by James Porteous A response to Why China Is Running Circles Around America at Truthdig.com Have you ever noticed that it is almost as though America cannot exist without the “us vs. them’ mantra? Every step forward, by anyone, anywhere, is deemed to be a step back for America. Every innovation, a threat. In the piece linked above we are led to believe that we are going to read an article that compares China’s real $1 trillion infrastructure projects to the CEO of America’s largely fabricated programs of kickbacks, tax-rebates and general money-making time-wasters. [ 374 more words ]
http://off-guardian.org/…/a-brief-non-explainer-on-why-chi…/
This information should have been made public before now.
"Soleimani's documents "contained precise information on the geographical position, time and exact details" of US collusion with the terrorists, the official stressed.
For instance, Amir-Abdollahian recalled that while Mosul, Iraq was still under Daesh occupation, "an American A330 [transport plane] landed in Mosul Airport; American generals got off the plane and military equipment was unloaded. At the airport's VIP lounge, the American generals talked with Daesh leaders in Mosul for three hours and 23 minutes and then boarded the plane and returned. What did they bring Daesh? Weapons and equipment it needed and that they had already agreed on.""
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Now openly admitted, governments and militaries around the world employ armies of keyboard warriors to spread propaganda and disrupt their online opposition. Their goal? To shape public discourse around global events in a way favourable to their standing military and geopolitical objectives. Their method? The Weaponization of Social Media. This is The Corbett Report.
http://off-guardian.org/…/watch-the-weaponization-of-socia…/
The Guardian produced two responses to Putin’s speech of March 1, in which he both unveiled far-reaching new Russia weapons systems and used this as a platform to (once again) plead for an end to Western warmongering. Both of them display both the intellectual/educational/ethical impoverishment of the authors (an impoverishment that is now systematic in corporate media), but also the completely delusional world they inhabit. [ 695 more words ]
http://off-guardian.org/…/guardians-response-to-putins-ple…/
Ahmad Al-Issa in Twitter: To those who worry that East Ghouta might become 2nd Aleppo*, this is the liberated Aleppo. The central park (yesterday ) is alive and full of people: Happy, safe & free after the defeat of terrorism. *As it happened in Aleppo, the jihadi groups controlling the eastern party of Ghouta city, in order to prevent civilians from leaving, are shelling the humanitarian corridor opened by the Syrian Army.
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By Eduard Popov in Fort Russ: On March 1st, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his Address to the Federal Assembly (the upper and lower chambers of the Russian parliament, i.e., the Federation Council and State Duma). This speech was, in all likelihood, not only of political, but of historic significance – first and foremost because of the foreign policy agenda voiced in the speech. [ 735 more words ]
http://off-guardian.org/…/…/03/putin-warns-of-world-war-iii/
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by Bill Van Auken, 2 March 2018, via WSWS On February 27, the New York Review of Books published an open letter signed by some 200 people, many of them identifying themselves as activists, academics, writers and journalists. Originally titled “Stop pretending that you can’t do anything to save Syrians,” the headline was subsequently changed to “The World Must Act Now on Syria… [ 1,312 more word ]
http://off-guardian.org/…/a-minor-cannibalism-a-new-left-a…/
"Eight days into the first wildcat strike by West Virginia teachers in 27 years—organized by rank-and-file union members in all 55 West Virginia counties—America’s largest liberal cable network, MSNBC, is a virtual no-show in reporting on the momentous labor unrest."
The Guardian bills this appallingly dishonest promo piece as "The director of the Oscar-nominated documentary Last Men in Aleppo speaks of ‘trauma and paranoia’ over the extreme lengths some are taking to stop him from telling the truth”. Feel free to use the comment space below to remind the Guardian and Feras Fayyad of what the truth actually is... Feras Fayyad: 'I never thought as a film-maker that I would feel endangered’
http://off-guardian.org/…/comment-set-free-feras-fayyad-i-…/
The full video and text of Putin’s March 1 speech to the Federal Assembly. For those who want to skip straight to the text on Russia’s evolving weapon systems & Putin’s summary of the current situation regarding US/Russia relations click here The presentation of the Address was attended by Federation Council members, State Duma deputies, members of the Government, leaders of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court, governors, speakers of the legislatures of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the leaders of traditional religions, public figures, including the heads of regional civic chambers, as well as the leaders of major media outlets. [ 13,234 more words ]
http://off-guardian.org/…/watch-vladimir-putins-march-1-ad…/
Does anyone in the West understand what the real point of Putin’s comments about Russia’s new weaponry? The Guardian’s coverage ("Putin threatens US arms race with new missiles declaration") shows us their masters see this as just another chance to cast Russia as a dangerous rogue state. The Times takes a similar line ("Putin unveils his super weapons to defy the West" [ 1,050 more word ]
http://off-guardian.org/…/putins-message-couldnt-be-cleare…/
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A very important article for those trying to assess the real significance of what Putin's just announced.
