November 2017
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Paradise Papers: 'There’s All Kinds of People Who Have Their Snouts in the Trough Here'
Janine Jackson: Establishment media cover poverty sometimes, sometimes in a compassionate and compelling way. And they cover wealth and the rich, sometimes, sometimes in a thoughtful and critical way. When the discussion called for is about the relationship between the two, the limits of media’s spotlight approach are salient. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 16 November 2017
16 November 2017 — Black Agenda Report The Democrats Used to Love Russian Oligarchs – Glen Ford, BAR executive editor A nation run by the world’s wealthiest oligarchs, and led by an aspiring oligarch, has the gall to demonize Russia, where the oligarchs have been tamed. Continue reading
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EU anti-“fake news” authority prepares mass censorship By Alex Lantier
The European Union (EU) is launching the construction of an authority to monitor and censor so-called “fake news.” It is setting up a High-Level Expert Group on the issue and soliciting criticisms of “fake news” by media professionals and the public to decide what powers to give to this EU body, which is to begin… Continue reading
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Pambazuka News 845 – 16 November 2017: Real revolutionaries vs populist fakes
16 November 2017 — Pambazuka News KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! CONTENTS: 1. Features http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_1 2. Announcements http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3 *Features * Opportunity for a new political culture in Zimbabwe https://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/opportunity-new-political-culture-zimbabwe Continue reading
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NYT’s Campus Free Speech Coverage Focuses 7-to-1 on Plight of Right By Adam Johnson
15 November 2017 — FAIR College Republicans complained to the New York Times (9/23/16) that the nomination of Donald Trump “prompted widespread mockery from their liberal classmates.” Over the past 18 months, the New York Times has dedicated 21 columns and articles to the subject of conservatives’ free speech on campus, while only three covered Continue reading
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“Unfriendly Relations” with Russia, American Imperialism and the Dangers of Nuclear War By Deena Stryker
As President Trump affirms publicly his commitment to friendly relations with Russia at an economic summit in Hanoi, (the first President since Franklin Roosevelt to do so), the press backs the special prosecutor seeking to indict him, while NATO continues to ramp up its forces on Russia’s borders with Europe by bringing in tanks and… Continue reading
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US-ROK Military Threats Are Provocations for Nuclear War
15 November 2017 — Global Research The Situation in North Korea is Terrifying: US-ROK Military Threats Are Provocations for Nuclear War By Carla Stea, November 15, 2017 Any attempt to accuse the DPRK of “provocation”is flagrant prevarication, as the provocations, and threats to the survival of North Korea described in this appeal to the Secretary-General reveal the Continue reading
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Stop the Destruction of the NHS!
It’s worse than we thought. 38 Degrees’ damning report into the NHS, funded by thousands of us, has revealed 70 frontline services have been threatened with closure. And that’s in the last 4 months alone. [1] A&E departments, maternity units and GP surgeries are all facing the axe. Continue reading
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Planetary Salvation Compromised By Activism Lite, Climate Lite, Anti-Apartheid Lite & Anti-War Lite Weakness By Dr Gideon Polya
In the neoliberal War on Humanity and War on Terra, there are the Bad Guys (the neoliberals, One Percenters, Super Rich, US Alliance military, warmongers, moronic Trumpists, fascists, neo-Nazis, religious right, and genocidal Zionists) versus the Good Guys (the anti-war, anti-nuclear, anti-Apartheid, anti-discrimination, pro-environment social humanists). However the Good Guys have been severely compromised by… Continue reading
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Over 15,000 Scientists Just Issued a ‘Second Notice’ To Humanity. Can We Listen Now? By Andrea Germanos
“Time is running out” to stop business as usual, as threats from rising greenhouse gases to biodiversity loss are pushing the biosphere to the brink. The new warning was published Monday in the international journal BioScience, and marks an update to the “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity” issued by nearly 1,700 leading scientists 25 years… Continue reading
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Metropolitan Police try to block Freedom of Information requests over Grenfell Tower By Simon Whelan
London Metropolitan Police have advised the Kensington and Chelsea Council (KCC) to prevent the release of correspondence that could provide damaging information on the failure to prevent a serious fire at Grenfell Tower. Police officers are monitoring and vetting Freedom of Information requests regarding what the council knew of fire risks to Grenfell Tower, and… Continue reading
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Videos: Hezbollah and the modern history of Lebanon
Twelve documentaries on the contemporary history of Lebanon: Hizbollah and the PLO. Continue reading
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Crisis in the Middle East, “Prelude to Something Bigger”: Selected Stories
13 November 2017 — Global Research Art of the Deal: Behind Saudi-Lebanon Crisis Is Trump’s Middle East ‘Peace Project’ By Patrick Henningsen, November 13, 2017 The recent ‘forced’ resignation by Lebanese PM Saad Hariri in Riyadh under the influence of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and subsequent threats by Saudi Minister Thamer al-Sadhan against Lebanon and Hezbollah – have puzzled analysts as to the Continue reading
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Killing Us Softly—Glyphosate Herbicide or Genocide? By F. William Engdahl
On October 25, 2017 the European Union Commission again announced that it lacked the necessary member state votes to approve a ten year license extension for weed-killer glyphosate. They will try again. Behind this seeming routine announcement is one of the hottest battles over food and human health the world has seen since the 1972… Continue reading
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Fake it All! Selected Stories
12 November 2017 — Global Research Mainstream Media “Fake News”, War Propaganda We bring to the attention of Global Research readers a selection of articles focusing on the obfuscation of truth through media manipulation as well as the routine dissemination of war propaganda. These articles show how media lies and fabrications are used as a justification to wage so-called Continue reading
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Britain, Saudi Arabia and America spend millions on execution without trial
The RAF has dropped about 3,500 bombs and missiles, which the BBC estimates has already cost £150m in munitions. Each Brimstone missile costs more than £100,000 and the RAF has already fired more than 350, according to the BBC estimate, defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said. Continue reading
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US Led Wars in The Middle East and Africa: Selected Articles
10 November 2017 — Global Research US Strikes Soaring in Afghanistan, Along with Civilian Deaths By Jason Ditz, November 09, 2017 With the US once again escalating the war in Afghanistan, the number of US warplanes dropping munitions on the central Asian country are on the rise, and with it, the number of civilians being killed in those Continue reading
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UK to ban bee-killing pesticides
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced that the UK will back a permanent ban on bee-killing pesticides. Incredibly, more than a million of us have taken part in the campaign to ban bee-killing pesticides from British fields. Here’s just a snapshot of what we, as 38 Degrees-ers, have done together: Continue reading
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