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Video: What can the Left Learn from Corbyn’s Stunning Election Performance?
14 June 2017 — TRNN Former Sanders Campaign digital organizer Claire Sandberg speaks to the Real News after spending the past month working in the UK to defeat Theresa May (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 14 June 2017 (07/17)
14 June 2017 — Statewatch.org/ Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2017/jun/email-jun-17.pdf ANALYSIS & VIEWPOINT http://www.statewatch.org/analyses.htm 1. Counter-terrorism and the inflation of EU databases 2. Who drives EU counter-terrorism? 3. Germany: Almost suspicious: the unbearable lightness of legislation 4. Viewpoint: Egypt: Europe’s other north African border Continue reading
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MAYfly, Brexit, the Economy and the SWP
Theresa May claimed that she called the election having been inspired to do so while on a walk. This fairy tale, like the election, lies in ruins. As the Tory hierarchy fall out and individuals try to duck blame, the ugly truth is dribbling out of fiery arguments between those who saw the advantages of… Continue reading
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Video: Corbyn Lost Labour Party Elites, But Won Over Voters
“Corbyn has proven that there is a way forward for the Labour Party,” says Leo Panitch, a professor at York University–but it isn’t the future the Blairites envisioned (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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UK: Labour’s manifesto amended to stress commitment to militarism and war By Robert Stevens
19 May 2017 — WSWS Tuesday saw the official launch of the Labour Party’s manifesto for the June 8 snap General Election. The manifesto contained a number of highly significant amendments from the draft version leaked just days earlier. The draft, produced by the team around Labour’s nominally left leader Jeremy Corbyn, was subject to… Continue reading
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‘A matter of life or death’
8 June 2017 — notsoloonyleft I said that this election was a matter of life and death to someone the other day. I was accused of being over dramatic. I thought for a moment am I? Am I making everything more important that it really is? Continue reading
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Democratize This By Michal Rozworski
4 June 2017 — Jacobin Labour’s plans to pursue democratic models of ownership are the most radical aspect of Corbyn’s program. So much about the 2017 Labour election campaign has been heartening: the energy, the conviction, the full-throated embrace of remaking government in the service of the many. Continue reading
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Video: UK Election Polls: Can Corbyn Win?
Opinion polls for the June 8 UK General Election indicate an increasingly tight race between Labour and Conservatives, but most still give Conservative Theresa May an advantage, despite May’s weaknesses as Prime Minister, says Real Media’s Thomas Barlow Continue reading
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Video: Theresa May Blames ‘Tolerance of Extremism,’ But UK Gov’t Policies Help Extremists
In the aftermath of recent terror attacks, British Prime Minister Theresa May says the British people have “far too much tolerance of extremism.” But award-winning investigative journalist Nafeez Ahmed says British government policies benefit extremists and endanger civilians Continue reading
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UK Elections: Corbyn or May? Selected Articles
5 June 2017 — Global Research The general election in the UK is due on Thursday, June 8. Apparently, a series of “terrorist” attacks garnered attention not just domestically but more so internationally. Are these purported “terrorist” attacks part of a bigger political agenda? Read the insightful articles below to gain perspective. “We are now days away from one… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘The BBC Has Betrayed Its Own Rules Of Impartiality’: Yemen, Saudi Arabia And The General Election
Theresa May’s support for the Saudi regime, have gone essentially unexamined by the BBC. And yet, when BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg responded to Corbyn’s manifesto launch, her subtle use of insidious language betrayed an inherent bias against Corbyn and his policies on foreign affairs. She wrote: ‘rather than scramble to cover up his past… Continue reading
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Video: Theresa May in Election Jitters Caught Lying About Tory Plans to Cut The National Health Service
2 June 2017 — TRNN Kam Sandhu of Real Media says there is evidence that Tories plan to sell off assets to service NHS; this is the first sign of distress and it will lead to privatization Kam Sandhu is a journalist and the co-founder of the UK-based Real Media. (inc. transcript.) Continue reading
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Video: UK Election Polls Tighten to Three Points Between May and Corbyn
Tom Barlow, co-founder of Real Media, talks about how Britain’s June 8 general election race is tightening between Labour and Tories and how the mainstream British media is losing credibility in the process (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Terror in Britain: What Did the Prime Minister Know? By John Pilger
The unsayable in Britain’s general election campaign is this. The causes of the Manchester atrocity, in which 22 mostly young people were murdered by a jihadist, are being suppressed to protect the secrets of British foreign policy. Critical questions – such as why the security service MI5 maintained terrorist “assets” in Manchester and why the… Continue reading
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The Manchester Saga: Cui Bono? Selected Articles
31 May 2017 — Global Research In the quest for truth and the zest of bringing it out, Global Research introduces to you a number of incisive articles on the Manchester terror attack. Unspoken questions should now be answered. According to John Pilger, information is being “suppressed to protect the secrets of British foreign policy”. In the words of… Continue reading
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Video: LiarLiar!
The song ‘Liar Liar’ hit No.1 in the download charts this week and looks set to be high up in the official charts this Friday. BBC Radio One has said “…our editorial guidelines require us to remain impartial and the UK is currently in an election period so we will not be playing the song” Continue reading
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“It was incessant.” Former RAF Reaper pilot speaks to Drone Wars By Chris Cole
Drone Wars UK is publishing an exclusive interview with former British Reaper drone pilot Justin Thompson (a pseudonym), who for three years flew RAF Reapers over Afghanistan while based at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. Continue reading
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Video: John Pilger on the Manchester Concert Attack, Trump, Saudi & WikiLeaks
24 May 2017 — Youtube We speak to award winning author and filmmaker John Pilger as anti-war campaigners protest today ahead of the NATO summit in Brussels. Continue reading
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ISIS Terrorist Attack in Manchester? 17 Days Before Crucial UK Elections By Peter Koenig
24 May 2017 — Global Research British elections are planned for 8 June 2017. At the end of a pop concert by US singer Ariana Grande in Manchester, an enormous ‘controlled’ explosion killed at least 22 people and injured 59, as reported by British media. Many of them are children and adolescents, as most of the… Continue reading
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UK Govt wants real-time access to our communications!
Leaked docs reveal the UK Home Office’s secret plan real-time access to our text messages and online communications AND force companies like WhatsApp to break the security on its own software. This reckless government plan will make all of us more vulnerable to attacks like yesterday’s ransomware assault against the NHS. Continue reading
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