Last week's posts on Moon of Alabama:
- Aug 5 – Markets Down – Risks Up
Related:
– A tale of two bubbles – Asia Times
– Geopolitical Risk and Decoupling: Evidence from U.S. Export Controls – New York Fed
- Aug 6 – Gaza As A New(?) Western Method To Wage War
Related:
– The Radicalization of Israel’s Military – New Yorker
– The World Court has ended the Oslo ruse – Mondoweiss
– U.S. will fund Israeli unit accused of gross human rights abuses – Washington Post
– Israel’s use of ‘dirty diplomacy’ to force the resistance to surrender – E.J. Magnier
– Amnesty investigation claims US-made weapon used in two Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that killed 43 civilians – CNN
Ori Goldberg @ori_goldberg – 9:01 UTC · Aug 10, 2024
1/ The massacre at the Al-Taba'een school is a crime and a horror. It is genocide. Leaving civilians no choice but to take refuge at a school and then bombing it is a crime even if Yahya Sinwar was hiding in the building. How does such dehumanization come into being? —>
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8/ This is what we've been doing since there was an "us" here. In the name of "security" we have been establishing supremacy. We would be secure when "they" knew and accepted that their place was out of our sight. They were here at our indulgence. The whole thing was ours. —>
- Aug 7 – Ukraine SitRep: Incursion Towards Kursk
- Aug 9 – Ukraine SitRep: Kursk Campaign Designed To Keep War Going
Related:
– The logic of Ukraine’s Kursk offensive – Spectator
– Ukraine gambles with Kursk invasion of Russia – Asia Times
– Invading Russia is Zelensky’s riskiest decision yet (archived) – The Times
> President Zelensky’s personal fingerprints are all over it. It’s been an open secret in Kyiv for many months that the president was pressing his military chiefs to launch a summer offensive.
Given Ukraine’s manpower and resources problems, they were hesitant. But Zelensky is desperate to reverse the narrative that Ukraine is losing its war. <
- Aug 10 – The Sanctions Are Working
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Other issues:
Resistance Axis:
- Strategic overview: The options the Axis of Resistance is facing – Al Mayadeen
- Houthis undeterred despite US action to protect Red Sea shipping – VOA
- Cost rising for US as it fights off Houthi drones – Politico
Color Revs in Asia:
- Analyzing the Regime Change Sequence That Toppled Bangladesh’s Long-Serving Prime Minister – Invex News
- Bangladesh as color revolution on India’s doorstep – Asia Times
- Sheikh Hasina was a time-tested friend – Indian Punchline
- The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics – Vijay Prashad / People's Dispatch
- Sheikh Hasina accuses US & warns interim govt against being ‘used’ – The Print
- Thailand aborts the colour revolution – Indian Punchline
Color Rev in Europe:
- Serbian president says Russia warns of preparations for Western-backed coup – TASS
- The protests in Serbia are about more than lithium – Intellinews
- Huge lithium-mining protest triggers crisis meeting in Serbia – Politico.eu
Color Rev in South America:
- US gov’t cites groups it funds to allege electoral ‘fraud’ in Venezuela – G/E
- Why Did US Quietly Reverse Its Decision to Unilaterally Recognise Venezuela’s Opposition Candidate As President? – Naked Capitalism
Globalism:
> We find Southern wages are 87–95% lower than Northern wages for work of equal skill. While Southern workers contribute 90% of the labour that powers the world economy, they receive only 21% of global income. <
Ukraine / Africa:
- A Dark Masterpiece of Ukrainian Anti-Diplomacy: Offending the Global South by Loudly Supporting Insurgents and Terrorists in Africa – Tarik Cyril Amar
Olympics:
- Athletes undercover? Global and U.S. anti-doping agencies clash over tactics – Reuters
- WADA statement on Reuters story exposing USADA scheme in contravention of World Anti-Doping Code – WADA
- Exclusive: WADA to put U.S. anti-doping agency under compliance review – Reuters
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Palestine) thread …