Tag: current affairs – international

Proposal on Anthropocene as new chapter in Earth’s history will go no further

Scientists have voted against a proposal to declare a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene to reflect how profoundly human activity has altered the planet. By Katie Hunt, CNN The proposal was rejected by members of the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy, which is part of the International Union of Geological Sciences, according to three voting members of the… Read More Proposal on Anthropocene as new chapter in Earth’s history will go no further

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Palestine & the Commons: Or, Marx & the Musha’a

I believe that the musha’a (community-owned agricultural lands), like similar practices anywhere else in the world, can help us realize a world based on just conditions of mutuality, name it as is your wont: true communism, the cooperative commonwealth, the commons BY PETER LINEBAUGH In 1958 the assistant headmaster did the Bible reading at the morning assembly of the Karachi… Read More Palestine & the Commons: Or, Marx & the Musha’a

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British Government’s Ministry of Truth Exposed

Secretive Whitehall units have been monitoring government critics’ speech online – including MPs, academics, journalists, human rights campaigners and the public – under the guise of combatting ‘disinformation’. Our report, Ministry of Truth: the secretive government units spying on your speech, revealed for the first time the truth behind the government’s five anti-fake news units and… Read More British Government’s Ministry of Truth Exposed

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Expansion of UK Investigatory Law to Force Tech Companies Into ‘Surveillance State’

By Oleg Burunov – Sputnik – 03.01.2024 King Charles III announced No.10’s decision to expand the powers of the 2016 Investigatory Powers Act last year, adding that threats to national security are currently “changing rapidly due to new technology.” The UK government’s drive to update the country’s controversial Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) is prompting “a fresh outcry”… Read More Expansion of UK Investigatory Law to Force Tech Companies Into ‘Surveillance State’

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CIA behind Ukrainian disaster

By Lucas Leiroz | February 29, 2024 The disastrous actions of American intelligence in Ukraine have been a fact known by analysts since the beginning of the conflict. However, now the Americans themselves are admitting this. Being deceived by Russian pranksters, US mercenaries commented on the CIA’s tactical errors in Ukraine and how […] The… Read More CIA behind Ukrainian disaster

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Protests descending into mob rule, British PM Rishi Sunak warns police

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned police chiefs of a “growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule”. He wants more robust police responses that he says are needed to protect politicians and democratic processes. This includes an “immediate response” from police to intimidatory protest at MPs’ homes. But human rights group Amnesty International… Read More Protests descending into mob rule, British PM Rishi Sunak warns police

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In a dark world, a light is held by those who make it harder for the powerful to lie

Journalists like Ravish Kumar battle hostile forces so that facts find a way to survive. With each new threat to our democracy, I cherish them all the more Zoe Williams In the summer, my friend Jess Search died after a short and vicious illness. She made documentaries, but people always eschewed words such as “producer” or “exec”… Read More In a dark world, a light is held by those who make it harder for the powerful to lie

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If Biden loses in November, don’t blame voters who are angry over Gaza

There is not a single university left. The health system has basically collapsed. 1.9 million people have been forcibly displaced. The UN has said 100,000 people in Gaza have been killed, injured, or are missing. And Biden seems to think so little of the devastation that he seems to think it is appropriate to weigh in on a ceasefire while… Read More If Biden loses in November, don’t blame voters who are angry over Gaza

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The Prophecies of Malcolm X: Zionism Is a New Kind of Colonialism

By Sam Husseini / Substack I doubt it’s a coincidence that Malcolm — born 99 years ago this year and assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965 — was a model for the martyred Palestinian writer Refaat Alareer. Indeed, at a talk in 2012, Alareer would recall his introduction to Malcolm: “I was teaching a course, and there was an amazing… Read More The Prophecies of Malcolm X: Zionism Is a New Kind of Colonialism

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Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says

Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri says denial of food is war crime and constitutes ‘a situation of genocide’ Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians and should be held accountable for war crimes – and genocide, according to the UN’s leading expert on the right to food. Hunger and severe malnutrition… Read More Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says

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