From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed Dec 2 02:31:43 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 20:31:43 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Mexico will legalize the World's cannibis Message-ID: 48,497 views|Nov 29, 2020,09:00am EST Mexico Will Legalize The World?s Largest Legal Cannabis Market Robert Hoban Contributor Vices I cover the legal issues shaping the global cannabis industry. <> <> <> The United States will soon be sandwiched between two nations with federally legalized marijuana. Just days before the Thanksgiving holiday, Mexico moved forward with legislation legalizing the cannabis plant for a variety of uses. This comes on the heels of Canada's historic legalization several years ago, which has created a viable international marketplace, channeling funds through the Canadian markets and effectively mobilizing the global cannabis industry. GETTY When Canada legalized, the U.S. missed an opportunity to ensure that NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange would have a role in controlling the financial markets and dollars funneling into cannabis. This was expected since Jeff Sessions was in control of the Department of Justice (DOJ). We didn't necessarily have a pro-cannabis Administration under Trump and certainly not under the leadership of Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, no friend to marijuana. Despite this, what are the implications for America doing business with partners directly to the north and south? At first, you might think none of this matters as the U.S. has legalized adult-use marijuana programs state-by-state. While this dispensary models still violates federal law, it has garnered bipartisan support from American politicians to prevent the DOJ from interfering with legal, state marijuana businesses. But the issue is much larger. We?re talking about a global cannabis economy, with Mexico as the largest country in the world, by population, to legalize marijuana. Mexico will boast the biggest consumer market for cannabis products ? with a population of more than 125 million people - representing an enormous leap forward for the developing international cannabis marketplace. MORE FOR YOU The Keychain To Success: How Berner Built A Half-A-Billion Dollar Cannabis Empire Cannabis Industry Expects A Green Christmas Rock Legend Gene Simmons Kisses His California Estate And High Taxes Goodbye A few steps remain to federally legalize marijuana in Mexico, but the bill has been approved by the Mexican Senate. The bill will establish a regulated cannabis market to allow those eighteen and older to purchase and possess up to 28 grams of marijuana. It also allows a personal cultivation provision for individuals to cultivate up to four plants for personal use. Some technical requirements still need to be hammered out before outright passage, including whether or not personal use cultivation needs to be tracked by the government. All this was supposed to happen earlier in 2020, as two years ago the Mexican Supreme Court struck down a marijuana ban as unconstitutional and required lawmakers to pass legalization measures . I travelled to Mexico this past February, pre-COVID, to consult with the Mexican Senate on the considerations for hemp and marijuana policy . The timeframe for moving the legislation forward was pushed back by the pandemic. With full passage of the bill now imminent, what can we expect? Mexico is not the first country with a narco or cartel trafficking history to pass cannabis legalization. It?s happened in numerous Latin America countries that made up part of the black market drug trade. This makes the cartel implications for federal marijuana legalization extraordinarily interesting. Mexico seeks to regulate and legalize the plant, put strict controls on ownership and the supply chain in place, and to engage in domestic and, most importantly, international commerce surrounding marijuana. The dollars invested in this industry must comply with all forms of financial source verification ? theoretically mitigating the opportunity for organized crime to participate in this business. Something that seems counterintuitive to Mexico's legalization campaign is that hemp may or may not be included in its final version ? as it may pose too much of a threat to existing Mexican industries. I?d argue that this is precisely why hemp is so important - its versatility and multitude of industrial uses go far beyond the singular focus of being cultivated for cannabinoid extraction. Until late 2019, the Hoban Law Group had registered a number of cannabinoid CBD manufacturers? products with COFEPRIS, Mexico?s FDA, when things were put on pause to finish up the legislation. If hemp is indeed excluded from the final bill, it would have ramifications for the cannabinoid and CBD industry in Mexico. Why would those other industries see industrial hemp as a threat? A significant sector of Mexico?s economy is the maquiladoras: local factories run by foreign companies, generally tapping into Mexico?s cheap labor and manufacturing goods for export. Some large maquiladoras have already begun utilizing hemp, including BMW and Levi?s, which have facilities in Mexico. Automotive and textile Industries are major players in the world, but industrial hemp would not displace them. It would complement the existing operations and provide farmers with a more versatile plant requiring less water. Mexico has a well-documented history of cannabis usage, but will these consumers move their buying habits into a legal, commercial marketplace? The answer is likely yes ? if there are medical marijuana distribution outlets selling products created through a regulated system. And will this system displace some of the large illicit cultivation operations across Mexico? Mexico hopes to join other Latin American countries in becoming major forces in the global cannabis industry and to address the cultural and historically illicit implications of cartel and criminal activity surrounding the plant. How this will roll out and its effectiveness remains to be seen. Pair the skill set of Mexico's farmers and agricultural industry with the country?s manufacturing capabilities and an international cannabis marketplace and the pieces could fall into a very favorable place for the nation?s economy and citizenry. For the now-sandwiched U.S., this will have major implications for American drug policy and cannabis reform moving forward ? while perhaps generating hundreds of millions of dollars for the participants. Perhaps this will give U.S. policy makers the push they need to approve federal cannabis legalization, especially in the midst of a pandemic-induced, global economic downturn. Mexico can show us the way. