Published: 2023-12-24
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Sources
STOP PRESS:
The Cost of Bearing Witness, Chris Hedges, his substack, 2023-12-24
Hedges has been a war correspondent and is a brilliant wordsmith. In this short article he conveys through his experience and the words and lives of Palestinian reporters on the wars against them the impact and struggle of bearing witness to the most insane thing that humans make.
If you read one reference.
Read this.
YesXorNo
Chris Hedges: The Death of Israel, YesXorNo, 2023-12-19
Christmas Spirit at the Washington Post, YesXorNo, 2023-12-21
A Coalition of the Unwilling Fails to Coalesce, YesXorNo, 2023-12-24
Antiwar
The Genocide
Pope Francis Condemns Israeli 'Terrorism' After IDF Kills 2 Women at Catholic Church in Gaza, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17
Shipping Giants Suspend Transits Through Red Sea Due to Houthi Attacks, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17
Israeli Town Council Head Says Israel Should Make Gaza Look Like Auschwitz, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17
Netanyahu Says He's 'Proud' of Preventing a Palestinian State, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17
Pressure Mounts on Netanyahu to Reach New Deal With Hamas After IDF Killed 3 Israeli Hostages, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17
Human Rights Watch Says Israel Is Using Starvation as Weapon of War, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18
Lloyd Austin Visits Israel, Vows Continued Support for Gaza Slaughter, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18
US Formally Launches Red Sea Military Operation in Response to Houthi Attacks, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18
Houthis Say They Won't Back Down Even If US 'Mobilizes the Entire World', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-19
Hostage Talks Resume, But Several Hurdles Remain Before Deal Reached, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-12-20
As Gaza Death Toll Crosses 20,000, Aid Group Warns True Number Is Higher, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-12-20
US Veto Threat Once Again Delays Security Council Vote on Gaza Ceasefire, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-12-20
Israel Has Backed Itself Into a Corner on Post-War Gaza Occupation, Diplomats Say, Connor Freeman, Antiwar, 2023-12-20
UN Report Says Over 570,000 People Are Starving in Gaza, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21
UN Security Council Delays Vote on Gaza Resolution Yet Again, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21
UN Security Council Passes Diluted Resolution on Gaza War, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-12-22
US/NATO
Putin Calls Biden's Claim That Russia Will Attack NATO 'Nonsense', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-17
US Granted Access to 15 Military Bases in Finland Under New Deal, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18
Germany to Permanently Deploy 4,800 Troops in Lithuania, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-19
US Granted Access to Military Bases in Denmark Under New Deal, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21
Senate Adjourns Until 2024 With No Deal on Ukraine Aid, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21
Southwest Asia / Not Genocide
US Forces Have Come Under Attack Over 100 Times in Iraq and Syria Since October, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21
Ukraine/Russia
White House Says US Can Only Fund One More Weapons Package for Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18
Zelensky Suggests Ukraine Could Mobilize Up to 500,000 New Soldiers, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-19
US Eyes Frozen Russian Central Bank Funds to Fund Ukraine, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21
East Asia / China
US Increasing Military Exercises With Allies Near China, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18
US Approves $300 Million Sale for Taiwan's Military Information Systems, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-19
US, China Hold First High-Level Military Talks in Over a Year, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-21
Africa
US Airstrike Reported in Somalia for First Time in Months, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-12-18
Other Voices …
The Genocide
BREAKING NEWS: CHINESE, IRANIAN AND INDIAN WARSHIPS ARE NOW IN THE RED SEA, GULF OF ADEN, John Helmer, Dances with Wolves, 2023-12-21
At This Point We Have To Always Assume Israel Is Lying Until Proven Otherwise, Caitlin Johnston, Caitlin's Newsletter, 2023-12-22
Yemen Ready to Stare Down a New Imperial Coalition, Pepe Escobar, Unz Review, 2023-12-22
Blood Money: The Top Ten Politicians Taking the Most Israel Lobby Cash, Alan MacLeod, ScheerPost (originally MintPress News), 2023-12-20
Israeli Commanders Reported to ICC, Brett Wilkins, Consortium News (originally Common Dreams), 2023-12-21
Thus one can expect dual-citizen Jewish Israel-US persons to coordinate the US to attack DAWN via the usual mechanisms of reputation, financial and legal. Painting a crimes against humanity symbol on Israeli officers is painting a target on oneself.
