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Rebuttals to NYTimes and Tom Friedman’s Racism and Ignorance

Rebuttal #1 (Racism): Tweet from Ahmed Eldin, a response to “Understanding the Middle East Through the Animal Kingdom” by Thomas L. Friedman, February 2, 2024, New York Times pic.twitter.com/iPi5IwaETP — AHMED | أحمد (@ASE) February 4, 2024 Rebuttal #2 (Ignorance): by Richard Rubenstein, published on Counterpunch,  February 2, 2024, in Response to “A Titanic Geopolitical Struggle Is Underway” by Thomas[…]

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Rally targets Media Censorship of Palestinian Resistance

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, October 16, 2023 Responding to a call from the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, hundreds of people turned out at noon on Oct. 12, outside the Philadelphia offices of local NPR/PBS affiliate WHYY TV and radio. Protesters called out the media censorship of Palestinian resistance and the media whitewashing of Israeli genocide. A flier distributed[…]

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US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

from Consortium News, published October 17, 2023 The United States Wednesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have called for a humanitarian pause in the fighting in Gaza as well as for Israel to rescind its order to 1.1 million Gazans to leave their homes and move to the south of their enclave. The resolution drafted by Brazil[…]

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Nicaragua in Latin America – the Invisible and the Reality

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla con Sal, October 26, 2022 In Nicaragua, the population lives the daily reality of the country’s revolutionary development, the democratization of the economy, the modernization of the health and education systems, the transformation of infrastructure and a dynamic reaffirmation of culture, identity and national dignity. However, overseas and in the region itself, these tremendous[…]

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A Long History of War Lies

by Jorge Cadima, published on Workers World, October 10, 2022 Translation: John Catalinotto. If hypocrisy and lies paid taxes, the speeches made by the leaders of the U.S., the EU and Britain at the recent United Nations General Assembly would have eliminated their colossal public debts. It is amazing how those responsible for practically all the wars and aggressions of[…]

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The Catholic Church and Nicaragua

by Becca Renk, published on NicaNotes, September 1, 2022 Recently a deluge of headlines about the Catholic Church in Nicaragua has appeared in international media – but not one of the articles has accurately explained what is happening. Below I’ll break down Nicaragua’s relationship with the Catholic Church and recent events, all links are to excellent articles for those who[…]

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What the Media Gets Wrong About Taiwan’s Place in China

by Brendan Devlin, published in Friends of Socialist China, August 15, 2022               Reprinted from Passage. Brendan sets out some vital contemporary and historical facts with regard to the Taiwan situation as a necessary corrective at a time when the corporate media essentially serve to uncritically amplify the US-led narrative. He shows how China’s 1842 defeat in the first Opium[…]

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Celebrating Revolution in Nicaragua

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, July 20, 2022 Holidays in the United States celebrate awful events such as the settler colonists declaring independence from Britain so that they might take indigenous lands and protect slavery. There is also Thanksgiving, the commemoration of genocide turned into a day when Americans should think grateful thoughts before spending more than[…]

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World’s Largest Imperial Power Sponsors Calls for Russia to ‘Decolonize’

by Daniel Kovalik, published on Orinoco Tribune, July 2, 2022 I’m a little late with this, but U.S. hypocrisy is palpable and this clarification is notable.  [jb] On June 23, 2022, an organization funded by the US Congress, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe – also known as the Helsinki Commission – held a virtual conference calling for the “decolonizing of[…]

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US Threatens Ethiopia and Eritrea with Illegal “Legal Designation of Genocide”

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, May 25, 2022 The US is falsely accusing Ethiopia and Eritrea of hindering food aid and committing genocides in the ongoing war in Tigray. The charges are false and the US has no right to make such a claim on its own. Ann Garrison continues reporting from the region.   [BAR Ed] During[…]

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