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed Dec 2 14:42:38 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 08:42:38 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Is Putin Really Considering Military Alliance with China Message-ID: 1.12.2020 Is Putin Really Considering a Military Alliance With China? Russia in the Asia-Pacific China?s Way ?? Photo: Getty Alexander Gabuev <> <> <> ??????? Print <> Moscow knows that the United States? main concern is the military rapprochement of Moscow and Beijing, in particular anything resembling a military alliance. It?s likely no coincidence that Putin touched on this sore point in recent comments. At a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club several weeks before the U.S. presidential election, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an interesting comment. Asked whether it was possible to conceive of a military alliance between China and Russia, Putin replied , ?It is possible to imagine anything.? We have not set that goal for ourselves. But, in principle, we are not going to rule it out, either.? For many years, Putin and senior Russian officials?and the Chinese leadership, too?have always stated clearly that no alliance with China was on the agenda. Moscow and Beijing are well aware that their interests don?t always coincide. China, for example, does not recognize Abkhazia or South Ossetia as independent nations, and officially considers Crimea to be part of Ukraine. Russia, for its part, doesn?t recognize Chinese claims to the South China Sea, and stays out of China?s territorial disputes. Neither side wishes to risk getting drawn into a major conflict over the interests of its partner. The logical explanation for Putin?s refusal this time to rule out a military alliance with China may lie not in Russia?s relationship with China, but with the West. Since Russia?s much-publicized pivot to the East following the collapse of its relations with the United States and EU back in 2014, Russia has taken important steps to strengthen its partnership with China, primarily focusing on economics and security. Major projects such as the construction of the Power of Siberia pipeline and other energy ventures have nearly doubled the share of Chinese trade in Russia?s overall trade turnover in less than a decade: from 10 percent in 2013 to nearly 18 percent in 2019. Military cooperation has also reached a new level, with Russia selling the latest hardware to China, such as Su-35 fighter aircraft and S-400 missile systems , and the two countries holding joint military exercises on an increasingly large scale and over an ever-expanding geographical area, from the Baltic to the South China Sea. But if for Russia, under sanctions from the West, China is becoming an increasingly important partner that would be hard to replace, for Beijing, Moscow could easily be supplanted, since most of what it supplies China with could be bought elsewhere. Even the role of Russian arms will dwindle as Chinese defense technology inevitably progresses. In addition, U.S. and EU sanctions are gradually making Russia depend on China for strategic civilian technology, such as 5G systems: although both European (such as Ericsson and Nokia) and Chinese (Huawei and ZTE) solutions are present on the Russian market, the prospect of new sanctions and national security considerations make Chinese companies the favorites . Russia?s dependence on China has not yet reached a critical level. After all, the thinking in Moscow goes, if during the Ukraine crisis in 2014 Russia could defy its main partner?the EU?while heavily dependent on European markets, technology, and finance, then the Kremlin can defend its interests just as fiercely in the event of a quarrel with China. And while China accounts for less than 20 percent of Russia?s trade turnover and its debt to Chinese financial institutes is still insignificant, that assessment appears to be justified. But if relations with the EU and United States continue to deteriorate during the next ten to fifteen years, and the role of China as a trade partner and source of technology continues to grow, then Beijing could end up with the means to put pressure on Moscow. And if in 2014 the Kremlin at least had some alternative to the West in China, in the mid-2030s there might be no alternative to China, and Russia may find itself bound by pipelines to its sole customer amid a buyer?s market. In addition, Moscow cannot fail to notice that in recent years, Beijing has acquired a taste for using economic weapons such as sanctions, embargoes, and tariffs to apply pressure to other countries, as illustrated by the trade war currently raging between China and Australia (despite the latter being seen until recently as a successful example of another country?s symbiosis with the Chinese economy). The Kremlin no doubt recalls how in 2011, China National Petroleum Corporation secured a discount from Rosneft and Transneft on a previously agreed contract by leveraging the Russian state oil companies? enormous debts to Chinese banks and their precarious situation. If China could successfully put pressure on Russia back in 2010, when the gap between the two countries? economies was smaller, what?s to stop it doing the same in 2036? In recent years, Moscow has tried to exploit the issue of its rapprochement with Beijing to scare the West with the prospect of a Sino-Russian bloc taking shape, with the aim of forcing it to soften its policy toward Russia. This approach is starting to bear fruit with the EU, as evidenced by French President Emmanuel Macron?s interview with the Economist last year, and by the keen interest in Sino-Russian ties in Berlin and many other European capitals. But neither the EU nor individual European countries, even ones as powerful as Germany and France, can limit the Russian-Chinese rapprochement without coordinating their efforts with the United States. U.S. attitudes toward the emerging entente between Moscow and Beijing are mixed. Under U.S. President Barack Obama, many senior officials believed that there wasn?t much to it and that the rapprochement was insincere, since the two countries don?t trust each other and there are fears in Russia of a Chinese demographic expansion in its Far East. The Donald Trump administration took the challenge more seriously, and even entertained former secretary of state Henry Kissinger?s idea of a great power triangle. But U.S. attempts to position itself at the top of the triangle came to nothing, and the actions of the Trump administration only strengthened the Russia-China axis. Responding to China and Russia?s growing closeness is unlikely to be a priority for Joe Biden?s foreign policy team, but the issue will inevitably come up in discussions among his national security team. The president-elect considers China to be a ?serious competitor? to the United States in the battle for global leadership, and Russia as an ?opponent? and the most hostile of the major powers, so Washington cannot ignore the relationship between Beijing and Moscow. In any case, the issue will be on the White House?s radar since the new team plans to make restoring relationships with U.S. allies a priority, and the Sino-Russian relationship is the subject of growing attention in Berlin, Paris, London, Tokyo, and Seoul. The key task will be to understand what precisely about the Moscow-Beijing rapprochement is undesirable for the United States and its allies, which aspects of it the West can influence to its own ends, and what methods it can use to do so. Moscow knows full well that the United States? main concern is the military rapprochement of Moscow and Beijing, specifically, the use of Russian technology and adaptation of Russian experience in recent military campaigns to boost the potential of China?s People?s Liberation Army. An even more alarming prospect is the transition from a non-aggression pact between Russia and China, which already constricts the United States and its allies, to joint military operations such as last year?s strategic bomber patrol in Northeast Asia. The next step could be the formation of a more profound security partnership that would increasingly resemble a military alliance. It?s likely no coincidence that Putin touched on this sore point in particular in his recent comments at the Valdai event. The main problem for the United States and its European allies is sketching out a