Month: January 2020

Categories Op-ed

Secret intelligence & ‘highly likelys’: How media created narrative around Tehran jet crash to blame Iran, Russia and Trump

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Whatever caused Flight 752 to crash just after takeoff from Tehran, the 176 people who died were quickly drafted as elements in a propaganda narrative targeting both Iran, Russia and US President Donald Trump. … Read More >Secret intelligence & ‘highly likelys’: How media created narrative around Tehran jet crash to blame Iran, Russia and Trump

Categories Op-ed

The Chaos Guru: What’s so exceptional about the US that it can tell New Delhi what arms to buy to defend itself?

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I was seven when the US sent its Seventh Fleet to the Bay of Bengal to scare India during the 1971 Indo-Pak War. Today it’s making a similar growl, of a financial kind, to freeze India from buying Russia’s S-400 missile system. … Read More >The Chaos Guru: What’s so exceptional about the US that it can tell New Delhi what arms to buy to defend itself?

Categories Middle East

‘Psychological warfare’: Iran dares Canada & others to show ‘intelligence’ they used to accuse Tehran of downing Ukrainian jet

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Tehran has dismissed claims that the crashed Ukrainian Boeing 737 was hit by an Iranian missile as “psychological warfare,” calling on countries that lost citizens in the crash to send representatives to join its probe. … Read More >‘Psychological warfare’: Iran dares Canada & others to show ‘intelligence’ they used to accuse Tehran of downing Ukrainian jet

Categories Russia

Kinzhal hypersonic and Kalibr cruise missiles fired during massive Russian Navy drills in the Black Sea (VIDEOS)

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More than 30 warships and 40 aircraft got together for a major joint exercise of Russia’s Black Sea and Northern Fleets, providing for a chance to see some of the country’s most hyped weapons in action. … Read More >Kinzhal hypersonic and Kalibr cruise missiles fired during massive Russian Navy drills in the Black Sea (VIDEOS)

Categories Shows

Why the US wants war with Iran, Australian wildfires, greenwashing the Youth Climate Movement

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We are not at war with Iran but Trump tried his hardest to make that happen this week by assassinating General Qassem Soleimani. Since then, the mainstream media have been losing their minds with indecision over whether the orange man is bad or the illegal assassination of an enemy of the US empire is good. Lee dives into why the US wants war with Iran … Read More >Why the US wants war with Iran, Australian wildfires, greenwashing the Youth Climate Movement

Categories Shows

De-escalating

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Over the past week, we have heard a lot about escalation, de-escalation and what is proportionate. We have also heard the word ‘war’. This is how the US-Iran conflict is described. What is not talked enough about? The necessity of ending the American military presence in the Middle East. These endless wars must cease. … Read More >De-escalating