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We can’t ignore the media bias against Jeremy Corbyn anymore
In many democracies across the world new political leaders get a so-called honeymoon period. As our analysis of the journalistic representation of Jeremy Corbyn’s first two months as party leader in eight national newspapers demonstrates, this did not a ...[Read more]
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Hundreds died in Rohingya camps on Thai-Malaysia border
re details have emerged about Thailand’s ugly trade in people now that a marathon trial has ended in Bangkok with 62 people convicted of human trafficking and other serious crimes. Camps set up by traffickers in the jungle on the Thai-Malaysian border t ...[Read more]
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Journalist Interrogated, Fired For Story Linking CIA And Syria Weapons Flights
An international journalist was interrogated by Bulgarian authorities and fired from her job after publishing leaked documents exposing "Silk Way Airlines" as a weapons transport service for jihadists in Syria and which involved the CIA. ...[Read more]
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Labour takes aim at tax havens as £13TRILLION of UK firms’ assets squirrelled away offshore
A mind-boggling £13trillion of assets in major firms who do business in the UK are squirrelled away in tax havens abroad says Labour. And Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell will tomorrow tell the BBC’s Andrew Marr how Chancellor Philip Hammond could grab ...[Read more]
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Slouching Towards Neofeudalism
eofeudalism is a concept in which government policies are designed to systematically increase the wealth gap between rich and poor while increasing the power of the rich over the poor. It’s a party-neutral idea. There is no cabal pushing the plan, merel ...[Read more]
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Israeli minister: Criticizing Israel is the new anti-Semitism
“In the past, we saw European leaders speaking against the Jews. Now, we see them speaking against Israel. It is the same anti-Semitism of blood libels, spreading lies, distorting reality and brainwashing people into hating Israel and the Jews,” Shake ...[Read more]
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Four million young people were homeless last year. Four million.
Nearly 4.2 million kids and young adults without a parent or guardian are homeless across the United States over the course of a year. A new study from the University of Chicago revealed the startling statistic this week, focused specifically on homeless ...[Read more]
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Trump Calls on Saudi Arabia to End Blockade of Yemen
In a rare divergence from Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Donald Trump called on the kingdom to end its blockade on Yemen, citing human rights. The blockade in Yemen that has accompanied the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen’s war has restricte ...[Read more]
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US Donates Almost USD$1M to Pro-Venezuelan Opposition Think-Tank
The donation will be used to fund a year-long programme to provide training and mediation within Venezuela's fractured opposition, as well as to draw international attention to Venezuela's crisis.  ...[Read more]
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State of Fear: How History’s Deadliest Bombing Campaign Created Today’s Crisis in Korea
As the world watches with mounting concern the growing tensions and bellicose rhetoric between the United States and North Korea, one of the most remarkable aspects of the situation is the absence of any public acknowledgement of the underlying reason for ...[Read more]
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As Wealthiest Amass Another $1 Trillion in 2017, Calls for a Strike Back Against Oligarchy
As the gap between the world's richest and poorest people has widened to an extreme not seen since the Gilded Age, the 500 wealthiest people have gotten $1 trillion richer in 2017, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. The richest people in the wor ...[Read more]
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