Dissociated Press Last Monday Gilad Erlan, Israel’s UN ambassador, brandished a yellow star—and said he wouldn’t take it off until the UN condemned Hamas. Erlan’s UN colleagues, as well as some Israeli officials, rolled their eyes. Erlan, angered by the frosty reception, got an Auschwitz-style number tattoo at his local tattoo parlor and spent Tuesday flashing it at his colleagues.…
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Listen live Fridays noon to 2pm Eastern on Revolution.Radio later archived at https://kevinbarrett.substack.com First hour: The brilliant Linh Dinh‘s latest, an interview with João Guimaraes, includes reflections on the hyperreal vs. authentic (i.e. mediated vs. reality). Synchronistically, my latest essay begins: “There are disasters, and there are media representations of disasters. But what if representations are the worst disasters of all?” Even…
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https://youtu.be/Jjreu_zyZCs PressTV.ir Iran’s top human rights official has slammed the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic.
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https://youtu.be/Bt-P0B40OLM PressTV.ir The UN Human Rights Council has voted to drop a UN probe into possible war crimes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. NGOs and rights groups have decried the decision as intense Saudi arm-twisting. It marked the first time in the council’s 15-year history that a resolution was defeated. The motion was proposed by several western countries. The…
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https://youtu.be/3xWV-lpjjn4 Press TV Just as the UN took Saudi Arabia off the child killer list, the Saudi-led coalition struck Yemen, which led to the deaths of children. Why does the UN, which is supposed to watch out for the well-being of children, take Saudi Arabia off a list in which it knows it is guilty if those crimes? In this…
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https://youtu.be/gtPDpQMzKCA Will Trump re-ignite tensions with North Korea? Not likely in an election season.
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https://youtu.be/klCgNZ1zUqM Press TV interview with Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor “The United Arab Emirates has told the United Nations Security Council that last month’s attacks on four tankers off its coast were likely carried out by a state actor.” But which state actor? Bolton/Pompeo/Netanyahu/BinSalman say Iran. But what would Iran gain? Isn’t it more likely a false flag provocation? And…
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https://youtu.be/sTYP92Tj5AA Press TV interview with Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor A UN-led probe into Jamal Khashoggi’s murder has concluded that the Saudi dissident was the victim of a “brutal and premeditated killing” planned and perpetrated by the kingdom’s officials. Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur for extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions, said in Geneva Thursday that Saudi officials had “seriously undermined” and delayed Turkey’s efforts to investigate…
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https://youtu.be/E4HCcVkD9s4 Press TV interview with Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor The United Nations is finally facing the facts: The Saudi war on Yemen is turning into a holocaust. But it is the US Congress that has the power to stop the war. Will Democrats and Republicans unite to deliver a slap in the face to Trump-Kushner and their Saudi partners…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dWTx_8jYws&feature=youtu.be Press TV The Saudi-led coalition condemns a UN report that says airstrikes by Riyadh and its allies in Yemen may amount to war crimes. The coalition said the UN report has misconstrued the facts of the conflict. It also denied the UN accusations the coalition is refusing to cooperate or provide information to the U-N experts. On Tuesday, the…
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