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globinfo freexchange Why it took so long for the Western mainstream media to 'discover' the war in Yemen and the war crimes committed by the Saudi coalition in full co-operation with the US? One might think that the humanitarian disaster there - caused also by the blockade of goods for the relief of the civilians - has become so obvious, condemned multiple times by the UN, that the media finally forced to speak about it. In previous article we attempted to explain the 'unexplained phenomenon' and the fact that CNN surprisingly returned to the issue to openly condemn the US support to the Saudi coalition atrocities against civilians in Yemen. Yet, despite that the Saudi regimes have been, traditionally, the best allies of the Western neocolonialists, this time, the US had serious reasons to overthrow the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). And, surprisingly enough, at the center of this underground conflict lies an attempt by the US to privat

Donald Trump’s economic advisers released a bizarre report attacking socialism yesterday. Socialists can only take one lesson from it: we’re winning. by Miles Kampf-Lassin Part 1 If you want proof that the growing popularity of socialism poses a real threat to the Trump administration — and to the dominance of market fundamentalism over the US economy — just look at a panicky report released Tuesday by the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Titled “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism,” the seventy-two-page document is a capitalist retort to rising calls for redistributive policies. Ostensibly (and bizarrely) released in recognition of “ the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth, ” the report acknowledges that “ self-declared socialists are gaining support in Congress and among much of the electorate. ” Indeed, by the time the 2018 midterm elections come to a close, there will almost assuredly be three self-described socialists serving in the US Congr

On 20 August 2018, the Greek government of Alexis Tsipras, the IMF and the European leaders celebrated the end of the Third Memorandum. On this occasion, the major media and those in power spread the following message: Greece has regained its freedom, its economy is improving, unemployment is on the decline, Europe has lent Greece 300 billion and the Greeks will have to start repaying that debt in 2022 or in 2032. The main claims are completely unfounded as Greece remains under the control of its creditors. In compliance with the accords that the Alexis Tsipras government signed, the country must imperatively achieve a primary budgetary surplus of 3.5% which will force it to continue brutal policies of reduction of public spending in the social sector and in investment. Contrary to the dominant message that Greece will not begin to repay its debt until some time in the future, it should be clearly understood that Greece has been repaying considerable amounts constantly all al

Μαρτυρία διασώστη στο Tvxs Φωτεινή Λαμπρίδη Ποινικοποίηση Διάσωσης στη θάλασσα ή όταν ΕΕ και Ιταλία κάνουν συμφωνία με τον διάβολο « Η Ιταλία ξεκίνησε νωρίς την προσπάθεια αυτή. Όταν όμως βγήκε ο Σαλβίνι, η πρώτη ενέργεια της κυβέρνησης ήταν να κηρύξει επίσημα τον πόλεμο στις ΜΚΟ που διασώζουν πρόσφυγες. Δηλαδή έκλεισαν τα λιμάνια . Είπαν δεν δεχόμαστε ούτε έναν πρόσφυγα από καράβι ΜΚΟ που δεν έχει Ιταλική σημαία. Δεν έμειναν εκεί. Απαγόρευσαν και το Ιταλικά λιμενικό να διασώζει πρόσφυγες και να τους φέρνει στα λιμάνια. Ένα λιμενικό σκάφος, έσωσε ανθρώπους τον Αύγουστο και δεν του έδιναν άδεια να μπει μέσα. Πήγαν οι Ιταλοί στην Ευρώπη και είπαν δεν τους αφήνουμε να μπουν αν δεν βρείτε λύση. Και τους μοίρασαν σε πέντε χώρες. Όμως όσο διαρκούσε η διαπραγμάτευση, μέσα στο καράβι αυτό ήταν κακοποιημένοι άνθρωποι, άρρωστοι , βιασμένες γυναίκες που περίμεναν μία εβδομάδα ως όμηροι να τελειώσει η διαπραγμάτευση. Μιλάμε για οικτρές καταστάσεις! Η Μάλτα έκλεισε το λιμάνι

