September 2020
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CoronaShock and Socialism
CoronaShock is a term that refers to how a virus struck the world with such gripping force; it refers to how the social order in the bourgeois state crumbled, while the social order in the socialist parts of the world appeared more resilient. (PDF) Continue reading
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How an “Act of God” Pandemic is Destroying the West
Before juxtaposing the U.S. and alternative responses to the corona virus’s economic effects, I would like to step back in time to show how the pandemic has revealed a deep underlying problem. We are seeing the consequences of Western societies painting themselves into a debt corner by their creditor-oriented philosophy of law. Neoliberal anti-government (or… Continue reading
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Important Questions and Answers on the COVID-19 Crisis. Saving Lives?
3 September 2020 — Global Research By Dr. Pascal Sacré Do you think that “saving lives” is consistent with the prolonged closure of vital sectors of civil society? Covid-19: profound impacts on the global economy 2. Do you think that “saving lives” is compatible with preventing GPs from prescribing the treatments they are familiar with? Continue reading
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What’s wrong with the Labour Party?
The history of socialism in this country is, generally speaking, a history of failure. This isn’t the fault of all socialists past, it’s a function of specific historical conjunctures – and the formation of the Labour Party, in its specificity, has played a key role. There are a number of reasons for this, rooted in… Continue reading
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Navalny Novichok Poisoning: The (Very Unlikely) Story So Far
For those of you who haven’t been following the news – Russian politician (or “opposition figure”, as he is universally referred to in the Western press) Alexei Navalny was taken ill two weeks ago. It is now being reported he was “poisoned” with “novichok”. Continue reading
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Six Complexities of These Pandemic Times: The Thirty-Sixth Newsletter (2020)
3 September 2020 — Tricontinental Staffordshire Regiment during the Plague, Hong Kong, 1894. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Social media, in March 2020, was awash with rumours. Swans and dolphins could be seen in totally deserted Venetian canals. A group of elephants marched into a village in Yunnan Continue reading
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Novichok, Navalny, Nordstream, Nonsense
Once Navalny was in Berlin it was only a matter of time before it was declared that he was poisoned with Novichok. The Russophobes are delighted. This of course eliminates all vestiges of doubt about what happened to the Skripals, and proves that Russia must be isolated and sanctioned to death and we must spend… Continue reading
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South African movement adopts Climate Justice Charter
“As Africans, we live together on a vast and beautiful continent where the human story began. All of us are linked to the first human who walked upright, dreamed, thought and co-existed with plants, animals, rivers, oceans and forests. Today this common humanity and its future is in serious danger. South Africa cannot ignore this… Continue reading
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Chris Hedges: How Corporate Tyranny Works
The persecution of the attorney Steven Donziger is a grim illustration of what happens when we confront the real centers of power, masked and unacknowledged by the divisive cant from the Trump White House or the sentimental drivel of the Democratic Party. Those, like Donziger, who name and fight the corporate control of our society… Continue reading
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Navalny Gets Skripaled
Yawn! was my first reaction when I read this. Couldn’t they come up with a more believable fairy tale? The German government says tests performed on samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed the presence of the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. Continue reading
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For years, journalists cheered Assange’s abuse. Now they’ve paved his path to a US gulag
Court hearings in Britain over the US administration’s extradition case against Julian Assange begin in earnest next week. The decade-long saga that brought us to this point should appall anyone who cares about our increasingly fragile freedoms. Continue reading
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Assange Defense and Jimmy Dore Team Up!
On Saturday, September 5, 2020, at 1:00 pm EST, Defend Wikileaks will host a panel discussion featuring Noam Chomsky, Alice Walker, and Daniel Ellsberg, preeminent experts on free speech and the fight to protect it, for a discussion on Assange’s persecution just 2 days before his extradition hearing resumes in London. The discussion will be moderated by political comedian Jimmy… Continue reading
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New Normal Gleichschaltung, or: The Storming of the Reichstag Building on 29 August, 2020
29 August 2020 — Consent Factory, Inc. By C.J. Hopkins On March 21, 1933, the Nazi-controlled Reichstag passed a law making it a crime to speak out against the government. The “Regulations of the Reich President for Defense from Treacherous Attacks against the Government of the National Uprising” made even the slightest expression of dissent Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 2 September 2020: The U.S. Is a Racist Militia / The Difference between the CPC and the DNC? …
2 September 2020 — Black Agenda Report Freedom Rider: The U.S. Is a Racist Militia Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist U.S. cops are already racist and brutal, and any militia “infiltrators” would feel right at home. The Difference between the CPC and the DNC? A Study of Politics Versus Personalities Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor Continue reading
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Craig Murray Defence Appeal Renewed
I have today received a bill from my legal team for £60,563.40 in fees to date in defending the contempt of court charge against me for my reporting of the Alex Salmond trial. Continue reading
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Former chief scientist blasts government coronavirus response
In part one of a two-part series, Hilary Wainwright talks to Sir David King, former government chief scientific adviser (2000-2007) and founder and chair of Independent SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies). Formed in May, the group aims to improve public understanding about how to handle Covid-19, as the official SAGE works in secrecy and… Continue reading
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GMO promoter Krebs misleads the BBC and the British public on gene editing
Below is a transcript of what the GMO promoter and member of the UK’s House of Lords, John Krebs, told the BBC in an interview about the government’s intention to deregulate gene editing so that it’s no longer defined and regulated as a genetic modification technique. Continue reading
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Poisoning of organic farmer in pesticide attack “a game-changer” in France
An organic farmer’s hospitalisation after intruders doused his vegetables with glyphosate has “become a cause célèbre in France, which is facing a growing backlash against intensive agriculture”, reports Henry Samuel in The Telegraph. Continue reading
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“This is How Armed Gangs Operate” Israel Admits its Troops Planted IEDs in a Palestinian Town
The IDF admitted that they put the explosives on the commonly used road, doing it to “create a deterrence,” because “riots have regularly occurred” in the area. Continue reading
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