February 2, 2023
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Why Smart Meters Are Good for Utility Companies, Bad for Consumers
Proponents of smart meters say the devices promote energy conservation by providing detailed feedback to consumers about their habits, but critics say the technology can be harmful to health and it poses real privacy concerns. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 31 January – 2 February 2023
Thursday, 2 February 2023 — The New Dark Age Nostalgia For The Cuban Missile Crisis https://popularresistance.org/nostalgia-for-the-cuban-missile-crisis/ What A Load Of Contrived BS. https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/02/what-load-of-contrived-bs.html The New York Times Just Admitted That The West’s Anti-Russian Sanctions Are A Failure https://orientalreview.org/2023/02/02/the-new-york-times-just-admitted-that-the-wests-anti-russian-sanctions-are-a-failure/ Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report February 1, 2023
Wednesday, 1 February 2023 — Black Agenda Report We apologize for the delay in posting this week’s issue of Black Agenda Report. BAR has been under a sustained malware attack which impacts access to the site. Our web hosts are working to resolve this problem and to prevent further disruptions. In the meantime, should you… Continue reading
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Kim Johnson row: Starmer is oiling Israel’s slide into fascism
What’s become all too clear over the past three years is that Labour leader Keir Starmer tolerates no criticism of Israel whatsoever – even when such criticism accords with international law, the verdict of the human rights community or just plain common sense. Continue reading
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UK: Ratcheting up the hostile environment
Thursday, 2 February 2023 — Institute of Race Relations This week, tough new rules came into force under the Nationality and Borders Act, potentially denying ‘foreign criminals’ sentenced to over 12 months access to modern slavery protections. At the same time, amendments made to the online safety bill will, if passed, lead to the criminalisation… Continue reading
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It’s Not About Phenotype; It’s About The Interests Being Served
Well, they have done it to us again. What for most White Americans is a simple inconvenience, a traffic stop, became for an African American another series of frames from a horror movie. Instead of being pulled over, given a ticket and sent on his way; Tyre Nichols was pulled out of his car by… Continue reading
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Writing About a Joy That Invades Jenin: The Fifth Newsletter (2023)
Thursday, 2 February 2023 — The Tricontinental Abdel Rahmen al-Mozayen (Palestine), Jenin, 2002. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Israel calls its latest military campaign Operation Break the Wave, a lyrical description of a brutal reality. This year, 2023, will be the seventy-fifth year after the Nakba, the catastrophe of 1948… Continue reading
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