June 2019
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Black Agenda Report 13 June 2019: How Democrats Strangled Black Politics; Central Park 5 & the Limits of Suffering; Torture is Public Policy in US Prisons
13 June 2019 — Black Agenda Report How the Democratic Party Strangled Black Politics by Glen Ford Nothing changes on the electoral scene, and little at the grassroots level, unless the structure of capitalist hegemony over political discourse in the U.S. — the corporate duopoly — is broken. Continue reading
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Freeing Julian Assange: Part One
We’ve been so busy sifting through the ashes that too few of us have noticed what’s been staring us in the face all along. Continue reading
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British Home Secretary signs extradition order to send Julian Assange to US
Britain’s Home Secretary has revealed he has signed a request for the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US, where he is accused of violating the Espionage Act. Continue reading
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Propaganda Is The Root Of All Our Problems by Caitlin Johnstone
A new article by Forbes reports that the CEO of Crowdstrike, the extremely shady cybersecurity corporation which was foundational in the construction of the official CIA/CNN Russian hacking narrative, is now a billionaire. Continue reading
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On the future of farming and ecomodernist illusions
12 June 2019 — Climate & Capitalism Some writers imagine that machines can feed the world. They ignore the damage caused by industrial agriculture, and don’t value the work of people who feed most of humanity today. “Industrialized agriculture has meant pretending soil and flora are not living entities that require care and attention. If you… Continue reading
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Glyphosate Worse than We Could Imagine. “It’s Everywhere” By F. William Engdahl
Glyphosate residues have been found in tap water, orange juice, children’s urine, breast milk, chips, snacks, beer, wine, cereals, eggs, oatmeal, wheat products, and most conventional foods tested. It’s everywhere, in brief. Continue reading
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US gears up for World War III with largest defense contract in history
The Pentagon announced Monday the single largest arms purchase in its history, agreeing to buy nearly 500 F-35 fighter aircraft at a total cost of $34 billion. This purchase is only a down payment on the Pentagon’s acquisition of the notoriously wasteful and failure-prone aircraft, whose design is based on two overarching priorities: fighting a… Continue reading
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UK police seek to prosecute 1,130 Extinction Rebellion climate change protestors By Alice Summers
The London Metropolitan Police are pushing to prosecute every single one of the 1,130 protestors arrested during climate change demonstrations organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR) in April. Continue reading
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Leaked Messages Confirm: Imprisonment of Brazil’s Lula da Silva was Politically Motivated
The website The Intercept received a massive archive of communications between prosecutors and judges, involving Brazil’s corruption cases. Initial analysis reveals that former president Lula da Silva’s prosecution and conviction were politically motivated. Mike Fox discusses the ramifications Inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Academics, human rights activists, lawyers: Free Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning now
More than 50 US, UK, Australian & Canadian academics, human rights activists and lawyers have signed an open letter calling on the US & UK to immediately release Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning from prison. Continue reading
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MI5 “unlawfully” handled bulk surveillance data, Liberty litigation reveals
The British security service MI5 has been unlawfully retaining innocent people’s data for years. It also failed to give senior judges accurate information about repeated breaches of its duty to delete bulk surveillance data, and has been criticised for mishandling sensitive legally privileged material. Continue reading
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Inside Israel’s million dollar troll army By Asa Winstanley
A global influence campaign funded by the Israeli government had a $1.1 million budget last year, a document obtained by The Electronic Intifada shows. Act.IL says it has offices in three countries and an online army of more than 15,000. Through its app, Act.IL issues “missions” to this troll army in exchange for “cool prizes”… Continue reading
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Brazil: leaked conversations reveal legal stitch-up against Lula
Yesterday, The Intercept Brazil news site published a number of correspondences between former judge Sergio Moro, and the Lava Jato (“Car Wash”) prosecutors, led by Federal Public Ministry of Brazil attorney, Deltan Dallagnol. The Operation Car Wash corruption case led to the arrest and imprisonment of (among others) former PT president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva… Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER JUNE 2019
June 2019 — Housmans Books NEWS /ACTIONS 1. Anarchist Festival 2019 2. Antiuniversity Now 2019 3. Rent Strike Weekender 4. Pluto Press 50th Anniversary Continue reading
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China Newslinks 12 June 2019
12 June 2019 — The New Dark Age Panda Diplomacy Much Better than Mafia Extortion of Collapsing West https://journal-neo.org/2019/06/12/panda-diplomacy-much-better-than-mafia-extortion-of-collapsing-west-1209/ ‘Make Russia Prostrate Again’ Is the Only Thing US Democrats and Republicans Can Agree on https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/12/make-russia-prostrate-again-is-the-only-thing-us-democrats-and-republicans-can-agree-on/ Continue reading
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Tory cuts result in 131,000 preventable deaths in the UK By Barry Mason
A reversal of public health initiatives has led to 130,000 preventable deaths since 2012. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think tank lays the blame on austerity measures pursued by the 2010 Conservative/ Liberal Democrat government and continued by the Tory government of Theresa May. Continue reading
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US Propaganda Blitz Ahead of Idlib’s Liberation
A concerted effort is being made to once again flood Western headlines with now familiar and long-since discredited war propaganda as Syrian forces and their Russian and Iranian allies move in on Idlib in northern Syria to liberate it from US-backed terrorists. Continue reading
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Israeli Private Intelligence Company Black Cube Out of Control
Shir Hever discusses the dangers of privatizing security and intelligence, as a private company called Black Cube that claims to use Israeli Mossad procedures hires out its services to the highest bidder and goes after international as well as Israeli activists, business people, and politicians Continue reading
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