December 2018
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How can Brexit be about democracy after this? By Graham Vanbergen
I have written endlessly about the involvement of dark money and right-wing free-market fundamentalists agitating for Brexit who secured positions in high office and the very corridors of power. In my recent book, ‘Brexit – A corporate coup d’etat’ – I highlighted how they established, built and nurtured authoritative organisations to ensure that Brexit was… Continue reading
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UK: May staggers on as more than a third of Tory MPs oppose her By Robert Stevens
The large vote against her by her hard-Brexit wing, combined with the loss of support from the 10 Democratic Unionist Party MPs, confirms that May is numbered among the walking dead. Arch critic of her proposed Brexit deal with the European Union, Jacob Rees-Mogg, told the press, “163 Conservative MPs are on the payroll—ministers, PPSs,… Continue reading
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Conservatives Own the Ongoing Disaster That Is Brexit By Natasha Hakimi ZAPATA
I’ve just returned from a whirlwind visit to the United Kingdom, where the elephant in every room seems to have grown to such proportions that Brits can hardly breathe without mentioning it with a groan. I’m talking about Brexit, of course, the U.K.’s ill-fated divorce from the European Union, which began over two years ago… Continue reading
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Gilets Jaunes: Selected Stories 12 December 2018
12 December 2018 — Global Research Gilets Jaunes: A Glimmer of Hope and Sanity By Mark Taliano The only glimmer of hope at the moment are the Gilets Jaunes[2] protests in France. Macron’s tax grab is all about serving imperial agendas at the expense not only of target countries, but also at the expense of a habitable planet, Continue reading
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Death and Extinction of the Bees. The Role of Monsanto? By Joachim Hagopian
12 December 2018 — Global Research This article was originally published in March 2014. What has been the role of Monsanto in the loss of of the global honeybee population. It is only recently that this issue has been the object of mainstream media coverage. Continue reading
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Video: Behind the US Attack on Chinese Smartphones By Manlio Dinucci
Under pressure from the Pentagon and the Intelligence agencies, the USA took the decision to forbid the use of Smartphones and telecommunications infrastructures from the Chinese company Huawei, warning that they may potentially be used for espionage, and pressured their allies to do the same. Continue reading
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Psychological tyranny prescribed by the DWP: preventable harm is government policy
Influenced by corporate America, the commonly labelled ‘welfare reforms’ began in July 2006 with the introduction of the Welfare Reform Bill by the New Labour government, and guaranteed that claimants of long-term out-of-work sickness and disability benefit were to be coerced and intimidated by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) simply for committing the… Continue reading
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Veneration Of Power Leading To Climate Catastrophe
In a recent media alert, we presented a few rules that journalists must follow if they are to be regarded as a safe pair of hands by editors and corporate media owners. One of these rules is that ‘we’ in the West are assumed to be ‘the good guys’. This seriously damaging narrative, flying in… Continue reading
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Book Review: The roots of Fascism and the seeds for its defeat
With the rise of the right internationally, there has never been a more pressing need for clarity about the roots of fascism, its history, and why and how it can be defeated. Among the clearest thinkers on this subject is German socialist Clara Zetkin, whose writing on the topic has been republished thanks to the… Continue reading
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One Year Ago — “Journalists for Hire : How the CIA Buys the News”
“I’ve been a journalist for about 25 years and I was educated to lie, to betray and not to tell the truth to the public. The truth will come out one day, the truth won’t die.” Dr. Udo Ulfkotte — German Journalist and Whistleblower Continue reading
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Political warfare in Washington escalates to crisis of capitalist rule By Barry Grey
One month after the US midterm elections, the conflict within the state apparatus is reaching a new stage. Within the political establishment, there are increasingly open calls for impeachment and possibly criminal proceedings against Trump, including from top Democrats in the incoming Congress. Continue reading
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9/11: The Evidence
On April 10, 2018 the Lawyers Committee for 9/11 Inquiry submitted a legal petition to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for a Grand Jury to examine the evidence for the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings on 9/11. Continue reading
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She Works Hard for the Money By Philip A Farruggio
She just turned 30, has three children, receives no welfare (except SSI for her Down’s Syndrome daughter), no food stamps anymore (she earns too much at $ 24k a year to get much), has no health coverage for herself (the kids are on Medicaid), and like the Donna Summer’s song “Works hard for the money! Continue reading
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Senior Israeli Lawmaker Calls for Killing All Palestinians, “Because they are just Nazis Anyhow”
Chair of the Defence Committee at the Israeli Parliament Avi Dichter has called for killing all the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. eastern fence of the Gaza Strip, he said: “The Israeli army has enough bullets for every Palestinian.” Continue reading
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The Indiscreet Charm of the Gilets Jaunes By CJ Hopkins
So it appears the privatization of France isn’t going quite as smoothly as planned. As I assume you are aware, for over a month now, the gilets jaunes (or “yellow vests”), a multiplicitous, leaderless, extremely pissed off, confederation of working class persons, have been conducting a series of lively protests in cities and towns throughout… Continue reading
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HOUSMANS 50 BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018
11 December 2018 — Housmans The following is a list of 50 books that have been particularly popular with Housmans customers this year. Hopefully there’ll be something here to tickle your fancy. For more book ideas it’s worth seeing what was submitted and shortlisted for both the Bread and Roses and Little Rebels awards: breadandrosesprize.wordpress.com littlerebels.org Continue reading
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NATO’s Original Purpose: Double Containment of the Soviet Union and “Resurgent” Germany
State Department Intelligence Saw NATO as a “Place” to Help West Germany “Satisfy its Reasonable Aspirations and Contain any Potential Unreasonable Ones” Continue reading
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May delays Brexit vote while Corbyn refuses to move no confidence motion By Chris Marsden
On the day UK Prime Minister Theresa May called off the vote on her proposed Brexit deal with the European Union (EU), Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refused to move a motion of no-confidence until she completed a fresh round of negotiations with Brussels. Continue reading
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UK government’s role in anti-Corbyn campaign exposed By Robert Stevens
The Integrity Initiative (II), funded by the UK, US governments and NATO, played a central role in efforts to discredit and remove Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Continue reading
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The Macron Implosion – Will it Spread to Other EU Members? By Peter Koenig
The Yellow Vest Movement – weekend 8 and 9 December – Round 4. Some say, they are the worst riots in France since the student-driven mini-Revolution of May 1968. Over the four weekends, hundreds of thousands were in the streets, middle class people, from students to workers to outright employees and housewives. The police force… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 