There are hidden stories all around us,growing in abandoned villages in the mountainsor vacant lots in the city,petrifying beneath our feet in the remainsof societies like nothing we’ve known,whispering to us that things could be different.
But the politician you know is lying to you,the manager who hires and fires you,the landlord who evicts you,the president […]
Palestinians trapped in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, are appealing for ambulances to be allowed to reach the area after it was bombed by the Israeli occupation army.
Two bodies were recovered from the vicinity of Al-Firdaws School in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Rafah city in the southern […]
They’re just barreling past that Armageddon line like they barreled over the, red lines which led to the invasion of Ukraine, now adding in Nuclear N Korea
The New York Times reports that the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russian and North Korean [?] military targets inside Russia — yet another dangerous escalation of nuclear brinkmanship in this horrific proxy war.
The Times correctly notes that authorizing Ukraine to use ATACMS, which have a range of about 190 miles, has long been a contentious issue in the Biden administration for fear of provoking military retaliations against the US from Russia.
This reckless escalation has been authorized despite an acknowledgement from the anonymous US officials who spoke to The New York Times that they “do not expect the shift to fundamentally alter the course of the war.”
As Antiwar’s Dave DeCamp notes, Vladimir Putin said back in September that if NATO allows Ukraine to use western-supplied weapons for long-range strikes inside Russian territory, it would mean NATO countries “are at war with Russia.” This is about as unambiguous a threat as you’ll ever see.
NYT reports that Biden’s policy shift “comes two months before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office, having vowed to limit further support for Ukraine.”
And it is here worth noting that last week it was reported by The Telegraph that British PM Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron had been scheming to thwart any attempt by Trump to scale back US support for Ukraine by pushing Biden to authorize long-range missile strikes in Russian territory.
His plan for disentangling the US from the conflict entails ramping up sanctions on Russia and “taking the handcuffs off the long-range weapons we provide Ukraine” in order to pressure Putin into eagerly accepting a peace deal.
AFP, citing a legal sources, has reported that a French court ordered the release of Lebanese and pro-Palestine activist George Abdallah, who had been jailed for 40 years since 1984.
The court ruled that Abdallah will be released on December 6 on the condition of leaving France, however, French “anti-terror” prosecutors told AFP, that they would appeal..
Abdallah was accused of assassinating US and Israeli diplomats.
Despite completing the minimum portion of his life sentence in 1999, French authorities denied his eight parole requests.
Now 73 years old, Abdallah was arrested in France in 1984 and after pretrial detention, convicted in 1987 for complicity in two murders. Colonel Charles Ray, US military attaché and CIA intelligence officer, was shot in Paris on January 18, 1982.
Second secretary of Israel’s embassy and Mossad intelligence officer, Yacov Barsimantov was shot in Paris on March 31, 1982.
The intelligence functions of the two victims are confirmed nowadays by Yves Bonnet, head between 1982 and 1985 of the Direction de la surveillance du territoire [Territorial Surveillance Directorate, French counter intelligence agency, DST].
The Fractions armées révolutionnaires libanaises [Lebanese Revolutionary Armed Factions, FARL] took credit for the two murders.
As a matter of course : Abdallah would have not been sentenced to life imprisonment without formal intervention of the US government.
The investigators found no evidence of its membership in the FARL or involvement in the murders.
That was rather a matter of intelligence. And according to several former French professionals, the intelligence was wrong.
The US joined a civil action to criminal proceedings and through diplomatic and intelligence channels, it demanded that the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Hillary Clinton (AP)
Under French law, Abdallah could have been granted parole since 1999.
But obviously, like it also appeared in WikiLeaks here and here, the US authorities, including Hillary Clinton, were continuing to lobby their French lackeys against his parole.
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French court finally orders release of Lebanese political activist jailed for 40 years- but State will appeal..
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, France’s longest-held political prisoner, has been eligible for release for 25 years.
