January 14, 2014
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Doreen Lawrence, police spies and institutional racism By Adam Elliott-Cooper
Allegations of police spying on anti-racism groups shed new light on the meaning and operation of ‘institutional racism’. Here, Adam Elliott-Cooper reflects on the Stephen Lawrence Campaign and the MacPherson Report. Continue reading
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Race, class and the price of policing By Ashok Kumar
Metropolitan Police officers assaulted two protesters, then claimed they had been attacked. Video footage exposed their lie. One of the victims, this week awarded a £20,000 settlement, writes about police brutality Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books January 2014 Newsletter
14 January 2014 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWS UPDATE1. Housmans New Year Clearance Sale now on!2. Peace News WW1 event and campaign3. Two event additions and a date change Continue reading
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“Fakethrough!” New Report Shows How Easily Media Was Duped by Claims of GMO “Breakthroughs”
In an article entitled “Fakethrough! GMOs and the Capitulation of Science Journalism,” Latham describes how GMOs lauded in the media as “breakthroughs” are often just PR boosts for genetically engineered varieties or traits that either aren’t new, are untested, or fail (and the failures are too often not reported). Often, GMO reporting also ignores or… Continue reading
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How the Big Papers Remember Ariel Sharon By Peter Hart
Reading the pieces in the Sunday editions of the New York Times and the Washington Post (3/12/14) about the death of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, one gets the sense that reporters were aware of some of Sharon’s bloodiest history–but mostly kept that out of their accounts of his life. Continue reading
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Sharon and a Nobel prize for nonsense By Alan Hart
Until recently I thought Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had no rivals in the business of talking propaganda nonsense (Israel’s Jews in danger of annihilation etcetera, etcetera, etcetera). But if there was a Nobel Prize for talking nonsense it does now seem that there would be a number of contenders. At the top of my list… Continue reading
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Fracking study finds combustible levels of methane in water after EPA gave the all clear
A report has found contaminated drinking water in parts of Texas, infuriating residents who had pressured the EPA to test for methane only to see the agency back off when the company allegedly responsible claimed that its own tests proved otherwise. Continue reading
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