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Man carrying a Palestinian flag being repressed by IDF gendarmes. Photo courtesy of Al Mayadeen English.

Federal Court of Australia Exposes the Deep Racism of the Israeli Lobby

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 orinocotribune #FreePalestine, Australia, censorship, censorship in academia, FCA, Gaza, Israel, Israeli lobby, Judge Tom Thawley, Palestine, Racism, University of Sydney, Zionism

By Tim Anderson – Sep 14, 2021 The Federal Court implicitly recognized the deceptive technique of the Israeli lobby: the

Huawei birthday cake. © REUTERS / WOLFGANG RATTAY

International News US/Canada

‘Press Forward Under Pressure’: Chinese Telecom Firm Huawei’s New Song Marks One Year of US Ban

September 16, 2021 orinocotribune China, Huawei, Madilyn Bailey, US decline, US strange free market

On 15 September last year, the US officially cut off Chinese telecom giant Huawei from all its suppliers of chips

NYC's Time Square view with a big Mac Donald's sign. File photo.

International Opinion

Our Gods Have No Heads

September 16, 2021 Caitlin Johnstone capitalism, corporations, happiness, humanity, Imperialism, plutocracy

We’re on a planet-sized haunted hayride to Armageddon, and no one is driving. Sure at first glance it looks like

Poster for the Chavista Chronicles from Caracas interview with Aidan Jonah. Photo: Orinoco Tribune.

International News US/Canada

TOMORROW 17th @ 6pm: Chavista Chronicles from Caracas Live with Aidan Jonah, Editor of The Canada Files

September 16, 2021 Saheli Chowdhury Aidan Jonah, Canada, Canadian Imperialism, Chavista Chronicles from Caracas, Gabriel Martínez Saldívar, Interview, Orinoco Tribune, Saheli Chowdhury, The Canada Files

September 12, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com)—On Friday, September 17 at 6:00 pm (EST), Orinoco Tribune will host a live episode of Chavista

US President Joe Biden. © REUTERS / Elizabeth Frantz.

International News US/Canada

Biden Forgets the Name of his Australian Counterpart

September 16, 2021 orinocotribune Australia, Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, Scott Morrison, senility, Third Eye, UK, US decline

While announcing the new US-UK-Australian defense alliance, AUKUS, US President Joe Biden called Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison “that fellow

Sketch of Elliott Abrams. Photo courtesy of RedRadioVE.

International News US/Canada

Abrams Finds Culprit in Venezuelan Opposition: Capriles

September 16, 2021 José Manuel Blanco Diaz anti-chavismo divided, Elliott Abrams, Henrique Capriles, Mexico talks, regime change operation, trying to evade his responsability, Venezuela

Former US special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, blamed opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski for having divided the Venezuelan right,

United Nations special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, during her speech at the 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council. Photo courtesy of RedRadioVE.

International Opinion

UN Rapporteur Denounces Negative Impact of Sanctions on Venezuelan People

September 16, 2021 Ana Perdigón Alena Douhan, collective punishment, COVID-19, crimes against humanity, Felix Plasencia, UN Special Rapporteur, US and European sanctions, Venezuela

The special rapporteur of the United Nations (UN), Alena Douhan, confirmed on Wednesday, September 15, that illegal sanctions and blockades

International Opinion

How US Media Misrepresent the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s Laboratories and Safety Protocols

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Joshua Cho bat virus research, biodefense, biosafety protocols, biowarfare, China, COVID-19, Dr. Danielle Anderson, Dr. Shi Zhengli, gain of function, lab leak theory, politicization of pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 virus, science or propaganda, Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)

By Joshua Cho – Sep 15, 2021 Even if we were to accept all the accusations against the WIV regarding

International News

The Pegasus Saga: All iPhone Devices Were Exploited by Israeli Spy Tech Firm, Report Indicates

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 scorinoco Apple, Citizen Lab, digital surveillance, Forbidden Stories, Israeli spyware, NSO Group, Pegasus spyware, spying

The digital rights group CitizenLab has discovered a vulnerability that allowed Israeli spyware company NSO Group to implant its Pegasus

Troops during this month’s coup in Guinea, which destroyed the country’s hopes of seeing the benefits from China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

International Opinion

Coups, Censorship & Propaganda: the US New Cold War Playbook

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Rainer Shea Bolivia, BRI, censorship, China, CIA, comunism, great firewall, Guinea, MintPress News, nato, Propaganda, The Grayzone, Uyghurs, west great firewall

By Rainer Shea – Sep 14, 2021 Uncountable are the editorials in every American and European newspaper and magazine of

An Iranian technician walks through the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the central city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (File photo by AP).

Asia International News

Nuclear Energy Cameras Installed at Iran’s Nuclear Sites under JCPOA Deactivated: AEOI Head

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 orinocotribune AEOI, IAEA, Iran, Iran Nuclear deal, JCPOA, Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, Mohammad Eslami

The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the cameras installed at the country’s nuclear sites as

Amir Khadir campaigning with his wife Nima Machouf, who is running in Sep. 20 polls. Photo: Facebook / Amir Khadir

International Opinion US/Canada

Amir Khadir: Meet the ‘Progressive’ Turncoat who Supports Sanctions on Iran and Cuba (Canada)

September 16, 2021 scorinoco Amir Khadir, anti-imperialism, Canadian Imperialism, Cuba, fake leftist, illegal sanctions, Iran, leftist turned neoliberal, leftists supporting US regime change policies, Libya, Nima Machouf, regime change operations, US Imperialism

By Mohamad Solymani – Sep 13, 2021 To many Quebecers Amir Khadir may be known as a left-wing progressive politician.

Asia International Opinion

Smashing the Heads of Farmers: A Global Struggle Against Tyranny (India)

September 16, 2021 orinocotribune COVID-19, Farm Law Protests, India, Muzaffarnagar, Narendra Modi

By Colin Todhunter – Sep 13, 2021 According to Reuters, more than 500,000 farmers attended a rally in the city

Asia International News

Palestinian Escapee Zakaria al-Zubaidi Suffers Extreme Torture by Israeli Occupation Forces (Corrected)

September 15, 2021September 19, 2021 orinocotribune Avigdor Feldman, Free Palestine, Hamas, Human Rights, human rights abuses, IDF, Israel, jailbreak, Jenin, Occupied Territories of Palestine, Palestine, Repression, West Bank, Zakaria Zubaidi

Editorial note 1: Orinoco Tribune takes its sources and fact-checking very seriously. This article is based on a report published

De facto President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas (left), and Zakaria al-Zubaidi, Palestinian freedom fighter, after his capture by Israeli forces (right).

Asia International Opinion

Jesus was a Palestinian, but so was Judas

September 15, 2021September 18, 2021 Susana Khalil betrayal, Colonialism, diaspora, ethnic cleansing, human rights abuses, Independence, Liberation of Historic Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Oslo accords, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Palestinian Authority, Zakaria Zubaidi, Zionism

By Susana Khalil – Sep 13, 2021 Solitary letter to the de facto President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas