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

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’

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

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

Political Resolution of the Annual Convention of the Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan, Delhi, March 1992

First posted July 17, 2013 Political Resolution of the Annual Convention of the Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan, (Movement Against Communalism) Delhi, March 1992 NB –This document is being placed in the public domain as a beginning to an archive. The SVA was an anti-communal civic campaign floated by concerned citizens  in the post 1984 period. It carried on… Read More Political Resolution of the Annual Convention of the Sampradayikta Virodhi Andolan, Delhi, March 1992

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

Brian Victoria: The Zen of Hitler Jugend

First posted February 11, 2016 NB: The paragraphs on ‘national religion’ (highlighted in red) in the first-person account below, are particularly significant for the argument that fascism is a form of right-wing atheism – especially given the contemporary emergence of the Nation as a substitute for God: DS The Tripartite Pact linking Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and… Read More Brian Victoria: The Zen of Hitler Jugend

Labour’s libel

Historical significance of the battle over the SNP’s motion was Labour’s willingness to dog whistle about British Muslims, to insinuate that pro-Palestinian activist posed a violent threat to its MPs Mukul Kesavan Last week, there was a procedural wrangle in the House of Commons over a motion asking for a ceasefire in Gaza sponsored by… Read More Labour’s libel

‘Won’t Exchange My Dignity’: Brazil Leader’s Fiery Anti-Israel Speech On Gaza ‘Genocide’

Brazilian President once again has labelled Israel’s military offensive in Gaza as a “genocide”. He emphasised the severity of the raging Gaza war and its devastating impact on Palestinians. Lula Da Silva also called for a “free and sovereign Palestinian state” amid the raging war. The remarks comes amid a diplomatic row between Israel &… Read More ‘Won’t Exchange My Dignity’: Brazil Leader’s Fiery Anti-Israel Speech On Gaza ‘Genocide’