January 14, 2019
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UK People’s Assembly protest shows Corbyn’s role in demobilising the working class By Steve James
Some 2,000 people attended the People’s Assembly demonstration in London on Saturday, called under the slogan “Britain is Broken, General Election Now.” The protest was much smaller even than last May’s Trades Union Congress demonstration, when only 25,000 attended, and a mere fraction of the 2011 “March for an Alternative,” when 250,000 demonstrated. Saturday’s march… Continue reading
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The Original ‘Fake News’? The BBC and the Information Research Department By Ian Sinclair
IAN SINCLAIR reveals the hidden history of the BBC’s relationship with the secret state, suppression of ‘subversives’ and support for military intervention overseas Continue reading
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France’s mass “yellow vest” protests continue to grow in 2019 By Alex Lantier
Demonstrations by French “yellow vest” protesters on Saturday, January 12, grew again, amid rising opposition among broad layers of the population to President Emmanuel Macron. Interior Ministry sources claimed 84,000 people demonstrated in the ninth straight weekend of mass protests against Macron, compared to 50,000 the week before—figures that, as even the official press noted,… Continue reading
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Massive campaign to defend Israeli religious students accused of killing Palestinian mother of nine By Jean Shaoul
Far-right and ultra-Orthodox groups have created a media storm over the arrest of five Jewish youths on suspicion of carrying out “serious terror offenses,” including the killing of a Palestinian woman last October. The five boys, students at the Pri Ha’aretz yeshiva (religious seminary) in the Rehelim settlement in the occupied West Bank, are accused… Continue reading
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Entering a Major Regional Re-set – The Syria Outcome Will Haunt Those Who Started This War By Alastair Crooke
The Middle East is metamorphosing. New fault-lines are emerging, yet Trump’s foreign policy ‘hawks’ still try to stage ‘old movies’ in a new ‘theatre’. Continue reading
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Israeli politics is being dragged into the grubby realm of reality TV
As Benjamin Netanyahu demands a televised showdown with his corruption accusers and Roseanne Barr prepares to address the Knesset, the poverty of public discourse has never been more apparent Continue reading
The New Dark Age 