Wikipedia’s editors have voted to declare the Anti-Defamation League “generally unreliable” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, adding it to a list of banned and partially banned sources.
ADL faces Wikipedia ban over reliability concerns on Israel, antisemitism
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Marx, Spinoza, and the Political Implications of Contemporary Psychiatry
Simple logic tells us that those atop a societal hierarchy will provide rewards for professionals—be they clergy or psychiatrists—who promote an ideology that maintains the status quo, and that the ruling class will do everything possible to manipulate the public to believe that the social-economic-political status quo is natural.
Marx, Spinoza, and the Political Implications of Contemporary Psychiatry
Philippines counts the cost of tough South China Sea stance against Beijing
Philippines counts the cost of tough South China Sea stance against Beijing
The Philippines has become a laboratory in responding to Beijing on the South China Sea row, taking the most risk but showing inconsistency and underwhelming results thus far. Its predicament explains why other Southeast Asian claimant states remain unlikely to follow its lead. The tepid reaction to Manila’s pitch for an Asean claimants-only Code of Conduct is indicative.
As had happened in the past, lost economic opportunities and further erosion of Manila’s position in the flashpoint, relative to other disputants, may lead to a possible policy reversal in handling the maritime tiff come the 2028 presidential election.
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Last year, the Philippines began to expose China’s illicit actions in the disputed waters. It inserted reporters in routine patrols and resupply sorties to document interference by the Chinese coastguard and maritime militia ships. The idea is to rally local and international support and impose reputational costs on Beijing. [Project Myoushu AKA Transparency Initiative]
This approach made strides in rousing public backing for Manila’s defence build-up, a stronger alliance with the United States, and a tougher stance against China. However, it also contributed to polarising domestic politics, affecting people-to-people ties and diminishing Chinese economic interest in the Philippines. Meanwhile, Beijing remains unmoved, weathering reputational costs and continuing to wield a capacity for escalation in the South China Sea.
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During Xi’s visit to Hanoi last December, both sides vowed to upgrade the Kunming-Haiphong rail line. In contrast, Chinese funding for three rail projects discussed during the previous Duterte government is already dead in the water. China is unlikely to become a strong partner for President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s Build Better More infrastructure programme.
Losses in the tourism sector have also become evident. In 2019, before the pandemic, China was the Philippines’ fastest-growing tourist market, with more than 1.7 million arrivals, or a 21.1 per cent market share, just behind South Korea. Last year, as countries in Asia raced to benefit from the return of Chinese tourists, the Philippines only welcomed over 260,000 tourists from China, with the market share shrinking to just 4.84 per cent.
Ironically, for all the talk about Duterte’s China policy as appeasement, it was under his watch that the Philippines made the biggest upgrade in infrastructure in the Spratlys since the 1970s. He also invested in modernising the country’s military, procuring modern frigates from South Korea, multirole response vessels from Japan and cruise missiles from India. All these happened while relations with China remained stable.
Another irony is that while Manila celebrates every resupply mission to the Second Thomas Shoal that successfully eluded the Chinese blockade, Vietnam is busy doing substantial reclamation on its Spratly outposts and gearing for a potential second airfield, with reportedly little interference from Beijing. [Bueller?]
These should offer plenty of insights as the strategy of the Philippines over the maritime squabble evolves.
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza, as Biden describes civilian casualties as “the price of waging a war”
With Israel’s savage bombardment of the Gaza Strip continuing unabated, the humanitarian crisis faced by its 2.3 million residents has reached horrendous dimensions. In addition to an official death toll approaching 7,000, over 1.4 million people have been displaced by Israel’s genocidal onslaught, while supplies of food, clean water and fuel are on the verge of expiring.
Humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza, as Biden describes civilian casualties as “the price of waging a war”
The Dissenter: Consortium News Sues NewsGuard, US Government For Alleged Defamation
By Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter, 10/23/23
Consortium News sued the United States government and NewsGuard Technologies for allegedly defaming the independent media organization and violating the organization’s First Amendment rights.
The Dissenter: Consortium News Sues NewsGuard, US Government For Alleged Defamation
Neo-Con study: Why a New Black Sea Strategy is in the U.S. Interest + The Middle Corridor
With the coming US-NATO dangerous war games in the Black Sea it seemed like a good idea to post this study by the right-wing Heritage Foundation. This should give us all a clear idea of what Washington and Brussels are up to in the region.
Neo-Con study: Why a New Black Sea Strategy is in the U.S. Interest
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The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”
Littoral combat ships were supposed to launch the Navy into the future. Instead they broke down across the globe and many of their weapons never worked. Now the Navy is getting rid of them. One is less than five years old.
The Inside Story of How the Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship”
FBI Helped Censor Americans For Ukrainian Intel Agency Full Of Russian Spies, House Report Concludes
The FBI worked with Ukraine’s intelligence agency to pressure social media platforms into censoring Americans, without regard for the agency’s infiltration by Russian informants, a new report by the House Judiciary concluded.
FBI Helped Censor Americans For Ukrainian Intel Agency Full Of Russian Spies, House Report Concludes
Not buying the FSB infiltration of SBU! Most of the sources, linked in the report, are from Zelensky and Spooks!
Previously:
Leaks reveal FBI helps Ukraine censor Twitter users and obtain their info
How The FBI Helps Ukrainian Intelligence Hunt ‘Disinformation’ On Social Media
Antiwar.com Receives Serena Shim Journalism Award
Antiwar.com Receives Serena Shim Journalism Award
In giving the award, the organizers noted “The Antiwar team publishes news reports, analyses, radio interviews and videos. They are consistently reliable and accurate. From Yugoslavia in the 1990’s to Ukraine today, Antiwar.com is a vital voice seeking truth and clarity in the fog of war and propaganda.”
Suspended for Provided Balanced News on Ukraine
An editor at Radio New Zealand has been suspended and is under investigation for the time-honored practices of providing balanced and factual reporting, writes Tony Kevin.
Suspended for Provided Balanced News on Ukraine
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