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From Act for Freedom Now, Athens, Greece Original title: Athens,Greece: Text of Thersitis (Anarchist collective in Athens) on solidarity in the occupation and reoccupation of the a/a space that is shared in the neighbourhoods of Ilio and Ag. Anargyron Text of Thersitis (Anarchist, a place of intrigue & subversion in Athens) on solidarity in the…
Text of Thersitis on solidarity in the occupation and reoccupation
Gaza City during an Israeli airstrike on 8 October, 2023. (Photo Credit: MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) The Cradle | October 28, 2023 Gaza-based Palestinian resistance faction Hamas announced on 28 October that its forces successfully held back invading Israeli troops who overnight launched large-scale ground operations into the coastal enclave under the cover of intense […]
Hamas resists Israeli offensive in Gaza after violent night of airstrikes
250 British lawyers have warned the UK government that its officials could face prosecution for promoting war crimes by Israel against the people of Gaza. Also, more than 800 scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies and genocide studies issued a statement, warning of the impending genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza. Eight leading […]
Lawyers warn UK that it can be prosecuted for promoting Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people
thefreeonline on 28th Oct 2023 by Anon (banned in USA/UK)
The former Tory MP hired by the US-based ‘think tank’ CEPA
Boris Johnson’s bullying fails to cow his opponents
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been hired by the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a Washington, DC think tank known to be bankrolled by the US government, NATO, and Western military contractors.
Johnson will be a member of CEPA’s International Leadership Council, described as “a high-level advisory group,” the think tank criminals announced this week.
A surprise visit by UK PM Boris Johnson played a key role in Ukraine breaking off peace talks with Russia
Johnson has been one of the loudest champions of Kiev in the West, infamously torpedoing the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in April 2022.
According to Ukrainian media, Johnson made a surprise visit to Kiev and informed the government, with US backing, that it would lose all support from the West if it made peace with Moscow. Years of useless slaughter followed.
According to CEPA’s head, Alina Polyakova, Johnson’s “commitment to Ukraine’s victory” makes him an “invaluable addition to this distinguished group of thought leaders,” at what she described as a “pivotal moment for the transatlantic alliance.”
Johnson himself issued a statement about the move, calling the “transatlantic bond” more important than ever, “not just for the freedom and independence of Ukraine but for freedom across the world.”
CEPA describes itself as a “nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy institution” that is “focused on strengthening the transatlantic alliance.” Among its fellows and experts are former Economist editor and anti-RT crusader Edward Lucas; former US envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker; and former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves.
The think tank’s own website lists among its major supporters military-industrial complex companies such as BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and Leonardo, as well as NATO, the US State Department, and the US European Command.
Just three months later, in July, Johnson faced a cabinet revolt over appointing a party official who had been accused of sexual misconduct.
He announced his resignation as prime minister and stepped down in September 2022.
In June this year, Johnson also resigned as the member of Parliament for Uxbridge & South Ruislip, a post he’d held since 2015, citing the parliamentary investigation into the so-called Partygate scandal related to misconduct during the Covid-19 lockdowns.
His next public appearance was a trip to Ukraine in September, where he was received by President Vladimir Zelensky and granted an honorary doctorate from Lviv National University.
from thefreeonline on October 26, 2023 by TheTriContinental
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From 9 to 15 October, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank held their annual joint meeting in Marrakech (Morocco).
The last time that these two Bretton Woods institutions met on African soil was in 1973, when the IMF-World Bank meeting was held in Nairobi (Kenya). Kenya’s then President Jomo Kenyatta (1897–1978) urged those gathered to find ‘an early cure to the monetary sickness of inflation and instability that has afflicted the world’.
Kenyatta, who became Kenya’s first president in 1964, noted that, ‘[o]ver the last fifteen years, many developing countries have been losing, every year, a significant proportion of their annual income through deterioration of their terms of trade’.
Developing countries could not overcome the negative terms of trade in a situation where they sold raw materials or barely processed goods on the world market while being reliant on the import of expensive finished commodities and energy, even if they raised their volumes of export.
‘Recently’, Kenyatta added, ‘inflation in the industrial countries has led to further and important losses to the developing countries’.
‘The whole world is watching’, Kenyatta said. ‘This is not because many people understand the details of what you are discussing, but because the world looks to you to find urgent solutions to problems affecting their daily lives’.
Kenyatta’s warnings went unheeded.
