Friday, 10 June 2022 — HART
The greatest policy failure in modern history
Professor Marilyn James, Professor of Health Economics, Professor David Paton, Professor of Industrial Economics-
No comments on Lockdowns: the evidence revisited
Lockdowns: the evidence revisited
Professor Marilyn James, Professor of Health Economics, Professor David Paton, Professor of Industrial Economics“It is possible that lockdown will go down as one of the greatest peacetime policy failures in modern history”
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‘Another Dark Day’: UK Government Approves Assange’s Extradition To United States
Friday, 17 June 2022 — The Dissenter
By Kevin Gosztola
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel (UK Government photo covered by fair use for news and commentary)This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become a monthly subscriber to help us continue our independent journalism.
United Kingdom Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States.
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The Puerto Ricans coming up with solutions in the face of crisis
Thursday, 16 June 2022 — Youtube
This is the story of one community group in Las Marías, Puerto Rico coming up with solutions for food and water security, safe and affordable housing, taking care of the elderly and teaching the youth.
You can find and support @Plenitud PR at https://www.plenitudpr.org/
The music in this video is from @Los Pleneros de la Cresta Find them here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1uZVx…
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A Warm Welcome to War Criminals?
Wednesday, 15 June 2022 — The van says…
Von der Leyen and Zelenskiy may stand together, but would the European electorate stand for Ukrainian criminals being admitted into the European Union?Preamble
The Kiev regime has been attacking the civilians of the Donbass Republics since 2014, yet the last few weeks have seen a huge uptick in attacks at the same time as certain western nations wish to accelerate the Ukraine’s accession to the EU. This article will examine how a nation led by savages is being eased into the Western European fold.
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China doubles down on vision with Russia
Thursday, 16 June 2022– Indian Punchline
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Beijing, February 4, 2022The most animating template of the West’s “information war” lately against Russia is, perhaps, its distorted projection of the China-Russia relationship in the context of the Ukraine crisis. This dubious enterprise has practical implications for the “endgame” in Ukraine, the West’s efforts to “erase” Russia and the US’ struggle with China — above all, it is fraught with consequences for the emerging world order.
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The Mainstream Worldview Is Self-Evidently Bullshit: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Friday, 17 June 2022 — Caitlin Johnstone
Listen to a reading of this article:
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They’ve lied about every war, and they’ve openly acknowledged lying about this very war, but you’re a Kremlin agent if you say they’re lying to us about this war.
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Dystopian Farm: the UK dairy industry & its technofixes
Thursday, 16 June 2022 — Corporate Watch
As the bill on gene-edited food goes through parliament, Corporate Watch takes a look at the dystopian technologies in the UK dairy industry and on the horizon.
In a new report, we explore the changing context – from the decline in milk consumption and the impact of Brexit, to the rise of the megadairies.
And we examine the technofixes being sold in the perpetual quest for productivity and profit, with mini-profiles on leading companies in each area. These include robotised milking systems, gene editing, ‘robot ready’ cows, low-emission cows, shock collars, and more.
Plus info on alternatives to the Dystopian Farm, and paths for resistance.
Find out more here: https://corporatewatch.org/dystopian-farm-the-uk-dairy-industry-its-technofixes/
If you don’t have time to read the full article, why not check out our interactive infographic here: https://corporatewatch.org/D3/Cow
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The Lethality of Washington’s Global Monroe Doctrine: The Twenty-Fourth Newsletter (2022)
Thursday, 16 June 2022 — The Tricontinental
LeRoy Clarke (Trinidad and Tobago), Now, 1970.Dear friends,
Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
This past week, as part of its policy to dominate the American hemisphere, the United States government organised the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. US President Joe Biden made it clear early on that three countries in the hemisphere (Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela) would not be invited to the event, claiming that they are not democracies. At the same time, Biden was reportedly planning an upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia – a self-described theocracy. Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador questioned the legitimacy of Biden’s exclusionary stance, and so Mexico, Bolivia, and Honduras refused to come to the event. As it turned out, the summit was a fiasco.
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Black Agenda Report 15 June 2022
Thursday, 15 June 2022 — Black Agenda Report
The Problem with Juneteenth
Margaret Kimberley
Juneteenth was a people’s holiday with deep meaning for the descendants of enslaved people. But the declaration of an official federal holiday has turned it into an opportunity for corporate exploiters and cynical politicians to show pretend concern for Black people. At best Juneteenth provides a history lesson and an opportunity for much needed political education.EXCERPT: On the Pan-American Congress, José Martí, 1889
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
José Martí’s account of the 1889 Pan-American Congress offers lessons for last week’s failed Summit of the Americas.
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The ‘New G8’ Meets China’s ‘Three Rings’
Wednesday, 15 June 2022 — SCO
Pepe Escobar
The coming of the new G8 points to the inevitable advent of BRICS +, one of the key themes to be discussed in the upcoming BRICS summit in China.
The speaker of the Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, may have created the defining acronym for the emerging multipolar world: “the new G8”.
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WATCH: 1976 and 2015: Vital turns towards true freedom
Thursday, 16 June 2022 — New Frame
The uprisings of 1976 and the Fees Must Fall protests of 2015, almost 40 years later, were important turns in the continuing fight for the true emancipation of a majority of South Africans.
