January 18, 2018
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Facebook and Google outline unprecedented mass censorship at US Senate hearing By Andre Damon
Behind the backs of the US and world populations, social media companies have built up a massive censorship apparatus staffed by an army of “content reviewers” capable of seamlessly monitoring, tracking, and blocking millions of pieces of content. Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 152 January 2018 – is now on line
18 January 2018 — Coldtype Continue reading
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Media Lens: A Liberal Pillar Of The Establishment – ‘New Look’ Guardian, Old-Style Orthodoxy
It is certainly true that the Guardian ‘will remain what it has always been’: a liberal pillar of the establishment; a gatekeeper of ‘acceptable’ news and comment. ‘Thus far, and no further’, to use Chomsky’s phrase. But, as mentioned, the Guardian will not go even as far in the political spectrum as Corbyn: a traditional… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 18 January 2018
18 January 2018 — Black Agenda Report US Supreme Court About to Issue A 21st Century Dred Scott Decision – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor Workers, the US Supreme Court is expected to rule soon, have no collective rights an employer is bound to respect, and no collective activity can be protected by… Continue reading
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Carillion’s collapse in UK and the East Coast bailout: What would ending the “Private Financial Initiative rip-off” entail? By Jean Shaoul
In a YouTube video, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described the collapse of Carillion, the UK’s second largest construction company, as a “watershed moment,” a signal it is “time to put an end to the rip-off privatisation policies that have done serious damage to our public services and fleeced the public of billions of pounds.” Continue reading
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UK: The political lessons of Carillion’s collapse By Julie Hyland
The jobs, wages and pensions of tens of thousands of workers along with vital public services are in danger, following on the collapse of Carillion into liquidation on Monday. Carillion employed 20,000 workers in the UK and 23,000 overseas. It went into compulsory liquidation with more than £2.2 billion debts, of which an estimated £800… Continue reading
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Slapping an Israeli Soldier More Newsworthy Than Shooting a Palestinian Child in the Face By Gregory Shupak
Israeli soldiers shot 14-year-old Palestinian Mohammad Tamimi point-blank in the face with a rubber-jacketed bullet on December 14, 2017, in Nabi Saleh, a small village in the occupied West Bank. The boy had to undergo six hours of surgery and was placed in a medically induced coma. An hour later, Mohammad’s cousin, Ahed Tamimi, slapped… Continue reading
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