January 23, 2025
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Why we must challenge divisive ‘grooming gangs’ narratives
Less than six months after the far-right orchestrated racist riots that targeted asylum accommodation and mosques, comes a new bout of dog-whistle Islamophobia, fomented by Elon Musk who reposted forty tweets on the UK’s child sexual exploitation and ‘grooming gangs’ in 24 hours, also calling for the release of jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Conservative… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 23 January 2025
Thursday, 23 January 2025 — GM Watch ACTION ALERT: Keep GMO food regulated and labelled! Sign the petition urging the European Commission and EU national governments to take a strong stand against any attempts to exclude new GMOs from the existing EU GMO legislation and to uphold mandatory safety checks, transparency and labelling for all Continue reading
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The Promethean Aspirations of the Darker Nations: The Fourth Newsletter (2025)
For decades now, there has been a clear understanding that the models of development proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Washington Consensus – debt, austerity, structural adjustment – simply have not worked. The long history of adversity experienced by the former colonial countries remains intact. A glance at the numbers from the… Continue reading
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Trump vows to ‘expand’ US territory, invokes Manifest Destiny, hints at military force in Panama & Greenland
At his inauguration, US President Donald Trump promised to “expand our territory”, invoked the colonialist “Manifest Destiny”, and vowed to take over the Panama Canal (falsely claiming China runs it). Continue reading