September 2015
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Nasty party’s racist policies damage the NHS By John Lister
Nurses forced to leave Britain, new charging systems being set up even for emergency care – Tory policies are damaging the NHS, writes John Lister in an article from the latest Keep Our NHS Public newsletter. The NHS is already suffering as a result of racist changes to the rules governing non-EU staff, even as… Continue reading
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Corbyn can afford to sidestep the media but not their power By Des Freedman
The attacks on the Corbyn camp from parts of the British establishment have come in thick and fast – entirely as expected, given that his overwhelming success was partly predicated on a desire to challenge establishment rule. His resounding victory on the weekend was greeted by headlines arguing that he was a ‘danger to Britain’… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Media Activism In A Time Of Hope – An Appeal For Support
We might disagree with Corbyn on any number of issues, but he is at least recognisably human. He seems more like the people we know, less like the people with serious suits and unserious souls who view themselves as ‘The Masters of Mankind’. Continue reading
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New at Black Agenda Report 17 September 2015: #BlackLivesMatter Activist Anointed "Transformational Leader", Police Training IS the Problem
17 September 2015 — Black Agenda Report Yale’s $40K Wet Kiss Anoints #BlackLivesMatter’s Deray McKesson Their Kind of “Transformational” Leader A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Continue reading
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The NHS stays centre stage as the political ground shakes By Tony O’Sullivan
As Labour’s newly elected leader throws down the gauntlet on undoing NHS privatisation, the Tory ideological and financial attacks on our health service are escalating. Continue reading
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The Trade Union Bill is an attack on the NHS, our services, and all that it means to be British By Caroline Molloy
Tonight, David Cameron attempts to drive through a bill which will make it ‘close to impossible’ for trade unions to take any lawful industrial action. Senior Tory MP David Davis this weekend complained that parts of the Trade Union Bill (which gets its second reading this evening) resemble something General Franco would have come up… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 6-12 September 2015
12 September 2015 — Strategic Culture Foundation Western-Financed Revolution-GmbH as New Comintern 12.09.2015 | 08:00 | Dmitry BABICH The annual report by the Czech Republic’s Security Information Service (the BIS), recently posted on its official website, accuses Russia of trying to create an entity in Europe «drawing on the concept of the Comintern», which was an Continue reading
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New at Black Agenda Report 9 September 2015: Trumped, #FightForDyett – Resist School Privatization, Refugee Crisis, Secret Charter School Handouts
10 September 2015 — Black Agenda Report Corrected Version The Trumpocalypse: Democrats Rule Blacks by Fear by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump is a very useful man, to both the Democratic and Republican factions of the ruling corporate party. The “White Man’s Party” (Republican) faction can blame excesses of hate on him, and Continue reading
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An Arrest Warrant for Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu When He Arrives in London on September 9 By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Below is the Response of the Petitions Team of the British parliament concerning the petition, calling for Netanyahu’s arrest, signed by more than 107,000 British citizens and residents. Was pressure exerted on the petitions team to issue this abridged statement and endorsement of PM Cameron? The petitions team is not only in violation of its… Continue reading
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Freedom Rider: Refugees Flee American Aggression By Margaret Kimberley
Americans are made uncomfortable by pictures of drowned refugee children, but most cannot accept that their own government’s “unrelenting effort at regime change in Syria is the cause of this crisis.” U.S. corporate media parrot Washington’s lies, keeping tally of the displaced and doomed, but blaming Syria’s government for defending itself against western-backed jihadists. Rather… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 7 September 2015 (21/15): ‘We are Ashamed’
MEPs should show leadership in this crisis by insisting that the other EU institutions develop an effective humanitarian protection policy on arrival for refugees, and create EU-wide legal channels to be open to migrants (the initiatives are so far limited to the highly skilled and seasonal migrants), by the end of the year. If they… Continue reading
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New at Strategic Culture Foundation 30 August -5 September 2015
5 September 2015 — Strategic Culture Foundation Victory over Nazism – Biggest Event of the 20th Century 05.09.2015 | 00:00 | Yuriy RUBTSOV Seventy years ago Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender, thus closing the final chapter in the history of the Second World War, which had actually lasted almost 14 years, beginning with the Japanese Continue reading
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Media Lens: Corbyn And The End Of Time – The ‘Crisis Of Democracy’
As we have noted many times, it turns out that the fiercest gatekeepers protecting the ‘liberal’ press, ironically, are the handful of salaried ‘dissidents’ that work for them. Revered as heroes for their truth-telling, they do not speak out honestly on the performance of their corporate employers. If they tell the truth, they risk damaging… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 4 September 2015: #BlackLivesMatter Hurts Democrats’ Feelings
The #BlackLivesMatter organization this week rejected the endorsement of the Democratic National Committee, embarrassing top members of the party. However, the DNC resolution was a perfectly logical outcome of the #BlackLivesMatter strategy to make no substantive demands of presidential candidates.” No demands on power, no threat. Why not endorse? Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 740: ‘AFRICA RISING’ AS REFUGEES DIE FLEEING TO EUROPE
3 September 2015 — Pambazuka News PAMBAZUKA NEWS 740: ‘AFRICA RISING’ AS REFUGEES DIE FLEEING TO EUROPE The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! BECOME A Continue reading
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Dead children By Richard Seymour
Why are they washing up on the shores? European governments want us to blame traffickers. The advantage of blaming traffickers is that it actually licenses those governments to implement even more repressive measures. But traffickers are only out to make a quick buck off the system that European governments have created. Continue reading
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Help stop the bee deaths
In 48 hours, I’m meeting with the government minister in charge of bees – Liz Truss. She’s my MP – I’m going to talk to her about toxic bee-killing pesticides, and why they need to stay off our fields. I’m Paul, a 38 Degrees member from Norfolk. Can you help raise a million voices behind… Continue reading
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New at Black Agenda Report 2 September 2015: #BlackLivesMatter on School Privatization #FightForDyett, Teens2 Terrorists, Killer Cops
2 September 2015 — Black Agenda Report Where’s #BlackLivesMatter In the Struggle Against School Privatization? By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon #BlackLivesMatter’s national board promptly reacted to a fulsome DNC endorsement with an apparent repudiation. While rhetorical opposition to Democrats is fine, on-the-ground work against their concrete polices is a step further. Apart from Continue reading
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Why the Refugee Crisis? By Stephen Lendman
Endless US direct and proxy wars force desperate people to seek safety out of harm’s way. Numbers fleeing war and destabilized areas are greater than any time since WWII – increasing exponentially as conflicts and chaos rage in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Donbass, Somalia, South Sudan, and elsewhere. Continue reading
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Is Jeremy Corbyn’s foreign policy socialist? By Chris Marsden
For most working people, sympathy will rest with Corbyn. But the crucial issue to be understood is that none of this imparts a socialist character to his policies. Nor does it mean that those looking to him as a means of opposing war will find the answers they are seeking. Continue reading
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