BBC sparks outrage after removing content following pressure from pro-Israel lobby

2 June 2021 — Middle East Monitor

A general view outside the BBC Studios on 27 May 2021 in England [Nathan Stirk/Getty Images]A general view outside the BBC Studios on 27 May 2021 in England [Nathan Stirk/Getty Images]

The BBC has removed a series of educational videos about Palestine and the origins of the ongoing Israeli occupation and ethnic cleansing, following pressure from a pro-Israel lobbyist organisation, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI).

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G7 Summit police confused about duty to protect freedom of assembly

7 June 2021 — NetPol

Protests against the forthcoming G7 summit, from 11-13 June in Carbis Bay in Cornwall, are expected to face a huge policing operation that includes exclusion zones and around 6500 officers from around the country. A coalition of organisations under the banner “Resist G7” are organising demonstrations on each day of the summit and separately, Extinction Rebellion South West plans a series of actions.
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The Etymological Animal Must Slip Out of the Cage of Habit to Grasp Truth

2 June 2021 — Edward Curtin

Etymology – from Greek, etymos, true, real, actual (the study of roots)


Life is full of slips.

Words slip out of our mouths to surprise us.  Thoughts slip into our minds to shock us.  Dreams slip into our nights to sometimes slip into our waking thoughts to startle us.  And, as the wonderful singer/songwriter Paul Simon, sings, we are always “slip sliding away,” a reminder that can be a spur to courage and freedom or an inducement to fear and shut-upness.

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Colombia Revolt’s Victories Show That Imperialism Can’t Maintain Control In The Long Term

6 June 2021 — See You in 2020

The imperialists understand well how far asymmetrical, unconventional warfare tactics can go towards undermining a state. Until China’s deradicalization program put a stop to the terrorist attacks in Xinjiang several years ago, Washington dedicated decades to often successfully fomenting acts of Uyghur separatist violence within northwestern China with the hope of Balkanizing the country. Parallel terrorist attacks have since been facilitated by the imperialists in Hong Kong, where the National Endowment for Democracy has funded anti-communist rioters who’ve beat up PRC supporters, lit people on fire, and killed an old man with a brick.

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Investigation finds 33% of UK cabinet members funded by pro-Israel groups

24 May 2021– Middle East Monitor

UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to chair the cabinet meeting in London, England on December 8, 2020 [Tayfun Salci/Anadolu Agency]UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to chair the cabinet meeting in London, England on December 8, 2020 [Tayfun Salci/Anadolu Agency]

A third of the members of the British cabinet, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have been funded by Israel or pro-Israel lobby groups, Declassified UK has revealed. The investigative journalism website uncovered the various ways through which the occupation state has courted members of the government over the years, a trend that was denounced as “disgusting” last month by a senior Conservative former minister.

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Ecosocialist Alliance Statement on G7 Meeting

7 June 2021 — Origin: Climate & Capitalism

Towards COP26

For a just ecosocialist transition from capitalism’s unsustainable chaos

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US (and the EU) have a great part of the immense wealth of the richest countries in the world in 2021. This wealth is more than sufficient to provide for the needs for food, water, health, housing and education of the global population.

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Israeli Attack on Iraq’s Osirak 1981: Setback or Impetus for Nuclear Weapons?

7 June 2021 — — Origin: National Security Archive

CIA and U.S. diplomats warned in 1979-1980 that Israel might attack

Reagan administration missed level of Carter’s concern, so were taken by surprise

Saddam Hussein saw himself “on the side of the angels” and Israel was “increasingly … viewed as the international pariah,” CIA official noted

France took secret “preventive measures” to block Iraqi weapons capability, unbeknownst to Iraqis

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