Six decades after the meeting in Nairobi, the loss of national income to debt and inflation remains a serious problem for developing countries.
But, in our time, the whole world is not watching. Most people do not even know that the IMF and World Bank met in Morocco, and few expect them to solve the world’s problems.
That is because, across the globe, people know that these institutions are, in fact, the authors of pain and are simply not capable of solving the problems that they have created and exacerbated.
Ahead of the meeting in Morocco, Oxfam issued a statement that strongly criticised the IMF and World Bank for ‘returning to Africa for the first time in decades with the same old failed message: cut your spending, sack public service workers, and pay your debts despite the huge human costs’.
Oxfam highlighted the economic crisis facing the Global South, pointing out that ‘more than half (57 percent) of the world’s poorest countries, home to 2.4 billion people, are having to cut public spending by a combined $229 billion over the next five years’.
Bandage on a Bullet Wound: IMF Social Spending Floors and the Covid-19 Pandemic | HRW
On top of this, they showed that ‘low- and low-middle income countries will be forced to pay nearly half a billion dollars every day in interest and debt repayments between now and 2029’.
Continue reading “How the International Monetary Fund Continues to Shrink the Poorer Nations + Argentina defies IMF blackmail”from thefreeonline on 27th Oct 2023, 9:50 GMT by SouthFront
A number of Israeli resources, citing sources in the IDF, report the beginning of a ground operation in Gaza. The others clarified that this is not the full-scaled invasion yet.
Tel Aviv likely announced “the expansion of the ground operations” in an attempt to avoid officially declaring the beginning of the previously announced invasion. The scale of the ongoing ground operations is yet to be revealed. In the recent days, Israeli forces have already entered the territory of the Gaza Strip but their actions were very limited.
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White House National Security Council Press Secretary John Kirby: There are no “red lines” for Israel
Groups in Gaza have announced the mobilization of their forces. Hamas has declared its readiness to resist the ground operation of the Israeli military.
Palestinian sources report that US special forces are taking part in the Israeli ground operation.
Earlier in the evening, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad reported rocket attacks on the Israeli cities of Ashkelon, Ashdod and Sderot. The Hamas military wing announced the shelling of the Israeli capital Tel Aviv.
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Civilian captives could be transferred to Iran with Turkish and Qatari help, and released from there, according to media reports
The Palestinian militant group Hamas is willing to release non-combatants it has held captive since October 7, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian revealed on Thursday.
“According to our negotiations, Hamas is ready to release civilian prisoners,” Amir-Abdollahian told the UN General Assembly, as cited by The National, an UAE-based outlet.
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Oct 27- Israel intensifies Gaza bombardment as internet and phone services cut by Israel
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Hamas took more than 200 captives during the October 7 incursion into occupied Israel. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by declaring war on the group (elected government of Gaza) and launching air and artillery strikes on Gaza.
According to one Hamas official, 50 of the hostages have been killed by the Israeli blitz and near total blockade so far, along with more than 7,000 Palestinians, nearly all civilians, over 2500 of them children.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian speaks at the UN General Assembly, October 26, 2023 in New York City. © Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images
The Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen reported that Hamas would be willing to work with Türkiye and Qatar to facilitate the transfer of prisoners into Iranian custody.
Hamas frees two first US hostages, Judith and Natalie Raanan – BBC News
It was not clear whether this release would be unilateral or in exchange for the jailed Palestinians.
Amir-Abdollahian’s announcement comes just hours after his deputy, Ali Bagheri, held talks with Russian counterparts in Moscow, which focused on the “need for a ceasefire in and around the Gaza Strip and the prompt provision of humanitarian aid to the affected Palestinian population,” according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Russia’s special envoy for the Middle East, Mikhail Bogdanov, and Bagheri agreed to “closely coordinate efforts to stabilize the situation” in the region, the ministry added.
Meanwhile, a high-ranking Hamas delegation was also in Moscow to discuss the hostage issue. Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior member of the group’s political council, led the team that discussed the release of hostages and evacuation of Russian and other foreign nationals from Gaza.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed the visits by Marzouk and Bagheri at the regular press briefing on Thursday, promising “additional information” once it is available.
Qatar pressing Hamas to release women, children…
Israel has denounced the Hamas mission to Moscow and demanded Russia immediately expel them.
Turkey discusses with Hamas the release of civilian hostages
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