September 2017
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EU Commission set to approve Glyphosate!
The EU Commission is about to approve Monsanto’s favourite weedkiller chemical for another decade — unless we convince three key national governments to stop it. Call on the German, Italian and French government to reject the EU Commission’s disastrous proposal to approve glyphosate! Continue reading
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New MoD document on use of drones, same old spin By Chris Cole
After a long delay the UK MoD has produced its new doctrine publication on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (commonly known as drones). Its predecessor, ‘The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ (JDN 2/11), caused a stir in 2011 as it acknowledged real ethical and legal issues with the growing use of these systems.… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Preferred Conclusions – The BBC, Syria And Venezuela
In 2013, it was remarkable to see the BBC reporting claims from Syria on a daily basis in a way that almost always blamed the Syrian government, and President Assad personally, for horrendous war crimes. But as the New York Times reported last month, the picture was rather less black and white. The US was… Continue reading
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Joint civil society statement on US-led armed drones control process By Chris Cole
Work is now being undertaken by a group of states led by the US to draft more detailed politically binding international standards, building on the declaration. In this context, a group of civil society organisations have set out in an open statement, reproduced below, a range of concerns about the limitations of this initiative –… Continue reading
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CNN Celebrates ‘Joy’ of McCain a Day After His Genocidal Threat
Professional truth-teller and self-appointed Russian counter-propagandist Jake Tapper had Arizona Sen. John McCain on his State of Union show (CNN, 9/10/17) for a chummy interview Sunday night. The interview began with Tapper lobbing softballs at McCain about his mortality and reminiscing about buddying up on the 2000 campaign trail (Tapper was, according to his then-editor… Continue reading
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9/11: Do You Still Believe that Al Qaeda Masterminded the Attacks?
12 September 2017 — Global Research Sixteen years ago, Bush officially launched the “Global War on Terrorism”, paving the way for a war without borders. The corporate media backed this illegal act of war which in turn galvanized the public for immediate support. Did Americans unhesitatingly buy the allegations that Al-Qaeda masterminded the WTC attack and that Osama Continue reading
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Chile: Secrets of State
Forty-four years after the U.S. supported military coup, the Santiago Museum of Memory and Human Rights has inaugurated a special exhibit of declassified CIA, FBI, Defense Department and White house records on the U.S. role in Chile and the Pinochet dictatorship. The unusual exhibit, which officially opened to the public on September 5, is titled… Continue reading
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September 11, 2001: Debunking Official 9/11 Narratives
11 September 2017 — Global Research The Alleged 9/11 Hijackers: The Claim that Mohamed Atta Had Become a Fanatically Religious Muslim By Consensus911.org, September 10, 2017 In addition to the fact that Mohamed el-Amir was reportedly very devout, whereas the reported behavior of the man known as Mohamed Atta in America indicated that he was not, very Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 11 September 2017
11 September 2017 — Information Clearing House Echoes of Iraq-WMD Fraud in Syria By Robert Parry U.S. intelligence community had warned Obama how weak the evidence against Assad was. Continue reading
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THE COMING WAR ON CHINA A film by John Pilger
With Donald Trump threatening a war in Asia over North Korea, the real target is China. A new feature-length documentary by award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger is perhaps Pilger’s most timely and urgent investigation. The film is both a warning and an inspiring story of people’s resistance. Continue reading
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ICH Headlines 9 September 2017
9 September 2017 — Information Clearing House An Isolated Tyrannical Regime – Not Pyongyang, It’s Washington By Finian Cunningham Trump and his generals seem to have lost all reasonable cognitive connection with the world. Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 145 September 2017 – is now on line
10 September 2017 — Coldtype Continue reading
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Video: Equifax Data Breach is a 10 out of 10 Scandal
The hacking of consumer credit reporting giant Equifax, and the company’s ‘cynical’ handling of it, is a far-reaching disaster that borders on criminal, says financial regulation expert Bill Black Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 8 September 2017
8 September 2017 — Black Agenda Report Blaming Russia For America’s Racist Crimes – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor The NY Times tried to pin Black voter suppression in North Carolina on Russia — which makes the newspaper an accomplice in the actual crime. Continue reading
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Mar-a-Lago Visitor Logs Release Delayed to Sept. 15
The widely anticipated release of Mar-a-Lago visitor records during President Trump’s first six weeks in office has been delayed until noon on Friday, September 15, at the request of the government. Continue reading
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Golfing with Trump: Powerful Elite Can Literally Play for Access
7 September 2017 — Global Research British Air and Drone Strikes in Iraq and Syria. UK Reaper Drone Ops By Chris Cole, September 07, 2017 According to the figures, UK armed air missions in Syria rose by 480% in the first half of 2017 compared with the previous six months. Continue reading
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A group of Tory MPs are trying to push through a law to make everyone pay for NHS treatment
A group of Conservative MPs is using the opening of parliament to try and push through a law to make everyone pay for NHS treatment. The proposed bill, which is already at its second stage in the House of Commons, is part of a handful of draft regulations that right-wing backbenchers would like to see… Continue reading
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Fighting Fire: The Grenfell Tower Story
It’s the fire this time that exposes the underbelly of the metropolis, showing the savage menace under which the complaining poor have lived for decades – the sub-standard health and safety traps inhabited by the new poor, the servants and servicers of the nouveau riche, cheek by jowl with their callous wealthy better-offs. Continue reading
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Oppose the Great Repeal Bill!
7 September 2017 — 38 Degrees Theresa May wants new powers, so she can change UK laws behind closed doors after Brexit. [1] It’d mean swapping murky backroom deals in Brussels for more of the same in Westminster. Tomorrow her plan will be debated by our MPs for the first time. [2] Some of Theresa Continue reading
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7 September 2017 Information Clearing House
7 September 2017 — Information Clearing House Israel Bombs Syrian Military Positions, Kills Two Army Personnel By SANA “This aggression comes in a desperate attempt to raise the collapsed morale of the ISIS terrorists” Continue reading
The New Dark Age 