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Our Economic System Fuels Outbreaks, Says Evolutionary Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic
14 May 2020|Sputnik|Mohamed Elmaazi
Mass deforestation, industrialised animal agriculture and reductions in biodiversity are among a number of factors which increase the likelihood of the emergence and spread of dangerous pathogens such as the coronavirus disease 2019, explains scientist Dr Rob Wallace in an exclusive interview.
NHS Data is At Risk From For-Profit Surveillance and Data Analysis Firms, Says medConfidential
13 May 2020|Sputnik UK|Mohamed Elmaazi
Public confidence in the NHS and the security of patient information is at risk as a result of data processing contracts being awarded to tech firms with a history of targeting critics of business interests and collaborating with immigration enforcement, rights groups claim.
BBC Confirms its licence has not been revoked in Bolivia, unlike teleSUR’s
27 November 2019|Mohamed Elmaazi
While news outlets which have reported critically of the ongoing coup in Boliva have been targeted by the coup government and its supporters, the BBC, which is seen as more sympathetic to coup, remains unscathed for now.
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US desire to remain a superpower ended key nuclear treaty, and may lead to war with China
24 August 2019|The Canary|Mohamed Elmaazi
The US withdrawal from another key nuclear weapons agreement with Russia should be understood in the wider context of US attempts to contain the rise of China. An objective which experts say may ultimately lead to war.
It’s all going pear-shaped
24 August 2019|The Interregnum|Michael Roberts
Long time City economist Michael Roberts writes that the decline in the rate of profitability in the US economy (as well as others) is leading to a recession. Roberts, using a Marxist critique, argues that Keynesian, Post-Keynesian, and Modern Monetary Theorists – while well meaning – are incorrect in their belief that a government-backed stimulus will either prevent a recession, or result in recovery from one.
The week Trump’s megalomania reached its peak
23 August 2019|The Interregnum|Peter Bolton
As the US economy shows signs of falling into a recession, Donald Trump shows signs of becoming increasingly unhinged. In examining his broken promises and unstable manner Peter Bolton details a man consumed with self-love and self-doubt. Meanwhile, Bolton argued, self-proclaimed democratic socialist Bernie Sanders offers the only meaningful alternative to Trumpism in the Democratic Part primaries.
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Biden’s Complicity in Obama’s Toxic Legacy
22 August 2019|The Interregnum|Peter Bolton
Polls show former Vice President Joe Biden as the front runner in the US Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential primary contest. At this stage it may simply be down to his association with former US President Barack Obama, who still enjoys relatively high popularity. In part, Biden is running on continuing Obama’s legacy. However, writes Peter Bolton, both Obama and Biden’s legacy was far more destructive than what many seem to want to admit.
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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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