April 2021
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We Cannot Afford to Censor Dissenting Voices During a Pandemic – Prof Martin Kulldorff
Now that we are allowed to meet up in groups of six outside their homes, Matt Hancock is warning us not to do anything foolish, like hug one another or breach the two metre rule. “Do it safely,” he tweeted. “Don’t blow it now”. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 5, 2021
5 April 2021 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 5, 2021 Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford Two Black Martyrs’ Mothers Confront Black Lives Matter / Black Is Back Coalition: When Colonialism Turned on Whites, They Called it Fascism / Black Alliance for Peace: Fascism Born in Continue reading
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Scientists Challenge Health Officials on Vaccinating People Who Already Had COVID
Since the first COVID-19 vaccine received Emergency Use Authorization in the U.S., some physicians and scientists have challenged the recommendation by U.S. health agencies that people who have already had COVID and as a result acquired natural immunity still get the vaccine. Continue reading
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Coup attempt in Jordan leaves a trail
A coup attempt is an orphan unless it succeeds. Therefore, all we can say is that a coup was in the making in Jordan. In a televised news conference on Sunday in Amman, all that Deputy Prime Minister Ayman al-Safadi would admit was that “These were efforts that threatened Jordan’s security and stability, and these… Continue reading
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Was Albert Einstein an anti-Semite?
Was Albert Einstein an anti-Semite? Was Hannah Arendt? These questions may sound ludicrous. Yet, according to the definition of anti-Semitism that more than 30 countries — including the United States through the Biden Administration — recently adopted, these two leading intellectuals could very well be labeled as such. This is due to an open letter… Continue reading
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The Strange Convulsion in Scottish Politics
On 24 March, two of the SNP MP’s most closely aligned to Nicola Sturgeon, Stewart MacDonald and Alyn Smith, asked for a meeting with the British internal security service MI5 to discuss cooperation against Russia. MI5 is the agency charged with countering perceived internal threats to the UK state; Scottish nationalists, environmentalists and anti-nuclear campaigners… Continue reading
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How Russia has been ‘Weaponized’: 111 Times
Even while the list below now includes 111 entries – like robotic cockroaches, postmodernism and 14.legged squids – it is likely far from being complete. Continue reading
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Starmer isn’t ‘too cautious’ – he is ruthlessly tearing Labour apart
The completion of Keir Starmer’s first year as Labour leader might have passed without note, had it not been the occasion for senior party figures to express mounting concern at Labour’s dismal performance in opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government. Continue reading
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The Criminalization of Big Pharma, mRNA Vaccine Deaths and Injuries. EU Adopts “Digital Vaccine Passport”
On March 25, 2021, the European Parliament voted 468 to 203 in favour of the Digital Vaccine Passport or “Green Pass” which requires EU citizens to get vaccinated if they want to travel, or even have access to various social and cultural activities within their respective communities. Continue reading
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The Clinton White House and Climate Change, Part II: Engaging the Oval Office
Washington, D.C., April 5, 2021 – President Bill Clinton’s climate policy faced some of its biggest challenges from two very different quarters – China and the Congress – according to a collection of recently declassified internal papers posted today by the nongovernmental National Security Archive. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Pork Barrel Politics
The 2019 Towns Fund made unhappy reading for those who believe public money should not be used to promote Party interests. As a leading academic put it: “there is robust evidence that ministers chose towns so as to benefit the Conservatives in marginal Westminster seats”. And the Public Accounts Committee criticised the Government for transparency failures “which fuelled… Continue reading
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Nicaragua and the Western ‘Human Rights ‘Industry
John Heartfield’s famous photomontage of a newspaper cabbagehead had the caption “Whoever Reads Bourgeois Newspapers Becomes Blind and Deaf!” The caption is even more true now as the 21st Century moves into its third decade. Continue reading
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‘Kill the Bill’ protests continue across UK against Tory police bill
Protests have intensified across the UK demanding the withdrawal of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill proposed by the Tory government. On March 31, hundreds of people participated in the Kill the Bill protest in Bristol. Mobilizations were also held in Manchester and Sheffield on March 27. According to reports, in several places the… Continue reading
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Tankie, Conspiracy Theorist, And Other Pejorative Tools Of Narrative Control
Bloomberg pundit Noah Smith had a very revealing interaction on Twitter the other day that I’ve been meaning to write about ever since. It began with Smith sharing a screenshot of an article by journalist Yasha Levine which condemns US imperialist escalations against China and ties them to the sudden spike in anti-Asian hate crimes we’ve been seeing. Smith shared his screenshot… Continue reading
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The Dangerous Alignment of Forces on the World Chessboard
The center of gravity of the world economy and power has shifted back from the North Atlantic to Asia, the brief, supposedly unipolar moment of absolute and incontestable hegemony is over, and clear signs of this are represented by the re-emergence of Russia as a major player on the world stage, and the blossoming of… Continue reading
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“Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: The Report”
4 April 2021 — theplanningmotivedotcom Defending statues rather than Black lives As Britain embarks on its new independent role in the world, the need arises to portray itself as a beacon of light, a model country ready and able to set an example to others, a country celebrating its triumph over its racist past. Instead Continue reading
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Pesticide toxicity to invertebrates and pollinators increasing in GM crops
Some just published research in the journal Science completely demolishes claims that the impact of pesticides is declining and that GM crops are contributing to this positive trend. Continue reading
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The Top Four Reasons Why Many People, Doctors & Scientists Refuse To Take The COVID Vaccine
1 April 2021 — Collective Evolution By Arjun Walia In Brief The Facts: It’s no secret that vaccine hesitancy is at an all time high. Mainstream media has claimed that this is a result of “anti-vax conspiracy theories” when in reality, there are legitimate concerns not being addressed. Reflect On: Why does the mainstream fail Continue reading
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Former U.S. Official: Al-Qaeda In Syria Is “An Asset” For U.S. Strategy
There is a new public relation campaign pushed by Turkey to whitewash al-Qaeda in Syria. ‘Western’ journalists were invited to Idleb governorate through some Turkish agency to make some fan flicks about Hayat Tahrir al Sham, the al-Qaeda entity under Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, which rules in Idelb. Continue reading
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Ukraine: Frozen conflict is hotting up
The terrible beauty of “frozen conflicts” is that it takes hardly any effort to turn up the heat and re-escalate them into hot violence, but pressing the “pause” button later would need consensus, which is not so easy. The frozen conflict in Ukraine’s Donbass has gone through this cycle repeatedly, and is lurching toward another. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 