Month: July 2021

Categories Shows

Biden ends Iraq war, Medicare for All marches, Buffalo attacks socialist mayoral candidate

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Joe Biden announced this week that combat operations in Iraq were over. Lee Camp looks back at all the times previous presidents made the same false declaration about the US’ extended illegal occupation of the Middle Eastern nation. Camp also reports on the Medicare for All marches that took place across the country last weekend, the boost being given to the military’s already-gargantuan budget, the sentencing of whistleblower Daniel Hale, and the latest in the Syrian chemical weapons saga. … Read More >Biden ends Iraq war, Medicare for All marches, Buffalo attacks socialist mayoral candidate

Categories Russia

Russia building high-tech replacement for secretive nuclear ‘doomsday plane’ with boosted range & improved capabilities — reports

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Russia has begun working on a brand new version of its famed, soviet-era ‘doomsday plane’, an aircraft designed to house the country’s top leadership and keep them out of harm’s way in case of all-out nuclear war on the ground. … Read More >Russia building high-tech replacement for secretive nuclear ‘doomsday plane’ with boosted range & improved capabilities — reports

Categories Middle East

Iran surpasses 30,000 daily coronavirus cases as record number of new infections reported amid Tehran lockdown

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Iran has broken another sad record in daily Covid-19 infections, just days after its capital, Tehran, tightened lockdown measures. The country is one of the hardest hit in the Middle East. … Read More >Iran surpasses 30,000 daily coronavirus cases as record number of new infections reported amid Tehran lockdown

Categories Russia

A ‘New Cold War’ has already started, but Russia & China are winning against a ‘weakening’ West, says former Kremlin adviser

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The Soviet Union might have lost the first Cold War, but Russia is ahead in the rematch with the US and, this time, has every chance of coming out on top. That’s according to one well-known Moscow scholar, Sergey Karaganov. … Read More >A ‘New Cold War’ has already started, but Russia & China are winning against a ‘weakening’ West, says former Kremlin adviser

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‘What Israel uses against Palestinians today will be used against the world tomorrow’ – UN Rapporteur

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. He discusses the postponement of the Palestinian elections and the difficulty of holding them at all under Israeli occupation, how Israel’s illegal settlements are the engine for the occupation, the war crimes committed by Israel in the recent 11-day bombing of Gaza, the NSO Group’s Pegasus project leaks … Read More >‘What Israel uses against Palestinians today will be used against the world tomorrow’ – UN Rapporteur

Categories World

Former Australian Liberal National Party leader blasts colleagues for abandoning ‘fundamental Australian values’ during Covid-19

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Campbell Newman, the former premier of Queensland and ex-leader of the Liberal National Party, has accused his colleagues of abandoning Australian values during the Covid-19 pandemic after publicly resigning from the party. … Read More >Former Australian Liberal National Party leader blasts colleagues for abandoning ‘fundamental Australian values’ during Covid-19

Categories EU

French parliament approves bill forcing vaccination for medical workers & greater health pass use amid growing protests

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The French parliament has approved a bill to further tighten requirements for mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations and health passes in response to the Delta variant. The new constraints come amid mounting protests in France. … Read More >French parliament approves bill forcing vaccination for medical workers & greater health pass use amid growing protests

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CrossTalk: China vs US

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In the wake of a second high-level meeting, where does the fraught China-US relationship stand? The first meeting, in Anchorage, Alaska, was an embarrassing failure for Secretary of State Blinken. At the second meeting the Chinese presented the Americans with a set of demands. It would seem the stage is now set for real negotiations and not just theatrics. … Read More >CrossTalk: China vs US