April 23, 2021
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Statewatch News 23 April 2021 (Issue 08/2)
23 April 2021 — Statewatch 23 April 2021 (Issue 08/21, also available as a PDF) —————————————- Biometric databases in Africa to facilitate deportations from Europe A restricted document obtained by Statewatch provides further confirmation that biometric population databases being set up in African states, funded by the EU in the name of facilitating people’s rights, will also expedite Continue reading
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DESMOGUK 23 April 2021: The Greenwashing Files – ‘A great deception’
23 April 2021 — DESMOGUK Crashing waves, sun-bathed wind turbines, bright green algae farms. Also: women running up a steep hill, a newborn’s feet, a smiling scientist, a child in their father’s arms. Emotive imagery of nature and family life are central to adverts made by some of the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters, all Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Explosive emails
Explosive emails revealed in a hearing on our legal challenge over direct awards of PPE contracts show civil servants raising the alarm that they were “drowning in VIP requests” from political connections that do not have “the correct certification or pass due diligence”. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for 22 April 2021
22 April 2021 — Black Agenda Report Freedom Rider: Gun Violence Starts at the Top Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist If the state reserves the right to commit mass murder no one should be surprised that the people follow suit. Continue reading
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The Ukraine Crisis Recedes – But A False Narrative Of It Leads To Bad Conclusions
Some two month ago we discussed how the U.S. focus on narratives will let it collide with reality. It is certainly not only the U.S. government that creates narratives, comes to believe in them, and then fails when it is confronted with reality. Carried by think tanks and media the narrative mold has grown throughout the… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 