August 10, 2019 – Astute News

August 10, 2019

The Sikhs for Justice Support the Kashmiris’ Struggle for Self-Determination

The Sikhs For Justice’s legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun released a video in which he reaffirmed his organization’s support for the Kashmiris’ self-determination struggle and called on all Sikhs in the Indian Army to refuse any orders they may be given to kill innocent Muslims in the same coldblooded way as their own people were killed during India’s 1984 “Operation...

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August 10, 2019

India’s Finding Out the Hard Way that It Isn’t “America’s Exclusive Ally”

India hitherto thought that the US needed it more than the reverse and that’s why took its nascent military-strategic alliance with it for granted by trying to play “hardball” in pressing for a better trade deal, yet it’s now finding out the hard way that it isn’t America’s exclusive ally after Washington decided to follow in Moscow’s footsteps and “balance”...

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August 10, 2019

For the Anti-China Lobby Hong Kong Unrest is a Godsend

Hong Kong is fast becoming another frontline in the struggle between East and West, between the forces of unipolarity and multipolarity. The initial proximate cause of the unrest in this semi-autonomous former British colony – as those who’ve been following this crisis will know – was controversy over the city’s authorities attempt to introduce an extradition bill that would have...

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August 10, 2019

Adding Context to ‘News’ about Venezuela

On Tuesday, August 6th, the Trump Administration helped to lead a meeting In Lima Peru, of representatives from around 60 governments that have joined U.S. President Trump’s efforts to overthrow Venezuela’s Government. Below is a report about this meeting, by Agence France-Presse, a typical U.S.-allied ‘news’-medium. The italicized additions in brackets in and near the article’s end are essential historical...

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August 10, 2019

Will China Trigger Next Financial Tsunami?

With the US decision to impose added tariffs on more than $300 billion of China trade, and the US Treasury declaring China a “currency manipulator”, global financial markets have reacted with sharp selling. The question is whether this is the beginning of a genuine currency war that will trigger a new Financial Tsunami as bad if not worse than that...

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August 10, 2019

US and Turkey Collude to Steal Northern Syrian Territory

Troops of both countries illegally occupy northern Syrian territory bordering Turkey, including its oil rich area. On the phony pretext of protecting Turkey’s security, President Erdogan is intermittently battling Kurdish YPG fighters cross-border in Syria — despite their posing no threat to Ankara. His real aim is wanting the territory annexed. The same goes for Kurdish controlled/oil-rich northern Iraq. The...

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August 10, 2019

Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China. We’re in a Trade and Currency War

When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates on July 31st for the first time in more than a decade, commentators were asking why. According to official data, the economy was rebounding, unemployment was below 4%, and GDP growth was above 3%. If anything, by the Fed’s own reasoning, it should have been raising rates. The explanation of market pundits was...

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August 10, 2019

Quincy Who? Another New Think Tank Tests the Waters

Think tanks sprout like weeds in Washington. The latest is the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, which is engaged in a pre-launch launch and is attracting some media coverage all across the political spectrum. The Institute is named after the sixth US President John Quincy Adams, who famously made a speech while Secretary of State in which he cautioned that...

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Daily Archive: August 10, 2019

The Sikhs for Justice Support the Kashmiris’ Struggle for Self-Determination

India’s Finding Out the Hard Way that It Isn’t “America’s Exclusive Ally”

For the Anti-China Lobby Hong Kong Unrest is a Godsend

Adding Context to ‘News’ about Venezuela

Will China Trigger Next Financial Tsunami?

US and Turkey Collude to Steal Northern Syrian Territory

Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China. We’re in a Trade and Currency War

Quincy Who? Another New Think Tank Tests the Waters