December 2019
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Workshop on Northern Ireland: The legacy of collusion
THE LEGACY OF COLLUSION On 20 November 2019 the Presiding Coroner for Northern Ireland, the Honourable Mrs Justice Keegan, set a timetable to hear the 71 outstanding Legacy Inquests into killings that date back as far as the 1970s over the next five years. At the same time, there are a number of related on-going… Continue reading
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Bolivia News Links 5-8 December 2019
8 December 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Stella Calloni: “We are Under a Counterinsurgency War” https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/stella-calloni-we-are-under-a-counterinsurgency-war/ Bolivia: MAS Appoints Morales as Director of its 2020 Campaign https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/bolivia-mas-appoints-morales-as-director-of-its-2020-campaign/ Continue reading
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Patient data from GP surgeries sold to US companies
7 December 2019 — The Guardian Dealings with international pharma raise new fears about American ambitions to access NHS Toby Helm Data about millions of NHS patients has been sold to US and other international pharmaceutical companies for research, the Observer has learned, raising new fears about America’s growing ambitions to access lucrative parts of Continue reading
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Journalist: Newsweek Suppressed OPCW Scandal And Threatened Me With Legal Action
A Newsweek journalist has resigned after the publication reportedly suppressed his story about the ever-growing OPCW scandal, the revelation of immensely significant plot holes in the establishment Syria narrative that you can update yourself on by watching this short seven-minute video or this more detailed video here. Continue reading
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Uneven Earth’s Monthly Readings
Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: things you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental and social justice, cities, science fiction, current events, and political theory. Continue reading
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Reddit Bans Users for Telling the Truth
Last week (November 27th), at a press conference, Jeremy Corbyn unveiled dozens of leaked documents. Documents showing that Boris Johnson – and the Tories in general – are lying when they say there are no plans to open up the NHS to US trade. Continue reading
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The Dirty War on the NHS: Save the Date: Online Cinema Screening on Mon 9 Dec
For those who cannot get to a cinema, we are organising an Online Cinema Screening on Monday 9 December between 6pm and 10pm. Tickets are £10. If you want to watch the film, click on the link below, buy your ticket, and on Monday you will be sent a link to the film and an access code. You… Continue reading
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NATO Splits Reveal Alliance is Redundant
If the NATO summit this week marking the 70th anniversary of its foundation in 1949 was meant to be a resounding celebration, it backfired spectacularly, more as a resounding farce. Amid all the pomp and ceremony afforded by an official reception at Buckingham Palace, hosted by the British Queen, the two-day gathering descended into squabbling,… Continue reading
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AI Border Guards are Being Tested at the Edge of Fortress Europe, Away From Public Scrutiny
A series of trials funded by the EU to the tune of €4.5 million ended this summer, without most people ever even having heard about them. At three points on the EU’s external border, a new form of border protection using lie-detecting artificial intelligence has been tested. The European Commission is being sued for allowing… Continue reading
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Journalist Exposes BBC Propaganda in Ukraine, Crimea and Beyond
Independent journalist Graham Phillips gives a brief masterclass here, showing a few examples of blatant propaganda being produced by the BBC. As he points out, their reports are intended to deceive viewers by delivering an overtly anti-Russian, false portrayal of events being reported, normally devoid of any real context outside of the official western government-approved… Continue reading
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Ukrainian neo-Nazis flock to the Hong Kong protest movement
Neo-Nazis from Ukraine have flown to Hong Kong to participate in the anti-Chinese insurgency, which has been widely praised by Western corporate media and portrayed as a peaceful pro-democracy movement. Continue reading
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Economics as a social science
Recently, Benoît Cœuré, a leading French member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, delivered an address to economics students at the job forum of Paris School of Economics. He wanted to explain to the gathered students that becoming an economist was a great thing to do and paid well. “For many, a master’s… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 5 December 2019
5 December 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Medical Doctors Protest Failure of UK Home Secretary to Act on Mr Julian Assange https://www.globalresearch.ca/medical-doctors-protest-failure-uk-home-secretary-julian-assange/5696778 Doctors condemn failure of British government to answer letter demanding medical care for Julian Continue reading
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Bolivia News Links 5 December 2019
5 December 2019 • 11:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Operation Condor 2.0: After Bolivia Coup, Trump Dubs Nicaragua ‘National Security Threat’ and Targets Mexico https://www.globalresearch.ca/operation-condor-2-0-after-bolivia-coup-trump-dubs-nicaragua-national-security-threat-targets-mexico/5696802 The Sacaba and Senkata Massacres: How State Terrorism Operates in Continue reading
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Hong Kong — Pure Western Insanity
The impunity with which the US aggresses Hong Kong is insane. Equally or more insane is western media coverage of what is going on in Hong Kong. Not one word on how the incredible “pro-democracy” vote of the rather unimportant District Council Elections was achieved. Of the 18 District Councils, 452 of 479 seats (71%)… Continue reading
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Biotech research institute VIB misleads public and regulators in lobby campaign
VIB falsely claims that individual academic supporters for de-regulation of gene editing represent their institutes as a whole Continue reading
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US gatecrashes into Libyan endgame. But Russia stands in the way By M.K. Bhadrakumar
The United States has alleged that Russia’s presence in Libya is having an “incredibly destabilising” impact. Washington is stepping out of the shade and making way to the centre stage of the Libyan conflict. Continue reading
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Evidence gap on health benefits of organic diet
New review calls for controlled studies examining effects of equivalent organic and non-organic wholefood diets Continue reading
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After His Mysterious Death, the Media Scrambles to Get its Story Straight About White Helmets Founder James Le Mesurier
Almost immediately after Le Mesurier’s alleged plunge to his death, reports began to emerge of tampering and the removal of details about the controversial “private security” operative’s career. Continue reading
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