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All of it, 11-2-26

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Links to two interviews: from Against the Stream via Consortium News, and from Yale Climate Connections via Informed Comment; other published material s accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for this date’s UKRAINE and IRAN, and for ALL OF IT 11-1-26.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 1  Watch: Who rules America? Patrik Baab of the German program Against the Stream talks with Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News. From CN intro: “Who really governs the United States? The elected politicians — or the economic interests that fund their election campaigns? The U.S. midterm elections are on Tuesday.” Click HERE for 42-minute subtitled video and timed segment-by-segment table of contents. 

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FROM NOV. 1  Why whales are climate heroes — who need humans’ protection. Daisy Simmons of Yale Climate Connections talks with marine biologist Chris Johnson, who leads the World Wildlife Fund’s Protecting Whales & Dolphins Initiative. Click HERE for Simmons’ intro, transcript of their conversation, and photos.

Media, 10-31-26

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Links to a report from the Moscow Times and to video and transcript of an interview via Consortium News and ScheerPost; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for this date’s ALL OF IT. For MEDIA 9-30-26, click HERE.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 30  Russia’s oldest independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, announces closure, by Mack Tubridy | The Moscow Times  Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s oldest and best-known independent newspaper, announced Friday that it will end its run after more than three decades in operation due to growing state pressure against its journalists. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 30  A people Israel can’t erase*, by Joshua Scheer | ScheerPost / Consortium News  Chris Hedges on his and Joe Sacco’s new book, Requiem for Gaza: “Physically, the book is beautiful. That also counts a lot for Joe. He writes into his contract the size of the book and the weight of the paper. If you notice, the paper weight is heavier than a normal book. That was important, and I think he’s probably right. The material is so incendiary. The New York Times already sent back a notice saying, ‘We’re not reviewing it. Don’t worry. We’re not touching it.’” Click HERE for video and transcript of Oct. 3 interview of Hedges by Art O’Connor in Dublin, Ireland, and for Scheer’s print introduction. 

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*  The interview was previously linked to under GAZA 10-30-26.

 

Gaza, 10-30-26

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Links to an interview via Consortium News and ScheerPost, and to a report from Common Dreams via CN; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for this date’s WEST BANK, IRAN, YEMEN and UKRAINE, and for GAZA 10-29-26.) — MCM

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A people Israel can’t erase, by Joshua Scheer | ScheerPost / Consortium News  At the launch of the book Requiem for Gaza, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges explains how he and cartoonist Joe Sacco set out to preserve what Israel’s destruction threatens to obliterate: the voices and experiences of Palestinians themselves. Click HERE for video and transcript of Oct. 3 interview of Hedges by Art O’Connor in Dublin, Ireland, and Scheer’s introduction.

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Dockworkers in 22 countries strike against Gaza genocide, by Jake Johnson | Common Dreams / Consortium News  Dockworkers in more than 20 countries — from France to India to Greece — are withholding their labor on Friday to demand an end to Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and highlight the role that commercial ports play in fueling deadly militarism worldwide. READ MORE . . .

 

West Bank, 10-25-26

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Links to this morning’s discussion from Consortium News and to a report from the Associated Press; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials, (Scroll down this date’s ALL OF IT, and for WEST BANK 10-24-26.) — MCM

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The World This Week — War in the West Bank and elsewhere. Joe Lauria of Consortium News hosts former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and Matthew Hoh, former U.S. Marine Corps captain and former State and Defense departments official. Topics include: * Israel, the West Bank and Israeli elections, * Russia’s “gradualist approach” to the war in Ukraine, * prospect of resumed war against Iran, * mid-term elections in the U.S., * protests in France and Italy, * Israel’s dominance in Washington, * truth vs. careerism in Washington and the Pentagon, * the relevance of the Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq wars today, * politicized intelligence, * end-of-empire behavior. Click HERE to watch and listen. 

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Israel presses ahead with West Bank operation as election approaches, by Melanie Lidman | AP  TEL AVIV — The Israeli military pressed ahead today with a massive military operation in the occupied West Bank that has displaced hundreds of Palestinians and placed major restrictions on movement in response to a gun attack last week that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

 

 

All of it, 10-24-26

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Links to reports from BBC and National Public Radio, and to a commentary via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on its initials. (Scroll down for this date’s WEST BANK and UKRAINE, and for ALL OF IT 10-22-26.) — MCM

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France prepares for day of protest a week after nationwide riots, by Sean Seddon | BBC  France is on high alert ahead of a new day of nationwide protests today, a week after the country saw some of its worst unrest in decades. Sweeping restrictions have been imposed . . . READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for later report from NPR,

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FROM OCT. 23  America’s failed Constitution, by Andrew P. Napolitano | Special to Consortium News  The U.S. Constitution was ratified to create and to restrain the government. It established boundaries beyond which the government may not venture, even when it invokes national security, public order, economic necessity, emergency or the . . . READ MORE . . .

