Day: October 26, 2019

Disrupting the nitrogen cycle: Articles on a major metabolic rift

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25 October 2019 — Climate & Capitalism

Metabolic Rift

How the global nitrogen cycle has been disrupted by an economic system that values profits more than life itself.

I’ve been very pleased by the positive comments I’ve received from C&C readers about my articles on the disruption of the nitrogen cycle. Several of you asked to have them all accessible from one place, so they could share the link with others. Here they are.

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Britain obstructs Spanish investigation into CIA spying on Julian Assange By Oscar Grenfell

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26 October 2019 — WSWS

In a blatant attempt to obstruct justice, British judicial authorities are stymying an investigation into the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) illegal spying on WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange. El Pais reported on Wednesday that a request by Spanish judge José de la Mata to interview Assange via videolink had been rejected by the United Kingdom Central Authority last month. De la Mata is investigating a complaint by Assange’s lawyers alleging that UC Global, the private company hired to provide security to Ecuador’s London embassy, illegally surveilled him on behalf of US authorities while he was protected with political asylum inside the building.

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