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Patient data from GP surgeries sold to US companies
7 December 2019 — The Guardian Dealings with international pharma raise new fears about American ambitions to access NHS Toby Helm Data about millions of NHS patients has been sold to US and other international pharmaceutical companies for research, the Observer has learned, raising new fears about America’s growing ambitions to access lucrative parts of… Continue reading
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Reddit Bans Users for Telling the Truth
Last week (November 27th), at a press conference, Jeremy Corbyn unveiled dozens of leaked documents. Documents showing that Boris Johnson – and the Tories in general – are lying when they say there are no plans to open up the NHS to US trade. Continue reading
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The Dirty War on the NHS: Save the Date: Online Cinema Screening on Mon 9 Dec
For those who cannot get to a cinema, we are organising an Online Cinema Screening on Monday 9 December between 6pm and 10pm. Tickets are £10. If you want to watch the film, click on the link below, buy your ticket, and on Monday you will be sent a link to the film and an access code. You… Continue reading
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Journalist Exposes BBC Propaganda in Ukraine, Crimea and Beyond
Independent journalist Graham Phillips gives a brief masterclass here, showing a few examples of blatant propaganda being produced by the BBC. As he points out, their reports are intended to deceive viewers by delivering an overtly anti-Russian, false portrayal of events being reported, normally devoid of any real context outside of the official western government-approved… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 5 December 2019
5 December 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Medical Doctors Protest Failure of UK Home Secretary to Act on Mr Julian Assange https://www.globalresearch.ca/medical-doctors-protest-failure-uk-home-secretary-julian-assange/5696778 Doctors condemn failure of British government to answer letter demanding medical care for Julian… Continue reading
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Influenced by corporate America: Adoption of dangerous social policies ‘destined to cause death’
This extract is the conclusion from the ‘Influences and Consequences’ report, which concludes research as conducted over the past ten years by disabled researcher Mo Stewart. The detailed and often disturbing research evidence exposes the human consequences of the adoption of neoliberal politics, together with American social and labour market policies, which guaranteed the creation… Continue reading
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We Asked NHS Doctors About the Trade Documents Corbyn Revealed
This week Corbyn revealed un-redacted trade documents detailing talks between the Conservative government and the Trump administration between 2016 – now. He argued they prove the NHS is indeed up for sale, contradicting Boris Johnson. We asked two medical doctors to explain the papers. Featuring Dr Rita Issa and Dr Timesh Pillay. Continue reading
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Who Gets to Speak for British Jews? How the Myth of ‘the Jewish Community’ Marginalises Dissent
The UK’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, caused yet another headache for Labour this week when he accused Jeremy Corbyn of allowing “a poison sanctioned from the top” to take root in the party. Although he didn’t explicitly tell people not to vote Labour, it was easy to read between the lines when Rabbi Mirvis mused,… Continue reading
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Follow the Leader: Conservative Candidates Failing to Attend Local Climate Hustings
Conservative Party candidates across the UK appear to be following their party leader by failing to participate in public debates on the climate crisis. Continue reading
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‘The Tories Pose an Immense Risk to Us and to All Minorities’: The Jewish Groups Campaigning for Corbyn
On Tuesday, the country’s chief Rabbi criticised Jeremy Corbyn on antisemitism, saying he had allowed “a poison sanctioned from the top” to take root in the party. Earlier this month, the UK’s oldest and largest Jewish newspaper, the Jewish Chronicle, published a front page editorial that asked non-Jews to do the same. Before this, in October,… Continue reading
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UK: Chief Rabbi Mirvis is helping stoke antisemitism
Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has not only misrepresented the known facts about Labour and its supposed antisemitism crisis. He has not only interfered in an overtly, politically partisan manner in the December 12 election campaign by suggesting that Jeremy Corbyn – against all evidence – is an antisemite. Continue reading
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Antisemitism claims have one goal: To stop Jeremy Corbyn winning power
A supposed antisemitism crisis in Britain’s Labour party since Jeremy Corbyn became leader has erupted back into the headlines. This time barely any effort has been made to conceal the fact that the accusations relate to the “danger” that Corbyn could soon win power, with Britain gearing up for a general election in less than… Continue reading
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‘Mr Assange could die in prison. There is no time to lose’
Julian Assange may be in real danger of dying in a UK prison, medics from across the world warned in an open letter. He may not even be fit to stand extradition trial, given the years of denial of proper healthcare. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 21-25 November 2019
25 November 2019 — The New Dark Age International Group Of Doctors Warns Assange Will “Die In Prison” Without Urgent Medical Care http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/8MS-ApLjKYM/international-group-of-doctors-warns-assange-will-die-in-prison-without-urgent-medical-care.html Chomsky: Prosecution of Assange Reflects “Extreme” Use of State Power https://truthout.org/audio/chomsky-prosecution-of-assange-reflects-extreme-use-of-state-power/ Continue reading
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The Lies About Assange Must Stop Now
Newspapers and other media in the United States, Britain and Australia have recently declared a passion for freedom of speech, especially their right to publish freely. They are worried by the “Assange effect”. It is as if the struggle of truth-tellers like Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning is now a warning to them: that the… Continue reading
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UK: Labour’s economic policy: the challenge ahead
Whatever government is formed in the UK after the 12 December election, it faces an immense challenge. The British economy is in a mess and its society is riven with division. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 20 November 2019
20 November 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Sweden Drops Investigation Into Julian Assange as US Extradition Looms http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ActivistPost/~3/R8FbAmcBlRo/sweden-drops-investigation-into-julian-assange-as-us-extradition-looms.html Collapse of Swedish “sexual misconduct” frame-up exposes political conspiracy against Assange http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/20/pers-n20.html Continue reading
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Julian Assange appears in court via video link: Legal rights denied by judge
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attended a procedural hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court in London via video link on Monday. He is required to appear before the court every 28 days in the run-up to US extradition hearings in February. Continue reading
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Is Corbyn a socialist and does it (no longer) matter if he isn’t?
Is this election different? Can we expect a Corbyn-led government to turn back the tide? Can we even expect an attempt at turning back the tide? Frankly, I don’t think we have much choice, after all, what else is there? The left, such as it is, is bankrupt and devoid of revolutionary ideas so the… Continue reading
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Anti-Semitism Bandwagon Resumes Against Corbyn
For a few months over the summer the British corporate media largely lost interest in smearing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-Semite. Maybe they had begun to worry that the constant drum-beat of the past three years was deadening the public’s sensitivity to such claims. Continue reading
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