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Why Opposing Julian Assange’s Extradition to the U.S. Matters for London and the U.K
The Trump Administration has confirmed that the US government has charged WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange and that it seeks his extradition from the UK. In the US, he faces life in prison. The case raises important issues for the London Assembly. Continue reading
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Will the UK continue to launch strikes against ISIS? by Chris Cole
When British MPs voted for resolutions supporting strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, these had specific aims. Firstly, in 2014, strikes were authorised to aid Iraqi security and then in 2015, to eliminate ISIS’ safe haven in Syria. Now, more than four years later, Iraq has declared victory over ISIS, and the so-called ‘safe haven’ for… Continue reading
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The Conservative Party is incubating the racism behind New Zealand terror By Nafeez Ahmed
The massacre of 49 people including children at a mosque in New Zealand has not come out of the blue — it follows the mainstreaming of the same ideology that inspired the first major far-right terrorist attack of this decade: the 2011 massacre in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik. Continue reading
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“Brexit is a shambles—it will affect so many people in many ways”
Reporters for the World Socialist Web Site spoke to demonstrators at Saturday’s anti-Brexit protest in London. They explained the social and political concerns that brought them to support the demand for a second referendum. Continue reading
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Video: The Mysterious Death of Dr. David Kelly By Norman Baker and Richard Galustian
As we contemplate the 16th anniversary this week of the start of the Iraq war, we are forced to ponder on the insanity of that decision by the US and UK in anticipation very soon of a similar disaster developing, again no doubt for oil, this time though in Venezuela. Continue reading
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The Crimes against the People of Palestine: The British Government is “Shown to be Bankrupt in Law and Morality”
I wish you to bring these facts in front of Mr Hunt on behalf of Susan and myself, the Palestinian people who have no voice, and to reverse the ‘vortex of ever increasing violence in our world’. Canterbury, NZ where I worked, and homicide with knives etc are symbolic. HMGs of several colours have helped… Continue reading
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With a Hard Brexit Looming, UK Invites 10,000 Foreign Troops Over for Military Exercises
The U.K. government’s martial-law option for Brexit would allow government ministers to impose curfews and travel bans, confiscate private property, and deploy the armed forces to any U.K. location of their choosing. LONDON — As the drama over Brexit continues to reach new heights, the U.K. government has raised eyebrows by announcing that it will… Continue reading
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Brexit Britain – The planned stages of social change
By TruePublica: Whilst the far-right gains traction and their anarchic voices get louder, behind the scenes the dark forces that funds and promotes them are working to what documents reveal is a three-stage model of social change. What we are really witnessing through Brexit is the acceleration of a programme of economic regime change by… Continue reading
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Why you should be worried about police mass surveillance of shoppers
By Silki Carlo – Director of BigBrotherWatch: For the last six months, Greater Manchester Police have piggybacked onto the CCTV system of a private security company to secretly roll out live facial recognition technology. Continue reading
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Where do the interests of democracy lie? Working Group responds to UK minister’s attack on critics of the “Integrity Initiative” By Tim Hayward
In December 2018 we posted a briefing note on the Integrity Initiative, examining the documents that had appeared online about this ostensibly charitable programme funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly 17 March 2019
17 March 2019 — Welfare Weekly Universal Credit split payments given to only 20 claimants DWP ignoring the needs of vulnerable claimants at risk of domestic abuse, says SNP. Read more Continue reading
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Explained: Why Julian Assange & Chelsea Manning hold key to Free Press
ATTENTION: This short segment with Patrick Henningsen (21WIRE) and Mike Robinson (UK Column) explains why it’s absolutely crucial and in the public interest to support Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks, as all three of these represent fundamental pillars of democracy – the right to publish, the rights of whistleblowers, and a free press. All journalists and… Continue reading
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Brexit – The billionaires scam the MSM don’t want you to know
In the book – Brexit – A corporate Coup D’Etat I dedicated an entire chapter to an event that the ‘mainstream media’ in Britain were fully aware of but published nothing. Continue reading
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Corbyn props up May government after more Brexit vote defeats By Robert Stevens
At the conclusion of a series of votes this week, MPs in the deeply divided British parliament supported the Conservative government requesting an extension to Article 50, by 413 votes to 202. Continue reading
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Geoffrey Cox’s New “Legal Advice” on Brexit Incentivises Unionist Violence By Craig Murray
Brexit has revealed further the rottenness of the British political Establishment, but I am still truly shocked now to see the Government of the United Kingdom negotiating a major international treaty on the acknowledged, discussed and now published basis that it has every intention of breaking that treaty once it is in force. Officially published… Continue reading
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MSM Blackout: Colluding in war crimes: Britain’s unreported military alliance with Israel
It is now sadly a fact that more children than Palestinian fighters are being killed in the offensive on Gaza by the state of Israel. This in itself should be shocking until you see the numbers. 28 per cent killed are five years and under, 92 per cent are sixteen and under with 8 per… Continue reading
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Under the spotlight: European assistance to the ‘War on Terror’ drone strikes
President Donald Trump, who has stepped up the use of drones in Somalia and other areas, recently revoked a requirement for U.S. intelligence officials to give public reports listing the number of civilians killed in drone strikes and other attacks on terrorist targets outside war zones – a practice which was part of an accountability effort… Continue reading
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Revealed: The thousands of public spaces sold by cash-strapped councils
In a major collaboration involving dozens of reporters around the country and a week of stories with Huff Post UK, the Bureau revealed the true scale of the local government funding crisis. It has become so dire that councils are being forced to sell thousands of public spaces, such as libraries, community centres and playgrounds -… Continue reading
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Cambridge University’s planned involvement with military propaganda programme exposed By Emanuele Saccarelli and Meenakshi Jagadeesan
In 2017, the MoD announced it was seeking an academic partner to create a centre to conduct psychological research in its efforts to build a stronger military. As part of the Human Social Science Research Capability (HSSRC) programme, according to an MoD presentation, the centre would be involved in the “targeted manipulation of information in… Continue reading
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