The Saudi/US war & blockade on Yemen was one of the first major conflicts I followed & until the Gaza Genocide, was the worst crime I had seen committed by my country. I will never forgive Obama or the inbred Saudis for the 100s of 1000s of Yemenis they murdered.
The port of Al-Mukha, liberated today, was the first port in history to export coffee to the world; the name "Mocha" is derived from this very port—the port of Al-Mukha, which was liberated today.
Meanwhile on Chinese TV, they're explaining why America's economics Nobel Prizes don't add up to anything.
Zhang Weiwei: every country that modernized needed a first pot of gold -- the starting capital that gets an economy growing.
"The West got theirs through violence, war, the slave trade. Ruthless plunder, ruthless slaughter."
China earned its own -- "through its own effort and sacrifice."
US-trained economist Wen Yi adds the punchline: Western models literally can't explain where that starting capital comes from. "Economics assumes it's given -- by God."
Which is why copying the Western model was never on offer for the Global South:
"Tell developing nations to copy you -- no pot of gold!"
A day after Spain imposed sanctions on Jewish settlers, they lost all electricity for hours without any explanation. Yesterday Britain lost control of its air hours after they imposed sanctions on Israel.
We are dealing with the most sophisticated terror group in history.
Everybody crying about the flight disruptions but don't want to listen when we say don't hand the entire NHS platform to one company with heavy connections to THAT external government.
All Saudi had to do was end the siege on Yemen but instead they've chosen to return to war and as a result will lose their grip on Yemen entirely and lose their oil fields as well.
A group of 300 smack heads can shut down the port of dover to stop people seeking a better life.
The left have had years to organise a similar response to end our exportation of arms to Israel, but what have we done? Petitions and pointless rallies. We should be deeply ashamed.
I watched weekend after weekend for two years at the Palestine demonstrations people being told to remove masks and being arrested if they didn’t. Last weekend at carnival I saw police forcing people to remove decorative flag bandanas or face arrest.