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Racist Policing Accelerated During the Pandemic. Mounting Protests Could See It Get Even Worse
Dwayne Francis was racially profiled and detained by police in London last month, while on his way to work in a secondary school. “The rhetoric is always the same,” he said, describing how police routinely tell black people: “You fit the description of someone who has committed a crime, this is a high crime area,… Continue reading
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IRR News (20 May – 3 June 2020)
4 June 2020 —Institute of Race Relations weekly digest – Against Racism, for Social Justice A ‘fascist speech’ verging on ‘a declaration of war against American citizens’. That’s how US president Donald Trump’s 1 June speech, where he invoked the threat of the Insurrection Act (1807) to suppress protests in 350+ US cities over the police killing of… Continue reading
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NHS Data: 24 hours to get transparency!
There’s been an urgent development in our campaign to stop the secrecy about NHS data deals with private companies. The government now says they’ll make the decision “imminently” on how much detail they’ll disclose. It could be as soon as tomorrow. Continue reading
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Searching for Socialism & Rent Strikes
The left’s ideas and organising power are going to be crucial in the coming years. Two events this week – one on socialist history and one on winning tenants’ rights – will help us understand our movement’s roots and skill up for the struggles ahead. Continue reading
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COVID-19: ‘The Facts Changed – But Government Lockdown Policy Didn’t’
Despite routine denials by governments, particularly the US and UK, a large body of evidence-based research has come to light over the last two months which should have flipped the script on COVID-19 ‘threat.’ In this discussion, the host reminds viewers to always be vigilant and practice discernment when determining trustworthy sources, and to think… Continue reading
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Drone Wars at Ten #2: A decade of challenging drone secrecy
A key aspect of our work over the past decade has been to challenge the secrecy that surround the use of armed drones. The Pentagon and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) insist that many aspects of these operations must remain secret in order to protect lives and national security. And in some cases, that is… Continue reading
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UK: 3 weeks to protect renters from eviction
In just three weeks, the Government’s eviction ban comes to an end. We need your help to prevent renters losing their homes in a public health crisis. Continue reading
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HS2 – Europe’s biggest deforestation project hides behind pandemic
While everyone is keeping a keen eye on how the pandemic is going, the controversial and despised HS2 rail project continues. Right now, it is illegal to cut trees down and rip out hedgerows. Between March and August, it is nesting season and if you spot a neighbour tearing out or cutting down a hedge… Continue reading
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WATCH: Anna Brees interviews Prof. Robert Endres
Prof Robert Endres is leader of the biological physics group and the physics of life network at Imperial College London. He sits down with independent journalist Anna Brees to discuss his issues with the Imperial Model. Continue reading
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UKC News: ‘Documents Reveal Government Lockdown Was Political, Not Scientific’
An incredible discovery of UK government documents from SAGE science advisory committee reveals that Downing Street’s decision to ‘Lockdown’ the country was in fact a political one, and little to do with “The Science” that government insists it’s being guided by. Also, many are concerned about a spike in child abuse reports as a result… Continue reading
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New laws to criminalise public interest information
A new Declassified report published only a few days ago goes to show the situation we find our selves in right now. In the midst of a crisis, while the commentariat are lobbing rocks at each other over the endless scandals and the media are focused on the pandemic – the government continues to act… Continue reading
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The UK is Not Innocent – Police Racism Has a Long and Violent History Here Too
“I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.” This desperate refrain has once again become the dying words of yet another black man in the United States. Continue reading
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Conservative ‘Common Sense’ Lets Men Like Dominic Cummings Do What They Want
In the weeks preceding the furore over Dominic Cummings breach of lockdown rules, a row took place over the vagueness of the government’s new ‘stay alert’ guidance – a revision of the simpler ‘stay at home’ message. Continue reading
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Think Global Extra – June 2020
1 June 2020 — Global Justice Now Welcome to June’s edition of Think Global Extra, the monthly update for Global Justice Now activists and those interested in getting active with us. If you want to encourage someone else to sign up for it (and we’d encourage all group members to, as well as those… Continue reading
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Cummings is a Glorified Shitposter by Phil Jones
Everything about Dominic Cummings’ press conference on Monday was absurd – his tardiness, the ill-fitting trousers and his account of events, filled with obscure and frankly dubious details. Continue reading
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BAME People Are More Likely to Have Been Fined for Breaking Lockdown Across the Country, FOI Data Shows
BAME people living outside of London were 4.4 times more likely than white people to receive a £60 fine for breaking lockdown in the first full week that new police powers were in place, according to a freedom of information exercise to all British police forces. Continue reading
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The government’s case for mandatory voter ID has taken another big hit
The government wants to force all voters to ‘show their papers’ at the polling station. But an assessment by the Electoral Commission of electoral offences in the UK shows the minuscule state of ‘personation’ fraud – the type that voter ID is meant to prevent. Continue reading
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The Question Of Evidence When Governments Push Political Narratives
Today, in the background of the risk of world conflict and threat to health and our way of life arising from Covid-19, it’s never been more important to be sceptical and understand evidence. Continue reading
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New UK laws could criminalise journalism
British journalists and their sources are facing an unprecedented assault on freedom of speech, including the prospect of criminal prosecution. Threats aimed at whistleblowers and journalists were evident before the coronavirus crisis struck, but went largely unnoticed. Continue reading
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Emily Maitlis is no media hero. She simply forgot what she and the BBC are there to do
The wrong conclusions are being drawn about Emily Maitlis’s comments on Dominic Cummings on the BBC flagship Newsnight show this week. Her remarks are not evidence of her courage, or that journalists are being gagged, or that the BBC is suddenly capitulating to the government. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 