May 21, 2020
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IRR News (6 – 20 May 2020)
21 May 2020 — Institute of Race Relations – Weekly Digest – Against Racism, for Social Justice Dangerous ‘race’ thinking is on the rise, warns black health activist Wayne Farah, in a think-piece for IRR News this week, that warns that the New Right and the ‘race realists’ are attempting to use public inquiries into Covid-19 excess deaths as Continue reading
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The Bouficha Appeal Against the Preparations for War: The Twenty-First Newsletter (2020)
21 May 2020 — Tricontinental Chittaprosad (India), Call for Peace, 1952. Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 23 March, the UN Secretary General António Guterres called for a ceasefire. ‘The fury of the virus’, he said, ‘illustrates the folly of war’. In a recent report, the Armed Conflict Location & Continue reading
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The Warp Speed Push for Coronavirus Vaccines
The US White House has appointed a coronavirus “Vaccine Czar” from Big Pharma to oversee something dubbed Operation Warp Speed. The goal is to create and produce 300 million doses of a new vaccine to supposedly immunize the entire US population by year-end against COVID-19. To be sure that Big Pharma companies give their all… Continue reading
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‘Flying blind’: Scientists warn harmful biologic, health effects from 5G wireless radiation
New 5G cellular wireless technology is already rolling out in some states. But as a country, there is little to no research on the health effects of the new technology. As one United States’ senator put it, we are “flying blindly” and a group of scientists agreed calling for an immediate moratorium on the installation… Continue reading
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The US is using wheat as a weapon of war in Syria
Apache helicopters of the US occupation forces flew low Sunday morning, according to residents of the Adla village, in the Shaddadi countryside, south of Hasaka, as they dropped ‘thermal balloons’, an incendiary weapon, causing the wheat fields to explode into flames while the hot dry winds fanned the raging fire. Continue reading
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Representing Activists & Political Prisoners: Veteran lawyers Martin Stolar and Robert Boyle on Julian Assange
Watch the latest episode of Randy Credico’s podcast “Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom”, an ongoing exploration of the prosecution and persecution of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder. Continue reading
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Profiting from Coronavirus
On 5 May, the British security services released to their pet media the claim that Russia, China and Iran were attempting to hack into British research institutes conducting coronavirus research. The BBC reported it. Britain’s shameful copy and paste media all, without exception, just copy and pasted the government press release. Continue reading
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How Does the U.S. Rally Support for Wars That Kill Millions of Innocent People Worldwide?
The US’ wars have killed millions of innocent men, women and children around the world. Yet more often than not they have been based on weak evidence, questionable motives, and outright lies. Why, then, do large portions of the public staunchly support the US troops? Why are so many Americans satisfied with the U.S. bombings… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online: 21 May 2020: New analysis: reinforcement of Frontex runs into legal problems
21 May 2020 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org New analysis: reinforcement of Frontex runs into legal problems An internal Frontex report published today by Statewatch highlights a series of issues in implementing the agency’s new legislation, including uncertain legal terminology and delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading