May 2025
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GM Watch Daily Digest 9 May 2025
Friday, 9 May 2025 — GMWatch Big Ag pushes EU lawmakers to roll back consumer rights The industry’s cards are now fully on the table regarding the proposed deregulation of GM plants engineered with so-called “new genomic techniques” (NGTs), writes Franziska Achterberg of Save Our Seeds. Major chemical and biotech industries, commodity traders, seed breeders Continue reading
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Weaponizing Memory: EU Pressure Over Moscow’s May 9th Victory Celebrations. Part 2
The West’s attempts to politicize and rewrite the memory of Victory in World War II threaten historical truth and deepen divisions in Europe, where some countries follow the EU’s dictates while others defend their sovereignty and the right to honor the past without geopolitical filters. Continue reading
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Cuban days against homophobia and transphobia have begun
The National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) launched the 18th edition of the Cuban Days Against Homophobia and Transphobia on Monday. Under the slogan “Love is the law,” the event will run until May 18 in the largest of the Antilles. Continue reading
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Amid Russophobia and Political Calculation, EU Boycotts Moscow’s 80th WWII Anniversary Parade
As Moscow hosts the largest Victory Day parade in history, the EU’s boycott reveals deep fractures in Europe’s moral memory and political priorities. Continue reading
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The selfish fiction of “Safe Return” is reckless and unsafe
The “five safes”* Trusted Research Environments model has been tested over decades, meaning “safe people” doing “safe projects” on “safe data” in “safe settings” to produce “safe outputs”, and while the precise meaning of the five safes evolves with the context and the datasets, half baked additions of “new safes” weaken the whole model for… Continue reading
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The Day of Victory reminds the West of a shame it wants to forget
It is not just ingratitude… If only it were! The actual causes of the disdain, misunderstanding, rejection, and repugnance displayed by the political elites of the U.S. and the EU toward the commemorations of Victory Day—the day the USSR put an end to one of the most heinous regimes born from the depths of human… Continue reading
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How Soviet Victory Over Nazism crushed Ideological Racism and Inspired Fight Against Colonialism
Friday, 9 May 2025 — New Eastern Outlook Simon Chege Ndiritu The Soviet Union’s immense sacrifice and victory over Nazi Germany not only turned the tide of World War II in Europe but also disrupted Western imperialist ambitions and inspired anti-colonial struggles across the Global South. Continue reading
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Uber CEO plots ‘opening up’ of Iran with Israeli-tied monarchist opposition group
A livestreamed Iranian royalist chat revealed a network of foreign-educated elites plotting to plunder Iran’s economy after realizing their dream of regime change. Continue reading
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WHO Pandemic Agreement ⏤
On 15 April 2025, as we approached Easter, the not so joyous news broke that member states have now reached an agreement on the WHO Pandemic Agreement or Treaty, with negotiations expected to be formalized in May (17-26) when each member state can then decide whether or not to sign the agreement. Notably, this Treaty… Continue reading
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Trump Marveled at Houthi “Bravery.” Here’s Why
On the morning of May 4, a ballistic missile launched by the Yemeni militant group Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, exploded hundreds of meters from the main terminal of David Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. Israeli and U.S. air defense batteries failed to intercept the missile, which sent travelers and staff scrambling… Continue reading
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Collapsing Empire: AnsarAllah Defeats US Again
On May 6th, Donald Trump made the shock announcement that the US was abandoning all hostilities against Yemen. A vast, multi-billion naval and air campaign officials in Washington had pledged would last “indefinitely” has abruptly ended, in return for AnsarAllah pledging not to attack American shipping in the Red Sea. While the President has bragged… Continue reading
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Israel’s Crimes in the West Bank: The Nineteenth Newsletter (2025)
In 1948, the newly proclaimed Israeli government seized 78% of Palestinian land and expelled more than half of the population (750,00 people) from their villages and towns. This act disregarded United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 (1947), which called for the termination of the colonial British Mandate and the partition of Palestine into a Palestinian… Continue reading
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🚨Origins of Israel’s atrocity propaganda
It’s day 580 of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Join us at 5 pm UK time for the weekly livestream from The Electronic Intifada. Continue reading
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GenTech regulations pass House of Lords
Thursday, 8 May 2025 — GM Freeze To our members and supporters, This message delivers the sad news that the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations were agreed by the House of Lords earlier in the week despite them being – in the words of Green Peer Natalie Bennett – “deeply flawed.” We expect the Regulations Continue reading
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Why Washington is Worried About Burkina Faso’s Young Revolutionary Leader
Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking his nation, and in the process, making enemies in the West. Since taking power in 2022, the young military leader has expelled French troops, ejected Western corporations, and aligned his country with Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela. Continue reading
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Court rules anti-protest laws are unlawful
Recently introduced anti-protest legislation has been ruled unlawful in the courts this week, in a major defeat for the government. What is ‘serious disruption’ and why does it matter? Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 7 May 2025
Wednesday, 7 May 2025 — GM Watch The US greenlights CRISPR pigs for food The US Food and Drug Administration has greenlighted CRISPR gene-edited pigs, engineered to resist the respiratory virus known as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS, for consumption in the US. The virus thrives on intensive factory farms and kills piglets Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report May 7, 2025
Wednesday, 7 May 2025 — Black Agenda Report Ryan Coogler, Shedeur Saanders, Karmelo Anthony, and Rodney Hinton, Jr Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Black people among the rich and famous garner praise and love, and so do those amongst us in distress. Concerns for the masses of people and their struggles are Continue reading
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Starvation in Gaza is so bad even the BBC is covering it – and reporting it all wrong
The BBC’s role is not to keep viewers informed. It’s to persuade them a clear crime against humanity by Israel is, in fact, highly complicated geopolitics they cannot hope to understand. You can tell how bad levels of starvation now are in Gaza – as the population there begins the third month of a complete… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 6 May 2025
Tuesday, 6 May 2025 — GM Watch GM no-till agriculture is not “regenerative” or climate-friendly – new report A widespread narrative holds that tillage (ploughing) can increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by disturbing the soil and releasing stored carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, as well as increasing nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. GMO proponents often Continue reading
The New Dark Age 