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Solar Sovereignty and the Silent Rebellion of the Global South
Africa’s rooftop revolution is not a side effect of climate policy—it’s a crack in empire’s circuitry. Fueled by Chinese supply chains and working-class necessity, solar panels are becoming tools of delinking. No loans, no permission, no Western oversight—just light, autonomy, and insurgent infrastructure. This isn’t a transition. It’s a threat. And the sun can’t be… Continue reading
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What Do You Fear the Far Right Will Do That You Have Not Already Done?: The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2025)
On 12 August, Samar Abu Elouf, who won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year for the picture above, posted on her Instagram account that her son’s close friend Sami Shukour had been killed while he ‘went to look for flour to feed himself and his family’. Samar had taken Sami’s graduation photographs just… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 28 August 2025
Thursday, 28 August 2025 — GM Watch New Zealand: GM not needed to reduce methane emissions from cows Why risk contaminating New Zealand with GMOs when nature already has the answers? In a video clip, dairy farmer Paul Bosher explains why Crown Research Institute (publicly funded) scientists are pushing GMOs, even though there are other… Continue reading
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A Black Hole in Collective Memory: China and WW II
As China prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory over fascism on September 3, 2025, global attention turns to Beijing’s military parade. Speculation swirls about which world leaders will join President Xi Jinping—Putin’s presence is all but certain, though whispers of Trump attending seem far-fetched. Some peace advocates argue this moment offers a chance… Continue reading
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Terrorism chief exposed for links to Israel
Jonathan Hall, the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation—whose role includes assessing whether groups like Palestine Action qualify as terrorist organisations—has personal ties to Israel: his father-in-law, Lord Dyson, is a patron of UK Lawyers for Israel, and Hall himself has vacationed in Israel and visited its counter-terrorism units. This was revealed by independent journalist… Continue reading
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Cleared: The Language of Genocide
This is the very architecture of genocidal language, laid bare. Here is a verbatim translation of the announcement in the leaflet, without interpretation or reframing: Continue reading
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Behind Closed Doors
The shocking evidence heard in the Scottish Covid Inquiry about how people in care homes were denied dignity, love and ultimately life through withdrawal of healthcare during covid has now been echoed in England. Together held a panel discussion including the voices of whistleblowers who have not been heard and addressing fears that the inquiry… Continue reading
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How western media helped turn Israel’s genocide into ‘fake news’
Israel’s intent to annihilate Gaza would have been clear much sooner had we listened to Palestinian journalists, rather than the evasions and equivocations of the BBC Continue reading
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Israel kills MEE journalists in double-tap strike on Gaza’s Nasser hospital
Israeli forces killed Middle East Eye journalists Mohamed Salama and Ahmed Abu Aziz on Monday, in a double-tap strike on the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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How ‘Human Rights’ Became a Western Weapon
August 1st marked the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Accords’ inking. The event’s golden jubilee passed without much in the way of mainstream comment, or recognition. Yet, the date was absolutely seismic, its destructive consequences reverberating today throughout Europe and beyond. The Accords not only signed the death warrants of the Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact,… Continue reading
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Paper Tiger in the Strait: How London Is Trying to Establish Itself in the Asia-Pacific
Since the early 2020s, Britain has been dreaming of a place on the Asia-Pacific stage again. Britain creates the illusion that its navy is still capable of something, but this is not the case. Continue reading
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“The World Race, Red-Baiting, and the Wilsonian Century” Anievas
This is a review of a chapter in the edited volume “A History of American Literature and Culture of the First World War” that Alexander Anievas has made available online here. The introductory paragraph: Continue reading
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Open Letter to the Macedonian President
Politics conducted with eyes wide shut will not justify delayed tears or regrets Continue reading
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Children of War: How Gaza Became a Graveyard for Human Rights
More than 1.5 years have passed since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal operations in Gaza, under the veneer of eliminating Hamas. Israel has been unable to inflict any major blow to Hamas but has devastated the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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The Bloody Trail of Netanyahu: How Israel Turned into a Genocide Machine Against the Palestinian People
Oh world, wake up! Can you not see? Can you not hear the cries of the innocent echoing from beneath the ruins of Gaza? The accusations of genocide against Israel are no longer just the whispers of Palestinian victims—they have burst into the halls of international tribunals, into the hearts of millions around the world!… Continue reading
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Why the West Hates Russia: CIA Lies & Media Meltdown Exposed!
Pepe Escobar and ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson expose the West’s anti-Russia obsession, sparked by Iraq 2003 and Munich 2007. From ‘Putin breaks every agreement’ to ‘Russia’s military is suffering,’ US media lies get crushed. Continue reading
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Pepe Escobar: Putin’s Peace BOMBSHELL Breaks Trump, Ukraine’s Defeat Now Inevitable
Putin’s wins keep piling up as Trump’s Alaska Summit reveals the extent of Ukraine’s defeat at the hands of Russia says geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar. This video breaks down the significance of the summit sending shockwaves across the world as the Ukraine war winds down. Continue reading
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Books: AI Is a Total Grift
Much of what’s known as ‘AI’ has nothing to do with progress — it’s about lobbyists pushing shoddy digital replacements for human labour that increase billionaire’s profits and make workers’ lives worse. Continue reading
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Police Facial Recognition at Notting Hill Carnival
Every year there are rumblings from the Met Police and concerned politicians about the need to clamp down on Notting Hill Carnival. Continue reading
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Spotlight on the Tony Blair Institute
5 August 2025 — #Together Probably the least surprising news in Keir Starmer’s “order” to push imposed Digital ID on us was the close involvement of Tony Blair and his “Institute for Global Change.” Continue reading
The New Dark Age 