May 2020
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Putting provid before workers to reopen the economy
13 May 2020 — theplanningmotivedotcom [I think this is a MUST-READ essay that gets to the heart of how and why capitalism is killing us in the so-called developed world. WB] Capitalism has and is making us sick. For three generations we have been besieged by pesticides, fungicides, preservatives and pollution. Our defences have been Continue reading
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Disease capitalism and COVID-19: Hunger in the belly of the beast
We frequently hear that COVID-19 is the worst pandemic since the 1918 Spanish flu. It is forgotten that the third plague pandemic killed millions in South, South East and East Asia from the 1890s, and continued well after the Spanish flu, to the 1950s. That pandemic killed an estimated 10 million in India alone. I remember… Continue reading
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Syria Spinmeisters Fumble Attempts To Narrative Manage OPCW Leaks
It’s been over 72 hours since The Grayzone published new leaks further exposing how the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been lying about its investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria two years ago. Continue reading
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Genocide and Military Occupation: The Five Most Important Keys to the Guaidó-Silvercorp Contract
Finally, the complete content of the contract signed by Juan Guaidó, Sergio Vergara and J.J. Rendón with the American mercenary firm Silvercorp, led by former military officer Jordan Goudreau, has been released. Continue reading
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Covid19: A case for medical detectives Is medical malpractice causing the deaths of BAME patients?
13 May 2020 — OffGuardian Dr Wolfgang Wodarg The numerous and disproportionately frequent deaths of Covid19 patients with dark skin colour and from southern countries are apparently also the result of a drug-related mistreatment. Those affected are people with a specific enzyme deficiency, which occurs mainly in men whose families come from regions where malaria Continue reading
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The Unfolding Revelations Concerning the OPCW – by Piers Robinson
New leaks published today by The Grayzone News and Aaron Maté confirm that the OPCW deceived in order to smear two of its most experienced scientists:- https://thegrayzone.com/2020/05/06/opcw-douma-whistleblower/ Continue reading
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Guaidó’s mercenary hit contract on Venezuela’s Maduro mirrors official US bounty, authorizes death squad killings
The leaked contract between Juan Guaidó and the Silvercorp USA mercenary firm closely resembles a DEA bounty placed on the head of President Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle this March. The deal tacitly authorizes the elimination of working class Venezuelans in proposed death squad activities. Continue reading
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Bombshell: Crowdstrike admits ‘no evidence’ Russia stole emails from DNC server
13 May 2020 — Grayzone Pushback with Aaron Maté, Uncategorized May 11, 2020 Crowdstrike, the firm behind the Russian email hacking allegation at the core of Russiagate, makes a bombshell admission: “We did not have concrete evidence.” Continue reading
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Is the chilling truth that the decision to impose lockdown was based on crude mathematical guesswork?
Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College “stepped back” from the Sage group advising ministers when his lockdown-busting romantic trysts were exposed. Perhaps he should have been dropped for a more consequential misstep. Details of the model his team built to predict the epidemic are emerging and they are not pretty. In the respective words of… Continue reading
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Opposing lockdown is NOT “profits before people” The UK’s policy is already killing people, it will kill many more if we don’t stop it. Soon
Ever since the UK entered “lockdown”, those pushing for it to end have been labelled “callous” or “selfish” or accused of putting profits before people. Meanwhile millions are unemployed and a global famine is on the horizon. The lockdown will kill more people than the virus, and needs to be ended. Continue reading
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The Transformation of Societies on the Occasion of Covid-19 Heralds the Militarisation of Europe
We reproduce a discussion between Thierry Meyssan and a group of students. He explains that the political responses to Covid-19 have no medical purpose. A partially identifiable transnational group seized the opportunity provided by the epidemic to try to impose a profound transformation of European societies, just as it had used the attacks of 11… Continue reading
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WATCH: Prof Ashton – The beginning of the end of Boris Johnson?
This is a government of slogans, where confusion now reigns. As Brexit crashes down the list of important policies and is replaced with public health, priorities towards key workers, education, policing and the economy – all behind tackling the C19 crisis, Boris Johnson is losing his new found base in the North, where casualties are… Continue reading
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A chaotic rent debt and evictions crisis: Write your MP!
Renters are being forced to choose between paying rent or buying food and other essentials. Many renters are already in debt. Fear of eviction and rent debt is forcing people to go out and work rather than staying home. The government is putting renters in danger and we’re heading for a chaotic rent debt and… Continue reading
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MINDSPACE – Influencing behaviour through public policy
A must read (and frightening) document that details the UK government’s programme to control our thoughts and opinions. Continue reading
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Refusing to die for a confusing slogan
THE government’s latest injunction–Stay alert, Control the virus, Save lives–has come under instant criticism as providing ineffective advice. Continue reading
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Covid-19: UK Column News – 11th May 2020
11 May 2020 — Youtube Must Watch Before it’s censored! See also: https://wp.me/paao7Q-urt Continue reading
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China Forges Ahead Through Chaos and US Threats
Amid the deepest economic contraction in nearly a century, President Xi Jinping had already made it very clear, last month, that China should be ready for unprecedented, relentless foreign challenges. Continue reading
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Catholic Clergy Warns that COVID-19 Used as “Pretext” to “Control People”
11 May 2020 — Global Research Three Cardinals Join Global Appeal Decrying Crackdown on Basic Freedoms Over Coronavirus By Paul Smeaton, May 11, 2020 Catholic clergy led by former papal nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and Cardinals Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, Joseph Zen, and Janis Pujats have joined an appeal “for the Church and the world” that warns that the COVID-19 pandemic Continue reading
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How to make a crisis far, far, worse
I was asked by Russia Today to write an op-ed on what had been happening to me in my work over the last couple of months. It has appeared on their website https://www.rt.com/op-ed/488075-nhs-made-covid-19-crisis-worse/ This is what I wrote: Continue reading
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Book Review: Capitalist Pigs: Pigs, pork, and power in America
How pigs became commodities and key elements of the interlocked social, economic and political institutions of US capitalism. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 