Links — 31 December 2018

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SpikedRussia-mania takes over the world Tom Black The NationNew Studies Show Pundits Are Wrong About Russian Social-Media Involvement in US Politics Aaron Maté Middle East EyeTurkish TV broadcasts images of 'Khashoggi body parts' being moved Intel TodayJohn Pilger : A Look Back at 2018 & Ahead to 2019 SouthFrontTrump’s ‘Full’ & ‘Rapid’ Troops Withdrawal From Syria Appears To Be ‘Slow’ & ‘Smart’ CounterpunchThe United States is First in War, But Trailing in Crucial Aspects of Modern Civilization Laura Finley | Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Barry University Progress in Political EconomyRupturing the Dialectic [Book Review] Andreas Bieler | Professor of Political Economy at the University of Nottingham and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and

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