February 2023
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The West sees Iran in a new way
The Wall Street Journal reported from Tehran on Wednesday that “a lethal crackdown and an ailing economy have quieted anti-government street demonstrations … organised protests have largely tapered off.” The paradox is, this interpretation is widely applicable in the contemporary world situation, including many G7 countries. How can one pretend there are no “protestor grievances”… Continue reading
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Plastics a Big Factor in Rapidly Declining Sperm Counts, Expert Says
Sperm counts are declining worldwide — and at a rate more than double that since the turn of the century — according to one of the world’s leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists, who says endocrine-disrupting chemicals are likely to blame. Continue reading
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Spycops in Spain; EU asylum plans; AI Convention draft leak; UK govt attacks basic freedoms
Friday, 3 February 2023 — Statewatch Issue 02/23, 2 February Also available as a PDF statewatch.org / Twitter / Mastodon / LinkedIn / Facebook / RSS Welcome to our latest bulletin, featuring: Special report: Spycops in Spain EU asylum plans: unaccountability and failure First draft of artificial intelligence convention published UK government assault on basic freedoms continues And: Draft European Council conclusions, Dutch police surveillance case, Continue reading
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Assange Extradition: The fight continues
We’re so grateful for your continued support of the Free Assange movement. Across the country, the calls to free Assange are getting louder, and people are listening. The fight continues! Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: Ukraine War is Desperate Move by U.S. to Preserve Hegemony and Prevent Multipolar World
The war in Ukraine is not just about Ukraine and Russia with the U.S. and NATO acting as seemingly benevolent supporters of Ukraine, as the Western media portray. Continue reading
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Swedish Prosecutors Destroyed Assange Documents
Swedish prosecutors destroyed copies of email correspondence related to the extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi. Continue reading
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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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WATCH: Twitter Files & the Death of Russiagate
Matt Taibbi joins CN Live! to discuss the implications of his Twitter Files revelations, including his latest on Hamilton 68 and its fatal blow to the Russiagate narrative. With Chris Hedges and John Kiriakou. Tonight 8 pm EST. Continue reading
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Operation Z: The Hidden Truth about the War in Ukraine
We are so very pleased to bring our a readers a sample from Jacques Baud’s book on the conflict in the Ukraine, which has just been translated into English. It is called Operation Z (which is the code-name of the Special Military Operation launched by Russia on February 24, 2022). We have been waiting eagerly for this… Continue reading
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China Appears Poised to Achieve through Cooperation in the 21st Century what Japan Sought to Achieve through Coercion in the 20th
U.S. elites have predictably reacted with hysteria to China’s rise and could go so far as to provoke a world war to try to salvage their Southeast Asia empire—as the Roosevelt administration did with Japan on the eve of Pearl Harbor. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 