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Two days ago, a list of individuals who, in many cases have absolutely no other alleged connections to each other, was produced by an activist and student named Kester Ratcliff . The "International Assadists Reference Dictionary," comprised of 151 separate figures, is based on absurd premises and lumps together individuals across the left-wing political spectrum - from social democrats to anarchists to communists to ecologists - with alt-right trolls like Mike Cernovich and UKIP's Paul Joseph Watson. While it has become increasingly common to identify a small sector of (largely American) leftists such as Caitlyn Johnstone as in cahoots with the far right on some issues, this list goes above and beyond that, identifying nearly all prominent figures who could reasonably be described as "left-wing," including Noam Chomsky, Owen Jones, Slavoj Zizek, Jill Stein, Vijay Prashad, Tariq Ali, Leila Khaled and countless others as Assadists before everything else...

Turkey In Crisis Amid Erdogan Repression, Economic Targeting By Trump Erdogan Arrests Another German Leftist For Kurdish "Propaganda".... Turkish State Banning Socialist Websites En Masse..... German Left Prepares Mass Protest For "Day X" Visit.... “Get Up” – Sahra Wagenknecht In An Interview About Her Collection Movement Big Seebruecke Protests Against Frontex In Berlin.... Merkel To Deport Asylum Seekers En Masse As She Caves Before AfD Pressure.... Inhabit.global: A Worldwide Autonomist Project From Rojava To France Gaza Schools Run By UN Agency Face Closure Over Funding Shortfall Israel’s War On Jeremy Corbyn: The Anatomy Of A Coup Ash Sarkar: Power Imbalance And The "Terrorism" Double Standard Talk Of National Governments And New Parties Shows The Desperation Of Those Opposed To A Radical Labour Government Labour Complains To Press Regulator Over Wreath Ceremony Coverage Boris Johnson's New Puppeteer Steve Ba...

#Seebrücke Documents & Texts: Causes Of Fleeing - A Global Perspective On Climate & Migration More Letters From Eco Activist In German Jail For Protecting Forest From RWE Germany: SPD Crumbling As Repressive Pro-Detention Camp "Left Caucus Of CDU" Donald Trump Cuddles Up To Far-Right Antisemite Viktor Orban The NSA’s Role In A Climate-Changed World: Spying On Nonprofits, North Pole The Disappearance Of The Aral Sea Is An Ecological Tragedy – So Why Is Tourism Booming? Monsanto's Fraudulent Attempt To Overturn Cancer Ruling Won't Succeed - Experts The Hope Of Alterglobalist Ecosocialism: "A Crisis Not Of Nature But Of Society" Labour Prepares For Sellout On IHRA Code With Few Caviets Corbyn Wreath Attack Narrative Collapsing Even As Labour Gains In Polls McDonnell: Forget The Smears, Fight For No. 10 - The Poor Are Getting Poorer. How The Thatcherites Sold BP - And How An Arab State Almost Got Control PODCAST: Setting...

CORBYN, NETANYAHU SPAR ON TWITTER Galloway: Media Drowning In Its Own Mendacity Over Wreath Scandal...... Details Emerge Of Plot To Oust Corbyn Or Split UK Labour Party..... Israeli Journalist Says Corbyn Should Be PM And That Israeli Lobby Working To Smear Him Boris Johnson Courts Far Right, Insults Journalists With Column And Bizarre Tea Stunt What's With The UK Media's Double Standards On Racism? Brazil: Minister Of Public Security Confirms That “State Agents” Were Involved In The Assassination Of Marielle Franco Lula De Silva: There Is A Right-Wing Coup Underway In Brazil Repression Intensifies In Argentina After Macri Unleashes The Military For IMF Rule Think Tank EUDisinfo Blames Interest In Benalla Affair On "Russian Trolls," Smears Melenchon And Leftists As Part Of Information War Campaign #DisinfoEUGate: Flawed Data And Shoddy Methodology Mark Atlanticist Report Amid "Benalla Affair," French Police Working With Pr...

IMMIGRANT CHILDREN TORTURED IN AMERICAN FACILITIES -NYTIMES ICE Minion Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter REPORT: Major Violations Of Freedom Of Expression And Activist Protest By Trudeau At G7 Quebec Summit Globalisation Is Unravelling: Preparing For A New Economic Order CORBYN: I Will Root Antisemites Out Of Labour – They Do Not Speak For Me Corbyn’s Capitulation: Lessons For The Left From UK Labour’s “Anti-Semitism Crisis" Standing With Corbyn And Weathering The Storm Of Lies And Slander RussiaGate Think Tank Funded By Neoliberals Claims #WeAreCorbyn Boosted By Bots EXPOSED: Influential Tory Peer Has Board Membership On Islamophobic, Anti-Refugee Think Tank Run By John Bolton Chomsky: US Trump-Connected Far-Right Marketing Firm Meddled In 2017 German Election, Helped AfD Owen Jones: The Far Right Is At Its Strongest Since The 1930s, And The Media Is Helping #FreedomFlotilla: Israeli Forces Hijack Second Civilian...

#EarthOvershootDay The Exterminist Nature Of Corporations And The Decline Of Intellectual Culture Capitalism And The Cult Of Growth: Humanity's Narcissistic Death Wish Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change Badiou: The Neolithic, Capitalism, And Communism Trump Administration To Repeal CAFE Eco Rule Target, Car Emissions Set To Soar Firefighters: Tory Budget Cuts Responsible For Increased Fire Deaths Supressed UK Government Report Finds Fracking Increases Air Pollution #FreedomFlotilla: Second Boat "Freedom To Gaza" From Sweden Approaches Occupied Waters After IDF Piracy Against Al Awda Ahed Tamimi Interview: "My Mission In Life Is To Stand Up For My Country" As A Rights Lawyer Noam Chomsky Interview: Climate Change, Israel, War And Anti-Corbyn Attack Campaign Galloway: Labour Right's Opposition To Palestine Could Lead To Party Split, Eternal Tory Rule The Racist Tweets Of The "Journalist" Callin...