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Metropolitan Police impose London-wide ban on Extinction Rebellion protests as arrests top 1,500 By Chris Marsden
Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists yesterday defied a London-wide ban on protests by the Metropolitan Police (Met). The basis cited for the ban Monday evening was a revised Section 14 order, of the Public Order Act, stipulating that by 9:00 p.m., “any assembly linked to the Extinction Rebellion ‘autumn uprising’…must now cease their protests within London.” Continue reading
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5G Cell Phone Electromagnetic Radiation: Devastating Worldwide Health Impacts
The UK EM Radiation Research Trust (RRT) charity was established in 2003. We are leading supporters of the precautionary approach to electromagnetic radiation. The aim of the charity is to provide the facts about electromagnetic-radiation and our health to the public, media and officials. The RRT is supported by independent scientists throughout the world and… Continue reading
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Brexit News Links 16 October 2019
16 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Brexit: Talks enter last day before crunch EU summit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50063022 News Daily: Brexit talks and Harry Dunn parents’ meeting https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50006948 Continue reading
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The truth about immunity in the Sacoolas case over Harry Dunn’s death
Robert Woodward – TruePublica: The mainstream media have colluded with the state to cover up what really happened over the death of Harry Dunn by the American wife of a so-called diplomat driving on the wrong side of the road. Continue reading
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UK: Factional warfare in Corbyn leadership after McDonnell allies with Blairites over Brexit By Chris Marsden
The Sunday Times describes McDonnell as Labour’s “leader in all but name,” having “assumed control of the party amid claims that Jeremy Corbyn is preparing to step down.” This includes being “in daily charge of the Labour operation as the party moves to an election footing,” launching “his own policy platform” and drawing up “a… Continue reading
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M.I.A. visits Julian Assange in prison: “It’s about truth—and that’s something people have to uphold and fight for” By Laura Tiernan
Singer and rap artist M.I.A. visited Julian Assange at Belmarsh Prison on Saturday, calling for his freedom. The WikiLeaks publisher and journalist faces extradition to the United States under the Espionage Act, with charges that carry a 175-year prison term. Continue reading
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Brexit News Links 13 October 2019
13 October 2019 • 11:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Brexit: Boris Johnson to update cabinet on deal talks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50032500 Brexit plans centre stage in Queen’s Speech https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50029325 Continue reading
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UK: ARE YOU BEING STOPPED AND SEARCHED?
ARE YOU BEING STOPPED AND SEARCHED? – Ask ‘Am I being detained or am I free to leave?’ IF you are told you are detained, this means you are being stopped and searched. OTHERWISE, you are able to walk away. Continue reading
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The Foreign Office Must Be Challenged Over Sacoolas’ Immunity
The government has stepped up its lies about immunity in the Sacoolas case to a breathtaking degree. I genuinely am astounded by the sheer audacity of the lies now being told, including a staggeringly mendacious FCO-briefed BBC article yesterday stating that “23,000 individuals in the UK have diplomatic immunity” and that it extends to “drivers… Continue reading
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Six months since the brutal arrest of WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange
Yesterday marked six months since WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange was expelled from Ecuador’s London embassy and arrested by the British police. The sight of a persecuted journalist being manhandled by five burly police in the capital of a supposedly democratic country shocked millions of people around the world. Continue reading
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Devonshire, UK Halts The Installation of 5G Over Serious Health Concerns
The Facts: Volumes of credible scientific data warn us about the dangers of 5G frequencies, and in pockets here and there people are starting to respond to these threats to our health and safety. Continue reading
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US protects NSA spy’s wife wanted in UK over teenager’s death By Laura Tiernan
The Trump administration is refusing to waive immunity for the wife of a senior US spy, who fled the UK after she was involved in a head-on collision more than a month ago that killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn. Continue reading
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Hundreds of Extinction Rebellion protesters arrested in central London By Steve James
The number of arrests of Extinction Rebellion (XR) climate protestors in London topped 500 yesterday, in a naked display of state repression designed to intimidate and silence political and social opposition among much broader layers. Continue reading
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Brexit: Boris Johnson moves to scrap environment safeguards to get deal with Trump
When Boris Johnson used his first three speeches as UK Prime Minister to flag up his desire to “liberate” GMOs as part of Brexit, we warned that this meant his priority was doing a trade deal with Donald Trump at any cost. Johnson, we said, was “simply dancing, puppet-like, to Trump’s tune”. Continue reading
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Brexit News Links 8 October 2019
8 October 2019 • 18:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Brexit: Boris Johnson Moves to Scrap Environment and GMO Safeguards to Get Deal with Trump https://www.globalresearch.ca/brexit-boris-johnson-moves-to-scrap-environment-and-gmo-safeguards-to-get-deal-with-trump/5691400 Johnson’s Government Now Resorts to Threatening EU27 – Diplomatic Fallout Next?… Continue reading
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Jonathan Sacoolas Is Not, and Has Never Been, a Diplomat
There is no Jonathan Sacoolas on the official Diplomatic list. Neither Sacoolas nor his wife has any right to claim diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Convention. Continue reading
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Boris Johnson’s Arcuri scandal deepens
On the 3rd October, a media bidding war was underway for the exclusive rights to a tell-all interview with the US businesswoman at the centre of a conflict of interest row involving Boris Johnson. Continue reading
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Britain’s Unconvicted Prisoner: Keeping Assange on Lockdown for Neocons in Washington
This article is a second piece focusing on Belmarsh prison, where the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, continues to be arbitrarily detained by the British government. The first part showed how Belmarsh prison has been systematically denying Assange access to justice by restricting all the means through which he could prepare his defence; access to… Continue reading
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The truth about Brexit medicine shortages
Last week, TruePublica published an article entitled – The list of Medicines affected by no-deal Brexit, which was read by over 40,000 readers in 24 hours. We decided not to make an issue of the story and simply published the most comprehensive list of medicines either in short supply, expected to be in short supply… Continue reading
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“Julian has reached a point where he may die”—Assange’s father John Shipton speaks with the WSWS
On Thursday the WSWS met John Shipton, Julian Assange’s father, in Berlin to talk about the condition of his son’s jailing in the maximum security Belmarsh Prison in London. The day before Shipton had given a press conference and addressed the weekly “Candles 4 Assange” rally in Berlin, to inform the public about his son’s… Continue reading
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