realistic strategy that would take into account the importance for any Russian government of good relations with China, the immovability of current Western sanctions, key Western interests like support for Ukrainian territorial integrity, and Moscow?s red lines. For the Kremlin, the key challenge is not to put too much stock in Western fears of the Sino-Russian rapprochement, and to be capable of changing policy in order to stabilize ties with the United States and Europe, while at the same time preserving good relations with Beijing. This publication is part of the Sino-Russian Entente project carried out with the support of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Wed Dec 2 15:46:29 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 09:46:29 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Nato's plans.... Message-ID: I find this hard to believe but the Rand Corp. did predict war with China in 2030, which means much sooner if they can provoke China into delivering the first blow, see below: China to become NATO?s second main enemy after Russia in next 10 years, report says The report notes the necessity to reform the Alliance, establishing a number of specialized structures, to counteract challenges coming from Beijing. ? AP Photo/Kin Cheung <> BRUSSELS, December 1. /TASS/. NATO experts have prepared the NATO 2030 - United for a New Era report, which claims that in the upcoming 10 years, China will become the second-worst enemy of the Alliance after Russia, and that the bloc must be urgently reformed in order to counteract it, establishing a number of specialized structures, a source in Brussels told TASS Tuesday. READ ALSO NATO confronted by China's efforts to undermine its security ? Pompeo "According to the NATO 2030 report, which Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will present at the NATO Foreign Ministers? video conference Tuesday, in the upcoming decade, the Alliance must concentrate, besides the response to traditional threats [deterrence of Russia and humanitarian interventions], on countering challenges coming from China. The report recommends establishing special structures, which must guarantee NATO?s technical dominance over China and protect the member states from China establishing an economic control over their strategic sectors of economy," the source said. "The authors also recommend including China and measures for countering it in a new edition of the NATO Strategic Concept." The report also "notes the necessity to prevent China from establishing control over the key commodity sources, including new-generation ones, in the third countries, in Africa in particular." 20 ????? ??????? ??????????? ???? ?? ??? ??????? Copy video url Play / Pause Mute / Unmute Report a problem Language Mox Player ADVERTISEMENT LITHIUM IS CONSIDERED ONE OF SUCH ?RESOURCES OF THE FUTURE." IT IS A KEY RESOURCE FOR PRODUCTION OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES, NECESSARY FOR EFFICIENT USE OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, WHICH THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES CURRENTLY ACTIVELY PROMOTE. Stoltenberg announced the presentation of the NATO 2030 report Monday, adding that the report?s final version would be presented at the 2021 NATO summit in Brussels. He also stated that China is a new challenge for NATO, because it invests heavily in development of new weapons, does not share the NATO values and creeps up on the alliance, from the Arctic to Africa. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Thu Dec 10 01:12:23 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 19:12:23 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Chris Hedges on whats to come. 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URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Fri Dec 11 12:54:58 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 06:54:58 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Worthwhile discussion related to Iran Message-ID: https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/509212-usa-sanctions-towards-iran/ From karenaram at hotmail.com Sun Dec 13 00:43:48 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:43:48 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: UK deploys troops to Mali References: Message-ID: Some of us saw this coming, and during this time of crisis on many fronts its easy to dismiss, but it has the potential to turn very dangerous and very ugly, every bit as that which has been occurring since 9/11. It?s important to recognize the problems in Mali are a result of US intervention and destruction of Libya in 2011. With US military bases occupying 54 nations across Africa, the US will now be taking over the Sahel region just as we did the Magreb. Our western allies are supporting us, as this posting indicates, but make no mistake as to who is behind it. While China is purchasing many of the minerals required for manufacturing, western imperialists prefer theft by way of military intervention and occupation in the guise of "humanitarian aid." > > UK deploys troops to Mali > Jean Shaoul > 7 December 2020 > > > > > > Around 300 British troops have arrived in the west African country of Mali. Presented as a contribution to the UN?s peacekeeping mission, it is part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson?s efforts to reassert British imperialism?s interests in Africa against the challenge from its major rivals as the UK prepares to leave the European Union (EU). > > Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab sought to cover this blatant piece of imperialist militarism, declaring, ?This new deployment of 300 British troops to the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali is part of our ongoing work in the Sahel region to build stability, improve the humanitarian response and help protect innocent civilians from violence.? > > While this is partly bound up with efforts to reduce migration to Europe, vital geo-strategic issues are also involved. First announced in July 2019 shortly after Johnson became prime minister, the deployment of troops to West Africa began earlier this year when around 30 soldiers and Royal Marines took part in training special forces from West African nations in a US-led ?counter-terrorism? exercise in Senegal involving more than 1,600 troops. Major John House, commander of the Senegal team, declared it was in Britain's interests to get more involved in the region, saying, ?If we don't act, we may find the problems getting closer to our door. The more they have a presence in the region, the more we can feel the effect back in the UK.? > > > The warring parties in Mali in March 2020 (credit: House of Commons Library) > That exercise included special forces troops from Cameroon, Morocco and Nigeria that conducted a raid on a village to ?take out? an unspecified group of extremists. Troops in Cameroon and Nigeria have been involved in such operations for years. Cameroon is suppressing an anglophone separatist movement and Nigeria is conducting operations against Boko Haram in the country?s north east, as well as recurring conflicts in the country?s Middle Belt and the oil-producing Niger Delta. > > In July, small teams of Special Airforce Service, whose tasks include covert reconnaissance, counterterrorism, direct action, and hostage rescue, were reported to be in Mali preparing for the main force of Light Dragoons and Royal Anglian troops to arrive later in the year. > > UK forces were sent to Gao, in eastern Mali, where they will form part of Minusma, the UN?s peacekeeping