Europe
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Statewatch News Online, 19 March 2018 (03/18)
19 March 2018 — Statewatch ANALYSES 1. Statewatch Briefing: The interoperability of Justice and Home Affairs databases by Tony Bunyan 2.. Statewatch Analysis: Irregular migration to Spain: a state of exception by Chris Jones Continue reading
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Institute of Race Relations Newsletter February 2018
22 February 2018 — IRR On 4 March, Italy, which just witnessed the wounding of six Africans in a two-hour shooting spree in Macerata by a racist, holds its general election, with the increasingly popular Northern League and Forza Italia threatening mass deportations should they come to power. IRR News’ calendar of racism and resistance reveals how… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 20 February 2018 (02/18)
20 February 2018 — Statewatch NEWS 1. EU: Research agenda considers “non-lethal force by unmanned platforms” for civil & military use 2. New Council returns and readmission strategy to target African countries 3. European Data Protection Supervisor: Towards a digital ethics: EDPS Ethics Advisory Group 4. Far-right parties re-register to access EU funds 5. INDIA:… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 30 January 2018 (01/18)
30 January 2018 — Statewatch News ANALYSIS 1. Human rights violations at Spain’s southern border: steps towards restoring legality Continue reading
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Blackouts and Flashpoints in 2018: Who Rules America, Globalization and Geopolitics By Prof. James Petras
I believe that we will experience a radical making and remaking of political and economic integration, East and West, within and without nations states. ‘States Rights’ will re-emerge as an antidote to globalization. Big countries will compete in regional wars with limited commitments but with global goals. Continue reading
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Forced Privatization of The Greek Port of Piraeus, One Year Later
Dimitri Lascaris in Greece, speaks with Giogros Gogos, general Secretary of the Dockworkers Union at the Port of Piraeus. The Troika forced the privatization of 67% of Port of Piraeus, this means that the most secure and lucrative asset in Greece, that could have generated money to pay the debt, is now the hands of… Continue reading
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Monsanto: Out of Control
“Corporate-Spun Science Should Not Be Guiding Policy,” Gillam lays out all ways corporate-spun science is spinning out of control—and threatening public health. (News update: This week the EU voted to allow the use of Roundup for another five years—not the 15 years Monsanto wanted, but more than the three years some countries favored. France just… Continue reading
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Glyphosate: victory or defeat?
For over two years a huge part of our energy was focused on one goal: stopping Monsanto from getting their hands on a 15-year licence to sell glyphosate on our European market. And we did – but we didn’t get all we wanted. Instead of a total ban on glyphosate for which we fought long… Continue reading
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European Commission still trying to ram through the renewal of the licence for Roundup
Fresh from its latest glyphosate defeat, the European Commission is still trying to ram through the renewal of the licence for Monsanto’s favourite weedkiller. After EU member states voted down a ten-year license, the chemical lobby couldn’t even secure a five-year one either. But rather than accept that this battle is lost, the European Commission… Continue reading
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IRR News (3 – 16 November 2017)
18 November 2017 — Institute of Race Relations Institute of Race Relations weekly digest – Against Racism, for Social Justice No one should be stigmatised, harassed or prosecuted for saving lives at sea or assisting weary and displaced people at a border. This week, the IRR launches its new report Humanitarianism: the unacceptable face of… Continue reading
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EU anti-“fake news” authority prepares mass censorship By Alex Lantier
The European Union (EU) is launching the construction of an authority to monitor and censor so-called “fake news.” It is setting up a High-Level Expert Group on the issue and soliciting criticisms of “fake news” by media professionals and the public to decide what powers to give to this EU body, which is to begin… Continue reading
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The Link Tax: Last week we said…
Last week we said we only had a few days left to call MEPs responsible for civil liberties before they voted on whether or not to approve content censorship rules, in the name of copyright. Then we found out, with only a few hours notice, that the vote has been postponed to November 20th. At… Continue reading
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MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTO JUST SAID NO!
On Thursday, November 9, the EU Parliament again failed to agree on whether to allow European farmers to spray glyphosate, the key active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, for another five years. The chemical’s license expires on December 15 (though there’s an additional 18-month grace period). Continue reading
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Spanish army threatens to intervene in Catalonia as ministers are jailed By Paul Mitchell and Alex Lantier
The threat of domestic military intervention in Spain, amid a state of emergency in neighboring France and escalating demands for Internet censorship in Washington, is the product of a mortal crisis of capitalism. After a quarter century of escalating militarism and austerity measures since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and particularly since… Continue reading
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Stop Internet Censorship! KIll the Link Tax! Make the Call to your MEP Now!
Next week, MEPs on the European Parliament’s powerful Civil Liberties committee will vote on whether to approve the Link Tax and mass content filtering. With your help we’ve been relentlessly fighting to put a stop to this disastrous duo of copyright policy, and this is what all that pressure and hard work comes down to. Continue reading
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Catalan Premier Appeals To EU As Opposition Mounts To Madrid’s Crackdown By Alex Lantier
Workers in Catalonia and across Spain face an attempt by the Spanish ruling elite to seize the Catalan regional state apparatus, purge the public service and crush all opposition to the EU’s agenda of austerity and militarism by mobilizing tens of thousands of Guardia Civil and soldiers. The danger of bloody police-military repression in Catalonia… Continue reading
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Video: Brexittania – Official Trailer
On/off. Yes/no. Leave or Remain? While referenda always divide people, Brexit did so in a manner unprecedented in modern British history: old pitted against young, nationalists against migrants, the countryside against the city, and “the people” against “the elite”. But underneath these binaries we find human beings whose individual stories influenced the outcome of this… Continue reading
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European Member States Continue Great Glyphosate Rebellion with 10 Year License Refusal!
An initial round of votes Wednesday on the proposed 10 year re-license for glyphosate by European Union (EU) member states has failed to reach a majority and has thus forced the European Commission (EC) to consider a phase out or shorter license for the world”s most used herbicide. Continue reading
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Catalan Independence: Out of Madrid’s Frying Pan, Into the NATO Fire? By Tony Cartalucci
Media on all sides surrounding the recent Catalan referendum for independence from Spain focused on Madrid’s security crackdown on voters. However, what is not being mentioned about Catalonia’s ongoing bid to achieve independence, who is leading it, and what their plans are for the region should they succeed, is just as important. Continue reading
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Bicycle Hoax Highlights Soulless Cycle
Hundreds of spectators witnessed a bizarre spectacle Saturday,when a slick new tech startup called RefuGreenErgy held a three-hour launch event in central Brussels. The event featured four “RefuGreens” (actual refugees) happily pedaling battery-filling bikes while “company representatives” (actually activists) described to tourists and others how the refugees were producing “green” electricity they could buy; the… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 