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Archives for ديسمبر 2020

John Pilger: The Most Lethal Virus Is Not COVID. It Is War

In the midst of the greatest health emergency in modern times, with more than 4 million surgical procedures delayed by the National Health Service, Britain has announced a record increase of £16.5 billion in so-called defense spending.

John Pilger
بواسطة John Pilger
UK Iraq War Feature photo

Britain’s Armed Services Memorial is a silent, haunting place. Set in the rural beauty of Staffordshire, in an arboretum of some 30,000 trees and sweeping lawns, its Homeric figures celebrate determination and sacrifice. The names of more than 16,000 British servicemen and women are listed. The literature says they “died in operational theatre

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Nine of the 10 Most Expensive Senate Races in US History Happened in 2020

Elections are getting far more expensive. The 2016 election alone cost around $6.5 billion, and there is only one place to get money like that: super-wealthy donors with deep pockets and high expectations.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
Senate Elections Spending Feature Photo

It had already been established that the 2020 election was by far the most costly of all time, with political parties spending $14 billion — more than twice as much as in 2016. But a new report from the Center for Responsive Politics has found that nine of the costliest Senate races of all time occurred in 2020. The most expensive race was in

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Podcast Panel: US Meddling In Venezuela Elections, Economic Warfare & COVID-19

Observed by 1,500 international election observers from 34 countries, elections in Venezuela handed Nicholas Maduro a clear victory, sending a message to the US that it failed to influence the same elections that Mike Pompeo called illegitimate.

Mnar Adley
بواسطة Mnar Adley
Venezuela Podcast Feature photo

Welcome to MintCast -- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence-- I’m your host Mnar Muhawesh Adley. President Nicolas Maduro is celebrating this week after a clear victory in the National Assembly elections that took place on December 6. Boosted by a partial opposition boycott, the ruling socialist

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Critics Pan Time’s Choice of Biden-Harris for 2020 Person of the Year Award

“This is Joe Biden’s year. He not only managed to stay alive until the election, he also did other things, presumably.” — YouTube creator Shaun

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
Joe Biden Time Feature photo

There was immediate pushback to today’s decision by Time magazine to give its historic “Person of the Year” award to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. “Is this a parody?” asked writer Fiona Edwards, “What about the multi million strong Black Lives Matter movement which really played the decisive role in defeating Donald Trump? What about the health

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Low Turnout, but Free, Elections in Venezuela Are a Blow To Regime Change

After four years of sanctions, sabotaged industries, attempted coups, an assassination by drone attempt, a mercenary incursion and paramilitary attacks, among others, Venezuela managed to survive the Trump administration’s maximum pressure.

Leonardo Flores
بواسطة Leonardo Flores
Venezuela Election Feature photo

Venezuela held legislative elections on December 6 and, as has become the norm, the U.S. and sectors of the opposition that boycotted the election are claiming fraud without presenting evidence. The coalition of parties supporting President Maduro won 68% of the vote and a supermajority in the National Assembly. All the evidence suggests the

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Shunned by Trump, Mahmoud Abbas Looks to Biden to Revive a Long Dead “Peace Process”

When all hope seemed lost, where Abbas found himself desperate for political validation and funds, Biden arrived like a conquering knight on a white horse and swept the Palestinian leader away to safety. 

Ramzy Baroud
بواسطة Ramzy Baroud
Biden Peace Prcocess

No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas. When all hope seemed lost, where Abbas found himself desperate for political validation and funds, Biden arrived like a conquering knight on a white horse and swept the Palestinian leader away to

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