operation with 14,000 troops from 56 countries, in the vast desert and semi-arid region of the Sahel. According to the Ministry of Defence, their main task is to mount reconnaissance operations around Gao where several Islamist groups, including various al-Qaida affiliates under the banner of Jama?at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and a rival Isis affiliate, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, are active. > > The Minusma mission has been described as the most dangerous in the world. Last year, at least 500 civilians were killed by these groups that also attacked French, European, and local armed forces, with one suicide attack killing more than 50 Malians in a military base in 2017. > > > > Foreword to the German edition of David North?s?Quarter Century of War > Johannes Stern, 5 October 2020 > After three decades of US-led wars, the outbreak of a third world war, which would be fought with nuclear weapons, is an imminent and concrete danger. > > > Earlier this year Mali witnessed months of protests against the French occupation, launched in 2013, and the ethnic massacres between rival militias that Paris tolerates, and uses to divide and rule the country. France intervened in Mali in January 2013 against separatist and Islamist forces who came from Libya in the aftermath of NATO?s regime-change war in 2011. It has maintained more than 4,000 troops in Mali, increased to more than 5,100 since the beginning of 2020, as part of an international coalition that includes Germany, Canada, the US and the so-called G5 force of troops from Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Mali. > > > British military personnel departing from a Hercules transport. [Picture: Corporal Andrew Morris RAF, Crown copyright] > Mali is Africa?s third-largest gold producer after Ghana, its southern neighbour, and South Africa. It also borders Niger, which hosts France?s military forces including drone bases and provides most of the uranium supplies required for nuclear power production in France. > > Despite its gold, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking 184 out of 188 on the United Nations Human Development Index, with 78 percent of the population living in poverty. The median age of its 19 million population is 16.3 years, many lacking access to education. Climate change is having a devastating impact on Mali and the entire Sahel, where droughts and floods have obliterated crops and livestock herds, creating tension between farmers and nomadic herders competing for land and shrinking resources. > > According to the United Nations, about 12.9 million people are affected by the crisis in Mali, with 6.8 million in need of humanitarian assistance. There are more than 250,000 internally displaced people as well as nearly 30,000 refugees from Burkina Faso and Niger. The insecurity in neighbouring Burkina Faso is forcing many Malian refugees to return home. > > On August 18, amid mounting protests, a junta of Malian army colonels launched a pre-emptive coup, toppling President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke?ta, and declaring loyalty to the French occupation force. France supported the coup because it was aimed against the anti-war protests of youth and workers. Like the 2012 coup that paved the way for the 2013 French invasion, the 2020 coup started in the Kita army base. General Ibrahim Dahirou Demb?l?, who has been decorated for his services to French national security, was again one of its leaders. > > When they took power, the coup leaders made their loyalty to French imperialism clear. They called on the Malian army to continue working with French troops (Operation Barkhane), their European allies (Takuba), their UN auxiliaries (Minusma), and their auxiliaries from the Sahel countries (G5 Sahel). They declared, ?The Minusma, the Barkhane force, the G5 Sahel, the Takuba force are still our partners for stability and the restoration of security. We call on you, our brothers in arms, to continue discharging your law-and-order and operational missions.? > > The Sahel, which includes the francophone countries of Mali, Burkino Faso, Chad, Niger and Mauritania, is not one of Britain?s traditional fields of operations. But Johnson is determined to recoup some of Britain?s lost influence in Africa, while embracing US imperialism and its militaristic agenda. This is centred on escalating aggression towards Russia and China, which has become Africa?s largest trading partner, as part of his efforts to salvage the UK?s global position, post-Brexit. > > Operating under the UN mandate, British forces will not be involved in the EU operations in the Sahel, including the EU mission to train Mali?s police, although it does provide helicopter support for Operation Barkhane, France?s 5,000-strong anti-insurgency force, headquartered in N?Djamena, the capital of Chad. > > Africa is the arena for the largest number of Britain?s Armed Forces overseas on training or operational missions. According to the Ministry of Defence there many short-term military teams training security forces to respond ?appropriately and proportionally? to security threats, terrorism, violations of human rights, wildlife preservation and emerging humanitarian crises. > > Britain has for some years had forces in Nigeria, its former colony where Shell Oil Company has major investments, supposedly training its military and security forces to deal with Islamist terrorist groups. It recently emerged?after initial denials?that Britain had in 2019 provided training and equipment for Nigeria?s police and security forces, funded via its so-called ?aid? budget. The notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), widely recognized as one of the worst in the world, was the focus of October?s mass anti-police brutality protest movement, which government forces ruthlessly suppressed. > > In addition to its forces in Nigeria, Djibouti and Somalia, Britain has 14 training missions on the continent operating out of its base in Kenya, including in Gabon, Malawi, and Zambia. This is in addition to its participation in UN peacekeeping missions, recently doubling its deployments to South Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. > > News of the anticipated deployment to Mali comes in the wake of the government?s announcement of increased funding for the military that will lift the UK?s defence budget by ?21.5 billion by March 2025, to ?63 billion. This is the largest real terms increase in 30 years, confirming that the ruling elite are stepping up their military preparations in pursuit of their geo-strategic aims. > > The Labour Party not only endorsed Johnson?s ?long overdue? expansion of British militarism, but sought to outflank the Tory government on the right. Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey attacked the Tories for their decade in power, during which ?the size of the armed forces has been cut by a quarter, defence spending was cut by over ?7 billion.? > > WSWS.ORG -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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While China is purchasing many of the minerals required for manufacturing, western imperialists prefer theft by way of military intervention and occupation in the guise of "humanitarian aid." > > UK deploys troops to Mali > Jean Shaoul > 7 December 2020 > > > > > > Around 300 British troops have arrived in the west African country of Mali. Presented as a contribution to the UN?s peacekeeping mission, it is part of Prime Minister Boris Johnson?s efforts to reassert British imperialism?s interests in Africa against the challenge from its major rivals as the UK prepares to leave the European Union (EU). > > Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab sought to cover this blatant piece of imperialist militarism, declaring, ?This new deployment of 300 British troops to the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali is part of our ongoing work in the Sahel region to build stability, improve the humanitarian response and help protect innocent civilians from violence.? > > While this is partly bound up with efforts to reduce migration to Europe, vital geo-strategic issues are also involved. First announced in July 2019 shortly after Johnson became prime minister, the deployment of troops to West Africa began earlier this year when around 30 soldiers and Royal Marines took part in training special forces from West African nations in a US-led ?counter-terrorism? exercise in Senegal involving more than 1,600 troops. Major John House, commander of the Senegal team, declared it was in Britain's interests to get more involved in the region, saying, ?If we don't act, we may find the problems getting closer to our door. The more they have a presence in the region, the more we can feel the effect back in the UK.? > > > The warring parties in Mali in March 2020 (credit: House of Commons Library) > That exercise included special forces troops from Cameroon, Morocco and Nigeria that conducted a raid on a village to ?take out? an unspecified group of extremists. Troops in Cameroon and Nigeria have been involved in such operations for years. Cameroon is suppressing an anglophone separatist movement and Nigeria is conducting operations against Boko Haram in the country?s north east, as well as recurring conflicts in the country?s Middle Belt and the oil-producing Niger Delta. > > In July, small teams of Special Airforce Service, whose tasks include covert reconnaissance, counterterrorism, direct action, and hostage rescue, were reported to be in Mali preparing for the main force of Light Dragoons and Royal Anglian troops to arrive later in the year. > > UK forces were sent to Gao, in eastern Mali, where they will form part of Minusma, the UN?s peacekeeping operation with 14,000 troops from 56 countries, in the vast desert and semi-arid region of the Sahel. According to the Ministry of Defence, their main task is to mount reconnaissance operations around Gao where several Islamist groups, including various al-Qaida affiliates under the banner of Jama?at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and a rival Isis affiliate, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, are active. > > The Minusma mission has been described as the most dangerous in the world. Last year, at least 500 civilians were killed by these groups that also attacked French, European, and local armed forces, with one suicide attack killing more than 50 Malians in a military base in 2017. > > > > Foreword to the German edition of David North?s?Quarter Century of War > Johannes Stern, 5 October 2020 > After three decades of US-led wars, the outbreak of a third world war, which would be fought with nuclear weapons, is an imminent and concrete danger. > > > Earlier this year Mali witnessed months of protests against the French occupation, launched in 2013, and the ethnic massacres between rival militias that Paris tolerates, and uses to divide and rule the country. France intervened in Mali in January 2013 against separatist and Islamist forces who came from Libya in the aftermath of NATO?s regime-change war in 2011. It has maintained more than 4,000 troops in Mali, increased to more than 5,100 since the beginning of 2020, as part of an international coalition that includes Germany, Canada, the US and the so-called G5 force of troops from Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Mali. > > > British military personnel departing from a Hercules transport. [Picture: Corporal Andrew Morris RAF, Crown copyright] > Mali is Africa?s third-largest gold producer after Ghana, its southern neighbour, and South Africa. It also borders Niger, which hosts France?s military forces including drone bases and provides most of the uranium supplies required for nuclear power production in France. > > Despite its gold, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking 184 out of 188 on the United Nations Human Development Index, with 78 percent of the population living in poverty. The median age of its 19 million population is 16.3 years, many lacking access to education. Climate change is having a devastating impact on Mali and the entire Sahel, where droughts and floods have obliterated crops and livestock herds, creating tension between farmers and nomadic herders competing for land and shrinking resources. > > According to the United Nations, about 12.9 million people are affected by the crisis in Mali, with 6.8 million in need of humanitarian assistance. There are more than 250,000 internally displaced people as well as nearly 30,000 refugees from Burkina Faso and Niger. The insecurity in neighbouring Burkina Faso is forcing many Malian refugees to return home. > > On August 18, amid mounting protests, a junta of Malian army colonels launched a pre-emptive coup, toppling President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke?ta, and declaring loyalty to the French occupation force. France supported the coup because it was aimed against the anti-war protests of youth and workers. Like the 2012 coup that paved the way for the 2013 French invasion, the 2020 coup started in the Kita army base. General Ibrahim Dahirou Demb?l?, who has been decorated for his services to French national security, was again one of its leaders. > > When they took power, the coup leaders made their loyalty to French imperialism clear. They called on the Malian army to continue working with French troops (Operation Barkhane), their European allies (Takuba), their UN auxiliaries (Minusma), and their auxiliaries from the Sahel countries (G5 Sahel). They declared, ?The Minusma, the Barkhane force, the G5 Sahel, the Takuba force are still our partners for stability and the restoration of security. We call on you, our brothers in arms, to continue discharging your law-and-order and operational missions.? > > The Sahel, which includes the francophone countries of Mali, Burkino Faso, Chad, Niger and Mauritania, is not one of Britain?s traditional fields of operations. But Johnson is determined to recoup some of Britain?s lost influence in Africa, while embracing US imperialism and its militaristic agenda. This is centred on escalating aggression towards Russia and China, which has become Africa?s largest trading partner, as part of his efforts to salvage the UK?s global position, post-Brexit. > > Operating under the UN mandate, British forces will not be involved in the EU operations in the Sahel, including the EU mission to train Mali?s police, although it does provide helicopter support for Operation Barkhane, France?s 5,000-strong anti-insurgency force, headquartered in N?Djamena, the capital of Chad. > > Africa is the arena for the largest number of Britain?s Armed Forces overseas on training or operational missions. According to the Ministry of Defence there many short-term military teams training security forces to respond ?appropriately and proportionally? to security threats, terrorism, violations of human rights, wildlife preservation and emerging humanitarian crises. > > Britain has for some years had forces in Nigeria, its former colony where Shell Oil Company has major investments, supposedly