Update: former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he will attend this event, shortly after his return from Washington DC for the pro-Assange ‘Belmarsh Tribunal’ event. Skwawkbox will be live-streaming ‘Secret Power, Media Freedom and Democracy’ on Saturday 28 January from 4pm, featuring Craig Murray, Stefania Maurizi, Jonathan Cook and Iain Overton and chaired by […]
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If this president didn’t know he was in possession of classified documents, in some cases for more than a decade, he simply is not qualified to hold any public office allowing him such access.
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Hinduja Global increases pay offer from 3.5% to over 10% Members of the PCS civil service union have won a major victory, securing a pay rise of more than ten percent in place of Hinduja Global’s original 3.5% offer, after a lengthy battle. PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka welcomed the win and paid tribute to […]
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost It took almost 10 years of teaching before I finally grasped the extent to which secondary American history textbooks fostered misunderstanding and confusion. The depth of the problem became apparent following class discussions of a 12-page reading assignment on the “Origins of the Cold War.” When I made […]
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Simon Thompson recalled by parliamentary committee to answer for alleged false claims The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has spoken out about the decision of a committee of MPs to recall Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson to Parliament to answer for allegedly misleading in his answers to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee alongside […]
News presenter claims she was being ‘impartial’ Channel 4 presenter Cathy Newman has failed to apologise after falsely tarring Jeremy Corbyn with the same tax-avoiding brush as Tory front-bencher Nadhim Zahawi. Speaking to right-wing Labour MP Chris Bryant, Newman claimed that Corbyn had been fined for late payment of his taxes, like Zahawi: But in […]
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Somewhere between the first and second times I heard someone say “weaponize,” this term and its derivatives—“weaponizing,” “weaponization,” and so on—began to repel me. It was the crudity of it, or the way it served as an accusatory dismissal, like “conspiracy theory.” Assert that someone has weaponized a […]
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‘Ruthless’ general secretary’s push to take control of union’s executive council marked by allegations of breaches and bending of ‘rule 6’ eligibility requirement by union Allegations of ‘contrived’ and even rule-breaking eligibility, for supporters of Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, in the union’s executive council (EC) elections have multiplied since Skwawkbox broke the news of […]
The rupture of social bonds and loss of community, caused by the decades-long assault on the poor and working class and the ravages of the pandemic, have resulted in a dangerous social isolation.
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