June 2017
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Rachel Meeropol on Illegal Detentions, Dan Zukowski on Climate Disruption
30 June 2017 — FAIR MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: After 9/11, hundreds of non-citizen Muslim, Arab and South Asian men should be locked up and treated as suspected terrorists, despite no evidence of terrorist connections. That policy came from the highest levels of government; that’s why a suit brought on behalf of some Continue reading
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Video: London Grenfell Inferno: Who's to Blame?
The Grenfell Tower Block fire in London is a predictable consequence of policies that can be traced to Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, as well as those of David Cameron and Theresa May, says former financial regulator Bill Black Continue reading
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Video: London Grenfell Inferno: Who’s to Blame?
The Grenfell Tower Block fire in London is a predictable consequence of policies that can be traced to Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, as well as those of David Cameron and Theresa May, says former financial regulator Bill Black Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin 30 June 2017
30 June 2017 — medConfidential So, we have a new Government (after a fashion). And, whatever else, there’s some continuity at the Department of Health… Given this continuity, the completely unambiguous Conservative Manifesto commitment, and cross-party support for the National Data Guardian, it was a bit disappointing that a statutory footing for NDG was absent Continue reading
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‘Let’s Get Back to Russia’: Media’s Interest in Narrowing the Trump Story
29 June 2017 — FAIR James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas released a heavily edited video on Tuesday that quoted CNN health producer John Bonifield expressing skepticism about his network’s priorities. Despite O’Keefe’s well-deserved reputation for sleaze, lies and deceptive editing, the video does show a continuous shot of Bonifield complaining about his network’s insistence on continually Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report June 29, 2017: Where's Bernie's Single Payer Bill? Trump Tries to Out-Warmonger Hillary, Pelosi Sends Dems Over the Cliff
29 June 2017 — Black Agenda Report The Tide Is Turning on Single Payer, With or Without Bernie Sanders By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Obamacare, was such a huge favor to the insurance companies that Republicans can’t outdo it, they can only make it a little meaner. Liz Warren is telling Democrats that Continue reading
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Corbyn Defied Media Rules by Linking UK Wars to Terrorism
29 June 2017 — FAIR When a terrorist killed 22 at a May 22 concert filled with young people in England’s Manchester, most journalists—especially US ones—assumed it would help the struggling Conservative Party and its standard-bearer, Prime Minister Theresa May, win the snap election she had called for June 8, just 17 days ahead. The Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter July 2017
29 June 2017 — Housmans NEWS 1. Kropotkin competition! 2. Housmans co-manager Catherine Barter’s debut novel ‘Troublemakers’ 3. London Radical Bookfair + Bread & Roses and Little Rebels winners! Continue reading
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NOT ONE DAY MORE – #ToriesOut National Demonstration, London 1 July 2017
29 June 2017 — People’s Assembly Only two more days till we take our protest and party to the streets of central London. Major artists will perform along side leading campaigners and politicians. NOT ONE DAY MORE – #ToriesOut National Demonstration Sat 1 July – Assemble 12pm, BBC Broadcasting House, London, W1A 1AA March to Continue reading
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Video: Jayati Ghosh On Imperialism in the 21st Century (Pt. 3/3)
New forms of economic territory, including privatized commons, cannot lift capitalism out of the stagnation that it pushed itself into because it has suppressed wage incomes, says renowned economist Jayati Ghosh (inc transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Jayati Ghosh On Imperialism in the 21st Century (Pt. 2/3)
Large capital, when on its knees, makes concessions to labor. But now, with disproportionate bargaining power under new global forms of capitalist organization, is pushing down the share of wages in national income, says renowned economist Jayati Ghosh (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Jayati Ghosh On Imperialism in the 21st Century Pt.1/3
Imperialism, explains renowned economist – whether explicit or implicit – is about the struggle to control economic territory such as markets, workers & labor, natural resources and new kinds of markets that are developed (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Selected Articles: Trump Plays Nuclear ‘Chicken’ with Putin Over Syria
28 June 2017 — Global Research Hersh: Trump Ignored Intel Before Bombing Syria By Seymour M. Hersh and The Real News Network, June 28, 2017 In this article is the full transcript of the interview with Seymour Hersh on his report about the western allegations on Syria. Continue reading
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‘Amazon Now Has Monopoly Power in Online Commerce’
27 June 2017 — FAIR Janine Jackson interviewed Stacy Mitchell about Amazon‘s bid to buy Whole Foods for the June 23, 2017, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
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Enclosure of Gaza as a “Prison Territory”: Construction of New High Tech Surveillance Wall to Separate Gaza from Israel By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Israeli media reports confirm the construction of a new high tech 65 km security and surveillance wall equipped with cameras and sensors “to separate Gaza from Israel” thereby reinforcing the enclosure of Gaza as a de facto “prison territory” with a population of more than 1.85 million. Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 26 June 2017
26 June 2017 — Information Clearing House White House Says It Will Fake “Chemical Weapon Attack” In Syria By Moon Of Alabama Their aim is to prevent the victory of Syria and its allies. The U.S. wants to split up the country. Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 26 June 2017
26 June 2017 — Information Clearing House Trump Bombed Syria Ignoring Important U.S. Intelligence. By Seymour M. Hersh Trump ignored important intelligence reports when he decided to attack Syria. Continue reading
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Selected Articles: Criminal Israel Under the Spotlight
26 June 2017 — Global Research Pushed by its Zionist ambitions, Israel has been taking part in the global war OF terrorism. On the one hand, backing Washington with the notorious Saudi royal family, Israel has contributed to “collateral damage” in the Syrian “civil war” since at least 2014. On the other, it has continued its egregious Continue reading
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