July 2018
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“Nerve agent” death of Dawn Sturgess raises fresh questions over UK Skripal affair By Thomas Scripps
9 July 2018 — WSWS The tragic death of Amesbury resident Dawn Sturgess has raised questions surrounding the Skripal/ “novichok” poisoning events in the UK to a new pitch. Continue reading
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NYT Sees 'Dystopia' in Chinese Surveillance—Which Looks a Lot Like US Surveillance By Jim Naureckas
There’s a category of story we call “Them Not Us”—US media reporting on problems abroad, and seemingly not noticing that they have the same problems at home. There’s a great example of that in the New York Times (7/8/18), headlined “Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: AI, Shame and Lots of Cameras.” Continue reading
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The Refugee Crisis and the Mediterranean Sea – The Largest Graveyard in Modern History By Peter Koenig
In June 2018 alone, more than 500 refugees drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. Their boats were refused access to land in either Malta, or Italy. They were force-driven back by gun-boats to the North African shores they came from, mostly Libya, but many boats capsized and countless refugees didn’t make it. Continue reading
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Israel is bulldozing Khan Al Ahmar – and with it the two-state solution By Jonathan Cook
Israel finally built an access road to the West Bank village of Khan Al Ahmar last week, after half a century of delays. But the only vehicles allowed along it are the bulldozers scheduled to sweep away its 200 inhabitants’ homes. If one community has come to symbolise the demise of the two-state solution, it… Continue reading
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The hidden story of the women who rose up By John Pilger
John Pilger gave this address on the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the Parramatta Female Factory, Sydney, a prison where ‘intractable’ women convicts from mostly Ireland and England were sent to Britain’s Australian colony in the early 19th century. Continue reading
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Ukrainian Fascist Leader Speaks in US Congress, While Nazis Launch Racist Attacks
Journalist Max Blumenthal asked why a fascist leader was welcomed in the US Senate building. He discusses Andriy Parubiy, the founder of two neo-Nazi organizations and the chair of Ukraine’s parliament, and the violent white supremacist movement against Russia Continue reading
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UK mounts fresh offensive against Russia following second alleged novichok poisoning By Chris Marsden
Britain’s Conservative government has used a second alleged novichok nerve agent poisoning incident in the Salisbury area of England to launch a fresh provocation against Russia. Continue reading
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Selected Articles: UK Russophobia: Novichok 2.0
6 July 2018 — Global Research The Skripals and a New Novichok Affair: No End in Sight? By Dr. Ludwig Watzal, July 06, 2018 There was another Novichok attack on a couple that was found unconsciously at their British home in Amesbury, UK, close to Salisbury where the Skripals were found sleeping on a park bench after Continue reading
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The Wifi Alliance, Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood: 5G Wireless By Renee Parsons
The medical and scientific data is overwhelming and irrefutable as the wireless industry, the MSM and government agencies, frequently the last to acknowledge a pervasive health problem, continue to protect the industry from widespread public awareness of the insidious effects of the latest generation of digital by-products. Continue reading
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'Data Needs to Serve a Public Safety Purpose'
6 July 2018 — FAIR by Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Tracy Rosenberg about ICE’s corporate collaborators for the June 29, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 6th July 2018
NHS Digital has not written to everyone who made a Type-2 objection (see below) – and NHS England, which is responsible for informing everyone else, still refuses to write to people who haven’t opted out about their new choice. Meanwhile, its virtually invisible ‘communications campaign’ stumbles on. Have you heard any of the radio ads… Continue reading
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Sisi holds key to Trump’s Sinai plan for Palestinians By Jonathan Cook
Israel and the US are in a race against time with Gaza. The conundrum is stark: how to continue isolating the tiny coastal enclave from the outside world and from the West Bank – to sabotage any danger of a Palestinian state emerging – without stoking a mass revolt from Gaza’s two million Palestinians? Continue reading
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EU Copyright Law Rejected!
We did it! Today, the European Parliament voted to reject the proposed copyright proposal, which includes the dangerous Link Tax and Censorship Machine provisions. Continue reading
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British Government Peddles Warmed Over Novichok Muck
4 July 2018 — Moon of Alabama It seems that Theresa May felt a need to stoke some more Russia hate: Just as the World Cup had forced the British media to grudgingly acknowledge the obvious truth that Russia is an extremely interesting country inhabited, like everywhere else, by mostly pleasant and attractive people, we Continue reading
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'Novichok': Here we go again!
“Professor Robert Stockman, of the University of Nottingham, said traces of nerve agents did not linger. He added: ‘These agents react with water to degrade, including moisture in the air, and so in the UK they would have a very limited lifetime. This is presumably why the street in Salisbury was being hosed down as… Continue reading
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‘Novichok’: Here we go again!
“Professor Robert Stockman, of the University of Nottingham, said traces of nerve agents did not linger. He added: ‘These agents react with water to degrade, including moisture in the air, and so in the UK they would have a very limited lifetime. This is presumably why the street in Salisbury was being hosed down as… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for Wednesday July 4, 2018: Anti-Lynching Bill a Sham, Ocasio-Cortez and the Left; Political Theater
5 July 2018 — Black Agenda Report Black Caucus Support for Anti-Lynching Law is a Sham – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor If Rep. Bobby Rush’s anti-lynching bill were to have more than symbolic value, it would make it easier to convict the cops of lynching — since they are by far the main Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 4 July 2018
4 July 2018 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Loophole Could Exempt Over 10,000 GMO Foods from GMO Labeling Law Loopholes proposed by the Trump administration could exempt over 10,000 – or one out of six – genetically modified foods from a new GMO disclosure law, according to an EWG analysis. The draft rule may exempt foods produced Continue reading
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Harry Patch: ‘organised murder’ – civilian slaughter by our special friend, with our help
The Pentagon has told Congress it estimates that nearly 500 civilians were killed as a result of US military actions in the first year of the Trump administration. According to CNN: “(The Department of Defense) assesses that there are credible reports of approximately 499 civilians killed and approximately 169 civilians injured during 2017” as a… Continue reading
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