training its military and security forces to deal with Islamist terrorist groups. It recently emerged?after initial denials?that Britain had in 2019 provided training and equipment for Nigeria?s police and security forces, funded via its so-called ?aid? budget. The notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), widely recognized as one of the worst in the world, was the focus of October?s mass anti-police brutality protest movement, which government forces ruthlessly suppressed. > > In addition to its forces in Nigeria, Djibouti and Somalia, Britain has 14 training missions on the continent operating out of its base in Kenya, including in Gabon, Malawi, and Zambia. This is in addition to its participation in UN peacekeeping missions, recently doubling its deployments to South Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. > > News of the anticipated deployment to Mali comes in the wake of the government?s announcement of increased funding for the military that will lift the UK?s defence budget by ?21.5 billion by March 2025, to ?63 billion. This is the largest real terms increase in 30 years, confirming that the ruling elite are stepping up their military preparations in pursuit of their geo-strategic aims. > > The Labour Party not only endorsed Johnson?s ?long overdue? expansion of British militarism, but sought to outflank the Tory government on the right. Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey attacked the Tories for their decade in power, during which ?the size of the armed forces has been cut by a quarter, defence spending was cut by over ?7 billion.? > > WSWS.ORG -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sun Dec 13 19:42:27 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:42:27 -0600 Subject: [Peace] India strikes vs. US Message-ID: Unfortunately no. The main organizers in India, are Communists according to what I've heard, from the Kerala area, not the Maoists/Naxalists who are violent and counterproductive, they are organized and united in their goals. The US socialists are too small and and we aren't united on anything to pull something like this off. Yes, we have groups supporting BLM in the streets protesting but though one can sympathize and support their protesting, they are simply expressing their concerns, they aren't focused on policy, class or the system. There must be a coordinated effort with a plan utilizing strikes, sit downs crippling business and commerce, and of critical mass to be effective. All I see happening in the US is chaos with so many differing groups venting, both on the left and the right focusing angst on one another, given we are so divided as a nation with our corporate owned media promoting lies and propaganda. Sorry to sound so pessimistic but I'm not the only one. 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Estabrook) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:17:21 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: Statement of the U.S. Peace Council on 2020 U.S. Elections References: <5fd78baa34ab0_59f03ff5bb2cddc832679139@ip-10-0-0-127.mail> Message-ID: <6FF3C794-6AF4-4DAC-AB8E-3696D436E049@newsfromneptune.com> > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "U.S. Peace Council U.S. Peace Council" > Subject: Statement of the U.S. Peace Council on 2020 U.S. Elections > Date: December 14, 2020 at 9:58:34 AM CST > To: cgestabrook at gmail.com > Reply-To: USPC at USPeaceCouncil.org > > > Statement of the U.S. Peace Council on 2020 U.S. Elections > > Our Struggle for Peace and Social Justice > Must Be Intensified! > > December 12, 2020 > > > November 3rd has passed and slightly more than a third of the eligible electorate chose the Democrat, slightly less than a third the Republican, and the remaining third chose none of the above by either not voting or casting a ballot for a third-party alternative. The threat of an October surprise did not materialize although Trump?s desperate attempts to nullify the results of the elections continue. > > > The important issues of war and peace facing humanity, especially for those of us in the belly of the beast with a special responsibility to address the actions of our own government, were non-issues in most if not all U.S. election campaigns. > > > Regardless of who occupies the Oval Office, the decadent trajectory of neoliberalism continues: imperialism abroad and austerity for working people at home. The permanent institutions of the state ? the Pentagon and the national security and surveillance apparatus ? endure. > > > Although Trump did not start any new wars, he did not end any of the now perpetual U.S. military engagements. The U.S. policy of sanctions against 39 countries, constituting a third of the world?s population, are a form of warfare that kills and maims similar to bombs. The wars abroad are increasingly mirrored by wars on the people at home, by the militarization of society ? in particular the police ? and by strangulation of the economy. The response by the major imperial powers to the pandemic of COVID-19, in particular in the U.S. and Europe, has exacerbated this war at home and exposed the social, political and economic cracks in late stage, monopoly capitalism. > > > Behind the ethnic and gender diversity of Joe Biden?s announced appointments is the continuity of the Obama-Biden administration?s engagement in permanent war and regime change and commitment to ?full spectrum dominance.? The promise of U.S. ?leadership? means, in fact, U.S. dominance of billions of people who did not choose the American state to rule them. These scourges will be not exorcized with the defeat of Donald Trump. > > > This fundamental continuity, beneath a fa?ade of bipartisan bickering, calls for an independent peace movement to promote these actions, among many others: > > > Drastically cut the military budget. > Return all troops from all war zones and close all the foreign military bases. > End all unilateral coercive measures (blockades and sanctions). > Stop supporting allied wars and stop U.S. and allied assassinations. > End the nuclear weapons escalation and sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) > Stop the cold war with China. > Reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba, end the blockade, and return Guant?namo. > Negotiate with Iran, not assassinate and threaten military attacks. > End the asphyxiating sanctions on Venezuela and reestablish diplomatic relations. > Recognize and respect the right of Palestinians to self-determination and end its financial and diplomatic support for the apartheid state of Israel. > Repeal the Nicaragua Investment Conditionality Act (NICA Act). > Fully abide by the UN Charter. > Demilitarize the police. > > Above all, we need to intensify our struggle for a just transition from a military to a peacetime economy to meet human and community needs and restore the environment, and join hands to build a world founded on cooperation, peace and respect for sovereignty of all nations. > > *** > > U.S. Peace Council ? P.O. Box 3105, New Haven, CT 06515 ? (203) 387-0370 ? USPC at USPeaceCouncil.org? > ? https://uspeacecouncil.org ? https://www.facebook.com/USPeaceCouncil/ ? @USPeaceCouncil > Sent via ActionNetwork.org . To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Coalition Agaisnt U.S. Foreign Military Bases, please click here . > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbn at forestfield.org Tue Dec 15 00:40:17 2020 From: jbn at forestfield.org (J.B. Nicholson) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:40:17 