Capitalism
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Kodaikanal: Unilever relents and agrees to clean up its mess
Unilever, a huge global corporation that makes billions of pounds in profit, have just buckled under the pressure of ordinary people. [1] That’s right: you and thousands of others have forced this corporate giant – the owner of PG Tips, Marmite, Dove and more – to clean up their mess. Continue reading
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FOI: Stop the G4S/Virgin Takeover of the NHS!
Yesterday, the government’s own advisors backed what 38 Degrees members have been asking for in our hundreds of thousands – that we have a right to know what private companies who run services like in our NHS are up to. But here’s the snag. The advice is buried on page 51 of a new report… Continue reading
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Fracked Up! Unless we stop them
The government’s plans on fracking have been exposed. It’s been leaked that they’re trying to change the law so dirty energy companies can drill for gas in our countryside – regardless of what local communities want. Continue reading
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Mosquito Blowback? GM mosquito source of Zika Virus?
Here are eight stories on the Zika virus now ravaging Brazil. Four investigate a possible link between the outbreak and the introduction of genetically modified mosquitos to Brazil, and four, all from the mainstream/corporate press, take the complete opposite position, claiming that the introduction of yet more genetically modified mozzies can save the situation! Continue reading
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New Report On Gates Foundation’s “Corporate Merry-Go-Round”: Spearheading The Neo-liberal Plunder Of African Agriculture By Colin Todhunter
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is dangerously and unaccountably distorting the direction of international development, according to a new report by the campaign group Global Justice Now. With assets of $43.5 billion, the BMGF is the largest charitable foundation in the world. It actually distributes more aid for global health than any government.… Continue reading
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Paris climate terror could endure for generations By Patrick Bond
Paris witnessed both explicit terrorism by religious extremists on November 13 and, a month later, implicit terrorism by carbon addicts negotiating a world treaty that guarantees catastrophic climate change. The first incident left more than 130 people dead in just one evening’s mayhem; the second lasted a fortnight but over the next century can be… Continue reading
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Revised Annual Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Pollution For All Countries – What Is Your Country Doing? By Dr Gideon Polya
The Paris Climate Change Conference failed Humanity and has locked in a catastrophic temperature rise of about plus 2.7 degrees C. All ordinary folk can do is to boycott the worst polluters. World Bank analysts have revised annual greenhouse gas (GHG) pollutions upwards by 50% to 64 billion tonnes CO2-e by properly accounting for land… Continue reading
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38 Degrees: Yes or no?
2016 could be a beautiful, inspiring year. If we work together, we can truly help make the world a better place. But we know that campaigns like the NHS, bees, and TTIP are going to be tough ones to crack. We’ll be up against powerful forces – self-interested corporations, cynical politicians and shameless media barons.… Continue reading
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The Yes Men: Annual Report!
We can’t afford to send you all fruitcakes. But we do have a small gift – a few fun tales from this past year. At the end of this email, we’ll also let you in on a few little secrets about the next one. Continue reading
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War, Terrorism and the Global Economic Crisis in 2015: Ninety-nine Interrelated Concepts By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Everything is interrelated: war, terrorism, the police state, the global economy, economic austerity, financial fraud, corrupt governments, poverty and social inequality, police violence, Al Qaeda, ISIS, media disinformation, racism, war propaganda weapons of mass destruction, the derogation of international law, the criminalization of politics, the CIA, the FBI, climate change, nuclear war, Fukushima, nuclear radiation,… Continue reading
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Too many, too few; Too few, too many By S. Artesian
Once upon a time, the Goldilocks characters in this parable of the abattoirs called capitalism, were kept busy telling us how there were too many of us. Too many people. There were too many people for the Club of Rome; there were too many for spaceship Earth; there were too many for the ‘carrying capacity’… Continue reading
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Paris Climate Agreement Betrays Humanity Which Must Apply BDS Against Climate Criminal People, Corporations & Counties By Dr Gideon Polya
The weak, non-binding and dishonest Paris Climate Agreement will have delighted climate criminal and war criminal nations likeSaudi Arabia, theUS and US lackeyAustralia, but has betrayed our children, grandchildren, future generations, the Developing World, Humanity and the Biosphere – the target of 1.5 to 2 degrees C is both unavoidable and catastrophic and key matters… Continue reading
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At COP21, the world agreed to increase emissions By Jonathan Neale
The circus is over. The suits are leaving Paris. There have been millions of words written about the text. But one fact stands out. All the governments of the world have agreed to increase global greenhouse gas emissions every year between now and 2030. Continue reading
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“Shooting to Kill” Jeremy Corbyn – The Coup is On By Oliver Tickell
Right wing Labour MPs have launched a full-scale coup against Jeremy Corbyn, and against the members of the party they represent, writes Oliver Tickell. Their plan is simple – backed by mainstream media, to discredit him so utterly that even his supporters turn against him – and elect a new ‘heir to Blair’ leader. Continue reading
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Video: Fossil Fuel Reps Invited to COP21 While Protest is Banned in Paris
30 November 2015 — The Real News Network Fossil Fuel Reps Invited to COP21 While Protest is Banned in Paris 350.org organizer Cameron Fenton says the voices of indigenous groups and civil society will be silenced while fossil fuel industry is seated at the negotiating table Continue reading
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Seralini’s team wins defamation and forgery court cases on GMO and pesticide research
On 25 November 2015, the High Court of Paris indicted Marc Fellous, former chairman of France’s Biomolecular Engineering Commission, for “forgery” and “the use of forgery”, in a libel trial that he lost to Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini. The Biomolecular Engineering Commission has authorised many GM crops for consumption. Continue reading
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Video: Political author Gearoid O Colmain discusses the Paris attacks with RT International
Political author Gearoid O Colmain discusses the Paris attacks with RT International Continue reading
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Digital labour: Wages for crowdwork
Byron Peters is an artist and writer who has produced collaborative art pieces to tell the story of resistance movements centred on digital labour. He spoke to Jenny Nelson about online activism and the hidden labour behind digital life Continue reading
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Kill the Bill!
In just a few hours, the House of Lords could kill off George Osborne’s cuts to tax credits. [1] If he isn’t stopped, the Chancellor’s plans will make life harder for millions of British families with low-paid jobs. Continue reading
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Volkswagen chose profit over the planet By Tyler Zimmer
Volkswagen, the world’s largest auto manufacturer, was recently caught rigging millions of its cars to cheat on emissions tests. Software known as “defeat devices” was installed in more than 11 million cars that enabled the vehicles to pass emissions tests they would otherwise have failed. The illicit devices detect when a car is being tested… Continue reading
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