The current imperialist provocation, shunting fully one half of Ukraine’s armed forces right up against the Russian border whilst at the same time falsely accusing Russia of plans to invade Ukraine, is being actively assisted by all the mainstream media. Their relentless lies about the allegedly aggressive intentions of Russia have nothing to do with … [Read more…]
In September 2020, India’s BJP government, headed by Narendra Modi, rushed through the Indian parliament three Farm Bills which at one stroke did away with the old agricultural procurement system. Under that system, farmers used to sell their crops to government-licensed middlemen at government regulated market places (known as Mandis). This legislation was introduced through … [Read more…]
A recent public enquiry has been hearing from a former officer at an immigration detention centre. A released undercover BBC Panorama expose shows a shocking culture of abuse by staff towards migrant detainees at Brook House immigration detention centre. The place had been run by G4S when whistle-blower, Callum Tulley, a former officer there reported … [Read more…]
Every so often Immigration is thrown back into the spotlight of media (and therefore, public) attention. Sometimes the attention is raised by a failed politician hiring a boat and causing a nuisance chasing around the English Channel with a film crew looking feverishly for an overloaded boat crammed full of extremely desperate people that he … [Read more…]
On Friday 10th December, the High Court, in a hearing that lasted barely 10 minutes, reached judgment that the appeal against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US would be allowed, explicitly on the basis that the US has provided assurances that he will be safe in the care of their prison system. These … [Read more…]