidentally harming... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/02/21/its-not-strange-that-russia-gave-security-guarantees-to-biden-during-his-trip-to-kiev/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The UCU cancelling strikes has thrown-up questions about the union

On Friday 17 February, the University and College Union (UCU) dramatically called off strikes less than 96 hours before they were due to happen. … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/02/20/the-ucu-cancelling-strikes-has-thrown-up-questions-about-the-union/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Time To Invoke 4th Geneva Convention In Kashmir

Time To Invoke 4th Geneva Convention In Kashmir: Dr Fai By Our Special Correspondent Mirpur, Azad Kashmir – “I would like to remind everybody that we are mindful that hundreds of webinars have not brought any visible change in the... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/02/18/time-to-invoke-4th-geneva-convention-in-kashmir/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A specter is haunting the globe — the specter of overpopulation. Or maybe under-population. Or perhaps “demographic decline.” Whatever it is, all the powers of old Earth have entered into various holy alliances to exorcise it. The panics started way back when with Thomas Malthus, but came to new prominence in 1968 with Paul and … Continue reading Government Population Control Isn’t About Population, It’s About Control → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Letters to the Canary: Starmer, British Gas, Catalonia, and Royal Mail

The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people’s responses to the news, politics, or anything … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/letters/2023/02/18/letters-to-the-canary-starmer-british-gas-catalonia-and-royal-mail/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Law Enforcement Porn: Manufacturing Fake Crimes Instead of Solving Real Ones

“[F]ormer MTV star” Connor Smith, NBC Chicago reports, “is wanted in the Chicago area after he was accused trying to meet a child for a sexual encounter. Smith is accused of “traveling to meet a minor, grooming a minor and disseminating harmful material.” While I’ve never heard of this “star,” he sounds like a bad … Continue reading Law Enforcement Porn: Manufacturing Fake Crimes Instead of Solving Real Ones → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Russia’s Newfound Appeal To African Countries Is Actually Quite Easy To Explain

Russia’s Newfound Appeal To African Countries Is Actually Quite Easy To Explain By Andrew Korybko Africa will always support the side that’s fighting to liberate its countries from the chains of neo-colonialism and structural racism, which means that the West never... Read More › - Voice of East
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Aloft in Search of Monsters to Destroy

They’re over Alaska! They’re over Montana! They’re over Lake Huron! They’re over … oh, wait, they just got shot down. Whew! That was close! Tesla’s engineers are gathering this week in Washington with an eye on dramatically improving their vehicles’ acceleration profiles by studying how fast the US government managed to get from “nothing there,” … Continue reading Aloft in Search of Monsters to Destroy → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Have you fallen out of love with the corporate media?

If you’ve fallen out of love with the corporate media, why not swipe right on the Canary this Valentine’s Day and give a long-term … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/featured/2023/02/12/valentines-day-have-you-fallen-out-of-love-with-the-corporate-media/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Maqbool Bhat’s Sacrifices For Kashmir Will Not Go In Vain

Maqbool Bhat’s Sacrifices For Kashmir Will Not Go In Vain: Dr Fai By Our Special Correspondent Washington, DC – “The children of oppressors are provided with all the luxuries and comfort of the world, but the children of resistance leaders... Read More › - Voice of East
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Russia is Taking on All of NATO plus Ukraine

… NATO doesn’t respect anything about Russia. NATO knows no limits. — Scott Ritter It is difficult for the person-on-the-street to get a proper handle on what is happening in a war. Regarding the current fighting between Russia and Ukraine, the monopoly media in the “West” has often pointed to Ukraine winning. Other independent sources […] The post Russia is Taking on All of NATO plus Ukraine first appeared on Dissident Voice. - Kim Petersen
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In 1970, economist Milton Friedman set out a bold claim in a New York Times op-ed: “The Social Responsibility Of Business Is to Increase its Profits.” More than 50 years later, we find ourselves embroiled in episode X of “OMG, a restaurant is introducing a food I find suspicious, they’ve gone WOKE.” Last August, it was … Continue reading The Social Responsibility of Business is Cauliflower → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Students occupy university buildings in solidarity with the UCU while protesting their own dire conditions

Students are occupying buildings at several universities. They’ve been holed up supporting the University and College Union (UCU) strike action – defying the student-versus-striker … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2023/02/10/students-occupy-university-buildings-in-solidarity-with-the-ucu-while-protesting-their-own-dire-conditions/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Two Cheers for Matt Gaetz’s Ukraine War Resolution

