November 1, 2016
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Unless we move fast, local NHS bosses say that one in three A&Es in England could close
1 November 2016 — 38 Degrees Unless we move fast, local NHS bosses say that one in three A&Es in England could close. It’s part of Jeremy Hunt’s plan to make big cuts, closures and changes to our NHS without our say. [1] It doesn’t matter where you live – we all need emergency care Continue reading
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Video: Iceland's Pirate Party Wins Big Gains in Parliamentary Election
The Reykjavik Grapevine’s Paul Fontaine discusses the possible outcomes after Saturday’s parliamentary vote Continue reading
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NSA: CIA Releases Controversial Bay of Pigs History
The CIA today released the long-contested Volume V of its official history of the Bay of Pigs invasion, which it had successfully concealed until now by claiming that it was a “draft” and could be withheld from the public under the FOIA’s “deliberative process” privilege. The National Security Archive fought the agency for years in… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of Oct 31, 2016
1 November 2016 — Black Agenda Report The Missing Black Movement Ingredient: Self-Determination The Black Is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations will hold a National Black Political Convention on Self-Determination, November 5 and 6, in Washington, DC. “If you go through history, the fundamental thing that we’ve confronted is the loss of Continue reading
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Syngenta and Bayer both knew its pesticides killed Bees
Thanks to Freedom of Information Act requests, previously unpublished field trials commissioned by the two neonic manufacturers have been released showing that two neonic pesticides seriously harm bee colonies in high concentrations. Continue reading
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TRIPS: The Story of How Intellectual Property Became Linked to Trade (7/7)
31 October 2016 — TRNN Professor Peter Drahos says a global effort will be needed to keep knowledge in the public domain Continue reading
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ICH 31 October 2016
31 October 2016 — Information Clearing House The De Facto US/Al Qaeda Alliance By Robert Parry U.S.-armed “moderate” rebels in Syria are using their U.S. firepower to back an Al Qaeda offensive. Continue reading
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NYT’s Kristof Blames Poverty on Too Many TVs, Not Too Little Money
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for giving “voice to the voiceless” on international social justice issues, wrote an op-ed in yesterday’s Times (10/30/16) arguing for increased government action on poverty. His calls for heightened attention to economic deprivation, though, were buried in a larger message that… Continue reading
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