“There is a need to revive the spirit of liberation” By Adri Nieuwhof

10 September 2019 — The Electronic Intifada

Two men standing together smilingAmeer Makhoul, right, seen with Raed Salah, a community leader among Palestinians in Israel, at a court in Haifa in August. (via Facebook)

Almost a decade ago Israeli forces raided Palestinian community leader Ameer Makhoul’s home in Haifa and arrested him.

After corresponding with Makhoul during his nine years in prison, I spoke with him recently via Skype, for his first interview since his release.

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Statewatch News Online, 9 September 2019 (18/19)

9 September 2019 — Statewatch

e-mail: office@statewatch.org

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UK government to target “far left” in revised Counter Extremism Strategy By Laura Tiernan

10 September 2019 — WSWS

A report published by the UK government’s Commission for Countering Extremism (CCE) has branded large sections of the “left” in Britain as “extremist.” It claims the left’s “revolutionary workerist ideas” are associated with increased sympathy for “violent extremist tactics.”

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Iran News Links 10 September 2019

10 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 NED Strikes Again: How Neocon Money is Funding the Hong Kong Protests
https://www.mintpressnews.com/hong-kong-protest-united-states-destabilize-china/261712/

With strikes against Iran, Netanyahu risks jeopardising his closest alliance
https://williambowles.info/2019/09/09/with-strikes-against-iran-netanyahu-risks-jeopardising-his-closest-alliance/

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Officials Ignore Pesticides and Blame Alcohol and Biscuits for Rising Rates of Disease by Colin Todhunter

10 September 2019 — Dissident Voice

The information below and the quotes were taken from the 12-page report that accompanied Rosemary Mason’s recent open letter to the Chief Medical Officer to England, Sally Davies. It can be accessed here.

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Campaigner and environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has written an open letter to the Chief Medical Officer of England, Sally Davies. In it, Mason states that none of the more than 400 pesticides that have been authorised in the UK have been tested for long-term actions on the brain: in the foetus, in children or in adults.

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China News Links 7-10 September 2019

10 September 2019  — The New Dark Age

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Russia-China Investment Fund to become Rusagro’s partner on Chinese project
https://tass.com/economy/1077409

The NED Strikes Again: How Neocon Money is Funding the Hong Kong Protests
https://www.mintpressnews.com/hong-kong-protest-united-states-destabilize-china/261712/

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Brexit/Bojo News Links 10 September 2019

10 September 2019 — The New Dark Age

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Boris Johnson Trips: Duvets, Toothbrushes And The House Of Lords
https://orientalreview.org/2019/09/10/boris-johnson-trips-duvets-toothbrushes-and-the-house-of-lords/

Brexit: What happened on Monday?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49643861

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