October 2018
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Hitler Wouldn’t Risk Doomsday, But The United States Did – Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (2/8)
Hitler ended the German nuclear weapons program in 1942 when told it could end life on Earth—the Americans were willing to take the risk; since the end of WWII the Cold War was to a very large extent, from beginning to end, a marketing campaign for subsidization of the aerospace industry, says Daniel Ellsberg on… Continue reading
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The budget offers the NHS scraps – and fails to see off the privatisers By Kane Shaw
There was little on offer in yesterday’s budget to meaningfully help struggling hospitals, health and social care services. So it’s up to us to organise. Yesterday’s budget was a government playing to the gallery, desperately hoping to distract from its role in creating what promises to be the worse winter crisis since records began. Continue reading
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Deepfakes And Political Manipulation By Leonid SAVIN
One Google project convincingly shows, that for just $100 you can create the illusion that a Russian company is trying to influence public opinion within America. All you need to do is buy a mobile phone and a few SIM cards in Panama, choose a common Russian name and surname and use it to set… Continue reading
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Syria: The White Helmets Are Terrorist Auxiliaries By Mark Taliano and Basma Qaddour
Canada’s decision to welcome White Helmets terrorists evacuated from Syria is consistent with Canada’s overall strategy throughout the course of this criminal “Regime Change” war against Syria, a founding member of the United Nations, according to Mark Taliano, the Canadian political analyst and Research Associate at Global research. Continue reading
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Over 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day
Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: the World Health Organization estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by… Continue reading
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Google abandons three projects which could ’cause harm’
In June, Mark Bridge reported that Google software engineers refused to work on a security feature to isolate and protect Pentagon data, because of moral concerns about the company helping the US to wage war. A dozen employees resigned in May according to Engadget and 4000 staff signed a petition against the project which was… Continue reading
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UK: NHS subsidiary companies—tools for tax exemption and privatisation By Ben Trent
The destruction of the National Health Service (NHS) continues apace, with outsourcing one of the most effective methods of diverting public assets into private hands. At the start of the month, 250 NHS estates, procurement and facilities staff working at East Kent Hospitals had their jobs outsourced to a subsidiary company, 2together Support Solutions. This… Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2018
30 October 2018 — Housmans NEWS /ACTIONS 1. Housmans Peace Diary 2019 + White Poppies 2. No More War: Let’s Make Peace Happen – Sunday 11th November 3. Autonomy Now series at Housmans 4. Protest: Together For Climate Justice Continue reading
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Two Stories From the Propaganda War By Philip Giraldi
Two recent stories about Russians have demonstrated how the news is selected and manipulated in the United States. The first is about Maria Butina, who apparently sought to overthrow American democracy, such as it is, by obtaining a life membership in the National Rifle Association. Continue reading
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Alleged “Sonic Attacks” Against US Diplomats in Havana: Rebuttal By Arnold August
The explanatory Commentary and Editorial published in Cortex on October 9 and 13, 2018, is timely, given that the U.S. has, for quite some time, been ratcheting up its rhetoric against Cuba. The Commentary and Editorial in this new scientific publication appears as we approach the UN’s October 31 vote on the blockade, when Washington… Continue reading
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Welcome to the Jungle By Pepe Escobar
A troubling new era has begun in Brazil with the election on Sunday of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro as president, writes Pepe Escobar Continue reading
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What is not being said about the quadrilateral summit on Syria By Thierry Meyssan
The quadrilateral summit in Istanbul on Syria has endorsed the political advances of Russia, but has decided nothing. Moscow gave its Turkish, French and German partners a lesson on the situation. The allies of Washington are having a hard time digesting their defeat and drawing its conclusions. Continue reading
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Jair Bolsonaro: Collapse of Democracy in Brazil? Selected Articles
30 October 218 — Global Research Far-right Jair Bolsonaro Wins Brazil’s Presidential Elections By Telesur, October 29, 2018 Far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro has won the Brazilian presidential elections with over 55 percent of the vote beating leftist Fernando Haddad who scored 44.3 percent in the country’s most polarized elections in decades. Continue reading
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The Doomsday Machine: The Big Lie of the Cold War – Daniel Ellsberg on RAI (1/8)
On Reality Asserts Itself, Daniel Ellsberg tells host Paul Jay that US intelligence agencies knew that Stalin was not planning to invade Western Europe or seek world domination, but based on the myth, the world came close to nuclear war – and it’s all happening again Continue reading
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Why we persist in opposing the growing use of armed drones By Chris Cole
Over the past two weeks, campaigners have been in New York taking part in meetings at the UN urging diplomats to control the proliferation and use of armed drones. Drone Wars UK was one of the more than 50 organisations signing a joint statement released to coincide with the meetings. Continue reading
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Invitation to Launch of Statewatch Library & Archive
The Statewatch Library & Archive is being launched on Thursday 22 November 2018 at May Day Rooms in London: 18.00 -20.00 Continue reading
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Fort Apache Lives: In Memoriam, Jerry González (1949-2018) By Dr. José E. Cruz
Jerry González, a giant of Puerto Rican, Cuban, Afro-Cuban jazz, and jazz music is no more. He was born in Manhattan on June 5th, 1949, the son of Puerto Rican parents. He grew up in the Bronx and left us on October 1st, 2018, the victim of smoke inhalation leading to cardiac arrest as a… Continue reading
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Trump and the Khashoggi Conundrum By Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR
There is growing clarity about the denouement to the Jamal Khashoggi affair. The strong likelihood – a virtual certainty, one may say – is that the Saudi regime has weathered the storm. But issues remain. Continue reading
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Link Tax: This is Terrible!
The EU is racing towards imposing Link Taxes and Censorship Machines that will fundamentally change the internet as we know it. Continue reading
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South Korea: “They Do Nothing Without Our Approval!”
On October 10, 2018, Kang Kyung-wha, the South Korean foreign minister, during parliamentary investigations into the activities of her ministry, stated that Seoul is looking at the possibility of lifting the unilateral sanctions that were imposed on North Korea on May 24, 2010 in response to the sinking of the South Korean patrol ship Cheonan… Continue reading
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