July 2, 2026
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The Earthquake in Venezuela and the Politics of Disaster: The Twenty-Seventh Newsletter (2026)
Venezuela is rebuilding amid an information war that obscures the effects of sanctions, frozen assets, and decades of US economic warfare – and turns human suffering into another pretext to discredit the Bolivarian process. Continue reading
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One last authoritarian flourish from Starmer
New legislation being rushed through Parliament could criminalise British journalists for simply engaging with certain state-backed groups. The National Security (State Threats) Bill, currently in its final stages, would grant the Home Secretary powers to designate any state-backed organisation as a threat if it is judged prejudicial to the UK’s “safety and interests”. Continue reading