UN Special Representative Pramila Patten has been exposed for fabricating her claim that Russia was supplying its troops with Viagra as a part of its “military strategy” in the Ukraine conflict. The widely publicized lie was recycled from baseless NATO propaganda deployed during its 2011 Libyan regime change war.
In a November 10 call with Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, better known by their aliases Vovan and Lexus, UN Envoy on Sexual Violence Pramila Patten admitted that there was no evidence to back up her widely publicized claims from October that the Russian government was using Viagra-fueled mass rape as a weapon of war….. continues…
Nov 14 – The Kurdish militant group PKK denied involvement in Sunday’s bomb attack in Istanbul, saying it did not target civilians, in a statement on its website on Monday. Turkey routinely blames without evidence thousands of ‘crimes’ under their cultural genocide policy against the 17 million Kurdish citizens.
“It is out of question for us to target civilians in any way,” the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said, refuting Turkey’s claims that it and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were responsible for the blast that killed six people.
Government says Kurdish PKK and YPG to blame
Officials point to U.S. support for YPG in Syria
The PKK has long renounced separatism and any terrorist attacks and held 2 long unilateral ceasefires. Yet it is still classed as a ‘Terrorist Group’ by the US and its client states with continuing drone, bomb and assasinations against suspected PKK supporters across borders in Syria and Iraq
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ISTANBUL, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Turkey blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for an explosion that killed six people in Istanbul and police detained 47 people including a Syrian woman suspected of planting the bomb.
No group has claimed responsibility so far for Sunday’s blast on the busy pedestrian Istiklal Avenue, and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) denied involvement in it.
The explosion wounded 81 people, sending debris flying into the air and hundreds of shoppers, tourists and families fleeing from the scene.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the PKK and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were responsible for the blast.
Ankara says the YPG is a wing of the PKK. The United States has supported the YPG in the conflict in Syria, stoking friction between NATO allies.
As international condemnation of the attack poured in, Soylu, a fierce critic of Washington, likened U.S. condolences for the victims to “the murderer arriving as one of the first at the scene of the crime”.
Every week dozens of Kurds are murdered by Turkish drone bombs in illegally invaded Syria and Iraq. Shamefully this never makes it to Reuters, the MSM or even Russian media who collaborate in placating the ruling AKP’s Turkish genocidal racism.
In a statement on its website, the PKK denied involvement and said it would not attack civilians. SDF commander Mazloum Abdi also denied involvement on Twitter.
by Liu Sivaya /CNN /Daily Mail/ Sky News via thefreeonline
🇬🇧The media lie: Ukraine is already in Kherson and the citizens celebrate it. They are happy and safe.
The reality: the Ukrainian army itself announces reprisals against civilians. They believe that the vast majority of those who stayed collaborated with Russia. They promise revenge.
Daily Mail photo
🇪🇸La mentira de los medios: Ucrania ya está en Jersón y los ciudadanos lo celebran. Están felices y a salvo.La realidad: el propio ejército ucraniano anuncia represalias contra los civiles. Creen que la gran mayoría de los que se quedaron colaboraron con Rusia. Prometen venganza.
🇬🇧 Kherson. This man (below) has been arrested because he did the military service in the Soviet Union and in his military primer appears “Russian” as his nationality. The Ukrainian soldiers humiliate him and record themselves proudly. According to the politicians of the European Union, these are the values of Europe..
🇪🇸 Jersón. A este hombre lo han detenido porque hizo la mili en la Unión Soviética y en su cartilla militar pone “ruso” como nacionalidad. Los militares ucranianos lo humillan y se graban orgullosos. Según los políticos de la Unión Europea, estos son los valores de Europa…
🇬🇧 VERY IMPORTANT: THIS CHANNEL MUST BE REPORTED. ❌https://t.me/Kherson_kolaborant.. It is a channel (one of many) that is now dedicated to pointing to the alleged “collaborists” in Kherson so that the Ukrainian army can take revenge on them. There are no soldiers on that list. They are civilians whose only crime was to stay in the city when Russia came. Please, LET’S DENOUNCE.// 🇪🇸Es un canal (uno de tantos) que ahora se dedica a señalar a los supuestos “colaboracionistas” en Jersón para que el ejército ucraniano pueda vengarse de ellos. En esa lista no hay militares. Son civiles cuyo único delito fue quedarse en la ciudad cuando vino Rusia. Por favor, DENUNCIEMOS.
