October’s Surprise Party. “Today we are even closer than ever to a nuclear war” ….

By Edward Curtin, September 30, 2024

Today we are even closer than ever to a nuclear war, as those who closely follow such events tell us.  Scott Ritter, the former U.S. Marine and UN weapons inspector who tried to stop the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 by reporting that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, is one. 

Middle East: The Terror Strategy. Manlio Dinucci

By Manlio Dinucci, September 30, 2024

The Israeli-led war is now engulfing Lebanon: First, targeted attacks against Hezbollah’s political and military leaders, then massacres by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, followed by indiscriminate air and ground attacks, including the use of white phosphorus shells against civilian settlements.

For Netanyahu, Eradicating the Palestinians Is Still “Job 1”

By Mike Whitney, September 30, 2024

A recent survey of Middle East scholars shows that a “large majority believe that the war in… Gaza is likely to lead to new large-scale… displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and/or the West Bank. (Ethnic cleansing) The findings of the survey confirm what many have known from the very beginning, that the stated goal of “defeating Hamas” is a largely a fraud used by Israel to conceal its real objective which is the expulsion of the Arab population.

New Zealand: Fear and the COVID Crisis. The Speech That Might Have Changed the World

By Dr. Emanuel Garcia, September 29, 2024

Fear was the fulcrum that allowed the government here in New Zealand and institutions like the Medical Council to ensure submission to their directives. It allowed for the acceptance of lockdowns, mandates, a ‘vax’ apartheid, and a curious silence among the nearly twenty thousand registered doctors about the subversion of the foundational principles of their profession.

Pavel Durov, the Superfluous Man . “He Will Share Data About His Users”

By Stephen Karganovic, September 29, 2024

It has now been disclosed that contrary to Durov’s initial assurances that he would never betray the trust of his platform users or renege on his commitment to freedom of expression, he has in fact conceded to the authorities’ key demand and will share data about his users with one or more of the interested governments.

The Assassination of Nasrallah Will Not Break the Resistance

By Steven Sahiounie, September 29, 2024

Hezbollah has announced the death of the General Secretary of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah almost 24 hours after the September 27 massive Israeli attack on the Hreik neighborhood in south Beirut which resulted in the assassination of Nasrallah and others.

From Land Grabbers to Carbon Cowboys: A New Scramble for Community Lands Takes Off

By Grain, September 27, 2024

Each carbon credit that Microsoft buys from TIG is supposed to offset one tonne of the emissions Microsoft generates burning fossil fuels. This is one of the main ways that Microsoft and many other companies are planning on getting to “net zero” emissions, while still burning fossil fuels.