Anger against racist police violence swells in the UK after killing of Chris Kaba

Tuesday, 27 September 2022 — Peoples Dispatch

1,833 people have died in police custody or following police contact in the UK since 1990. The recent killing of Chris Kaba has led to renewed calls for justice as Black people continue to be disproportionately targeted by police violence

by Tanupriya Singh

Chris Kaba Police violence UK(Photo: via Twitter)

Calls for truth and justice have intensified in the UK following the police killing of a 24-year-old Black man earlier this month. Chris Kaba was shot in the head by a firearms officer of the Metropolitan Police in Streatham Hill, London, on September 5. The killing sparked mass outrage and renewed protests against police violence and racism.

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“Racial engineering” behind Israel’s new West Bank entry restrictions

Monday, 26 September 2022 — The Electronic Intifada

Maureen Clare Murphy

Palestinians travel through Allenby Crossing in August 2021. Sulaiman Mahmoud APA images

New Israeli defense ministry restrictions on the entry of foreigners to the occupied West Bank will infringe on Palestinians’ basic rights, including to family life, when they are imposed next month.

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The War On Germany Just Entered Its Hot Phase

Tuesday, 27 September, 2022 — Moon of Alabama

Just yesterday I laid out how the U.S. is winning its war on Europe’s industries and people.

That war, hidden behind the U.S. created Ukraine crisis, is designed to destroy Europe’s manufacturing advantage compared to the U.S. It is more likely though to strengthen the economic position of China and other Asian economies.

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Brainwashed for war with Russia

Monday, 26 September 2022 — MROnline

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By Ray McGovern

Originally published: Antiwar.com on September 22, 2022

Thanks to Establishment media, the sorcerer apprentices advising President Joe Biden—I refer to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jacob Sullivan, and China specialist Kurt Campbell—will have no trouble rallying Americans for the widest war in 77 years, starting in Ukraine, and maybe spreading to China. And, shockingly, under false pretenses.

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Free Market Genocides: The Real History of Trade

Tuesday, 27 September, 2022 — — Origin: Climate & Capitalism

From Ireland to India, free trade brought plunder, famine and death

Millions died of hunger in British-ruled India, where ‘free trade’ took precedence over famine relief.

by Jag Bhalla

Jag Bhalla blogs at Evonomics, where this essay was first published.

What role should greed play in how we run the world? Should it rule us and shape all that we do?

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