November 11, 2021
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US Media Cowers not Covers Chevron’s Prosecution of Human Rights Lawyer Donziger
Famed indigenous human rights lawyer Steven Donziger had already been under house arrest for over 800 days when he reported to prison on October 27 to begin a six-month sentence. His crime: winning the largest single pollution judgment in history, $9.5 billion, for the Cofan people of the Amazon rain-forest in Ecuador. Continue reading
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Paul Dacre: a rigged appointment
When it comes to the Prime Minister’s allies, there’s a pattern emerging in Downing Street. When Boris Johnson doesn’t like the outcome of an official process, he tries to rip up the rules and start again. Continue reading
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COP26 News Links 101-11 November 2021
11 November 2021 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Germany says nuclear energy will set back turning EU green https://www.rt.com/news/540009-eu-germany-france-nuclear-green/ Bill Gates Should Know Better: How the Israeli Occupation Ravages the Environment in Palestine https://countercurrents.org/2021/11/bill-gates-should-know-better-how-the-israeli-occupation-ravages-the-environment-in-palestine/ Continue reading
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Why Are You Asking Us to Compromise on Our Lives?: The Forty-Fifth Newsletter (2021)
Nothing useful seemed to emerge from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at COP26 this week. The leaders of developed countries made tired speeches about their commitment to reversing the climate catastrophe. Their words rang with the clichés of spin doctors, their sincerity zero, their actual commitments to lowering carbon emissions nil.… Continue reading
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TalkRadio – Big Brother Watch launches legal challenge to Covid passes in Wales
11 November, 2021 — Big Brother Watch Big Brother Watch Team / Further Coverage: TalkRadio (Julia Hartley-Brewer) – Big Brother Watch launches legal challenge to Covid passes in Wales Nation.Cymru – ‘Big Brother Watch’ campaign group launches legal action against Welsh Covid passes after raising £180,000 Continue reading
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Bloomberg CIA Apologia Accidentally Vindicates China’s Strict Domestic Policies
In a new article promoting the CIA’s new mission center focused on China and the need to pour more resources into countering Beijing, Bloomberg also accidentally makes the case that many of the Chinese government’s controversial domestic policies are entirely justified and completely necessary. Continue reading
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Why Joe Biden Will Soon Talk With Mohammed Bin Salman
An author for the HuffPost has written a way too long screed on Biden’s perceived lack of action against the Saudi clown prince Mohammed bin Salman. Continue reading
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The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of U.S. Spies
A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security state. Continue reading
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