Γιώργος Στάμκος Μέρος 2ο - "Ήξεραν για την εισβολή αλλά εφησύχαζαν στα θερέτρα τους!" Η στρατιωτική επέμβαση της Τουρκίας κατά της Κύπρου -γνωστή και ως επιχείρηση “Αττίλας Ι”- ξεκίνησε στις 5.20΄ το πρωί της 20ής Ιουλίου 1974 με ταυτόχρονη ρίψη αλεξιπτωτιστών και απόβαση (“αποβίβαση”, όπως την αποκαλούσαν οι Χουντικοί για να της προσδώσουν μια επίφαση νομιμότητας) τουρκικών στρατευμάτων ανατολικά της Κυρήνειας στο βόρειο τμήμα της μεγαλονήσου. Δεν υπήρχε αιφνιδιασμός. Ήταν γνωστό άλλωστε από τα προηγούμενα έτη πως “ η 39η Μεραρχία της Τουρκίας –που ήταν αποδεσμευμένη από το ΝΑΤΟ και αποτελούσε τμήμα του Εθνικού Στρατού της Τουρκίας– ήταν από την εποχή της συγκρότησής της προσανατολισμένη για την Κύπρο… Η Μεραρχία αυτή είχε σαν στόχο την Κύπρο… Παρακολουθούσαμε επί 5χρόνια τις κινήσεις της Μεραρχίας και ξέρουμε πολλές λεπτομέρειες ”. Σύμφωνα μάλιστα με τον ταξίαρχο Μιχαήλ Γεωργίτση, “ η πρώτη πληροφορία που είχαμε πάρει από την ΚΥΠ ήταν ότι στις 18 τ

In the six weeks before Khashoggi’s disappearance, MBS not only managed to anger the U.S. military-industrial complex but the world’s most powerful bankers. by Whitney Webb Part 3 - MBS – the “reformer” who wasn’t Though the media has long spun Vision 2030 as MBS’ “ambitious” plan to wean the Saudi economy off its dependency on oil, the plan itself is actually a free-for-all for private interests and involves the neoliberalization of Saudi state-owned assets. Among its pillars are the opening of Saudi financial markets to Wall Street and the privatization of essentially everything in the Gulf Kingdom, including healthcare and, of course, Aramco . The fact that Vision 2030 was essentially a neoliberal wish-list should not come as a big surprise, however, given that it was based off a 2015 report authored by the McKinsey Global Institute, the research arm of the U.S.-based consulting firm McKinsey & Company — the “ most prestigious ” consulting firm in the world, k

Only by masking their otherwise unpopular policies in the cloak of Jo Cox’s tragedy, and humanity’s natural empathy for good samaritans and the downtrodden, has this small group of powerful individuals been able to launder disastrous wars and military adventurism as “the right thing to do.” by Vanessa Beeley and Whitney Webb Part 4 - Skoll Foundation and Forum When we start to look more closely at the “storytelling” partners of the Skoll Foundation, we draw even closer to the White Helmet PR industry. Skoll partners with the Sundance Institute, the BBC, NPR and Doc Society–Flex Fund, among others. The Sundance Institute, the BBC and Doc Society are central to the production and promotion of the White Helmet movie campaigns, including the Netflix White Helmet documentary that won the Oscar in 2016 and then Last Men in Aleppo that was nominated for the Oscar in 2017. These organizations are literally the architects of “humanitarian war” and the White Helmets are t

globinfo freexchange            I got news for you. The entire Arab world is dysfunctional right now. Completely dysfunctional. And I think it has the potential to be a giant Yemen. A giant human disaster area. Guess who said that, and most importantly, why he said it: For a moment we thought that a miracle was about to happen. We thought that Thomas Friedman would become one of the few exceptions that would declare regret for supporting the Iraq war, in a self-criticism short 'crisis'. You know, the war that was based on big lies and opened Pandora's box for the Middle East chaos. But no. It was too good to be true. As Ben Norton of the R eal N ews explains: For the past two years, many leading pundits have been portraying Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) as essentially the savior of the Middle East, if not of the world. Thomas Friedman is probably the most egregious example. But Thomas Friedman is a powerful New York Times columnist, a so-called exp

Moscow’s response to Trump’s plans to quit the INF treaty could be to reinstall military bases in Cuba, the State Duma defense committee head said. He also predicted “a new Cuban crisis” if the US and Russia fail to come to terms. The US is planning to walk away from the crucial Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, and Russia’s response may well be in the spirit of those times – namely, reactivating military facilities in Cuba. That is according to Vladimir Shamanov, the head of the State Duma defense committee and a former Airborne Troops commander. Indeed, the Cuban government has to allow the Russian military back, and this is more about politics than defense issues, Shamanov speculated. “ Assessing this scenario is underway, and [policy] proposals will come next, ” he told Russia’s Interfax News Agency without elaborating. This issue may be raised when Cuba’s new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, visits Russia in early November. Diaz-