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Inflation and financial risk
Is inflation coming back in the major capitalist economies? As the US economy (in particular) and other major economies begin to rebound from the COVID slump of 2020, the talk among mainstream economists is whether inflation in the prices for goods and services in those economies is going to accelerate to the point where central… Continue reading
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Sweden stops PCR tests as Covid-19 Diagnosis
The PCR technology used in tests to detect viruses cannot distinguish between viruses capable of infecting cells and viruses that have been neutralized by the immune system and therefore these tests cannot be used to determine whether someone is contagious or not. RNA from viruses can often be detected for weeks (sometimes months) after the illness… Continue reading
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After Hartlepool there is only one question. Is Labour’s decline terminal?
It never ceases to amaze how the repetition of a lie quickly becomes a received truth. Goebbels must be turning in his grave. If only Labour had supported Brexit then all would be well. The statistics demonstrate that regardless of the position Labour took it would have done badly. Continue reading
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Update on ivermectin for covid-19
Back in January I wrote an article about four randomized controlled trials of ivermectin as a treatment for covid-19 that had at that time released their results to the public. Each of those four trials had promising results, but each was also too small individually to show any meaningful impact on the hard outcomes we really care… Continue reading
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Leader of shack-dwellers’ movement arrested by South African police for ‘conspiracy’ to murder
George Mqapheli Bonono, the deputy president of Abahlali baseMjondolo, was arrested on May 4. The movement maintains that it is a politically motivated attempt by the police to discredit the organization at the behest of the ruling ANC Continue reading
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Ophthalmologists now ethically obligated to denounce covid-19 vaccines, as 20,000 new eye disorders are reported
In just a few months, the World Health Organization received approximately 20,000 reports of new eye disorders that occurred post covid-19 vaccination. These reports include 303 cases of blindness and 1,625 cases of visual impairment! The European drug monitoring agency had never recorded such a severe spike in eye injuries until after the experimental vaccines… Continue reading
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Residents adopt council land to stop it using toxic glyphosate weedkiller
In Midlothian, Scotland, residents who are concerned about the use of toxic weedkiller in their community have come together to adopt public land and stop council workers spraying it, according to a report in Midlothian View. Continue reading
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“Deep concern” won’t halt Jerusalem evictions
The state’s authorities said they were investigating the death of Said Yousef Muhammad Odeh, a Palestinian boy who was shot in the back by Israeli soldiers earlier this week. Continue reading
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Regenerative organic farming, not GM, is the solution to the climate crisis
On March 22, 2021, The Del Mar Garden Club of Southern California held an informational session called “Fighting climate change with plants”. As a person who is extremely concerned about the looming apocalyptic events due to climate chaos, but not extremely well informed about what we can do to prevent them, I signed up. Continue reading
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Statewatch News 7 May 2021
7 May 2021 — Statewatch News (Issue 09/21, also available as a PDF) Support our work —————————————- EU: Detention at the borders to increase “voluntary” removals As part of its ongoing drive to increase the removal of migrants from EU territory, the European Commission unveiled a new strategy on “voluntary” return and reintegration at the end of… Continue reading
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In Wake of HRW Apartheid Report, Israeli Propagandists Launch Global PR Offensive
Much of the online anger at the Human Rights Watch report was actually manufactured by an Israeli government-sponsored app, Act.IL, which organized supporters of the Jewish state to act in sync to create an artificial groundswell of opposition to it. Continue reading
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Dan Ellsberg Blows the Whistle Again at UMASS-Amherst Conference to Commemorate His Legacy
The 90-year-old Pentagon Papers leaker details top secret plans in 1958 to destroy Taiwan and warns that similar discussions are going on in the Pentagon today. Continue reading
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Halt Vaccine Passports! It’s illegal, medical apartheid
It is very important that people understand what is happening here. The intention is to introduce vaccine passports everywhere. But this is a disguise. It’s a world’s first digital common-format, globally-interoperable ID system with an editable health flag (vaccinated Y or N). Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides
7 May 2021 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks Soil Biodiversity Under Grave Threat from Pesticides – Most Comprehensive Review Ever A new study published Tuesday by the academic journal Frontiers in Environmental Science finds that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms that are critical to healthy soil, biodiversity and soil carbon… Continue reading
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India will be front-line state in Myanmar civil war
Conceivably, therefore, the decision by the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd to abandon their highly lucrative Myanmar container terminal project and write down the investment falls in the same league. For, corporate houses are also known to possess animal instincts — they pick up subtle sounds or vibrations in the earth and anticipate impending disasters. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Misleading Parliament
On 22 February, in the aftermath of the High Court finding that Matt Hancock had broken the law by failing to publish PPE contracts, Boris Johnson told Parliament this: “the contracts are there on the record for everybody to see” and “all the details are on the record” But what he told Parliament was just not true. A large… Continue reading
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Aiming At China U.S., UK Launch Ethnic Guerilla War On Myanmar
The pipe, road and rail lines through Myanmar are not only in China’s best interest but also a great chance for Myanmar to further develop. They are in its national interest. The U.S. and its allies are hostile to China. Threatening to cut its oil supplies is probably the most powerful tool in their box.… Continue reading
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Space Colonization Is A Capitalist Perception Management Op
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are in a dispute with NASA over whose private space exploration corporation will get the $2.9 billion US government contract to return to the moon. I gleaned this annoying piece of information by way of an obnoxiously sycophantic Atlantic puff piece titled “Elon Musk Is Maybe, Actually, Strangely, Going to Do This Mars Thing”, subtitled… Continue reading
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UK threatens to charge Palestine Action with terrorism
Human rights activists in the UK are facing the suggestion by police that their actions against an Israeli weapons manufacturer could be considered as “terrorism.” Continue reading
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Covid Vaccines: The Tip of the Iceberg
SPR carefully distinguishes between short-term and long-term safety, short-term and long-term effectiveness, age- and sex-specific aspects, and medical and political questions. Some people might prefer a simpler, more black-and-white assessment, but this would not reflect complex reality. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 