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UK Crony Capitalism: Losses of nearly £10 billion incurred over PPE
By TruePublica: The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care and in their words – “to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer.” Unfortunately, corruption by these ministers overtook them and billions in taxpayer funds have been blown. Continue reading
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The far Right, conflict narratives and race war
Thursday, 3 February 2022 — Institute of Race Relations Getting the facts out quickly about far-right violence is one of the things that motivates us to bring out IRR News, with our fortnightly calendar of racism and resistance a continuation of IRR’s role as a place of record documenting Europe’s white supremacist movements. This long monitoring experience has taught… Continue reading
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Shutting Down Israel’s Death Machine in Britain, with Three Activists Who Were There
On January 13, campaigners announced that, after years of popular pressure and direct action, Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems had decided to bite the bullet and sell its factory located in Oldham in the northwest of England. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: £9.9 Billion PPE goes up in smoke
The Government wasted over £9.9 billion on PPE, which is more than it would cost to give every nurse in the NHS a 100 per cent bonus on their salary. Continue reading
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Secret govt unit used ‘unethical’ fear tactics to push Covid rules compliance – media
A parliamentary committee is reportedly set to investigate “scare ads” created by the UK government’s shadowy ‘behavioural insights’ team to “nudge” the public into obeying Covid-19 restrictions. The move comes amid concerns about the “grossly unethical” use of the unit to “inflate fear levels.” Continue reading
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Out Now: Lessons from Cedric Robinson
The January 2022 issue of Race & Class includes key interventions that seek to understand the workings of racial capitalism, digital colonialism and the ecological devastation they wreak, as well as crucial insights on ways out of the ‘global organic crisis’. Continue reading
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Watch: Historic assault on rights in UK amid political crisis
Conservatives in UK parliament are launching an all out attack on people’s fundamental rights through a series of regressive bills on policing and the right to protest, voting, immigration, legal proceedings and more. These attacks on rights have been met with massive opposition with broad sections of British society taking to the streets across the… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Six weeks later…
Cressida Dick has finally confirmed that the Met Police will investigate the parties held in No 10 Downing Street and Whitehall after we initiated formal legal proceedings against them. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 25 January 2022
Tuesday, 25 January 2022 — The New Dark Age Assange Hearing Day https://popularresistance.org/assange-hearing-day/ British High Court Opens Door For Assange To Appeal To Supreme Court https://popularresistance.org/british-high-court-opens-door-for-assange-to-appeal-to-supreme-court/ Julian Assange can ask Supreme Court to consider extradition casea https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60108379 Continue reading
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UK can join EU surveillance schemes with no parliamentary scrutiny, warns new report
The UK can join intrusive EU surveillance schemes including a pan-European network of police facial recognition databases with no need for parliamentary debate or scrutiny, says a new report published last week by Statewatch. Continue reading
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Clearing House: Government Information Suppression Continues
By Jenna Corderoy: The UK government has admitted it still hasn’t appointed anyone to review its controversial ‘Clearing House’ – nine months after a judge slammed the shadowy information unit for a “profound lack of transparency”. Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day Oh God It Never Ends
It feels like a recurring nightmare. On the sadly misnamed sleeper train once again, down to London and a dash to the Royal Courts of Justice to hear yet another judgement intoned. Julian not in court again and not in good health; Stella battling on but fighting to keep her health as well; Gareth Peirce… Continue reading
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Beware the Cult of Cadwalladr
The most important piece of information to come out of Carole Cadwalladr’s current libel trial is perhaps the least reported – that she received material alleging links between Arron Banks, Vote Leave and Russia from “a contractor to the UK security services”. The information came to light because under discovery rules she had to disclose… Continue reading
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Neo Hindus – Ain’t No Black In The Union Jack
This term, Neo Hindus, is a very recent phenomenon, perhaps in the last twenty-five years or so. It was always sort of hanging around amongt us; like an optical illusion, lurking like a thief who is unable to make that final reach to grab the handbag, (so near; yet so far). It may have been… Continue reading
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No 10 lockdown parties: Why the media are complicit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s head is on the chopping block. Each day, the media digs up more embarrassing details of parties hosted at his No 10 residence or other government buildings, in flagrant violation of strict lockdown rules enforced on the rest of the country. Continue reading
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UK: Big Brother has a little sister
Friday, 21 January 2022 — The New Dark Age Priti Patel, the UK Home secretary Continue reading
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Human Rights as Privileges
Thursday, 20 January 2022 — Institute of Race Relations This week, a beleaguered Boris Johnson administration reacted to calls for his resignation by announcing it will defund Britain’s public broadcaster and further militarise the Franco-British border. With many speculating it is a matter of when, not if, Johnson falls, it is important to recognise that such populist… Continue reading
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Save The BBC? In Whose Interests?
There has been much gnashing of ‘liberal’ teeth and pulling out of ‘centrist’ hair following the Tory government’s announcement that the BBC licence fee will be abolished in 2027. Continue reading
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Big Brother Watch issues legal claim against Welsh Ministers over “unevidenced” Covid Pass scheme
Civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has issued a legal claim against Welsh Ministers over mandatory Covid Passes, arguing that the scheme is unlawful as it is disproportionate and unevidenced. Continue reading
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