September 2016
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NYT: Corbyn Has Marginalized Labour With His Popular Positions
It’s probably true that Corbyn is more skeptical of the United States and NATO than the average Brit. But it’s hard not to get the impression that certain positions are identified by Erlanger as problematic not because they’re unpopular with Corbyn’s constituents—but because they’re unpopular with the New York Times. Continue reading
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The Zika Trigger: CDC Unveils Forced Vaccination and Quarantine Policy, Mass Aerial Spraying of Subject Populations By James F. Tracy
2775_604_Mosquito_illust On August 15, 2016 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) invited “public comment” on an especially disturbing edict that will allow the federal agency alongside the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to quarantine entire geographic areas of the United States, restrict the movement and behavior of inhabitants in these areas,… Continue reading
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'Invisibilizing the Workers Who Actually Do the Work'
Janine Jackson assembled some of CounterSpin‘s best segments on workers and media for a special September 2, 2016, episode for Labor Day. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
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This Guardian Piece Touting Bill Gates' Education Investment Brought to You by… Bill Gates
What the piece failed to note—other than the fact that Rhee’s tenure left DC’s schools “worse by almost every conceivable measure” (Truthout, 10/23/13)—is that multi-billionaire Bill Gates is both the major investor of the company administering the Liberian education overhaul and the principal of the Gates Foundation, sponsor of the Guardian’s Global Development vertical, where… Continue reading
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PR Firm Says It Ghost-Wrote Thousands of Op-Eds in Major US Papers
PR Firm Says It Ghost-Wrote Thousands of Op-Eds in Major US Papers. The Wall Street Journal put Bill Ingram’s name on an op-ed–but a PR firm says it actually wrote it. Continue reading
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Are You a Mind-Controlled CIA Stooge? Selected Articles
31 August 2016 — Global Research The Conspiracy Theory Narrative: Are You a Mind-Controlled CIA Stooge? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 31 2016 Do you smirk when you hear someone question the official stories of Orlando, San Bernardino, Paris or Nice? Do you feel superior to 2,500 architects and engineers, to firefighters, commercial and military pilots, Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for September 1, 2016: Black Self-Determination Matters, Hillary & Trump Agree on Israeli Apartheid, Russia & US Elections
1 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report Why Black Self-Determination Matters by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Malcolm X correctly anticipated that narrowly conceived “civil rights” could ultimately be curtailed. He therefore urged Black people to demand their human right to self-determination. We are now living in the age of Black rights “give-backs” – or Continue reading
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The EU proposes a nightmare version of the Link Tax!
Today, a draft of the copyright law we’ve been anticipating was leaked and it confirms the worst. The EU Commission is going ahead with giving unprecedented powers to publishing giants – including the the Link Tax – giving them the ability to charge fees when snippets of text are used in hyperlinks. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 