22 June 2019 — WSWS
Minutes of Ministry of Defence (MoD) meetings have confirmed the role of Britain’s Guardian newspaper as a mouthpiece for the intelligence agencies.
Category: UK
Why We Need a New Response to the LGBT Sex Education Row by Sita Balani
19 June 2019 — Novara Media
The row in Birmingham over LGBT sex education for primary school has moved into its fourth month. The school gates at Parkfield Community School and Anderson Park School have seen weekly protests after the school piloted the ‘No Outsiders’ programme, which some parents claim promotes gay and transgender lifestyles and undermines their rights to determine what ideas their children are exposed to.
Welcome to London – the Bump Capital of the Old World By Grete Mautner
19 June 2019 — New Eastern Outlook
Previously, we have examined in much detail the influence that the recreational use of mind-altering substances might have had on the decision making capabilities of certain British politicians. Curiously enough, both the British media personalities and politicians would no longer try to make a drug addiction they share a secret anymore. But it seems that weed was just the beginning, as most of those public figures have developed a soft spot for cocaine.
UK: Tory government positions itself as most loyal US ally against Iran By Chris Marsden
18 June 2019 — WSWS
Britain intends to send special forces to the Gulf of Oman. Their stated mission is to protect UK warships amid rising tensions between the US and Iran. But politically their role will be to help consolidate the Conservative government’s position as the premier ally of the Trump administration, which is considered essential amid the escalating crisis over Britain’s exiting the European Union.
Disinformation and False Accusations of Anti-Semitism by Heather Stroud
16 June 2019 — Dissident Voice
Permitting Israel’s Slow Motion Genocide of Palestinians
The smearing of George Galloway and widely reported disinformation that there was no evidence to support the claim that Viva Palestina delivered aid, raises serious concerns, not just in this case, but far beyond.
It is seriously disturbing how disinformation and lazy ‘cut and paste’ journalism has become common place within the monopoly media of the UK. One wonders where the professional and serious investigative reporting of old has gone.
Brexit trade delusions show why Britain needs to confront its history of empire By Rahul Verma
15 June 2019 — Global Justice Now
Edward Duncan’s painting of the East India Company iron steam ship Nemesis destroying Chinese war junks in Anson’s Bay, 1843 | Credit: National Maritime Museum, London
On 7 December, 2016, nearly six months after the referendum, Prime Minister Theresa May gave a speech to the Gulf Cooperation Council in Bahrain. She said: “As Britain leaves the European Union so we intend to take a leap forward, to look outwards and seek to become the most committed and most passionate advocate of free trade in the world.”
Campaigners Launch Legal Challenge over UK’s ‘Secret Trade Talks’ with United States
14 June 2019 — Global Research – Global Justice Now
Global Justice Now has launched a legal challenge at the Information Rights Tribunal over the Department for International Trade’s failure to release details of numerous trade meetings it has held with the United States and other countries since the EU referendum in 2016.
Britain: Grenfell – two years on, unite to fight for justice By Nico Baldion
14 June 2019 — In Defence of Marxism
Nico Baldion (Chair of Kensington and Chelsea Momentum) and Dan Langley
Image: Natalie Oxford
When Theresa May made a tearful resignation announcement in front of Downing Street recently, many posts on social media went viral speaking about the lack of tears from the Prime Minister over Grenfell. In any case, Grenfell families wouldn’t have been comforted by any tears then, and they certainly won’t be now. They want justice.
Julian Assange Newslinks 14-15 June 2019
15 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
WikiLeaks publisher Assange faces US extradition trial next February
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/15/assa-j15.html
Activist Lauri Love and others speak out in defence of Assange
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/15/inte-j15.html
Julian Assange extradition hearing recap
14 June 2019 — Defend Wikileaks
At Julian Assange’s extradition hearing today at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London, which Assange attended via videolink from HMP Belmarsh, the full substantive proceedings were scheduled for five days in February 2020. Assange will also have a hearing in October this year.
Britain: Home Secretary signs US extradition request for Assange By Rob Smith
14 June 2019 — In Defence of Marxism
Image: WikiLeaks
The day before yesterday, the UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid certified the request from the US to extradite Julian Assange for allegations of hacking and sharing classified American government documents. We wholeheartedly oppose his extradition and defend Assange’s freedom of speech.
Two years since the Grenfell inferno: The case for socialism
14 June 2019 — WSWS
By Socialist Equality Party (UK)
The Grenfell Tower fire of June 14, 2017 is an event seared into the consciousness of working people across London and around the world. 72 men, women and children perished in their homes.
