October 2020
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Iraq War Logs: 10th Anniversary
Ten years ago today, WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history: the Iraq War Logs. The Assange Defense Committee will release a video tomorrow to commemorate this anniversary. The video explores the background of the leaks, what was revealed, and their impact. Today, we want to give you a sneak preview of our video! Continue reading
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The CIA and Chile: Anatomy of an Assassination
Fifty years ago today, armed thugs intercepted and mortally wounded the Chilean army commander-in-chief, General René Schneider, as he drove to the Ministry of Defense in Santiago, Chile. The next day, CIA Director Richard Helms convened his top aides to review the covert coup operations that had led to the attack. Continue reading
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China 2020: An Introduction
The history of capitalism has been punctuated by periodic struggles for hegemony over the world economy, leading to a centuries-long series of world wars.1 In the twenty-first century, all signs are pointing to another such period of hegemonic struggle, this time between the United States and China, although complicated in this case by the unique,… Continue reading
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ColdType November 2020 (Issue 215) is now online
22 October 2020 — ColdType Continue reading
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Paradise for Human Victims of Corporate Persons: The Forty-Third Newsletter (2020)
22 October 2020 — Tricontinental Henry Tayali (Zambia), Destiny, 1962-1966. Dear Friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Any day now, Zambia will be the first African country to slip into a private debt default. It can only pay interest on the $3 billion in dollar-denominated bonds if it totally ignores the needs of Continue reading
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Covid-19: Do many people have pre-existing immunity?
It seemed a truth universally acknowledged that the human population had no pre-existing immunity to SARS-CoV-2, but is that actually the case? Peter Doshi explores the emerging research on immunological responses Continue reading
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Update: Operation Moonshot
The ‘Operation Moonshot’, Government’s grand plan to develop a rapid turnaround testing programme, has predictably fizzled out into a damp squib. Continue reading
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Infection Fatality Rate of COVID-19 Inferred from Seroprevalence Data
Objective: To estimate the infection fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from seroprevalence data. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for 21 October 2020
21 October 2020 — Black Agenda Report Peace, Black Self-Determination, and the Duopoly Trap Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor Corporate institutions and their Black servants conspire to hide the fact that the Black American worldview is profoundly Left on issues of peace and social justice. Continue reading
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UK: The racist roots and reality of school segregation
As education becomes increasingly authoritarian, the battle against racist educational enclosure policies is one the left cannot afford to lose, argues the Institute of Race Relations’ Jessica Perera Continue reading
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Watch: The Moment for Change Is Now. Medical Doctors Speak Out
On October 10, 2020, ACU2020.org announced the world doctors’ alliance in Berlin, Germany. It is an alliance of medical doctors, scientists and peace activists who together claim that this COVID-19 affair is just not true. And as medical doctors, it is their duty to speak out the truth. Continue reading
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Russia and the EU: “Business as Usual” Is Over
Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister, is the world’s foremost diplomat. The son of an Armenian father and a Russian mother, he’s just on another level altogether. Here, once again, we may be able to see why. Continue reading
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Bolivia News Links 16-22 October 2020
22 October 2020 — The New Dark Age The Bolivian people broke all barriers to vote in hope The Imperialists Could Start A Third World War To Try To Retain Control Over Their Remaining Territories Continue reading
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Inside Bolivia’s right-wing base on eve of election; plus, Ex-OPCW chief defends whistleblowers…
21 October 2020 — Grayzone Inside Bolivia’s right-wing base on eve of election By Anya Parampil, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton We entered the power base of Bolivia’s far-right, Santa Cruz, where the 2019 coup was hatched, and where the country’s elite seeks to consolidate its hold on power in the election this October 18. Continue reading
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Webinar: Deportation Union: databases for expulsions (26 October, 14:00-15:30 CET)
The EU is expanding a host of databases used for migration and border control. A key focus of this is the increased collection and use of personal data to facilitate forced removals. Continue reading
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Spycops update, October 2020
As we prepare for the public inquiry hearings in two weeks’ time, it’s a very busy period in the campaign for truth and justice about Britain’s political secret police. Continue reading
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The Virus: Amnesty International condemns Johnson government
By TruePublica: Amnesty International has catalogued how the actions of Boris Johnson’s Conservative government led to the deaths of thousands of elderly people in care homes during the first stage of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
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Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair
It is despair that is killing us, eating into the social fabric, rupturing social bonds, and manifesting in self-destructive pathologies. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of October 19, 2020
19 October 2020 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Radio for Week of October 19, 2020 Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford Protests in Minneapolis Disrupted by Orange-Shirted “Collaborators” with Cops / Anti-Blackness Spread by Global Capital / LGBTQ Newsletter Surveys Prison Conditions Continue reading
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