pivot to Asia

Where To Get Some Real News — While We Still Can

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This was an informative webinar my husband and I watched yesterday. Chengpang Lee, assistant professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic Uni and Dic Lo, Reader in Economics at SOAS Uni of London, shared information that was new to us. Link to recording is eagerly awaited and will be shared.

Seven years ago I published a list of sources I considered useful for gathering real news as opposed to repackaged Pentagon or State Department talking points posing as news.

The list is much shorter today. Venerables like Democracy Now! have succumbed to the lure of big money and as a result are cheerleading for proxy war in Ukraine. How the mighty have fallen.

With a particular focus on the ginning up of war against China, here’s my current list. The link will take you to an article or episode related to the U.S. pivot to Asia, but the whole publication is worthy of attention. In no particular order:

Covert Action Magazine (text)

CaitlinJohnstone.com (text or audio)

Pearls and Irritations (text)

Reports on China (short videos)

Consortium News (text)

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting/FAIR (text)

Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action (text)

Organizing Notes (text or videos)

Hankyoreh (text)

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space (videos)

Sydney Criminal Lawyers blog (text)

MintPress News (text and videos)

The Most Censored News/Behind the Headlines with Lee Camp (videos)

 No More Battle of Okinawa: Nuchi du Takara (Life is a Treasure) People’s Association

My list is heavy on text (which I prefer) and light on videos and podcasts (which many people prefer these days). Please use comments to suggest other reliable sources I’ve missed!

EDITED Feb 12 to include more sources:

The Cradle (text)

Global Research (text)

BreakThrough News (videos)

Multipolarista (text)

Information You Aren’t Likely To Read/Hear In Western Media: Pivot To Asia Edition

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Source: India and Geopolitics

If imitation is a sincere form of flattery, here is my one-time attempt to imitate my friend JK’s terrifically useful mini-digest on Ukraine. Sent via email a few times a week, containing “information you are not likely to read/hear in the Western/U.S. media,” its author has identified the need for someone to do something similar for news on the war on China the U.S. is planning aka the Obama-Biden pivot to Asia.

I’m unqualified to take on this project because I don’t read Chinese or Japanese beyond the kindergarten level or any other East Asian languages. But, in the spirit of JK’s heroic communication efforts around the U.S. war on Russia, here goes.

Item # 1

Follow the Puck — Trends in Geopolitics by SL Kanthan, Indian blogger on “India’s role in a multipolar world”  January 31, 2023

(Note from LS: MUST READ! Examines why people in the U.S. believe so many things about China that are demonstrably false.)

Item # 2

CSIS advises US to prepare for possible redeployment of tactical nukes to S. Korea by Lee Bon-young, Washington correspondent for Hankyore  January 20, 2023

Source: CGTN

Item # 3

The US-Australia Military Alliance Serves Washington’s Interests, Not Ours by Paul Gregoire, Sydney Criminal Lawyers  January 27, 2023

Item # 4

War in the Taiwan Strait May Mean War For North, South Korea by Cheong Wook-Sik, Hankoreh Peace Institute  January 31, 2023

Item # 5

How CNN & BBC trick you about China: Selina Wang and her failed exposé [Length: 11:42] by Andy Boreham, Reports on China  January 30, 2023

Item # 6

Okinawa Against US-JAPAN Alliance [Length: 12:15] by Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space  February 1, 2023

(Note from LS: MUST WATCH! Discusses how the U.S. with full Japanese cooperation has turned Okinawa into a war base and an obvious target during any conflict with China.)

Item # 7

Why is Victoria Nuland coming to Sri Lanka? by Shenali D. Waduge, Lankaweb   January 31, 2023

Item # 8

Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable Development

February 4, 2022

(Note from LS: MUST READ. It’s a year old and long, but well worth your time to understand reality behind headlines like “China, Russia partner up against West at Olympics summit” by Reuters or “Russia and China unveil a pact against the West” in the New Yorker.)