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Scientists and public health officials didn't do a great job of explaining Covid vaccine efficacy. Laziness? Arrognace? Obfusction?

The former Chief Prosecutor who brought the Rochdale 'grooming gang' to justice believes the Home Secretary's rhetoric will have real life consequences

Galbraith debunks conventional wisdom on sanctions against Russia.

Data about who holds CRE loans is incomplete, but more is owned by investors than the media generally acknowledges.

“This court should invalidate mandatory disclosure and reporting requirements,” wrote Clarence Thomas, who did not disclose years of gifts from a billionaire.

By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Holidays in my childhood were spent at my grandparents’ farm in Plain Grove, Pennsylvania, 35 miles from East Palestine, Ohio. My grandfather’s grandfather fought at Gettysburg and homesteaded the 160-acre farm after the Civil War. My grandmother sold it in the 1960s for $13,000, lacking a male heir […]

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Sanctions on Russia are isomorphic to a strict policy of trade protection, industrial policy, and capital controls.

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The surprise OPEC+ reduction consolidates the Saudi-Russian energy alliance, by aligning their production levels and placing them on equal footing. It is a slap in the face for the US.

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By Norman Solomon / CounterPunch In just a few words — “those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future” — George Orwell summed up why narratives about history can be crucial. And so, ever since the final helicopter liftoff from the U.S. Embassy’s roof in Saigon […]

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U.S. trained officers in Africa have attempted at least nine coups on the continent since 2008.

The post U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts Destabilizing African Nations appeared first on The Intercept.

Seasons pass in Montreal as a young man tries to navigate his life after being cast out by his family for being gay

- by Psyche Film

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Perplexed? Embrace it! Confusion is a sign of learning, but the key is finding the sweet spot of productive confusion

- by Juliette Vazard

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From Forever War to Eternal War.

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You can be so much more than a well-informed consumer: it is in your (and our) power to change society from the ground up

- by Jon Alexander

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In my latest column for UnHerd I chart the rise of private military and security companies (PMSCs) — the modern version of mercenarism. There’s much talk these days about the infamous Wagner Group, Putin’s “private army” that is playing a leading role in Ukraine. But Wagner is just the tip of the iceberg. The corporate security and military industry …

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It’s been 75 years since the signing into law of the Marshall Plan, which laid the groundwork for a mutually beneficial North Atlantic alliance that offered Europe several decades of economic prosperity and military security. Today, that world no longer exists. Indeed, the contrast between the Marshall Plan and America’s approach to Europe today couldn’t …

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I’ve got a new piece up at UnHerd about the way in which small/medium farmers across the world are being forced to shut down in the name of “sustainability”, to the benefit of Big Agro and the world’s food oligarchs — and the catastrophic consequences this could have at a time when the world is already facing a food …

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During his recent visit to Moscow, Xi Jinping reaffirmed the two countries’ strong ties and emphasised that Russia has not been isolated by the global community. Indeed, China isn’t the only country Russia has strengthened ties with since the start of the conflict. Despite the West’s attempts to “globalise” the conflict, only 33 nations — …

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Briefing for MPs on Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill. Published by Open Rights, a non-profit company limited by Guarantee, registered in Englandand Wales no. 05581537. The Society of Authors, 24 Bedford Row, London, WC1R 4EH. (CC BY-SA 3.0). For further information please contact Mariano Delli Santi or Abigail Burke. DATA BILL WILL […]

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