2022-09-30: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-29). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

SouthFront5 (2022-09-29). Is Russia Really Losing In Ukraine? southfront.org By Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst. | After Russia launched its counteroffensive against NATO aggression, the state and corporate-run mainstream media of the political West started spreading multiple false narratives about it. One of the most common themes was that the Russian military supposedly "failed" because the Kiev regime didn't collapse in a matter of days. | In the following months, especially after the Russian forces withdrew from northern areas of Ukraine, this was used to f…

Infobrics (2022-09-29). Is Russia really losing in Ukraine. infobrics.org While the propaganda machine works round the clock to create an alternate reality that doesn't exist past a TV or smartphone screen, the economic and social unraveling resulting from the failed economic siege of Russia has been affecting hundreds of millions around the world.

_____ (2022-09-29). Protests Erupt In Tunisia Over Rise In Prices Of Essential Commodities. popularresistance.org Hundreds of Tunisians marched on the streets of capital Tunis on Sunday, September 25, protesting against the rise in the prices of essential commodities in the country. Sporadic protests broke out in the evening in different parts of the city, as protesters criticized the failure of President Kais Saied's government to address their economic hardships. | The protesters carried loaves of bread and shouted slogans such as "where is sugar?" and "we can't support crazy price rise!" They demanded improvements in living conditions and "jobs, freedom, and national dignity!" Some protesters, for example those in Mornag…

Dean Baker (2022-09-29). The Market Did Not Cause Inequality, No Matter How Much the New York Times Insists. cepr.net It is a complete article of faith in intellectual circles that the market is responsible for the rise in inequality that we have seen in the United States and elsewhere over the last half-century. Intellectual types literally cannot even consider the alternative that inequality was the result of government policies, not the natural workings of …

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