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Google driving independent journalists out of business
Great news on our work to stop Google driving independent journalists out of business – an influential government watchdog in Brazil has launched a formal investigation into Google’s theft of journalists’ work for use in its AI products. Continue reading
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Gold, Lithium, and the Chains of Empire: Zimbabwe, China, and the Battle to Break the Colonial Economy
The imperial press calls Zimbabwe’s recovery “bizarre,” revealing more about empire’s ideology than Africa’s reality. Beneath the headlines lies a material transformation driven by gold, lithium, labor, and survival within a system built to constrain it. As Zimbabwe pushes toward beneficiation and partners with China, it enters a global struggle over who controls resources, industry,… Continue reading
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he May 2026 issue of ColdType is now online
Monday, 27 April 2026 — ColdType Read Issue 280 at https://www.coldtype.net/Assets23/PDFs/ColdType280May2026.pdf and at https://issuu.com/coldtype/docs/coldtype_issue_280_-_may2026?fr=xKAE9_zMzMw In case of problems you’ll find the issue by clicking on the links at https://www.coldtype.net or https://issuu.com/coldtype —————————- BACK COPIES – All issues of ColdType (plus the original 6 tabloid versions) are available to read and download at https://issuu.com/coldtype and at www.coldtype.net/reader.html —————————-… Continue reading
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Hidden History: How Mossad Infiltrated Italy
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s April 13th announcement Rome will suspend a longstanding defence agreement with Israel sent shockwaves throughout Europe. Historically, Italian governments – even when led by figures who abhor Zionism – have enjoyed constructive, close ties with Tel Aviv. The pair’s security, intelligence and military apparatuses also have a long-running clandestine relationship.… Continue reading
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Can NHS managers deny employment rights when doctors speak up on Gaza?
The final hearing begins on 15 June 2026 and is listed for nine days at the London Central Employment Tribunal. We are almost there and I am writing now with one simple ask. Continue reading
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Israel escalates killings of Palestinian children in the West Bank
The wholesale slaughter of children in the Gaza Strip over the past two and a half years has normalised sadistic barbarism against Palestinian children. Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: The U.S. War on Eurasian Multipolarity
Friday, 25 April 2026 — Glen Diesen Continue reading
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US Blockade on Iran Seeks to Ultimately Strangle China
The US blockade on Iran – while falling short of completely cutting Iran off economically – has managed to reduce the amount of energy exports to China; Continue reading
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❗️Israeli scorched earth campaign continues to target medics and civilians in south Lebanon
Israel’s systematic targeting of Lebanese medical teams and civilian infrastructure has reached a new level of depravity as documented by several United Nations agencies. Since the onset of the March 2026 escalation, Israeli forces have executed a deliberate “double tap” strategy against first responders, murdering at least 100 healthcare workers and wounding hundreds more. UN… Continue reading
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Dr. Marandi: Washington Post Assassination Orders, Iran Refuses Negotiations & UAE Complicity
Mnar Adley interviews Dr. Mohammad Marandi on the US-Iran conflict, assassination threats, and the UAE’s secret role. Continue reading
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A Dialogue Across Civilisations, for Now: The Seventeenth Newsletter (2026)
The way Iran has been able to stand up to the West has become a source of admiration across the formerly colonised world. Where does that confidence come from? Continue reading
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Data centre – new legally binding environmental protections
Our latest legal action has set a brand new precedent for hyperscale data centres – that environmental protections promised by developers must now be legally binding. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report April 22, 2026
Wednesday, 22 April 2026 — Black Agenda Report Trump Uses Immigration Enforcement to Make America Whiter Again Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies are racist and are intended to send even documented Global South immigrants and naturalized citizens out of the country. The evidence is clear, but… Continue reading
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the EU decides it will continue supporting Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing
one million signatures. ICC arrest warrants. UN experts calling suspension a legal imperative yet the European Union met in Luxembourg on Tuesday and decided that none of that is quite enough. Continue reading
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Report back: Palantir debated in parliament
In the most significant parliamentary debate yet on the NHS Federated Data Platform in England, MP after MP – from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP, Conservatives, the DUP, and independents – made the case that the government must use the break clause in Palantir’s contract and find a trustworthy alternative. It was an extraordinary… Continue reading
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The real story tying Starmer and Mandelson is being buried by a conspiracy of silence
The system is rigged – and the political and media class rigging it are not about to draw our attention to the ugly reality of what they have been up to over the past decade Continue reading
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Palantir and our NHS EXPOSED
Your medical records hold everything – from your diagnoses to your DNA. You share that information because you trust it’ll stay safe. But it’s not. It’s being handed straight to one of the most controversial and dangerous companies in the world: Palantir. Continue reading
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What’s in Palantir’s ‘Technofascist’ manifesto?
American surveillance tech contractor Palantir released a 22-point manifesto over the weekend, calling for a “new era” of AI-enabled US military supremacy. The internet went wild, with the text being labeled a blueprint for “technofascism.” Continue reading
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The Weight on Delcy Rodríguez
As I was leaving the University of the Communes in Tocuyito, after a joyful and uplifting visit, an earnest young professor came up to me and pulled me aside. Very quietly, he asked me what was going to happen. A number of the students were terrified there would be regime change and they, picked as… Continue reading
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The debate around last week’s Palantir Debate in Westminster Hall
In the Westminster Hall debate on Palantir, the Minister insisted they’ll keep using Palantir, as Palantir becomes the new Fujitsu, with all the consequences that come over that Horizon. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 