September 6, 2019
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US Special Rep for Iran, Brian Hook makes Captain Hook look like a good guy
Over the past few months, US Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook the head of the Iran Action Group, has been personally writing emails and texts to over a dozen ship captains around the world, to make them an offer they can’t refuse. Continue reading
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Climate Minimizers Don’t Deny Climate Change—but Find Endless Reasons to Reject Sanders’ Plan to Stop It
Climate change is an existential threat to human civilization. If only corporate media acted like it. While the majority of corporate media do not outright deny the reality of the human-caused climate crisis, they are filled with another brand of insidious ideologues that I call climate minimizers. These downplay the threat that climate change poses to… Continue reading
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The Venezuelan Disinformation Campaign
In August 2018, the international press reported on a massive exodus of Venezuelans fleeing the famine and chavist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro. There were 18,000 to cross the border each day. At the time, the UN predicted that there would be 5.3 million Venezuelan migrants and refugeesthroughout Latin America by the end of 2019. There… Continue reading
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Question … Again: Does Anthropocene Science Blame All Humanity?
It’s a myth that won’t die. Because the word “Anthropocene” is derived from the Greek word anthropos, meaning human being, some radical critics charge that Anthropocene science blames all of humanity for the global environmental crisis. Some even claim that naming the new epoch Anthropocene is part of a deliberate effort to distract attention from… Continue reading
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US Defense Department prepares for mass internet censorship By Kevin Reed
The US military has issued a call for research proposals from technology partners for the development of an automated system capable of scanning the entire internet and locating and censoring content deemed as “false media assets” and “disinformation.” According to government documents, the requested solution would provide “innovative semantic technologies for analyzing media” that will… Continue reading
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Because ‘A World Without Insects Is Not Worth Living In,’ Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate
The German government announced Wednesday it had agreed on a plan to phase out the use of glyphosate—the key chemical in the weedkiller Roundup—with a total ban set to begin by the end of 2023. Continue reading
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UK pensioners suffer massive increase in poverty By Thomas Scripps
The proportion of pensioners living in severe poverty, receiving less than 40 percent of median household income, has climbed to five times the level of 1986. This is an increase from 0.9 percent to 5 percent. It is the largest increase among western European countries, taking the UK from one of the lowest rates to… Continue reading
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China News Links 5-6 September 2019
6 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Russia, China to discuss foreign media interference in domestic affairs — foreign ministry https://tass.com/world/1076864 The West Oppressed the Third World for so Long That It Became Third World Itself https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/06/the-west-oppressed-the-third-world-for-so-long-that-it-became-third-world-itself/ Continue reading
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Brexit/Bojo News Links 6 September 2019
6 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back The Sun scores a massive own goal by openly treating its English readers like mugs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/vliWl4Ggcjc/ As his government falls apart, Johnson chooses to meet an alleged war criminal http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/uwDWuhAOksg/ Continue reading
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What’s Next In Arms Race? Or, The Forms Must Be Obeyed
Daniel Larison arrived three days ago to a conclusion that Donald Trump Doesn’t Know How to Negotiate. Well, we have known that for quite some time now. As Larison notes: Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Headlines 5 September 2019
5 September 2019 — Information Clearing House [Due to some weirdness with ICH’s mailing list, I haven’t been able to get it delivered since 2017, until now! The archives here start in March 2003. WB] Op-Ed Empire USA: Why Washington Won’t Reduce Its Military Footprint By Ted Galen Carpenter U.S. imperialism consists of creating patron-client Continue reading
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Together we can end NHS charging
NHS Charging, data sharing and the broader Hostile Environment are undermining the principles at the heart of our NHS, prioritising immigration enforcement above people’s health and destroying the idea that care should be available to all who need it. Continue reading
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