On February 9, US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and ten Republican co-sponsors introduced a resolution “expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States must end its military and financial aid to Ukraine, and urges [sic] all combatants to reach a peace agreement.” When Matt Gaetz is right (which really isn’t very … Continue reading Two Cheers for Matt Gaetz’s Ukraine War Resolution → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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It’s Time To Clarify The Dynamics Of The New Cold War

It’s Time To Clarify The Dynamics Of The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko Here’s the full English-language version of the interview that I gave to Victor M. Rodriguez about the dynamics of the New Cold War, which was originally... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/02/09/its-time-to-clarify-the-dynamics-of-the-new-cold-war/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Ballooning Paranoia: The China Threat Hits the Skies

Hysteria over balloons is a strange thing. Hot air balloons made their appearance during the Napoleonic era, where they served as delivery weapons for bombs and undertook surveillance tasks. High altitude balloons were also used by, of all powers, the United States during the 1950s, for reasons of gathering intelligence, though these were shot down […] The post Ballooning Paranoia: The China Threat Hits the Skies first appeared on Dissident Voice. - Kim Petersen
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Why I Am Anti-war (And What That Means)

As the post-Russian-invasion phase of the war in Ukraine approaches the end of its first year (its previous, lower-intensity, phase blazed into military flame in 2014), I continually find my own position pigeon-holed into convenient categories by those who hold other positions on it. Some who claim to be “anti-war” accuse me of supporting Russian … Continue reading Why I Am Anti-war (And What That Means) → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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CWU says Royal Mail will not ‘demoralise’ workers after postal strike cancelled

Royal Mail has used yet more legal shenanigans to try to stop the Communication Workers Union (CWU) taking action. It’s using a legal technicality … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2023/02/07/cwu-says-royal-mail-will-not-demoralise-workers-after-postal-strike-cancelled/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

CNN Confirmed That The Balloon Incident Was A Defining Moment In The New Cold War

CNN Confirmed That The Balloon Incident Was A Defining Moment In The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko Whether due to a coincidental convergence of thought or after having been influenced by my analytical series on this subject, CNN’s Stephen Collinson... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/02/07/cnn-confirmed-that-the-balloon-incident-was-a-defining-moment-in-the-new-cold-war/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Tory health minister condemns the nurses’ strike – while being an RCN member

As the NHS nurses’ strike started its first day of action, the government sent out a Tory health minister to do the morning TV … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2023/02/06/tory-health-minister-condemns-the-nurses-strike-while-being-an-rcn-member/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

5th February: ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day And ‘International Day of Human Fraternity’

5th February: ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day And ‘International Day of Human Fraternity’ By Our Special Correspondent Washington, DC. – Today, the world is observing the ‘International Day of Human Fraternity’ to highlight the importance of tolerance among the members of different... Read More › - Voice of East
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It’s Time To End The Charade In Kashmir

It’s time to end the charade in Kashmir: Dr Fai By Our Special Correspondent Islamabad – “It is clear that resolving the Kashmir dispute requires a careful evaluation of its many points of contention and addressing them one by one... Read More › - Voice of East
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Debt Ceiling: Extortion! Hostage-Taking! Irresponsibility!

As Congress rolls out its latest theatrical production concerning the “debt ceiling,” the same old lines from the same old script are enjoying new life. New York Magazine‘s Jonathan Chait calls Republican noises about perhaps not just automatically supporting increased government borrowing “extortion” and a “blatant violation of democratic legitimacy” (because, as you no doubt … Continue reading Debt Ceiling: Extortion! Hostage-Taking! Irresponsibility! → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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US police have now killed a disabled Black man

As the fallout from the police killing of Tyre Nichols continues, it’s emerged that officers in Los Angeles, US, have killed a disabled Black … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2023/02/02/us-police-have-now-killed-a-disabled-black-man/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Human Rights Watch Joined The Ranks Of Amnesty International By Exposing Kiev’s War Crimes

Human Rights Watch Joined The Ranks Of Amnesty International By Exposing Kiev’s War Crimes By Andrew Korybko The US-led West’s Mainstream Media is predictably silent and appears to be deliberately ignoring this “politically inconvenient” report. Drawing attention to it would erode... Read More › - Voice of East
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Corbyn defends teachers’ strike – workers have “had enough”

As teachers strike around England and Wales, Jeremy Corbyn has nailed just why they’re taking action – and why we should support them. The … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
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