October 29, 2021
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South Africa: All of them must go!
It seems likely that the elections on Monday will bring significant change to how many of our cities are ruled. All the surveys show that millions of South Africans hold local government in contempt, that a significant number of former ANC supporters will not be able to bring themselves to vote for a party that… Continue reading
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Statewatch News 29 October (Issue 17/21
29 October 2021 — Statewatch Also available as a PDF) Support our work If you appreciate what we do, you can become a Friend of Statewatch with a regular donation to help us to keep you informed, and to stand up for civil liberties and individual rights in Europe. UK: Public-private data processing for “national security” Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 29 October 2021
30 October 2021 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Julian Assange: The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time https://www.globalresearch.ca/most-important-battle-press-freedom-our-time/5760123 USA Vs. Assange Day Two: ‘CIA Tried To Kill Assange’ https://popularresistance.org/usa-vs-assange-day-two-cia-tried-to-kill-assange/ Continue reading
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‘Cloak and dagger’ military-intelligence outfit at center of US digital vaccine passport push
While vaccine passports have been marketed as a boon to public health, promising safety, privacy, and convenience for those who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the pivotal role a shadowy military-intelligence organization is playing in the push to implement the system in digital form has raised serious civil liberties concerns. Continue reading
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UK Action Alert: Ask your MP to ensure your voice is heard
14 October 2021 — GMWatch The vast majority of 6,440 submissions to the consultation on gene editing deregulation said NO to the proposals – but Defra is going ahead regardless Environment Secretary George Eustice plans to ignore the results of his own public consultation and push on with proposals to dismantle GM safeguards, warns GM Continue reading
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‘If they destroy the free press, they destroy the world,’ Roger Waters says after UK court adjourns to rule on Assange extradition
Julian Assange’s extradition case could deal a fatal blow to free press worldwide, Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters told RT as a British court weighed final arguments on whether to transfer the WikiLeaks co-founder to US custody. Continue reading
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Churchill & British Imperialism
Even patriotic Brits know that their hero Winston Churchill did not win World War 2 or fly a Spitfire. What they, and others, may not know is how his statements often shed a clear light on British imperialism. From Britain’s reliance on colonies, to the political rationale for giving the working class some welfare services,… Continue reading
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