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West Bank, 10-24-26

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Links to three reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, and Middle East Monitor, and to an analysis from Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for this date’s ALL OF IT and UKRAINE, and down for WEST BANK 10-23-26.) — MCM

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Israel imposes closures across a West Bank city, and other Mideast news. From AP. Israel imposed widespread closures and displaced residents in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron a day after attacks by Palestinian gunmen that killed two soldiers. Meanwhile, . . . Click HERE for report with photos. Same AP report in Spanish is HERE, and others are HERE.  Reports from Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor are HERE and HERE.

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FROM OCT. 23  Israel has its pretext for total war on the West Bank, by Joe Lauria | Special to Consortium News  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened a major military offensive against the West Bank four days before he stands for re-election after two Israeli soldiers were killed today in Hebron. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine, 10-24-26

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Links to three reports from the Associated Press and to a commentary via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for this date’s ALL OF IT and WEST BANK, and down for UKRAINE 10-23-26.) — MCM

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Ukraine and Russia eye new peace talks — and Melania Trump’s mission — but steep obstacles remain, by Derek Gatopoulos and Susie Blann | AP    KYIV — Ukraine and Russia have signaled their willingness to resume U.S.-brokered peace talks and are backing a humanitarian mission led by U.S. first lady Melania Trump. But deep disagreements over territory and security guarantees that re-emerged this week underscore . . . Click HERE for complete report with photos. AP report in Spanish is HERE, and others are HERE. Two other AP reports are HERE and HERE. 

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FROM OCT. 23  Trump and the Rrrrussians, by Patrick Lawrence | Special to Consortium News  Given the gush of vitriol and condemnation since Oct. 9, when Donald Trump announced his deal to import 5 million metric tons of Russian diesel, roughly 37 million barrels, one would think . . . READ MORE . . .

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All of it, 10-22-26

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A link to commentary from CraigMurray.org.uk via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for this date’s UKRAINE, IRAN and WEST BANK, and for ALL OF IT 10-20-26.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 21  France has never been richer, by Craig Murray | craigmurray.org.uk / CN  It takes a lot to get tens of thousands of people to riot. For it to happen simultaneously across several countries points to a supranational underlying cause, as opposed to local grievance at an egregious state injustice. READ MORE . . .

All of it, 10-17-26

A link to an advisory from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for today’s WEST BANK and UKRAINE, and down for ALL OF IT 10-13-26.) — MCM

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ADVISORY  Watch: The World This Week — ‘Trump v. Zelensky.’ Joe Lauria, editor-in chief of CN, will talk with former CIA analyst Joe McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter at around 9 a.m. EDT tomorrow (Sunday) about some of this week’s events including, from CN, “Trump tells Ukraine stop hitting Russia; says Zelensky must go; exempts Russia from sanctions; orders Musk to stop aiding Ukraine. Yemen roars, Saudis recoil.” Click HERE at 9 Sunday morning EDT to livestream discussion of probably two hours, and later for video.

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TO BE CONTINUED

All of it, 10-11-26

Links to a discussion from Consortium News, a program from 21st Century Wire, and a report from the Associated Press; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT 10-7-26.) — MCM

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The World This Week – ‘Russia to the rescue?’  Joe Lauria of CN hosts former CIA analyst Joe McGovern and Patrick Hennigsen of 21st Century Wire for two-hours of talk on topics including  * Columbus Day 1983, * President Trump’s state of mind, * the Europeans, * a geopolitical “isosceles triangle, * the 2014 Maidan coup, * Minsk accords 1 and 2 in 2014 and 2015, * nuclear threats and the paradox of international law, * Presidents Trump and Netanyahu at the UN, * the Israel lobby in the United States, * “our mainstream press,” * Netanyahu in extremis, * the Epstein files, * the Ivania Trump / Jared Kushner marriage, * the U.S. weapons inventory, * Nobel Peace Prize to jurist Navi Pillay of South Africa, * public executions in the U.S., * “Where the hell is the Church?” * Tulsi Gabbard, * Joe Kent, * U.S. consulting firms and the French government, * Spain and Pedro Sanchez, and  * Russia and “the long game.”  Click HERE for subtitled video, print intro and comments.

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Sunday Wire Episode 616 — Zelensky’s diesel downfall + Hegseth’s ‘holy war’ firing squad. From 21st Century Wire. Patrick Henningsen reviews and comments on some of the events of last week in a 90-minute monologue, followed by other material. Click HERE for three-hour video.

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FROM OCT. 8  Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be live-streamed, by Konstantin Toropin, Eric Trucker and Claudia Lauer | AP  WASHINGTON — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being “public.” Click HERE for report including photos.

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