National Security State
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The Brass Checkers: Fact-Checkers ‘R’ the ‘New Age Censors and Parody for Brilliance. Part 1
In 1919, Upton Sinclair wrote a scathing exposé of American journalism as a racket, a system where truth is sold like a body in a brothel. Today’s pimps of public opinion aren’t just corporate editors or advertisers. They wear press badges labelled “Fact Checker” and claim neutrality. But scratch the surface, and many are professional… Continue reading
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Clive Stafford Smith: In support of Palestine Action’s right to protest
Supporting Palestine Action’s right to protest is not the same as supporting Palestine Action. It’s time for Keir Starmer to remember why human rights exist, says Clive Stafford Smith. Continue reading
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HART’s Pick of the Week 20th July
Monday, 21 July 2025 — HART SSRIs; WHO; Pushback on Assisted dying and late-stage abortion; No2digitalID Antidepressant withdrawal – why do researchers keep downplaying it? Maryanne Demasi, 10th July 2025 Another insightful analysis of a JAMA systematic review, in which Maryanne picks numerous holes in their methodology, undermining their conclusion that withdrawal symptoms are ‘mild’… Continue reading
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Can you help us fight against police repression?
With the banning of Palestine Action as a terrorist group, the crack down on protest has reached new heights. Continue reading
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⚠️ Privacy Alert: Protesters around the world are being watched — and tracked — like never before
No matter what cause you’re standing up for, joining a protest today can come with serious privacy risks. From facial recognition to phone tracking, surveillance tech is being used to monitor protests and intimidate participants. The risks are real, but there are ways to stay safer. Continue reading
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Will the ban on Palestine Action terrify enough people into silence?
The repression of political dissent in Britain has been escalating for years: first against Black Lives Matter and environmental campaigners and now the Palestine solidarity movement. Throughout the last 20 months, campaigners have been demonised, accused of ‘radicalisation’, placed under increasing police surveillance and subjected to a toxic and invariably racist discourse in both Westminster… Continue reading
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10 Year Plan for England’s NHS – Week One
The new “Ten Year Plan” shifts decision-making power from you and your family doctor to hospitals and technology companies. There are wordings from the political leadership about patients owning data, but the depths of the policy machine seems to suggest there be a day soon when you ask the NHS to opt your data out… Continue reading
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What will happen now that Palestine Action is banned?
Absurdly, the direct action protest group has now been designated by the Israel-backed UK regime as a proscribed “terrorist” group (despite the fact that it does not use violence and has never harmed people, as opposed to property). Continue reading
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Palestine Action ban in place from midnight
Yvette Cooper’s decision to ban the group came after a protest at RAF Brize Norton, in which red paint was thrown on military jets. Four people have been remanded in custody after the action, to appear in court at the Old Bailey on 18 July. Continue reading
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Palestine Action head tells the UK high court to delay the British government’s terrorist proscription
Friday, 8 June 2025 — MintPress News UPDATE On Friday, Huda Ammori, co-founder of the pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action, lost her bid to halt the UK government’s move to ban the group under anti-terror laws while she challenges the decision in court. Ammori, who co-founded the group in 2020, had asked London’s High Court to… Continue reading
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10 year plan: say goodbye to your data (and say goodbye to your GP)
When the whole 10 year plan comes out tomorrow we’ll start reading it, but the night before what’s out is the last press release before the 10 year plan – ie only the bits that Government most wants to talk about because they think they’re the best parts… Continue reading
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The British Parliament will soon vote on whether to ban Palestine Action
This move, to proscribe a group that engages in activities designed to halt weapons transfers to Israel, will be unprecedented in British history. By labelling Palestine Action a terrorist organisation, they are criminalising opposition to war, all to please the Zionist Lobby. Continue reading
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Palestine Action granted an urgent High Court hearing over proposed ban
Palestine Action has been granted an urgent High Court hearing scheduled for this Friday, aiming to block the UK government’s proposed ban on the group from taking effect. Continue reading
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PSL’s persecution means the end of the era when we were “safe.” We must prepare our orgs to survive the next stage
In the last week, two developments have happened that show the U.S. government’s campaign of repression is unfolding faster than many of us might have believed. One, the PSL has been asked to provide records of its communications under threat of criminal charges, with the Senate implicitly accusing the org of coordinating terrorist activities. Two,… Continue reading
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Palantir-sponsored war tech summit ejects Max Blumenthal
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal visits the 2025 AI Expo of the Special Competitive Studies Project in Washington DC and gets a deeply disturbing look at the future of the US national security state – before he’s kicked out for asking one too many questions. Continue reading
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Trump’s embrace of dystopian Palantir spying tool sends stock soaring
The Trump administration has charged the surveillance firm Palantir with agglomerating the US population’s personal data across government agencies, raising alarm about a centralized spying tool targeting hundreds of millions without oversight. Wall Street responded to the news by sending Palantir’s stock price to unprecedented heights. Continue reading
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Intimidation and a fishing expedition –– why they raided me
On Sunday’s episode of The Crispin Flintoff Show I talked about my legal victory and the reasons for the police raid in the first place. Always a pleasure to go on Crispin’s show. Continue reading
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Docs expose Israeli influence on UK anti-genocide protest prosecutions
Files reviewed by The Grayzone reveal a shocking foreign meddling scandal, as British state prosecutors are seen colluding with Israeli authorities to classify anti-genocide protesters as terrorists and imprison them on heavily politicized grounds. Continue reading
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British Intelligence: A Law Unto Themselves
On May 1st, The Times reported that Britain’s Intelligence and Security Committee, a parliamentary body intended to supervise and appraise the work of London’s assorted spying agencies, was facing a funding “crisis” so severe it may be forced to cease functioning outright. Moreover, in a remarkable statement, current ISC chair Lord Beamish fulminated that the… Continue reading
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MI5’s Fake Terror Plots
Back in the “War on Terror” days, the UK security services fabricated multiple fake terror plots. There was, for example, the 2009 Easter Bomb Plot in Manchester, taking entire front pages of newspapers. Gordon Brown as PM hyped it as a “very big terror plot”. It was a total fabrication, nobody was convicted and it… Continue reading
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