CNNon the ground as Kherson celebrates liberation
‘This is what liberation looks like’: Britain, USA and Ukraine take back Kherson CNN
A busy week of narrative management, agenda setting and noisy distractions for the «new normal» crowd…but just means more fuel for the meme-fires. Let’s dive right in. 1. COP27 kicked off this week, and the memes did not disappoint. 2. «You will eat bugs and you will be thankful». 3. …we should all do our […]
A series of comics on revolutionary movements, events, and ideas in the SWANA region.
Sudan – Four years into a political revolution, this episode of Revolution in Every Country is an intimate portrait of organizers embedded in the social and political movements which already toppled a 30-year dictatorship and now works to form a new social compact that overturns the old order.
This piece reflects the viewpoints of the Sudanese Revolution and its supporters in Sudan. See our included list of additional materials for more context.
Revolution in every country (ثورة بكل البلدان) is the name of a chant that was sung during the Lebanese uprisings in 2019. It was a chant of solidarity with communities in the SWANA region (South West Asian/ North African) and around the globe that were/are resisting their own oppressive regimes. The chant was rooted in the understanding that we, as people with revolutionary demands, have so much to learn from different revolutionary struggles, especially those happening concurrently: whether it’s learning how to build strong communities or learning how to turn off tear gas.
This comics series covers inspiring revolutionary movements, events, ideas, and the frontline communities that are almost always erased in macro-level geopolitical analyses. The comics are both educational and accessible, and each comic is accompanied by a list of relevant books, podcasts, and/or documentaries on the topics discussed.
Ayman Makarem is a Lebanese writer primarily interested in the intersection of the personal and the political.
Hisham Rifai is a Lebanese artist and illustrator. He is currently based in Antwerp, Belgium completing an advanced master’s in research in arts and design. His work aims to combine political urgency with artistic practices.
Ukrainian propaganda again ridiculed..’If Russia destroyed their own dam it would cut off water supply to all Crimea, critically endanger Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and cause a Tsunami flood over Kherson city…’
Both the Russian and the Ukrainian sides have repeatedly accused each other of shelling to breach the dam using explosives, which would flood much of the area downstream and would likely cause major destruction around Kherson.
The same day Russian media released a CCTV video showing explosions at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station dam in Kherson province.
Russian State TV broadcast footage on Saturday showing residents of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region hiding in shelters during shelling, when some 200 civilians, including 30 children were evacuating.
Russia announced the evacuation of over 115,ooo citizens from Kherson city under fire at night without any casualties.
Factbox-Is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine about to be blown? 2 days ago What is the Kakhovka dam, is it about to be blown and what impact would that have? * The dam, 30 metres (yards) tall and 3.2 km (2 miles) long, was built in 1956 on the Dnipro river as part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. * It holds an 18 km3 reservoir which also supplies water to the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, and to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
An entire trade union movement in a European country is now facing extinction as courts declare unions to be “extremist” or “Western agents” — simply for doing what unions do.
That is the situation today in Belarus. A national trade union centre and major unions have been made illegal. Union leaders are in jail facing long prison terms.
The regime has unleashed defamation campaigns targeting unions and their allies. Pressure on the regime in Belarus is intensifying.
We join them in demanding the immediate release of all the jailed activists and the restoration of independent, democratic trade unions in the country.
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Marlboro workers continue protests at union busting factory in Turkey:
Workers at the Philip Morris factory in Izmir, Turkey, are paid less than the poverty threshold — despite the company earning massive profits.
The workers’ incomes are dwindling as a result of the country’s economic turmoil. Furthermore, there is discrimination between permanent and subcontracted workers, though they perform the same tasks and use the same machines.
Recently, almost all the workers joined the union — but the company then sacked 124 of them in a brazen attempt at union-busting. While the workers conduct daily protests in front of the factory, the company refuses to negotiate.
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