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Recommended videos for AWARE on the Air, News from Neptune, and Labor's World View TV Message-ID: Here are the video suggestions I've sent to Jason Liggett of UPTV to run during AWARE on the Air, News from Neptune, and Labor's World View TV's timeslots. As before, I've asked Jason to prioritize AWARE member suggested videos ahead of my suggestions for AOTA/NFN and to prioritize anything David Johnson prefers for Labor's World View TV. I've got some family events coming up which will require my attention so I might not be able to submit new videos for the next couple of weeks. -J RT Video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=k_Th-25DLWc -- (26m 4s) Chris Hedges interviews Diana Johnstone Transcript: https://www.rt.com/shows/on-contact/509471-social-justice-left-activism/ https://youtube.com/watch?v=KqwCm1gCgUI -- (24m 38s) Watching the Hawks: "Congress Passes740 Billion For Pentagon While Millions Face New Years Evictions" and questioning identity politics as the upcoming Biden administration changes the rules to admit a new Secretary of Defense who otherwise wouldn't be allowed. Black Agenda Report https://youtube.com/watch?v=MEAiINH8Qys -- (1h 11m) Left Lens: Barack Obama's legacy of lies Matt Orfalea https://youtube.com/watch?v=OwOmSkzDiw4 -- (15m 16s) CIA Plots Against Dan Ellsberg & Julian Assange https://youtube.com/watch?v=fmiJ3SX2XuM -- (2m 42s) BRING THE RUCKUS! (contains one instance of swearing -- "bullshit" because this is a remix of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clips and Jimmy Dore clips where Dore debunks AOC's previous position of standing for Medicare for All) Consortium News https://youtube.com/watch?v=r-0ZphOIRIM -- (1h) 'A Secret Australia' - As Revealed by Wikileaks Expos?s - with Jen Robinson & Peter Cronau https://youtube.com/watch?v=RAkIgzUt5Vk -- (1h 7m) Marking the 10th anniversary of WikiLeaks' Cablegate publication https://youtube.com/watch?v=O-E_W3-gOZQ -- (1h 18m) WAR CRIMES From susanroseparenti at gmail.com Tue Dec 15 23:13:07 2020 From: susanroseparenti at gmail.com (Susan Parenti) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:13:07 -0600 Subject: [Peace] 1 Bedroom available in Sunny House--$450 covers rent & ALL utilities Message-ID: [image: IMG_1645.jpg] Bedroom in a sunny, friendly 4 bedroom house in Crystal Lake Park. Available january 1 2021. $450 rent includes ALL utilities. No deposit required, but references appreciated. 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I will forward once and if I?m able to locate it online. > > New post on Caitlin Johnstone > > > The Revolutionary Struggle Is A Fight Between Movement And?Inertia by Caitlin Johnstone > There's a feud on the American political left right now which (as usual) breaks down more or less along the lines of center-left "Bernie in the primary, Clinton/Biden in the general" progressives angrily opposing a push towards meaningful change from those further to the left. > > It all started when comedian and lefty commentator Jimmy Dore made a video arguing that House progressives should refuse to re-elect Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker unless she puts Medicare for All to a floor vote. Dore's argument has been endorsed by many high-profile voices on the left, and it has also been attacked as self-defeating and unreasonable by many others. I won't name names in the latter camp because I personally avoid left-infighting like it's a crazy ex boyfriend, save to say that among them is the most prominent progressive in the House of Representatives, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . > > Problem w/ this idea is that there isn?t enough thought given to step 2. > > The Dem votes aren?t there yet, and with a razor-thin margin the Dem NOs are > margin. > > So you issue threats, hold your vote, and lose. Then what? If you want to know who?s opposed look @ cosponsor list > > ? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 12, 2020 > One common argument against Dore is that by pushing AOC and other House progressives on this issue he is in some way demanding that they do something that will damage their political careers, the unspoken premise being that progressive politicians will be retaliated against by the Democratic establishment if they actually try to advance progressive policies. None of them ever seem too keen on discussing the massive, outrageous implications of such a situation or why it should not be fought tooth and claw by the left instead of accepted and complied with. > > I haven't seen any convincing arguments why Dore's suggestion should not be implemented, but I have seen many strong arguments for why it should, like this one for Current Affairs by Briahna Joy Gray or this one by Rising's Krystal Ball . The pandemic and a Democrat-controlled House presents a once-in-a-century opportunity to shove hard toward getting Americans the same healthcare rights afforded to everyone else in every major country on earth and forcing all House Democrats who oppose it to expose themselves to their constituents instead of passing the blame to the Republicans. With things getting more and more desperate, waiting for the next once-in-a-century opportunity to even begin pushing is a ridiculous proposition. > > Most of the energy going into this debate is focused on personalities; on AOC, on Dore and on his critics. But really this is just the latest manifestation of a perennial dynamic whose roots go much deeper. > > The entire revolutionary struggle, ultimately, is a battle between movement and inertia. Wherever you've got a political status quo that needs changing you'll find revolutionary-minded forces pushing toward change and guardians of the status quo making clever-sounding arguments for why the smart strategy is to remain motionless. When the status quo is destructive and unsustainable, as this one unquestionably is, the ones pushing for movement are always on the correct side of the debate. > > Proponents of inertia always try to get people hung up on whether or not the specific details of the movement being proposed is exactly perfect in every conceivable way. They'll point out that it might not succeed, as though you only get a finite amount of movements you're allowed to make. They'll act like any potential flaw is grounds for remaining inert, as though needing any every movement to be flawless is a standard we apply anywhere else in our lives. They'll act like any move you make in a given direction will necessarily be the trajectory you will remain on forever, pretending you can't simply course-correct as needed once you're in motion. > > They're like the Lethargians in?The Phantom Tollbooth , saying "you can do anything as long as it's nothing" and making every argument they can come up with for why you should remain in the Doldrums forever. > > > We are stuck. Stuck in the Doldrums. Stuck in a power-serving holding pattern that is driving us toward death and dystopia. > > What do you do when something is stuck? Do you insist that every movement you make to un-stick it must be perfect? Must be a movement you would keep making indefinitely without ever changing direction? Make sure it's only ever a movement in the exact direction you want to move in? > > Of course not. When something is stuck, you wiggle it around. Back and forth, shoving it this way and that in an attempt to create a little space which will allow movement. If your tire is stuck, you'll move it in whatever direction you need to move it to get it unstuck, with the understanding that you can continue driving