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On Unilateral Coercive Measures: A Conversation with Alena Douhan

CCHS — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 10:29:32 +0000

The UN Special Rapporteur talks about the devastating impact of economic sanctions on countries and people. By Cira Pascual Marquina, February 9, 2024, Original post 9in two parts) here: https://venezuelanalysis.com/interviews/on-unilateral-coercive-measures-part-i-a-conversation-with-alena-douhan/ Dr. Alena Douhan is a professor of International […]

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Reading Controversies: political literacy during international conflict

CCHS — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:54:29 +0000

This paper sets out some key principles which can be applied to most international conflicts, followed by some conceptual forensic tools with which to carry out a basic examination, principles and tools which can help found relevant political literacy during international conflict.

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The ‘Humanitarian’ Destruction of Libya: Gaddafi, NATO, and the War on Africa

CCHS — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:22:55 +0000

By Bas Spliet, Newsbud, Tue, 30 May 2017. Original post here: https://www.sott.net/article/352502-The-Humanitarian-Destruction-of-Libya-Gaddafi-NATO-and-the-War-on-Africa This article is part of a three-part series called “The ‘humanitarian’ destruction of Libya” that analyses the 2011 war in Libya and the motives behind it. […]

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‘Human rights NGOs’ HRW and Amnesty show cozy ties with US government

CCHS — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:14:16 +0000

By Ben Norton (2022), original post here https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/03/17/human-rights-ngo-hrw-amnesty-us-government/ Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International claim to be independent, but they have a revolving door with the US government, and serve its foreign-policy interests, with funding from CIA-linked foundations […]

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Amnesty’s Shilling for US Wars

CCHS — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:00:45 +0000

By Ann Wright and Coleen Rowley (2012) original post here: https://consortiumnews.com/2012/06/18/amnestys-shilling-for-us-wars/ For decades, Amnesty International has been a respected name in the cause of human rights, but its recent hiring of Suzanne Nossel, a longtime U.S. “humanitarian interventionist,” […]

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Ben Shapiro – “Transfer (deportation of Palestinians) is not genocide”

CCHS — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 04:55:01 +0000

Ben Shapiro’s pro genocide essay in 2003, source: https://alt.politics.usa.narkive.com/R9bznZ5W/transfer-is-not-a-dirty-word-and-and-anything-else-isn-t-a-solution August 27, 2003 See also: Lowkey interviewed by Danny Haiphong. Ben Shapiro is an Israeli military asset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9b99ztK9Bg Raise your hand if you were shocked at the breakdown of […]

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How Biden is starving Cuba

CCHS — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 06:35:44 +0000

by William LeoGrande, original post here: https://www.wola.org/2021/05/biden-inaction-aggravating-cuba-food-crisis/ If President Biden wants to support human rights in Cuba and empower the Cuban people, he can start by alleviating the food crisis by ending Trump’s prohibition on remittances and restoring […]

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The Charters of Hamas in 1988 and 2017

CCHS — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 06:12:59 +0000

Full English translations of the Charters of Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine) of 1988 and (the current one) of 2017.

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US censorship of Iranian voices is part of Washington’s hybrid war against independent West Asia

CCHS — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 07:37:45 +0000

Zahra Hamidia of IRNA interviews Tim Anderson about Meta (Facebook and Instagram) banning Khamenei.ir accounts. Original post here https://en.irna.ir/news/85429549/Prominent-analyst-calls-Meta-ban-on-Iran-Leader-page-part-of 1-As you are aware Meta has shut down all accounts and pages of the Iranian leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. Why […]

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Rigged Rules and Double Standards: trade, globalisation, and the fight against poverty

CCHS — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 06:55:42 +0000

The problem is not that international trade is inherently opposed to the needs and interests of the poor, but that the rules that govern it are rigged in favour of the rich.

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