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Is Johnson really going to ‘rein in’ NHS privatisation? Don’t you believe it!
The end of NHS privatisation would appear – once again – to have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, things could be about to get considerably worse… Continue reading
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The Art of Doublespeak: Bellingcat and Mind Control
In the 1920s, the influential American intellectual Walter Lippman argued that the average person was incapable of seeing or understanding the world clearly and needed to be guided by experts behind the social curtain. In a number of books he laid out the theoretical foundations for the practical work of Edward Bernays, who developed “public relations”… Continue reading
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Jeremy Corbyn News Links 12 December 2019
12 December 2019 — The New Dark Age The British establishment is very afraid of a Corbyn victory The negative media barrage on Corbyn and Labour in the UK has been incessant but if Corbyn were to succeed it would be a major boost to the Sanders campaign in the U.S. The vilification of Jeremy… Continue reading
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The Largest Vote Swings in British General Election History Censored Out By the BBC and Mainstream Media
This election is seeing the largest vote swings in British political history. But that truth has been hidden by the largest media distortion in British political history. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 11 December 2019
11 December 2019 — The New Dark Age For the sake of press freedom, Julian Assange must be defended We wrote President Barack Obama and his attorney general, Eric Holder, urging them not to prosecute Julian Assange. The Australian hacker and … Julian Assange: A Court of Star Chamber — cruelty beyond belief Publisher, whistleblower, journalist Julian Assange has been… Continue reading
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US & UK Military-Intelligence Apparatus Deploy Media Smears Against Corbyn
The popular socialist leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, could be on the verge of becoming prime minister of the United Kingdom. And the mere possibility is terrifying British intelligence services and the U.S. government. Continue reading
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The Dirty War on the NHS
I saw this film last night at a one-off screening in Derby. It’s all you’d expect of a John Pilger documentary. Polished and professional? Well of course, but more importantly: Hard hitting, its straight-from-the shoulder interrogations of power a far cry from the posturing of mainstream interviewers who, doubtless in all sincerity – albeit of… Continue reading
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10 Reasons to be Cheerful on Election Eve
11 December 2019 — Off Guardian W Stephen Gilbert In what they keep calling “the most unpredictable election of recent times”, the pundits report a continuing Tory lead in the opinion polls, indicating that Boris Johnson will have a majority in the House. Let’s just remember that, throughout this century, the polls have almost always… Continue reading
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UK: Fake News and the “Punch” that never happened What one media lie tells us about the way our “news” works
Yesterday the Health Secretary Matt Hancock went to Leeds to visit a struggling NHS hospital. It was a PR stunt designed to make the Tories look pro-active in the face of a late-campaign PR disaster. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 6-9 December 2019
10 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 Newsweek Journo Quits After Editors Kills Report On Syria Chemical Attack Scandal https://www.mintpressnews.com/newsweek-tareq-haddad-quits-syria-douma-opcw/263292/ Question for Kirbymoorside UK Hustings Meeting: Would you stand up for Julian Assange? https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/question-for-kirbymoorside-uk-hustings-meeting-would-you-stand-up-for-julian-assange99425/ Continue reading
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Workshop on Northern Ireland: The legacy of collusion
THE LEGACY OF COLLUSION On 20 November 2019 the Presiding Coroner for Northern Ireland, the Honourable Mrs Justice Keegan, set a timetable to hear the 71 outstanding Legacy Inquests into killings that date back as far as the 1970s over the next five years. At the same time, there are a number of related on-going… Continue reading
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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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