August 2020
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ANOTHER HIROSHIMA IS COMING… UNLESS WE STOP IT NOW
In a major essay to mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, John Pilger describes reporting from five ‘ground zeros’ for nuclear weapons – from Hiroshima to Bikini, Nevada to Polynesia and Australia. He warns that unless we take action now, China is next. Continue reading
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Masks are a Psychological Preparation for Mandatory Vaccinations
1 August, 2020 — Dissident Voice by Bill Willers This respirator does not protect against the risk of contracting disease or infection. —Warning with a box of N-95 respirators. You have no right not to be vaccinated. You have no right not to wear a mask. You have no right to open up your business… Continue reading
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World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities
The extent of devastation inflicted upon Japan by the American military during World War II is not broadly known, even today. In reprisal for the attack over Pearl Harbor, which killed almost 2,500 Americans, US aircraft first began unloading bombs on Japan during the afternoon of 18 April 1942 – attacking the capital Tokyo, and… Continue reading
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Fair Immigration: Dignity. Justice. Welcome. Action
Covid-19, it turns out, is not the great equaliser. The pandemic and lockdown, together, have exposed the different social realities experienced by those on either side of the race and class divide. One differential is that between citizens and those who crossed borders. Within weeks of the pandemic BAME essential workers started dying in disproportionately higher numbers… Continue reading
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Crisis and Virus: COVID-19 in Context
It has been over forty years since Thatcher and monetarism, thirty years since the Canada-US Free trade agreement came into effect, and twenty years since the launch of the Euro. More recently, 2020 marks twelve years since the Great Recession and bank bailouts began, ten years since the turn to stimulus and sharp return to… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 3 August 2020
3 August 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks New Report Shows Africa’s Green Revolution is “Failing On Its Own Terms” Fourteen years ago, the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller foundations launched the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) with the goal of bringing Africa its own Green Revolution in agricultural productivity. Armed… Continue reading
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ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: Truman’s ‘Human Sacrifice’ to Subdue Moscow
Sumiteru Taniguchi was one of the “lucky” ones. He lived a long and productive life. He married and fathered two healthy children who gave him four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He had a long career in Japan’s postal and telegraph services. As a leader in Japan’s anti-nuclear movement, he addressed thousands of audiences and… Continue reading
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Can the anti-Netanyahu protests grow into a larger movement?
Demonstrations have yet to draw a connection between Netanyahu’s personal abuses of office and the systemic corruption of Israeli politics, with the occupation its beating heart Continue reading
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Uneven Earth’s Monthly Readings August 2020
2 August 2020 — Uneven Earth July readings On decolonial ecologies, struggles for land around the world, and radical syllabi for the new school year Once a month, we put together a list of stories we’ve been reading: news you might’ve missed or crucial conversations going on around the web. We focus on environmental justice,… Continue reading
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Gove & Cummings: They think they’re above the law
Several weeks back we issued judicial review proceedings against Michael Gove for his decision to award an £840,000 contract to associates of his and Dominic Cummings, without any advertisement or competitive tender process. Continue reading
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TikTok – How The White House Helped U.S. Investors To Raid A Chinese Company
In 2017 the Chinese company ByteDance bought the Shanghai-based video app Musical.ly in a $1 billion deal and relaunched under the name TikTok. The app allows its users to create and share short videos with special effects. It was a great success and the app now has more than 80 million active users in the… Continue reading
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Medact July Newsletter 2020
We kicked off July with the launch of our new report on the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare, and there’s been lots more activity since! Continue reading
The New Dark Age 