➽BSC➜MSC⇢ When the war on terror turns inward
By HENRY REYNOLDS | On 31 July 2020
We now have evidence of a campaign conducted in Australia to attack the credibility and the reputation of individuals and organisations seen as being too close to China.
A knock at the door… illustration – Alex Anstey
In a recent article in The Guardian Hamilton Nolan commented on the current employment on the streets of American cities of the par-military forces established for action on the nation’s borders. He believes that the Department of Homeland Security has become a White House controlled paramilitary and surveillance service. Both the laws passed and the institutions established in the days after the September 11 attacks have now been used within the boundaries of the state. He observed that Americans’ are finding out what happens when the war on terror is turned inward upon ourselves.’
Australians should see this as a warning of what could unfold here particularly as we enter into a period of rising tensions brought about by our plunge into the Trump inspired cold war with China.
As I read the article I was immediately reminded of the raid unleashed three weeks ago on the home and office of the New South Wales MLC Shaoquett Moselmane. Not knowing much about New South Wales State politics I had never heard of Mr. Moselmane. But I found the whole proceedings deeply disturbing. I was also surprised that so few people seemed to share my concerns
To begin with the Federal Police showed no respect for Mr Moselmane who has been in public life for many years as a three term Mayor of Rockdale and as a member of the New South Wales Upper House since 2009. The contrast with the treatment of two Federal Ministers accused in recent times of possible illegal behaviour could not be greater. It was so discrete that they were not even questioned.
But there was much more to it than that. The whole exercise was deliberately histrionic—a dawn raid on the family home by a dozen federal agents. An hour later six further officers arrived. Such raids are calculated to terrorize families and embarrass and humiliate the chosen victim. They are also designed to make sure that all the neighbours are aware of what was happening. Both the scale of the raid and its mode of operation signalled to the public that there was strong reason to believe that the targeted individual has been guilty of heinous crimes against both society and the state. How the victim of such a raid can subsequently receive a fair trial has never been explained.
But even more egregious was the fact that the Federal Police had tipped off the media and made sure the television cameras were rolling when the strike force arrived. This is by now standard practice. How do they get away with it? How it can be justified is hard to discern. This is partly because the cosy relationship with the media has seemingly never been questioned. https://johnmenadue.com/when-the-war-on-terror-turns-inward/
➜⇢➤ BRUSSELS/MOSCOW – The EU approved restrictions against structures and citizens of Russia, China and North Korea for alleged “cyber attack activities”. The sanctions are imposed in the framework established a year ago but never applied before allowing the EU to impose targeted restrictive measures to “deter and respond to cyberattacks”, reads the EU Official Journal, TASS reported. https://fort-russ.com/2020/07/new-sanctions-war-eu-imposes-sanctions-on-russians-chinese-north-koreans-for-cyber-attacks-russia-responds-tit-for-tat/
➽➜PHD⇢➤UK: Secret Court Papers Reveal ‘Rogue’ British SAS Squad Executed 33 Civilians In Afghanistan
LONDON – Extreme allegations that a “rogue” Special Air Service (SAS) unit carried out night missions in which they executed civilians in Afghanistan villages came to light in court documents. The trove of secret files was previously withheld from an ongoing High Court legal case by the government, causing a judge to demand an explanation from defense secretary Ben Wallace. Communications from within high ranks of the special forces “reveal a huge concern” for the killings of over 33 Afghan people in 11 different night raids on homes by the same unit. The documents, seen by The Sunday Times Insight team, expose one significant incident that has been alleged to be a quadruple murder by UK troops and is now at the center of the case. https://fort-russ.com/2020/08/uk-secret-court-papers-reveal-rogue-british-sas-squad-executed-33-civilians-in-afghanistan/
➽MSC➜PHD⇢➤China’s Huawei is now the world’s largest smartphone maker Huawei overtook Samsung and Apple in the second quarter of 2020 to become the biggest smartphone player in the world for the first time.
That’s according to a new report by Canalys which showed that the majority of sales came from China while its international business suffers as a result of US sanctions.
The Chinese vendor shipped 55.8 million devices, down five percent year on year. Meanwhile, South Korea’s Samsung (which is second in China sales) shipped 53.7 million smartphones, a 30 percent plunge versus the same period last year. https://www.rt.com/business/496594-huawei-largest-smartphone-company/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome
➽➜⇢➤ELON MUSK CONFESSES TO LITHIUM COUP IN BOLIVIA
"We Will Coup Whoever We Want! Deal With It.” Elon Musk. The Billionaire Ceo Of Tesla And Lithium-Exploiting Capitalist Has Admitted His Role In The November Coup.
The billionaire CEO of Tesla and lithium-exploiting capitalist has admitted his role in the November coup.
The CEO of the U.S.-based Telsa car manufacturer has admitted to involvement in what President Morales has referred to as a “Lithium Coup.”
We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.” was Elon Musk’s response to an accusation on twitter that the U.S. government organized a coup against President Evo Morales, so that Musk could obtain Bolivia’s lithium.
Foreign plunder of Bolivia’s lithium, in a country with the world’s largest known reserves, is widely believed to be among the main motives behind the November 10, 2019 coup.
Lithium, a critical component of the batteries used in Tesla vehicles, is set to become one of the world’s most important natural resources as manufacturers seek to obtain it for use in batteries for electric cars, computers, and industrial equipment. https://annanimuss.wordpress.com/2020/08/01/02-127/
➽➜⇢ Despite the Hype, the US has no Allies against China
Since particularly the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, a sea change in the US policies vis-à-vis China has taken place. Its latest manifestation came on July 23 when the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, delivered what has been called the American “Iron curtain” speech. Pompeo’s “Communist China and the Free World’s Future” speech does provide a significant insight into how the US is trying to establish a ‘new cold war’ global politics whereby it can place itself once again as the leader of the ‘free world’ against China, the so-called epitome of “threat” to America—its unilateral supremacy, its hegemonic domination of the world politics since the disintegration of the Soviet Union and its increasing tilt towards sabotaging multilateral agreements, such as the Iran nuclear deal, to extend its own and those of its allies’ supremacy, even if it comes at the expense of peace. Pompeo’s speech does show that the US is projecting China as an ‘evil power’ that needs to be countered. To quote him: https://journal-neo.org/2020/08/03/despite-the-hype-the-us-has-no-allies-against-china/
➜A⇢➤ "A revitalized Russia and a modernizing China began to represent a potential counterweight to U.S. hegemony as the world’s unilateral superpower, a reaction that Washington accelerated with its strategic maneuvers to surround both Russia and China with military bases and adversarial alliances by pressing NATO up to Russia’s borders and President Obama’s “pivot to Asia.” The U.S.-backed coup in Ukraine on Feb. 22, 2014, marked a historical breaking point as Russia finally pushed back by approving Crimea’s request for reunification and by giving assistance to ethnic Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine who resisted the coup regime in Kiev. [Surprisingly, China decided not to criticize the annexation of Crimea.] On the global stage, Putin fleshed out the earlier energy deal with China, including a massive 30-year natural gas contract valued at $400 billion.
⇢A➤ Presumptuous Pompeo Pushes Preposterous ‘Peking’ Policy
A rant by Mike Pompeo regarding what the U.S. should do with China led to a fruitful exchange between an old China, and an old Soviet hand By Ray McGovern July 31, 2020 "Information Clearing House" - Quick. Somebody tell Mike Pompeo. The secretary of state is not supposed to play the role of court jester — the laughing stock to the world. There was no sign that any of those listening to his “major China policy statement” last Thursday at the Nixon Library turned to their neighbor and said, “He’s kidding, right? Richard Nixon meant well but failed miserably to change China’s behavior? And now Pompeo is going to put them in their place?”
Yes, that was Pompeo’s message. The torch has now fallen to him and the free world. Here’s a sample of his rhetoric:
“Changing the behavior of the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] cannot be the mission of the Chinese people alone. Free nations have to work to defend freedom. …
“Beijing is more dependent on us than we are on them (sic). Look, I reject the notion … that CCP supremacy is the future … the free world is still winning. … It’s time for free nations to act … Every nation must protect its ideals from the tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party. … If we bend the knee now, our children’s children may be at the mercy of the Chinese Communist Party, whose actions are the primary challenge today in the free world. …http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55411.htm
➽. Canada: Ethnic and Poor Groups Are Most Affected by COVID-19
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A protester holds a photo of a Mexican informal worker killed by COVID-19. Toronto, Canada. July 28, 2020. | Photo: EFE
Published 3 August 2020 (17 hours 14 minutes ago)
• The racialized groups suffer from systemic preexisting conditions such as healthcare access disparities, economic inequalities, and social marginalization.
• Canada’s Toronto Public Health Department Monday explained that ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups are more vulnerable to COVID-19.
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• The experts collected the data of all COVID-19 patients admitted from May 20 to July 1, considering their ethnicity, racial identification, and incomes.
• “Seventy-one percent of people who were hospitalized due to COVID-19 identified as coming from a racialized group,” the study reveals.
• According to the research, Black and South Asian people present the highest contagion rates with over 20 percent, followed by Caribbean and Arab communities. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/canada-ethnic-and-poor-groups-are-covid-most-affected-20200803-0021.html
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