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Kleptotors and the DWP
By TruePublica Editor: You’ve just been unexpectedly transported to the alien nation of Kleptotors 186. The planet has substantial mineral wealth and food diversity and is populated with a sophisticated society arranged around the type of democratic principles we are used to back on Earth. Unfortunately, the wealth of the Kleptos has come about through… Continue reading
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Spycops update, February 2020
Here’s the monthly roundup of the campaign for truth and justice about the scandal of Britain’s political secret police. Continue reading
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RAY McGOVERN: German TV Exposes the Lies That Entrapped Julian Assange
Truth has broken through for those confused about how a publisher ended up in a maximum security prison in London with a one-way extradition ticket to court in the U.S. and the rest of his life behind bars. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 6 February 2020
6 February 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back ‘All Journalists at Risk’ if Assange Handed to US Jailers https://www.globalresearch.ca/all-journalists-risk-assange-handed-us-jailers/5702932 Don’t Extradite Assange meeting in London: The political issues http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/06/deam-f06.html Continue reading
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Sign the Petition! Stop all charter flight deportations to Jamaica and other Commonwealth countries
Given the Windrush scandal : the apology by the Government, promises of justice and compensation to people of the Windrush generation and others who came to the UK from Commonwealth countries threatened with deportation, there should be no mass deportations of anybody to those countries. Continue reading
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Brexit & the British Working Class
Much has been written on Brexit, stage 1 of which occurred on 31 January. But a key point has been ignored: the UK’s departure from the European Union is due to a reactionary revolt by the British (mainly English) working class. This went against the established policy of the political elites, bourgeoisie, ruling class –… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 4 February 2020 (01/20)
4 February 2020 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://statewatch.org/news/2020/feb/email-4-2-20.pdf STATEWATCH ANALYSES 1. Italy guilty of refoulements in 2009 handover of Eritrean shipwreck survivors to Libya 2 : Germany: Shadow army or isolated cases? Right-wing structures in the security authorities Continue reading
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Belmarsh Prisoners Show Duty to Civil Disobedience
This is a trial of the First Amendment as a foundation of our society and it calls for popular participation, writes Nozomi Hayase. Continue reading
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Election: LSE report on the British Press – ‘From watchdog to attack dog’
Irrespective of anyone’s political affiliation – the mainstream media has a responsibility to hold power to account, not facilitate wannabe authoritarians into Downing Street. Don’t forget these are the words from the London School of Economics, founded in 1895 for the betterment of society. Despite its name, the school is organised into 25 academic departments… Continue reading
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Labour’s Leadership Candidates Need a Reckoning, Not a Whitewash
One of the most striking things about periods of profound political upheaval is the inconsistency. The Corbyn moment, which has (for the moment at least) transformed both Labour and the political perspectives of the left as a whole, is no different. Continue reading
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The Prosecution of Julian Assange and Its Impact on the Freedom of the Press
On 30 January 2020, at the National Press Club’s First Amendment Lounge in Washington D.C., a panel of experts discussed the Trump Administration’s indictment of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and the impact Assange’s extradition and prosecution could have on the freedom of the press. Continue reading
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House of Commons Presentation: OPCW Leaks Reveal International Community Was Misled About Alleged Douma Chemical Incident in 2018
REPORT ON THE HOUSE OF COMMONS PRESENTATION CONCERNING OPCW LEAKS ABOUT DOUMA Continue reading
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Zionist Terror in London
They destroyed the Labour Party, now they have launched a campaign against the British arts scene. Will they successfully abuse the moniker of anti-Semitism to destroy any place, person or organization where they sense opposition? Continue reading
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People Keep Starving to Death in Tory Britain
Errol Graham was just four and a half stone when his emaciated body was found by bailiffs. The 57 year old had starved to death in a flat with no electricity or gas supply. The only food in his cupboards were two tins of fish, four years out of date. His benefits had been stopped… Continue reading
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Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom
Randy Credico’s ongoing series of interviews on the approaching extradition trial of Julian Assange in London, featuring regular updates from the Courage Foundation Continue reading
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IRR News (15 – 29 January 2020)
This week on IRR News, in another reminder that anti-racism is a necessary and indivisible practice, we continue to document in our regular calendar on racism and resistance disturbing incidents of physical violence against Jewish, Muslim, Black, LGBTQ targets. Our concern is that the kind of far-right provocations, that this week resulted in Britain First activists intimidating… Continue reading
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UK Came & Went, Leaving Europe in a Mess
As Great Britain returns to the uncertainties of the open sea, it leaves behind a European Union that is bureaucratically governed to serve the interests of financial capital, writes Diana Johnstone. Continue reading
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Grenfell Tower Fire: A Conspiracy to Hide the Truth from Thousands of Current Residents of 400 Existing Buildings
All polymer foams produced from isocyanate chemicals are fire-accelerants that will not only spread any fire within seconds of ignition but will also emit lethal hydrogen cyanide gas that can cause death within a few minutes. Continue reading
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The Holocaust, the BBC and antisemitism smears
Senior BBC news reporter Orla Guerin has found herself in hot water of an increasingly familiar kind. During a report on preparations for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp, she made a brief reference to Israel and an even briefer reference to the Palestinians. Her reporting coincided with… Continue reading
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The death of Errol Graham: Latest tragedy is linked to 10 years of DWP deaths
A disabled man who starved to death after his benefits were wrongly stopped is the latest in a long line of fatalities that can be linked to failings and deliberate policy decisions by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Continue reading
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