If the Houthis Can Shut down Naval Traffic in the Red Sea, Iran Can Close the Persian Gulf, Larry Johnson, Sonar21, 2023-12-22
US Presidential Dual-Lawfare
IMPEACHMENT: Biden Under Formal Investigation, Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News, 2023-12-17
Patrick continues his series for CN on Biden family corruption and the political and legal consequences of it
The New Cold War
The Total Defeat Of Ukraine Is Coming Into Sight, b., Moon Of Alabama, 2023-12-18
What? Ukraine Is Not Winning the War?, Patrick Lawrence, Scheerpost, 2023-12-20
The Fantasy Of Missile Defense In Ukraine, b., Moon Of Alabama, 2023-12-22
On Speaking Plain 'Putin', SCOTT RITTER, Consortium News, 2023-12-18
Ritter begins the valuable effort of attempting to agree with historians and hopefully military and geopolitical analysts on a useful lexicon for analysing the process and outcome of the US' failed proxy war against Russia, and its political and geoeconomic consequences.
On Speaking Plain 'Putin', Part Two, SCOTT RITTER, Consortium News, 2023-12-20
A decade after Euromaidan, Ukraine more fractured than ever, Prof. Paul Robinson, Understanding Russia: Natalyie's Place (originally Canadian Dimension), 2023-12-22
IT ARMY OF UKRAINE: How U.S. Intelligence Agencies Have Elevated Cybercrime in Ukraine into a Freedom-Fighting Cult, Larry Johnson, sonar21, 2023-12-18
I probably wont find the time, but this article warrants digging up the history of credit card fraud back in the early 2000's which was prevalent in eastern Europe and particularly Ukraine. The computer skills of a small percentage of the population combined with an endemic mafia and the terrible security of early on-line trade and credit cards in particular led to a perfect storm for "cyber" (computer) crime.
If you're interested in the topic, I recommend the classic TED talk by British journalist Misha Glenny under Videoes below.
Assange
With Hearing Set, Time For Biden to Drop Assange Charges, Ann Wright, Consortium News, 2023-12-19
See below for video with Roth representing plaintiffs v. US/CIA
Open
Transnational Corporations Provoke a Single Scream of Horror that Runs through the Vertebrae of the World: The Fifty-First Newsletter (2023), Vijay Prashad, TISR, 2023-12-21
Now More Than Ever We Need a True Philosopher of Civilization, Pepe Escobar, Unz Review, 2023-12-22
Ahh, No Shit., Andrei Martyanov, Reminiscence of the Future ..., 2023-12-22
12/14/23 Jim Bovard on Washington’s Tyrannical Surveillance and Censorship of Americans, Horton interviews Bovard, The Scott Horton Show, 2023-12-14
Videoes
Israeli Government's War On Gaza: The First Ten Palestinian Journalists Killed, Kevin Gosztola, Natylie's Place: Understanding Russia, 2023-12-18
WATCH: CIA Loses Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Against It, Richard Roth and plaintiffs Margaret Ratner Kunstler & Deborah Hrbek discuss the case, Consortium News, 2023-12-22
SPECIAL：Alastair Crooke：The US an outcast at the UN, Napolitano interviews Crooke, Judging Freedom, 2023-12-22
INTEL Roundtable： 2023： A Year of Intelligence Failures., Napolitano interviews McGovern & Johnson, Judging Freedom, 2023-12-22
Bonus
Hire the Hackers!, Misha Glenny, TED, 2011-07
Merry Christmas!
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