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Crown prosecutor levels blackmail charges against Palestine Action
In June, I wrote an analysis of Britain’s disturbingly draconian new Sections of that bill give every appearance of having been specifically drawn up in order to undermine Palestine Action. Openly committed to damaging and destroying the British-based assets of top Israeli arms manufacturers, including Elbit Systems, Palestine Action has since launch in mid-2020 pulled off a string… Continue reading
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Chris Kaba – a family fights for justice
The accession of a new monarch has led many to question the nature of their citizenship (along with their right to protest). But the citizenship of many British citizens, particularly Muslims, has been in question for some time. A new IRR report, Citizenship: from right to privilege by Frances Webber shows how changes in the law over… Continue reading
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How The US & UK Stopped Peace Deal In Ukraine
Lee Camp proves that NATO and the U.S. want their proxy war in Ukraine to be fought to the last Ukrainian. A new report shows that Russia and Ukraine had negotiated a peace deal in April.However, as Camp explains, NATO wasn’t ready for peace so they intervened to stop it. Now, after months of grueling… Continue reading
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Chris Hedges: Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History
“Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History” writes Chris Hedges in the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. This is an important moment to make this argument. As the U.K. moves to crown King Charles III while arresting anyone who dares to protest the monarchy it opens space for the question: Should people… Continue reading
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Watch: How The US & UK Stopped Peace Deal In Ukraine
Lee Camp proves that NATO and the U.S. want their proxy war in Ukraine to be fought to the last Ukrainian. A new report shows that Russia and Ukraine had negotiated a peace deal in April. However, as Camp explains, NATO wasn’t ready for peace so they intervened to stop it. Now, after months of… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Revealed for the first time
The names of 50 firms given a fast-track ‘VIP lane’ route to securing lucrative Test and Trace contracts have at last been revealed, following our longstanding Freedom of Information battle with the Government. Continue reading
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An analysis of citizenship-stripping powers
Our newly released report by Frances Webber shows how citizenship-stripping powers introduced since 2002 have enshrined a ‘second-class citizenship’ in the UK, mainly affecting British Muslims. Continue reading
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BellingCat and the Myrotvorets Site
Eliot Higgins, the leader of the BellingCat organization, an information dump overseen by Western intelligence agencies and known for its incompetent provocations against Russia, Russian citizens and organizations, spoke quite ambiguously about the materials of the July investigation of the Foundation to Battle Injustice. This investigation was devoted to the Ukrainian nationalist website “Myrotvorets” and… Continue reading
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Shamima Begum: Spy for Canada Smuggled Schoolgirl to Syria
The issue of multinational terrorists has been the focus of Syria observers for a quite long time, as tens of thousands of jihadists and their wives marched to Syria to fight the “evil dictator”, bring down the “infidel regime”, and establish an Islamic state based on Sharia laws, where justice prevails for the Islamic Umma,… Continue reading
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The Queen and her legacy: 21st century Britain has never looked so medieval
Please take this moment to study, really study, the journalists working for the BBC, ITV and Ch4. Do they seem like fearless, independent, objective observers of the world, or more like fawning courtiers? This is the moment when the mask slips. Drink it in deeply… — Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) September 8, 2022 Continue reading
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That’s Enough Monarchy Now
No doubt millions of people felt a heartfelt attachment to the Queen, which will be displayed fully in the next few days. But the anachronistic nature of monarchy is also fully on display, in the obvious absurdities and pantomime procedure, with Heralds Pursuivant and Royals buckled with the weight of their unearned medals. Continue reading
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Open Letter to the Met
Thursday, 8 September 2022 — NetPol Extinction Rebellion protests: we need clarity about what to expect from the Metropolitan Police Sign the Open Letter Actions planned in London in the coming months on the unprecedented global climate emergency, by Extinction Rebellion and other environmental campaigners, will represent the first real test of new police powers to Continue reading
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Emily Maitlis is right about BBC bias – but for the wrong reasons
Journalists aren’t too deferential and timid, as the ex-Newsnight presenter claims. They are only too ready to bare their teeth when it serves establishment interests Continue reading
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European police facial recognition system must be halted, warns new paper
A new position paper published today by the European Digital Rights (EDRi) network calls for MEPs to oppose plans to create an EU-wide police facial recognition system that may, in the future, also include the UK. Continue reading
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Half of Brits ‘disappointed’ with Truss as PM – poll
Britons do not appear particularly enthusiastic about Foreign Secretary Liz Truss taking over as the new prime minister, a YouGov poll published on Monday suggests. Around half of the people in the UK say they are ‘disappointed’, with one-third ‘very disappointed’. Continue reading
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British Media Turn on Putin War Plan. But Will They Turn on the New Clown in Downing Street?
To understand how the British media works and what’s behind the decisions it takes you don’t have to be very bright at all. In fact, you can be really quite dim and still get it, it’s really that simple. Gone are the days when a Brit would buy a paper, perhaps in the 70s and… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Caught in a Cycle of Despair and Exploitation
After presiding over crippling austerity as a policy response to Gordon Brown’s massive handover of public money to the casino bankers, David Cameron’s attempt to control the lunatic right of his party by offering a Brexit referendum backfired spectacularly. Theresa May was brought down by that same right wing when she attempted to devise a… Continue reading
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RIP Great Britain
On July 7, when Boris Johnson finally stepped down as Prime Minister of great Britain, I wrote: A current poll says that party members would favor the current defense secretary Ben Wallace. But that does not mean they will get him as one of the two candidates to vote on as the MPs have the say over that… Continue reading
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Exclusive: How Shell and BP financed Britain’s Cold War propaganda machine
“Handsome” sums were provided by BP and Shell to the Information Research Department (IRD), which was Britain’s Cold War propaganda arm between 1948 and 1977, declassified files show. The IRD used the secret subsidies to fund British covert propaganda operations during the 1950s and 1960s across the Middle East and Africa, where Britain’s oil interests were substantial. Today,… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 