Lebanese political prisoner Georges Ibrahim Abdallah sits in court during his trial in Lyon, France, on 3 July 1986 (AFP)
Published date: 15 November 2024 16:11 GMT | Last update:19 hours 20 mins ago
A French court on Friday ordered the release of Lebanese pro-Palestine activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, Europe’s longest-held political prisoner, after 40 years in prison.
Anarchism: A Path to Liberation and Harmony For many, the word “anarchism” conjures images of chaos, destruction, and disorder—a world where “anything goes” and society collapses into disarray.
For others, anarchism represents an idealistic, unattainable dream, a vision of perfection that could never survive the realities of human nature. Yet both perceptions miss the essence […]
Controlled exposure to the 5G radiation spectrum has resulted in changes to the brain tissue of laboratory rats, according to a team of scientists from Tomsk State University (TSU) in Russia.
Ever since the introduction of 5G cellphone infrastructure, there have been concerns about its potential health effects. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified the 5G radio frequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) as a “possible” human carcinogen, but no conclusive research has emerged either way.
“We decided to find out what the effect of non-ionizing radiation is on rodents of different ages,” Natalia Krivova, lead researcher at the TSU’s Biology and Biophysics Research Institute, said in a statement this week.
TSU scientists experimented on male Wistar rats, preferred by scientists for having similar reactions to external stimuli as humans. They tested three different age groups: 5-6 week old rats (corresponding to human adolescents), 10-11 week old (human adults age 40 and up) and rats aged 17-18 weeks (humans 65 and older). All were exposed to RF-EMF frequencies for five weeks, which is equivalent to about four years of human lifespan.
The study showed no outward changes between the rats exposed to the radiation and the control group.
“However, a more detailed study of the rats’ brain tissue after exposure to the 5G antenna revealed a significant change in the ratio of antioxidants and oxidants,” Krivova said.
It is still unclear whether the changes will lead to positive or negative changes in the rats’ cognitive abilities, or whether their bodies will somehow compensate for the disruption, she added, calling for further research into the subject.
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‘We have been misled to in the past’ but..: Dr Karl on 5G fears Opponents of 5G have made all sorts of claims there are health risks from the 5G network. US pro 5G pundits like Dr Karl single out some Russian studies which have found problems, as part of the anti Russian Media campaign However Russian President Vladimir Putin is a very big promoter of the 5G network” .
The 5G rollout is a Big Capital bonanza, and history shows massive toxic health effects of new technology have been hidden in the past. However an extensive Research Study of hundreds of studies published in Nature. (here) has not shown clear dangers from 5G frequencies.
“Basically the higher the frequency the less it even penetrates our bodies”, which is why they need so many aerials. However various ‘unrepeated’ studies did show negative effects, also many studies are cerrtainly biased towards the corporations that fund them, and most of the worldwide studies were coordinated by ‘just five big groups’.
ONE LITTLE INDEPENDENT have released the next two singles in the Crass Records’ reissue series with twelve-inch vinyl editions of MDC’s Multi-Death Corporations (originally issued in 1983) and Hit Parade’s Plastic Culture (originally a twelve-inch vinyl release in 1984 )
Both records are available in black vinyl from OLI, and in digital format through a variety of different online partner platforms, from 8 November.
MDC – Multi-Death Corporations
originally .. ‘Millions of Dead Cops’ !! MDC
1983’s ‘Multi-Death Corporations’ broke new ground by addressing, in the lengthy liner notes and artwork, the growth of corporations and the violent suppression of left-wing politics in Central America.
The Austin-based band released material through ex-Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra, cited influences such as Black Flag and D.O.A, as well as working with Crass Records.One Little Independent
MDC. 2024. Multi-Death Corporations. One Little Independent. Available from One Little Independent from 8 November 2024
Hit Parade – Plastic Culture
Hit Parade was a one-man anarchist band, the brainchild of Dave Hyndman (aka P. Checkoff and Rik O’che) a member of the Anarchist Collective in Belfast.
Being a left-wing socialist, Checkoff’s songs were highly political by nature and concentrated on life in Northern Ireland.
Subject matter ranged from the evils of television to H Blocks; the RUC to housing problems, and of course unemployment.One Little Independent
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