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The West is Still Afraid of Black Haitians
At the beginning of March 2024, before the CELAC Heads of State meeting in Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro denounced the new threats to the Haitian people: “We don’t agree with an invasion, whether open or camouflaged. The solution is for Latin America and the Caribbean to accompany, to help… Continue reading
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At least 4,000 French nationals are currently participating in the Israeli Gaza genocide
According to Thomas Portes, Deputy of the French National Assembly, it was announced that over 4,185 individuals of French origin are engaged in combat alongside Israeli forces in Gaza. This marks the largest contingent after that of the United States. Continue reading
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The Electronic Intifada livestream is starting soon!
After the news briefing from Nora Barrows-Friedman, we’ll be joined by Ilan Pappé, professor of history at the University of Exeter in the UK and director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies. Continue reading
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Children in Gaza no longer “have the energy to cry”
UNICEF reported a devastating toll of more than 13,000 children that have been killed. According to the agency, children are experiencing malnutrition to the extent that they do not “even have the energy to cry’. Continue reading
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The Cape Byron Lighthouse Declaration
In early 2023, three Australian health professionals who had all been ‘struck off’ for speaking out against their government’s pandemic response, decided they must speak up for medical ethics and freedom of debate. They met and set up the Cape Byron Lighthouse declaration. The declaration’s four aims would have been uncontroversial only a few years… Continue reading
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Palantir’s NHS Federated Data Platform
It’s been a while since our last newsletter, and if you signed up to find out if NHS England would provide more details to help you with your choices around its half-billion pound Palantir platform before it “goes live” at the end of March, the answer is now clear. They won’t. Continue reading
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Conquest, War, Famine, and Death Hit You Straight in the Heart: The Eleventh Newsletter (2024
On 4 March, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini presented his startling report on the situation in Gaza (Palestine) to the UN General Assembly. In just 150 days, Lazzarini said, Israeli forces have killed more than 30,000 Palestinians, nearly half of them children. Those who survive continue… Continue reading
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Israel has murdered 12,000 Palestinian children in 158 days
In 158 days of genocidal war in Gaza, Israel has killed over 12,000 Palestinian children. Continue reading
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The real face of the Tory Party
Frank Hester, the largest donor to the British Conservative Party, has been found to have made inflammatory remarks about MP Diane Abbott by The Guardian newspaper. Continue reading
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Why we kill our own cells
A virus hijacks a cell to replicate itself. There is more than one way in which our immune systems can defend us from them. Our bodies have developed sophisticated defence mechanisms to protect us. This article explores how our immune system combats viral infections and the unique challenges presented by cells containing mRNA from vaccines. Continue reading
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‘We are the masters of the house’: Israeli channels air snuff videos featuring systematic torture of Palestinians
Israeli TV channels aired a number of reports showing the torture and humiliation of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. The videos are consumed by the Israeli public as entertainment, revealing the sadism of Israeli society. Continue reading
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NUDGE DENIALISM: Why are the state’s psychological experts distancing themselves from behavioural science?
The state’s reliance on behavioural science strategies – ‘nudges’ – to facilitate the public’s compliance with covid restrictions has been widely documented. The many psychologists and behavioural scientists advising the government during the covid event (such as those in the SAGE subgroup, SPI-B, and the Behavioural Insight Team, BIT ) have, reasonably, been assumed to… Continue reading
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Project David Unmasked
MintPress unpacks The David Project, a scheme that uses AI and facial recognition to match people with online content critical of Israel on social media. Continue reading
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Border deaths & the criminalisation of people arriving on ‘small boats’
This edition of the IRR Newsletter is published as the number of people who have lost their lives attempting to cross the Channel since 1999 surpasses 400. Within the last nine days four more people have tragically died attempting the crossing. Highlighted in our calendar of racism and resistance is the devastating story of a… Continue reading
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There Will Be Reading and Singing and Dancing Even in the Darkest Times: The Tenth Newsletter (2024)
It is nearly impossible to think of joy while Israel continues its genocidal violence against Palestinians and while the terrible war escalates in the eastern flank of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Tens of thousands of people have been killed and injured and millions displaced in Gaza and near Goma (DRC). In both… Continue reading
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CovertAction Bulletin: Millions Mobilize for Palestine
Millions of people took to the streets around the world on March 2nd in solidarity with the people of Gaza as Israel is reportedly preparing an invasion of Rafah later this week, just before the start of Ramadan. In New York City, Havana, Albuquerque, Caracas, British Columbia, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and beyond, the massive day… Continue reading
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History will record that Israel committed a holocaust
It’s 8 pm in Gaza, Palestine right now, the end of my fourth day in Rafah and the first moment I’ve had to sit in a quiet place to reflect. I’ve tried to take notes, photos, mental images, but this moment is too big for a notepad or my struggling memory. Nothing prepared me for… Continue reading
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Israel Lobby funds government review of ‘extremism’
Jonathan Woodcock, a member of the House of Lords, has spearheaded a government review aimed at combating ‘extremism’ and shutting down support for the Palestinian cause. Continue reading
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The Grayzone reports from Gaza
Monday, 4 March 2024 — The Grayzone Gaza women describe Israeli kidnapping, interrogations In the latest Grayzone report from the ground in Gaza, 39-year-old mother Abier Mohammed Gheben describes how invading Israeli forces kidnapped her and subjected her to humiliation and violent threats as they interrogated her in captivity. Israel has flaunted its mass abduction,… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 