May 19, 2021
-
UK Crony Capitalism: High Court update
Today the High Court heard our lawyers detail waste, mismanagement – and yet more special treatment for politically connected companies placed in the “VIP” Lane. Continue reading
-
How India lost its way in Persian Gulf
There have been two successive setbacks in the past one-year period to the India-Iran relationship. India has been literally eased out of two strategically important projects in Iran that were full of promise to uplift the ties in a medium and long term perspective. Continue reading
-
Black Agenda Report 19 May 2021
19 May 2021 — Black Agenda Report Freedom Rider: The Palestine Litmus Test Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist President Joe Biden continues to proclaim endless support of apartheid Israel, but millions have decided that defense of Palestinian rights and lives is the only civilized response to barbaric aggression. Poem: June Jordan, Moving towards Home, Editors, Continue reading
-
Marwa Osman on Israel’s genocide of Gaza, and the new precedent of united regional Resistance
A very informative discussion with Beirut-based journalist and political analyst Marwa Osman, on the litany of Israeli crimes against Palestinians in Gaza during Israel’s horrifying bombardment of the beseiged and densely inhabited Gaza Strip. Continue reading
-
Massive resistance in all parts of Palestine amid deadly Israeli assault
In just the last week, the situation in occupied Palestine and the larger region has seen a dramatic shift. A new wave of resistance has sparked militant mass protests not only in cities and towns across the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, but also in many Palestinian or “mixed” cities inside the 1948 borders of… Continue reading
-
Gaza/Palestine News Links 18-19 May 2021
19 May 2021 • 14:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back “Today we are Nazis,” says member of Israeli Jewish extremist group By Array on May 19, 2021 07:20 am Extremist mobs attacking Palestinians are organized, Adalah Continue reading
-
Antarctic melt: tipping point by 2060
While U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken draws attention to climate change in the Arctic at meetings with other national officials this week in Iceland, an even greater threat looms on the other side of the planet. New research shows it is Antarctica that may force a reckoning between the choices countries make today about greenhouse gas emissions… Continue reading
-
Racism, mental health and pre-crime policing: the ethics of Vulnerability Support Hubs – New Medact report!
Racism, mental health and pre-crime policing: the ethics of Vulnerability Support Hubs – our latest report, out today – exposes how a counter-terrorism police-led project blurs the boundaries between security and mental health care in disturbing and dangerous ways, through documents obtained in a series of long-running Freedom of Information requests. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 