forward once you've freed yourself from whatever was holding you in place. > > In the same way, our job here is to create movement. We don't need to worry about offending Nancy Pelosi or upsetting the plans of the Lethargians in the sludge pool. We've just got to get things moving, with the understanding that we can continually course-correct once movement has begun. We're on track to extinction via climate collapse or nuclear armageddon with an authoritarian dystopia looking very likely in the interim unless drastic changes are made, so our safety is not in remaining motionless. > > > The illusion that safety lies in inertia is due to a glitch in human perception called status quo bias , which causes people's default assumption to be that keeping things the same is less risky than change even when that is plainly not the case. If you've ever been stuck up a tree as a kid you've experienced status quo bias very concretely: if you remain too afraid to release your grip on the branches swaying in the wind, you remain in a position that is entirely unsustainable. > > That's where we're at right now, collectively as a species, all around the world. Our old way of doing things clearly is not working, but we're still clinging to the thin branches at the top of the tree because our precarious situation causes us to mistake stillness for safety. > > But the safety isn't up here, it's down on the ground with our feet firmly planted on old mother earth. It's in a big movement from a society that is based on competition and driven by profit to a society that is based on collaboration with each other and with our ecosystem and based on compassion for all beings. Until we actually let go of our attachment to the status quo and take the leap into the unknown, trusting in our ability to course-correct as needed once we are in motion, we're just killing time in the Doldrums, waiting for the end of the world. > > __________________________ > > Thanks for reading! The best way to get around the internet censors and make sure you see the stuff I publish is to subscribe to the mailing list for at my website or on Substack , which will get you an email notification for everything I publish. My work is entirely reader-supported , so if you enjoyed this piece please consider sharing it around, liking me on Facebook , following my antics on Twitter , throwing some money into my tip jar on Patreon or Paypal , purchasing some of my sweet merchandise , buying my new book Poems For Rebels or my old book Woke: A Field Guide for Utopia Preppers . For more info on who I am, where I stand, and what I?m trying to do with this platform, click here . 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URL: From karenaram at hotmail.com Sun Dec 20 20:30:01 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 14:30:01 -0600 Subject: [Peace] A must listen to a brief interview with Fred Hampton 1969. Message-ID: A must listen to a brief interview with Fred Hampton 1969. He distances the Black Panthers from the Weatherman, and he speaks out against violence. Then he is murdered by the USG and accused of violence. https://youtu.be/Ft3wOPEd28k From karenaram at hotmail.com Sun Dec 20 20:30:01 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 14:30:01 -0600 Subject: [Peace] A must listen to a brief interview with Fred Hampton 1969. Message-ID: A must listen to a brief interview with Fred Hampton 1969. He distances the Black Panthers from the Weatherman, and he speaks out against violence. Then he is murdered by the USG and accused of violence. https://youtu.be/Ft3wOPEd28k From jbn at forestfield.org Mon Dec 21 18:46:06 2020 From: jbn at forestfield.org (J.B. Nicholson) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:46:06 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Recommended videos for AOTA, NFN, Labor's World View TV Message-ID: <51a352e1-76ce-3f3e-4f6c-a79f697c9355@forestfield.org> Here are some suggested videos for upcoming timeslots which I just sent to UPTV's Jason Liggett. As per usual, I offered these videos with the recommendation to let other AWARE members have priority over my recommendations and for David Johnson to have priority over my recommendations for Labor's World View TV. Below you should find the name of the source for each video, the YouTube channels for that source, and the recommended videos from that source. RT English: https://youtube.com/channel/UCpwvZwUam-URkxB7g4USKpg America: https://youtube.com/channel/UCczrL-2b-gYK3l4yDld4XlQ UK: https://youtube.com/channel/UC_ab7FFA2ACk2yTHgNan8lQ https://youtube.com/watch?v=lJf_8yVzbz8 -- (26m 02s) CrossTalk: Free Assange, analysis of elites dismissing the poor (Joti Brar offers better class analysis than what you'll get in establishment media, but that's admittedly a very low bar) Empire Files https://youtube.com/channel/UCG29FnXZm4F5U8xpqs1cs1Q https://youtube.com/watch?v=c6wfnB1UMAc -- (10m 8s) "Biden's Scary Foreign Policy Picks: A Blast From War Crimes Past" with Abby Martin Mint Press https://youtube.com/channel/UCc9UUSOBWC6VCkJUqnh-CLw https://youtube.com/watch?v=t2O1zMpQApQ -- (42m 16s) Mnar Adley, Editor-in-Chief of Mint Press, interviews Chris Hedges on "Decline of US Empire, Liberal Class Suicide & Fascism" https://youtube.com/watch?v=E_9_UgCzKpI -- (4m 25s) "Propaganda Pandemic: Mainstream Media's Worst Hits From The Year Of COVID19" with Dan Cohen From karenaram at hotmail.com Mon Dec 21 19:43:43 2020 From: karenaram at hotmail.com (Karen Aram) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:43:43 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Recommended videos for AOTA, NFN, Labor's World View TV In-Reply-To: <51a352e1-76ce-3f3e-4f6c-a79f697c9355@forestfield.org> References: <51a352e1-76ce-3f3e-4f6c-a79f697c9355@forestfield.org> Message-ID: J.B. You outdid yourself indeed, excellent choices. > On Dec 21, 2020, at 12:46, J.B. Nicholson via Peace wrote: > > Here are some suggested videos for upcoming timeslots which I just sent > to UPTV's Jason Liggett. As per usual, I offered these videos with the > recommendation to let other AWARE members have priority over my > recommendations and for David Johnson to have priority over my recommendations for Labor's World View TV. > > Below you should find the name of the source for each video, the YouTube channels for that source, and the recommended videos from that source. > > > RT > English: https://youtube.com/channel/UCpwvZwUam-URkxB7g4USKpg > America: https://youtube.com/channel/UCczrL-2b-gYK3l4yDld4XlQ > UK: https://youtube.com/channel/UC_ab7FFA2ACk2yTHgNan8lQ > > https://youtube.com/watch?v=lJf_8yVzbz8 -- (26m 02s) CrossTalk: Free Assange, analysis of elites dismissing the poor (Joti Brar offers better class analysis than what you'll get in establishment media, but that's admittedly a very low bar) > > > > > Empire Files > https://youtube.com/channel/UCG29FnXZm4F5U8xpqs1cs1Q > > https://youtube.com/watch?v=c6wfnB1UMAc -- (10m 8s) "Biden's Scary Foreign Policy Picks: A Blast From War Crimes Past" with Abby Martin > > > > > > Mint Press > https://youtube.com/channel/UCc9UUSOBWC6VCkJUqnh-CLw > > https://youtube.com/watch?v=t2O1zMpQApQ -- (42m 16s) Mnar Adley, Editor-in-Chief of Mint Press, interviews Chris Hedges on "Decline of US Empire, Liberal Class Suicide & Fascism" > > > https://youtube.com/watch?v=E_9_UgCzKpI -- (4m 25s) "Propaganda Pandemic: Mainstream Media's Worst Hits From The Year Of COVID19" with Dan Cohen > _______________________________________________ > Peace mailing list > Peace at lists.chambana.net > https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace