Bafta-winning investigative journalist John Pilger has died aged 84, his family has announced.
Award-winning investigative journalist John Pilger dies aged 84
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Neocon dark money front launches desperate ad blitz as support for Ukraine forever war craters
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A PR offensive to inundate the American public with pro-Ukraine war advertisements during the 2024 election is the latest initiative of neocon chickenhawk Bill Kristol. While targeted at GOP voters, the campaign appears to be another Democratic Party front.
Neocon dark money front launches desperate ad blitz as support for Ukraine forever war craters
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‘Wakanda Forever’ scene triggers French defense minister
Sebastien Lecornu took a swipe at the Black Panther film, but perhaps instead he could have learned something about France’s colonial past.
‘Wakanda Forever’ scene triggers French defense minister
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Jeff Beck, guitar god who influenced generations, dies at 78
Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player, has died. He was 78.
Jeff Beck, guitar god who influenced generations, dies at 78
Lavrov says West seeks to use Gorbachev’s name for its geopolitical purposes
Lavrov says West seeks to use Gorbachev’s name for its geopolitical purposes
Lavrov also pointed out that those who spoke about relations with Gorbachev include former US Secretary of State James Baker.
“Baker said of Gorbachev: ‘I thought he was an honest negotiator and I could count on his word.’ That’s an amazing revelation. Because we were counting on Baker’s word as well. By we I mean the leadership of the Soviet Union. About the non-expansion of NATO to the east, among other things. They cheated us brazenly,” Lavrov said.
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James Baker: Gorbachev will be remembered as ‘giant’ who steered his nation toward democracy
In a statement published through his eponymous Institute for Public Policy at Rice University, Baker applauded Gorbachev’s role in ending the 40-year Cold War between Russia and the U.S., referring to him as an “honest broker” who stood by his word despite experiencing pressure from Moscow.
NATO Expansion: What Gorbachev Heard
Washington D.C., December 12, 2017 – U.S. Secretary of State James Baker’s famous “not one inch eastward” assurance about NATO expansion in his meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on February 9, 1990, was part of a cascade of assurances about Soviet security given by Western leaders to Gorbachev and other Soviet officials throughout the process of German unification in 1990 and on into 1991, according to declassified U.S., Soviet, German, British and French documents posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University
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