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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-29
Taliban government’s deputy prime minister Abdul Salam Hanafi (C) and Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (R) arrive in Moscow to attend international talks on Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2021 29. Taliban is the winner at Moscow conference The Moscow meeting of ten regional states and the Taliban officials on Wednesday has produced an outcome that by… Continue reading
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Democracy: The Government’s Dangerous Elections Bill Just Got Worse
By Josiah Mortimer: Proposals sneaked out during the reshuffle last month represent a big step backwards for voter choice and democracy in England and Wales. The plans, revealed exclusively in the PM’s former employer, the Telegraph, would see the current preference-based Supplementary Vote method used to elect Mayors and Police and Crime Commissioners removed and… Continue reading
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We demand real zero, not net zero!
Oilwatch International network members, community representatives from oil regions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), the academia and the media met in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State, Nigeria, between 19–21 of October 2021, physically and virtually, for the maiden edition of the Oilwatch International Global Gathering. Continue reading
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Cruel Britannia: Britain’s Real Role in the World, with Mark Curtis
Despite a number of embarrassing political events over the past number of years, Great Britain still likes to regard itself as a forward-thinking, world-leading country and a force for good. Surveys show that the United Kingdom retains a great deal of positive sentiment around the world. Continue reading
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We’re Live Blogging the Assange Appeal
It’s been more than 10 months since a UK court rejected the U.S. government’s request to extradite Julian Assange and ruled that he should be freed. Tomorrow, Britain’s High Court will hear the U.S. appeal of that stinging defeat. Access to the proceedings is restricted, but Assange Defense will be observing and live blogging at our website and on our social media accounts (Facebook | Twitter). Continue reading
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BREAKING: Police attempt to recruit Black Lives Matter activist as an informant
South Wales Police have been exposed while unsuccessfully attempting to recruit Lowri Davies, one of the co-founders of the Swansea Black Lives Matter group, as a police informant. This is the first publicly recorded instance of police attempting to recruit a mole within the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain. Continue reading
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Reflections on Events in Afghanistan-30
All indications are that the regional states are preparing to accord recognition to the Taliban government. The meeting of regional states and Taliban officials in the so-called Moscow Format last Wednesday signalled that the Taliban government is a compelling reality and constructive engagement is needed. read more Continue reading
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On the horizon: drone spies coming to UK skies
On the horizon: drone spies coming to UK skies 26/10/2021Tim Street SkyGuardian flight trials over the UK in September 2021 In the last few months Drone Wars and UK Drone Watch have organised protests outside RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and RAF Lossiemouth in North East Scotland. We were protesting the decision to allow US arms… Continue reading
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The PATRIOT Act And The Whistleblowers Who Challenged Mass Surveillance After 9/11
[Editor’s Note: To mark the 20th anniversary of the rise of the American security state after the September 11th attacks, The Dissenter continues a retrospective on this transformation in policing and government.] Mark Klein worked for over twenty years as a technician for the AT&T Corporation. He blew the whistle on the AT&T’s collaboration with… Continue reading
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Over 500 scholars launch fightback against Israel lobby
Hundreds of international scholars have begun a fightback against pro-Israel lobbyists who have been scoring increasingly high-profile victories on UK campuses as they seek to curb academic freedoms under the guise of stamping out antisemitism. Continue reading
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By calling the fight for Palestinian rights ‘terror’, Israel turns reality on its head
Did someone forget to tell Benny Gantz that Donald Trump is no longer the United States president? It certainly looked that way last Friday as Israel’s defence minister – who has been presented as a force for moderation in an Israeli government led by the settler right – declared six leading Palestinian human rights groups… Continue reading
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Towards Technfascism: Vaccine Passports and the Inequality Virus in the Debate
Towards Technofascism: Vaccine Passports and the Inequality Virus in the Debate Posted by Internationalist 360° on October 23, 2021 Eder Peña As part of the normality that, like a promised land, they have repeatedly offered during the pandemic, some governments of the Global North have created mechanisms to control mobility based on the inoculation of… Continue reading
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New on Climate & Capitalism – Ecosocialism Not Extinction!
This statement was drafted by the Ecosocialist Alliance, a UK-based coalition organized by Green Left, Left Unity and Anti-Capitalist Resistance. After discussion and adoption of amendments proposed the Global Ecosocialist Network, it has been endorsed by a wide range of individuals and groups, including Climate & Capitalism. It will be distributed at COP26, the United… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 7-24 October 2021
24 October 2021 — The New Dark Age Chief Justice Of England And Wales Joins Bench For Assange Hearing https://popularresistance.org/chief-justice-of-england-wales-joins-bench-for-assange-hearing/ The Julian Assange Case The Julian Assange Case Continue reading
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WATCH: The Belmash Tribunal — The War on Terror on Trial
Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunal of 1966, the Belmarsh Tribunal is putting the U.S. in the dock for its War on Terror crimes. Watch the replay. Continue reading
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Manufacturing Ignorance: Keeping The Public Away From Power
In their classic book on the news media, ‘Manufacturing Consent’, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky presented a ‘propaganda model’ of how the major broadcasters and newspapers operate. Whereas the ‘mainstream’ media declare that their aim is to educate, inform and entertain the public, their actual societal purpose ‘on matters that are of significance for established… Continue reading
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If All Refugees Lived in One Place, It Would Be the 17th Most Populous Country in the World: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2021)
21 October 2021 — Tricontinental Jaime de Guzman (Philippines), Metamorphosis II, 1970. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 5 October, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a historic, non-legally binding resolution that ‘recognises the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human… Continue reading
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Airstrike was a “tragic mistake”: Gen. Frank McKenzie (US Central Command)
Airstrike was a “tragic mistake”: Gen. Frank McKenzie (US Central Command) Posted on October 21, 2021 by admin Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said in a statement late Friday that the United States will make “condolence payments” to families of Afghan civilians killed by mistake in U.S. drone strike on August 29. File photo courtesy the U.S.… Continue reading
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What is the “Global Public-Private Partnership”?
Iain Davis Heads of UN and WEF signing “strategic partnership framework”, New York 2019 The Global Public-Private Partnership (GPPP) is a world-wide network of stakeholder capitalists and their partners. Continue reading
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Imprisoning Drone Whistleblower In Isolation Unit May Jeopardize US Appeal In Assange Extradition Case
A few weeks before the United States government’s appeal hearing in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s case, the Federal Bureau of Prisons imprisoned drone whistleblower Daniel Hale in a unit established for prisoners considered to be terrorists or “high-risk inmates.” Continue reading
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