November 2020
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 13 November 2020
13 November 2020 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks US EPA Assessment Shows Atrazine Causes Massive Harm to Endangered Species The Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment last week finding that the endocrine-disrupting pesticide atrazine is likely to harm more than 1,000 of the nation’s most endangered plants and animals. The finding is a result of Continue reading
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Viral Optimism: The Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine
The announcement that Pfizer Inc., along with its collaborative partner BioNTech SE, had come up with a successful vaccine candidate to combat the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 sent the markets soaring. In New York, Pfizer’s shares rose by 15 percent in pre-market trading; those of BioNTech, Nasdaq-listed, rose 25 percent. “Today is a great day for… Continue reading
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America 2020: First Comes a Rolling Civil War…
The massive psyops is ongoing. Everyone familiar with the Transition Integrity Project (TIP) knew how this would imperatively play out. I chose to frame it as a think tank gaming exercise in my Banana Follies column. This is a live exercise. Yet no one knows exactly how it will end. Continue reading
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EU: Democracy is more than elections
The image of Donald Trump on a golf course refusing to concede election defeat got me thinking. It served as a blunt reminder of just how much power certain leaders hold on to. Admittedly the US is not the only place where abuse of power has gotten out of control in recent times. When I… Continue reading
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Gates Foundation pours another $70mn into pushing Covid-19 vaccines on 3rd world countries as safety & efficacy questions remain
Billionaire vaccine evangelists Bill and Melinda Gates have topped off the global effort to roll out a shot against the novel coronavirus as some question the vague clinical trial results of the Gates-funded Pfizer jab. Continue reading
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Against “Capitalist Realism” and the “Neoliberal State”
Capitalist realism is the official ideology of the neoliberal state, and is an insidious form of propaganda that seeks to eliminate resistance to regressive corporate tyranny. “Capitalist Realism,” the seminal text by Mark Fisher, forensically dissects the dynamics by which late capitalism ensures world domination, enforcing its mantra of “there is no alternative,” which discourages… Continue reading
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QAnon Legal Battle Against YouTube Could Transform Free Speech Online
A lawsuit brought against YouTube and parent company Google by 15 QAnon social media stars could end up in the Supreme Court and transform the meaning of online free speech in America. Continue reading
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Joe Biden’s Victory is Still a Loss for Humanity
The Biden-Harris administration is good news for corporations, cops, war profiteers and banks too big to fail, but offers nothing to save the people and planet from multiple rises. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 12 November 2020
12 November 2020 — Black Agenda Report Black Voters: “Contrarian” Men and “Communal” Women Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor A significant portion of Black males are “contrarians” that take positions at odds with the general Black political consensus – while Black women tend to take the communal approach. Continue reading
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Iraq War Logs Videos: Watch and Share!
We are happy to announce the release of the first video in our Iraq War Logs series, and we hope you can help by amplifying these messages on social media! Continue reading
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A Plea to MPs From Mike Yeadon: “Don’t Vote For Lockdown”
There is a small and potentially growing all-causes excess mortality signal. I am working with a pathologist and our evaluation so far shows that these excess deaths are inconsistent with being COVID-19. In short, they are not dying from respiratory illness, but from heart failure and from cerebrovascular accidents such as stroke and diabetes. An… Continue reading
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Take a Deep Breath and Then Return to the Work of Building a New World: The Forty-Sixth Newsletter (2020)
12 November 2020 — Tricontinental Leyla Tonak (USA), Lungs I, 2020 Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Finally, after much uncertainty, on the anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917, the numbers added up and US President Donald Trump found that — despite winning over 70 million votes — he would Continue reading
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What now for the US-UK trade deal?
Over the last 4 years we’ve taken the secretive US-UK trade talks and built a movement of opposition. This movement has seen campaign actions by farmers and foodies, doctors and nurses, climate campaigners and activists working to protect our rights online. Continue reading
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UK: Leaked documents
Leaked emails seen by Good Law Project reveal that the Government suppressed an official report showing that one million rapid antibody tests it purchased from Abingdon Health were not fit for purpose. Continue reading
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Putin creates conditions for ending bloodshed in Caucasus
The trilateral Armenia-Azerbaijan-Russia statement of November 10 on Nagorno-Karabakh is a major development in regional and international security. A daring attempt is afoot to tamp down an ethnic conflict with political overtones by redrawing territorial boundaries. Continue reading
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Bolivians welcome Evo Morales with a massive rally
Morales’ return marked the defeat of the US-backed civic-military coup carried out against him a year ago that ousted him and forced him to leave his country amid escalation of threats to his physical integrity and safety Continue reading
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Exceptional measures
Narzanin Massoumi argues that the ‘war on terror’ should serve as a warning against increased state powers in response to the Covid-19 crisis Continue reading
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Ongoing legal battle over 2005 UK police killing brings to light covert op to smear victim justice campaigns
On July 22, 2005, Jean Charles de Menezes was executed by armed police on a London Underground train. He was quickly found innocent, but his family’s fight for justice goes on, exposing police efforts to dodge responsibility. Continue reading
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An Old Fable Retold
In the days before man had completely established his domination over the animal world, the poultry of a certain country, unnamed in my record, met in solemn conference in the largest hall they could hire for their money: the period was serious, for it was drawing near Christmas, and the question in debate partook of… Continue reading
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One Twit Quits Twitter (again)
10 November 2020 — The New Dark Age Yet again I’ve shut down my Twitter account (the last time was several years ago), then I was foolishly persuaded to rejoin the evil propaganda outlet of the Gangsters. Actually, I really MUST BE MAD to use Twitter and not only line the pockets of the bastards that Continue reading
The New Dark Age 