Category: Analysis
Twitter Rejects ‘State Media,’ Except When It Doesn’t
23 August 2019|By Any Means NECESSARY,Sputnik Radio|Mohamed Elmaazi
The Interregnum’s Editor-in-Chief Mohamed Elmaazi joined Eugene Pryer and Sean Blackmon on By Any Means Necessary to discuss his latest article regarding social media censorship, Twitter’s new policy rejecting ads from what it terms ‘state media’, how the the platform selectively uses that term to deprioritise platforms who go against status quo media narratives, the influence of pro-western media groups and the geopolitical implications of the move.
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The Johnson Government: Working for the Brexit Clampdown
19 August 2019|Liverpool John Moores University/The Open University|Joe Sim and Steve Tombs
Boris Johnson announced a plan to increase police numbers by 20,000 and his right wing-government increases its clampdown on diaspora communities and the working class. Meanwhile the Labour Party’s response is at best muted and at worst complicity, write Professors Joe Sim and Steve Tombs. The two professors deconstruct how government policies have been dismantling the very types of programmes which might reduce crime and social conflict, while simultaneously increasing the punitive and disciplinary arm of the state.
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Former US colonel blasts end of nuclear treaty as ‘extremely dangerous’
9 August 2019|The Canary| Mohamed Elmaazi
The US withdrawal from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty with Russia has brought the world closer to nuclear war, say scientists. And while the evidence suggests that Russia has been violating the INF Treaty, a retired US military Colonel informed the author both US and Russia share the blame for end of this agreement – with Washington responsible for the greatest share.
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The disturbing reality behind why the US really nuked Japan 74 years ago – twice
7 August 2019|The INTERREGNUM/THE CANARY|Mohamed Elmaazi
It is still believed, by some, that the US nuked Japan to avoid the mass casualties that would otherwise have resulted in their attempt to forcibly take over the island. Part of this mythos is that the Japanese refused to surrender until the second atomic bomb was dropped. But the truth, which has long been known by historians, is far more dark and tragic.
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(VIDEO) Supporters of Chris Williamson MP Demonstrate Outside of Labour HQ and Denounce Antisemitism WitchHunt
11 July 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
Men and women from different backgrounds came to Labour Party HQ on 9 July to show their support for and solidarity with Chris Williamson MP who was suspended, from the Labour Party, then unsuspended following a three person disciplinary hearing, only to be re-suspended following outcry from the right-wing of the Parliamentary Labour Party. The demonstration was held while a decision was being made by the National Executive Committee as to whether they should accept the disciplinary panel’s decision or reject it and send the case to another panel re-consider the case.
CrowdStrikeOut: Mueller’s Own Report Undercuts Its Core Russia-Meddling Claims
5 July 2019|Real Clear Investigations|Aaron Maté
Award winning journalist Aaron Mate separates fact from fiction, from unknown, in this in depth analysis and breakdown of Russiagate and the report of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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Conviction of John Letts and Sally Lane exposes “absurdity” of UK terror laws and complicity of the Active Change Foundation
03 July 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
The British state has secured a ‘terror’ conviction against two parents for sending £223 to their son in Syria, intended to help bring him home to the UK. Human rights group CAGE lashed out at the ‘absurdity’ of terror laws which require no evidence of actual terrorism, as well as the role that the government-funded Active Change Foundation appears to have played in the conviction.
Death toll of Western-backed war on Yemen exceeds 90,000, says new data
19 June 219|The Canary|Mohamed Elmaazi
New data analysis by conflict monitoring group ACLED has led them to conclude that at least 91,600 Yemeni men, women and children have been killed by the US/UK backed war on Yemen. But even that figure may ultimately prove to be very much an underestimate.
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