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Journalist: Cebelihle Mbuyisa
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Journalist: Zandile Bangani
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Producer: Dara Kell
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Videographer: ANDYMKOSI
Even though the 1994 settlement was an important political moment, it did not do much to dismantle the systems that propped up both colonialism and apartheid. The security apparatus, for example, still exists to exert control, to protect power, to protect capital. And the path to a better life for many of the country’s people is full of obstacles, many of which are structural. These are systems that were designed to benefit a few. That pattern remains. Until such systems are removed, South Africa will know no progress or equity.
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Has Russia turned the Western alliance into an unstoppable behemoth?
Thursday, 16 June 2022 — Quid Est Veritas
Let’s consider the differences in Grand Strategy that play into tactical prowess
In the Western corporate media, you often hear of Russian casualties and destruction and how many economic benefits Russians are deprived of as a result of the military operation in Ukraine. They speak of Russian “isolation” and how much that isolation supposedly costs Russia and her people, even to the point of predicting that the Russian government would topple under the weight of sanctions. You hear about how much Russia has lost in this period of history, as Western leaders, from President Biden to Ursula von der Leyen, attempt to portray the policies of the West as imposing supreme costs upon the Russian state. Yet do we consider the opposite? Do we consider how Russia is benefitting militarily from the conflict? Do we consider how much the Russian economy is growing in importance while ours wavers from self-imposed wounds? Dare we say, even, that Russia could even win an expanded conflict with the Western alliance? Let’s consider how differences in grand strategy yield surprising results.
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Ukraine News Links 15-16 June 2022
Thursday, 16 June 2022 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular and some links may not work, depending on your location but I’ve kept them anyway, so at least the reader has some idea of the scale of censorship now operating in the ‘democratic’ West.
U.S & UK Announce Aim To Create New Anti-Russia Military Alliance
https://orientalreview.org/2022/06/16/u-s-uk-announce-aim-to-create-new-anti-russia-military-alliance/Killing Palestinian Journalists and The Silence of Israeli Apartheid
https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/06/killing-palestinian-journalists-and-the-silence-of-israeli-apartheid/Market God + Private Profits = Public Loss
http://legalienate.blogspot.com/2022/06/market-god-private-profits-public-loss.html
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The Trend Toward a Multipolar World is Defined by Class Struggle
Wednesday, 15 June 2022 — The Chronicles of Haiphong
The emerging multipolar world is the result of struggles for national sovereignty and self-determination, which are connected with the world wide class struggle.
Danny Haiphong
These edited remarks were given by the author at an event held on June 11th by Friends of Socialist China titled The Empire Strikes Back: Imperialism’s Global War on Multipolarity. They were originally published in the Black Agenda Report and the full event can be viewed here.
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A Week in View
Monday, 13 June 2022 — The van says…
As sad as this may look, the Ukrainian soldiers (not nazis) who surrender to Russian forces are the most fortunate in a rapidly-declining situationPreamble
The last few days have seen no real breakthroughs in the Ukrainian conflict, yet with Russia not planning that there would be, this comes as no surprise. There are however enough other matters to give us an idea of what the future may bring.
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Ukraine News Links 14-15 June 2022
Wednesday, 15 June 2022 • 19:00 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back. If it gets updated, I usually insert the time on the line above. A lot of cross-posting usually indicates that the article is popular and some links may not work, depending on your location but I’ve kept them anyway, so at least the reader has some idea of the scale of censorship now operating in the ‘democratic’ West.
A Warm Welcome to War Criminals?
https://williambowles.info/2022/06/15/a-warm-welcome-to-war-criminals/Global nuclear weapons spending calculated
https://www.rt.com/news/557226-global-nuclear-weapon-spending/China pledges support for Russia
https://www.rt.com/news/557220-china-russia-cooperation-security-issues/
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A Warm Welcome to War Criminals?
Wednesday, 15 June 2022 — The van says…
Von der Leyen and Zelenskiy may stand together, but would the European electorate stand for Ukrainian criminals being admitted into the European Union?Preamble.
The Kiev regime has been attacking the civilians of the Donbass Republics since 2014, yet the last few weeks have seen a huge uptick in attacks at the same time as certain western nations wish to accelerate the Ukraine’s accession to the EU. This article will examine how a nation led by savages is being eased into the Western European fold.
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NATO runs into multipolar world order
Wednesday, 15 June 2022 — Indian Punchline
Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and Prime Minister of Sweden, Magdalena Andersson (R), June 13, 2022Germans say the moment of truth for most children comes at the end of Grade 4 when primary education ends in Grundschule. By that reckoning, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) at 73 is in “second childishness and mere oblivion / Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything” — to borrow from Jaques’ famous soliloquy in Shakespeare’s As you Like It.
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Ukraine – Killing Surrendering Soldiers, Shelling Civilians
Tuesday, 14 June 2022 — Moon of Alabama
At 8:30 UTC today I checked the priorities of the day on major U.S. news websites.
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- On the New York Times homepage the word “Trump” appeared 10 times, “Ukraine” appeared 5 times.
- On the Washington Post homepage the word “Trump” appeared 12 times, “Ukraine” appeared 5 times.
- On the Wall Street Journal homepage the word “Trump” appeared 9 times, “Ukraine” appeared 3 times.
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