April 18, 2019
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Internet Age Verification date announced
Open Rights Group is highly supportive of shielding children from Internet porn, but the government’s plan invites disaster. DCMS’s claim of putting “stricter measures in place to protect users’ data and privacy” falls short because the new privacy certification scheme is completely optional. Continue reading
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Housmans Books Easter 2019 Update
18 April 2019 — Housmans HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER EASTER UPDATE 1. Vacancy: Housmans Events Co-ordinator. 12hrs/month 2. Housmans / Peace House 60th Anniversary: your memories and anecdotes wanted! 3. The Little Rebels Children’s Book Award Shortlist 2019 4. Easter Closures ___________________________________________ Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 18 April 2019
18 April 2019 16:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting In less than three minutes, the BBC broadcasts seven apparent fabrications about Julian Assange http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/FpwtKrTL9bA/ Assange: Defamers and defenders slugging it out on divers media platforms (Part 1) https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/04/18/assange-defamers-and-defenders-slugging-it-out-on-divers-media-platforms-part-1/ Continue reading
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The Latin American left’s setbacks: what does it all mean?
Freeman: The progressive Latin American governments of the twenty-first century, the so-called Pink Tide governments, have over the recent past received heavy blows and have been replaced by conservative and right-wing governments in Brazil, Argentina and evidently Ecuador. What are people on the right saying about these setbacks for the left? Continue reading
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Redactions: The Declassified File
The impending release of the redacted Mueller report focuses new public attention on the systemic problem of over-classification and the routine overuse of exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act that are supposed to be reserved for protecting true secrets. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Assange Arrest – Part 2: ‘A Definite Creep, A Probable Rapist’
As discussed in Part 1, the nub of this ‘mainstream’ scorn was the belief that Assange’s concerns about extradition were a cowardly excuse for fleeing possible sex crimes – fears of extradition were a nerdish, paranoid fantasy. Continue reading
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Hundreds of peaceful climate change protesters arrested in UK By Paul Mitchell
Around 400 peaceful climate change protesters have been arrested in the UK over the past three days.According to the Metropolitan Police Service, 290 protesters at Oxford Circus, Marble Arch, Piccadilly Circus and Parliament Square were taken into custody in London on Monday and Tuesday. Protests in the Scottish capital Edinburgh led to 29 arrests. Continue reading
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International Rebellion Update #3 – The Empire Strikes Back
Dramatic events in London today ended in a resounding success for our brave, resilient and kind-hearted rebels. It’s easy to write about events, numbers and happenings – and today’s no exception, as we tenaciously held onto all four of our now cherished sites. But what might escape observation, despite being so much more important, is… Continue reading
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Breaking News! Putin’s Vast Riches Hidden at Costco By Phil Butler
What if we all woke up one morning and everybody understood the Russian mentality? Just think, instead of listening to fairytales about Russia and Vladimir Putin, the world would be able to swiftly wade through mountains of negative bullshit to see the truth. This is the story of the “other” Vladimir Putin, the one whose… Continue reading
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The Race Towards Extinction: Climate Change versus the 5G Microwave Technology Roll Out
By now, most of us should have come to realize that plant, animal and human life is not eternal on this planet. For several decades atmospheric scientists have been warning that the orgy of anthropogenic release of greenhouse gases, if it is permitted to continue at current rates, will bring life as we know to… Continue reading
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Sudan: The Revolution Belongs to the People By V. Arun Kumar
We talk to journalist Ahmed Kaballo to know more about the people’s uprising in Sudan, its demands and the future. Continue reading
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