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Media smoothed way to Corbyn target practice
It is time to stop believing these infantile narratives the political and media establishment have crafted for us. Like the one in which they tell us they care deeply about the state of British political life, that they lie awake at night worrying about the threat posed by populism to our democratic institutions. Continue reading
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Ecuador twists embarrassing INA Papers into pretext to oust Assange
On 26 March, WikiLeaks’ Twitter account announced that President Moreno is being investigated by Ecuador’s Congress for corruption, sparked by the INA Papers leak. The same tweet referenced President Moreno’s attempt to surrender Assange in exchange for US debt relief, a fact that had been reported by The New York Times. Continue reading
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Ecuadorian president threatens to evict Julian Assange from London embassy By Oscar Grenfell
In a clear threat to expel Julian Assange from Ecuador’s London embassy, the country’s President Lenín Moreno declared in an interview yesterday that the WikiLeaks founder had “repeatedly violated the conditions of his asylum.” Moreno stated that his government would “take a decision” “in the short term” on Assange’s circumstances. Continue reading
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Julian Assange: Socialists and Liberals Must Now Choose Their Side By Craig Murray
Cassandra Fairbanks’ account of her visit to Julian in the Ecuadorean Embassy paints a truly harrowing picture of the conditions in which he is being held. Last week after receiving a message from Julian I applied to the Ecuadorean Embassy to go and see him. I have done this many times but a new regime… Continue reading
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May offers Corbyn “national unity” Brexit agreement talks By Chris Marsden
Prime Minister Theresa May emerged from a fractious seven-hour cabinet meeting of her Conservative Party with an unprecedented offer to collaborate with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to secure an agreement on Brexit they could jointly recommend to parliament. If agreed, this would then be put to the European Union. Continue reading
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UK “knife crime” hysteria used to push repressive police measures By Thomas Scripps
The new powers follow a “knife crime summit” held at Downing Street Monday, overseen by Prime Minister Theresa May. They make it easier for officers to search anyone they choose within a certain area under a “section 60” check. Continue reading
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Ten Years Since the Death of Ian Tomlinson, the Police Have Done Nothing to Regain Public Trust by Sam Walton
On 1 April 2009, in the midst of a huge protest against the G20 summit in London, newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson was violently assaulted by Metropolitan police officer Simon Harwood. This was an unprovoked attack, causing severe internal bleeding that led to Tomlinson’s death. Continue reading
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Class struggle and socialism are the only answer to the Brexit crisis
The prospect of leaving the European Union has provoked the deepest crisis of rule in the post-war history of British imperialism. But the great danger is that the working class is not only being prevented from intervening in its own interests, it is being divided against itself and politically subordinated to one or the other… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 1 April 2019 (08/19)
1 April 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/mar/email-1-apr.pdf Please to support our work STATEWATCH NEWS 1. EU: New Roles for Frontex agreed – including returning non-EU nationals to non-EU countries 2. Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (19-25.3.18 3. EU: “Policing in a Connected World”: Council to help police access “Novel Actionable Information” Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly 31 March 2019
31 March 2019 — Welfare Weekly Thousands call on DWP to stop telling GPs not to give sick notes to benefit claimants Read more Continue reading
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THE WEAPONIZING OF ANTI-SEMITISM AGAINST THE LEFT
Israeli sponsored Zionism excels in political white noise. Every-time the State of Israel engages in an atrocity or is being accused of an atrocity, the anti-Semitic volume control is turned up to drown out what is happening. When the brave Palestinians in Gaza decided to rattle their cage to draw the world’s attention to their… Continue reading
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“We Refuse to Be Intimidated by Our University”: the King’s College Activists Fighting Back Against Racial Profiling
At a time of heightened racism, in the UK and globally, King’s College London (KCL) – an institute of higher education which claims to perpetuate values of justice and freedom – has decided to actively enforce a policy of racial and political profiling. Continue reading
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Brexit: Will Tories Risk an Election Corbyn Might Win?
A third defeat for Theresa May’s Brexit plan sets up April 12 as the drop-dead date for an unlikely agreement in Parliament, a second referendum, a hard Brexit, or a general election where Jeremy Corbyn will present a progressive vision for Brexit and the future – Leo Panitch joins Paul Jay Continue reading
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EXCLUSIVE: Ecuador Imprisons US Journalist In Room As Ambassador Tells Assange to ‘Shut up’ and Accept Spying
It was meant to be a routine visit by a journalist to another journalist. Instead, I found myself locked in a cold, surveilled room for over an hour by Ecuadorian officials, as a furious argument raged between the country’s ambassador and Julian Assange on Monday. Continue reading
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Brexit Has Ceased to be the “Will of the People”: Study By Jack Peat
National Centre for Social Research data found 55 per cent of Brits would vote Remain in a second referendum, with just six per cent of respondents saying they now think the UK will secure a good Brexit deal – a massive reduction from the 33 per cent who were optimistic about the outcome of negotiations when… Continue reading
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Britain’s mother of all crises By Rob Sewell
The Mother of Parliaments is now home to the mother of all crises. Brexit has tested the UK’s institutions and unwritten constitution to their limits. We are in uncharted waters – and in Theresa May’s case, in a rapidly sinking boat without a life vest. Continue reading
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UK Conservatives’ rampant Islamophobia and racism covered up by party tops, downplayed by media By Margot Miller
Ever since Jeremy Corbyn was elected as Labour Party leader in 2015, a hysterical witch-hunt against him and the wider left has been led by the Blairites, the media and the ruling Conservative Party equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Continue reading
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Parliament rejects all alternatives as May’s offer to resign fails to stem Brexit crisis By Robert Stevens
Wednesday began with Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May informing her MPs that she will resign as party leader and prime minister if parliament passes the withdrawal deal she has agreed with the European Union (EU). It ended with a series of indicative votes on possible alternatives post-Brexit, none of which secured a majority. Continue reading
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Corbyn assailant jailed, but significance of his attack still minimised By Chris Marsden
The jailing of John Murphy for “common assault by beating” confirms the warning made by the Socialist Equality Party of the serious implications for the working class of the March 3 assault on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Continue reading
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In just two tweets Laura Kuenssberg blew the lid on dangerous Tory racism By Fréa Lockley
On 25 March, parliament voted to take back control of the ongoing Brexit chaos. Meanwhile, Laura Kuenssberg – the BBC‘s supposedly impartial political editor – sent out two tweets which some people felt betrayed dangerous casual racism. She reported that some hard-line Brexiteers ‘informally’ use the name ‘Grand Wizards’. This term has also been used… Continue reading
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