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Created
Thu, 07/03/2024 - 03:10

“Most mercenaries fighting for Israel now are welcomed based on their religious affiliations and dual citizenships, making their accountability pretty complex” – some of them previously fought in Ukraine along the neo-Nazi military wing Azov Battalion.

The post Globetrotting for Genocide: Foreign Fighters From US, France and India Are Fighting Israel’s War in Gaza appeared first on MintPress News.

Created
Fri, 29/12/2023 - 02:40
by Daniel Wortel-London

Advertising works. A recent study by the Advertising Association finds that every dollar of ad spending drives up sales by $21. Ads get us to recognize brands and hum jingles even if we are annoyed by pop-ups. They are particularly effective in driving the kind of unsustainable consumption that is destroying our planet.

This begs a question: Should advertising be limited for the sake of the environment?

The post It’s Time to Ban Earth-Damaging Ads appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

Created
Mon, 18/09/2023 - 21:33

Little attention has been paid to the possibility that perhaps African countries are fed up with the old apparatus, that of Western-supported wealthy and violent dictators - and supposed 'democrats' - who squander their country's wealth to remain in power.

The post What the Media Is Not Telling Us About West Africa appeared first on MintPress News.

Created
Fri, 01/09/2023 - 05:33

Before a military coup removed Gabon’s hopelessly corrupt President, Ali Bongo, from office, he was courted by Obama and feted from Washington to Davos. The US war on Libya which destabilized the region may not have succeeded without him. When a military junta arrested President Ali Bongo Ondimba on August 30, Gabon became the ninth African nation to depose its government through a military coup. As citizens of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali did before them, crowds of Gabonese poured […]

The post ‘Obama’s man in Africa’ under house arrest as popular coup rocks Gabon first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post ‘Obama’s man in Africa’ under house arrest as popular coup rocks Gabon appeared first on The Grayzone.

Created
Tue, 09/05/2023 - 16:51

The arrest of two heavily armed French neo-Nazis returning from Ukraine highlights a looming problem for NATO states sponsoring the proxy war, and their conspiracy of silence on the nature of the threat. On April 24th 2023, two French neo-Nazis were jailed for 15 months, nine of which were suspended, for possessing assault rifle ammunition. The pair had returned to Paris from Ukraine two days earlier, and were arrested at customs. Both were on the radar of French domestic spying […]

The post Neo-Nazi terror threat grows as Ukraine fighters jailed in France appeared first on The Grayzone.