June 2018
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IRR News (8 – 21 June 2018)
21 June 2018 — Institute of Race Relations Weekly digest – Against Racism, for Social Justice This week the Guardian published The List of 34,361 known deaths at the EU’s borders since 1993, which includes three teenage Eritrean asylum seekers, who came from the migrant camp in Calais to the UK, who have committed suicide here in the past seven Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report June 21, 2018: Saving the Green Party, Democrats White Supremacists Too, Democrats Unhinged by Korea
21 June 2018 — Black Agenda Report Can the Green Party Be Saved From Liberal Tokenism and Black Opportunism? We’ll See. – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor The Green Party’s identity caucuses have become anti-democratic strongholds of backward opportunism. Reforming them is an urgent priority if the GP is ever to become a Continue reading
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The Ministry of Cruelty
It’s a special vengeance that capital takes on those who only make counterrevolution halfway. And make no mistake, the policies and programs of the last ten years have been half-a-counterrevolution. Whether presented as austerity, or as special investment vehicles, or direct capital injections, or quantitative easing, behind all those masks stands the attack on labor,… Continue reading
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Media Lens; Enlightened Corners – The Russia 2018 World Cup
Driven by an army of ‘Russian bots’, the ‘Putin alternative reality machine’ is supposed to be distorting everything from Brexit to Trump’s presidency, to Corbyn’s rise to prominence, but is mostly an excuse for the West’s alternative reality machine to attack internet freedom that has left the establishment shaken, not stirred. Continue reading
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Israel Kills 52 Syrian/Iraqi Anti-ISIS Fighters, as US Takes Aim at Iran
An air attack in eastern Syria killed 52 Syrian and Iraqi government-backed forces who were fighting ISIS. They blamed the US, but it said Israel is responsible. Max Blumenthal says this is part of a larger campaign to destabilize and fragment Syria and weaken its ally Iran (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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The Decline of the US Empire: Selected Articles
20 June 2018 — Global Research News Kim’s Resolve to “Put The Past Behind Us”, Trump’s Commitment to Stop the War Games? What Next? By Carla Stea, June 20, 2018 Though it is much too early to predict the course or outcome of the Singapore summit, in a powerful gesture of reconciliation, following his supremely diplomatic meeting Continue reading
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London Review of Books publishes scurrilous account of Grenfell Tower fire By Alice Summers
O’Hagan’s piece is characterised by vicious and dishonest misrepresentations, inaccuracies, the demonization of local activists, residents and firefighters, and hymns of praise to the local council. Continue reading
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Brexit crisis intensifies as “Remain” Tories reject bogus compromise on parliament having “meaningful vote” By Chris Marsden
May is beholden to her hard-Brexit wing, led by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson , and Jacob-Rees Mogg. But even a small rebellion by Remain Tories would endanger her minority government reliant on the votes of 10 Democratic Unionist Party MPs. Therefore, the first day of voting on Tuesday concerning 15 amendments to the Withdrawal Bill… Continue reading
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Pundits Worry Threat of Nuclear War Is Being Reduced By Gregory Shupak
On MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, the host was aghast (6/12/18) that the US says it will halt the annual war games it conducts with South Korea on North Korea’s doorstep, because doing so is “an absolute jackpot for the North Korean dictator,” “one of the things he wants most on earth,” and now Washington “has… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report June 13, 2018: Chaos In the Big House; A Tale of Two Summits; De-Colonizing Korea; Fake Left @ Left Forum
13 June 2018 — Black Agenda Report Chaos in the Imperial Big House – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor Donald Trump is an arch-racist and “an intellectually and emotionally retarded spawn of super-privilege,” but he has plunged the U.S. ruling class into an acute global crisis of legitimacy. Continue reading
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War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza’s Offshore Gas Fields By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
A year following “Operation Cast Lead”, Tel Aviv announced the discovery of the Leviathan natural gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean “off the coast of Israel.” What is now unfolding is the integration of these adjoining gas fields including those belonging to Palestine into the orbit of Israel. Continue reading
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NYT Carries IDF Attack on Murdered Medic–Reveals It’s a Smear in 20th Paragraph
Journalism how-not-to: New York Times (6/7/18) puts the attack in the headline, reveals it’s a smear in paragraph 20. A reporter at the most influential paper in English-language media appears to not know the difference between a government “tightly editing” and selectively editing video. Continue reading
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Gaza: When Truth is Assassinated
A short Video Featuring Israeli Attacks against Palestinian Journalists. Continue reading
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EU plans to include fingerprints in identity cards are unjustified and unnecessary
The European Commission has published a proposal calling for the mandatory inclusion of biometrics (two fingerprints and a facial image) in all EU Member States’ identity cards. The demands to include fingerprints are an unnecessary and unjustified infringement on the right to privacy of almost 85% of EU citizens, as explained in a new analysis… Continue reading
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U.S. Covert Support to ISIS Terrorists: Selected Stories
10 June 2018 — Global Research News Breaking: ISIS Terrorists Are Only Present in US-controlled Areas in Syria – Russian MoD By Leith Aboufadel, June 10, 2018 The spokesman noted that the Russian Defense Ministry was bewildered by “verbal manipulations” of Mattis regarding the situation in Syria, stressing that the expansion of the Daesh terror group Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for June 7, 2018: Toward a 21st Century Left, Nationalizing the Banks, The Real Problem With Joy Ann Reid
7 June 2018 — Black Agenda Report What Would An Authentic 21st Century US Left Look Like? – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor The left in the US is nowhere near contending for actual power. What would a left that COULD contend for power look like in the 21st century? Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 8th June 2018
The UK’s new Data Protection Act, which implements the EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation, came into force on 25th May. Significant changes are underway, but how much will change in the NHS? Continue reading
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Running amok? Donald Trump facilitates civilian drone deaths & continues attacks in seven countries ‘and elsewhere’
The NGO CAGE, which campaigns against discriminatory state policies and advocates observance of due process and the rule of law, reminds readers that in October 2017, US President Donald Trump replaced the Obama rules pertaining to drone strikes with his own ‘rules’ called the “Principles, Standards, and Procedures,” or PSPs. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 