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offsite link Net Zero vs AI: Starmer Hasn?t Worked Out That The U.K. Can?t Be a ?Superpower? in Both Climate and ... Thu Jan 16, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Keir Starmer wants Britain to be both an "AI superpower" and a "clean energy superpower". He can't have it both ways, says Ben Pile. AI is hugely energy intensive and inconsistent with the path Net Zero is leading us down.
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offsite link News Round-Up Thu Jan 16, 2025 00:50 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Labour U-Turns Over University Free Speech as it Brings Back Tory Law ? But Removes its ?Teeth? Wed Jan 15, 2025 19:30 | Will Jones
Labour has U-turned over university free speech as it brings back a Tory law clamping down on 'woke' cancel culture ? but removes its "teeth" by dropping the ability of academics to sue their institutions.
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offsite link Israel and Hamas Agree Ceasefire Deal, Trump Confirms Wed Jan 15, 2025 18:09 | Will Jones
Donald Trump has confirmed that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire agreement to end the war and release the hostages, saying he will continue promoting "peace through strength" throughout the region.
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offsite link Reeves Jobs Bloodbath Continues as Currys Forced to Outsource to India Wed Jan 15, 2025 15:21 | Will Jones
The jobs bloodbath continues as Currys is forced to?outsource more British staff to India?as a result of Rachel Reeves's "tax on jobs", the Chief Executive of the electricals retailer has said.
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offsite link Trump and Musk, Canada, Panama and Greenland, an old story, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jan 14, 2025 07:03 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?114-115 Fri Jan 10, 2025 14:04 | en

offsite link End of Russian gas transit via Ukraine to the EU Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:45 | en

offsite link After Iraq, Libya, Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, the Pentagon attacks Yemen, by Thier... Tue Jan 07, 2025 06:58 | en

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international / miscellaneous Monday December 19, 2005 - 14:03 by kahootz   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 27, 2005 - 21:24)
Some 300 million of South America's 365 million people will now live in countries with left-leaning governments following a convincing victory for a charismatic congressman. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday December 18, 2005 - 19:02 by cleaves
Bush has declared that it’s acceptable to illegally bug US citizens for a ‘good cause’; Cheney opposed legislation banning the use of torture by US agencies! Rumsfeld denounces claims that Iraq invasion is related to Oil appropriation; US Congress attacks Bush or rather those responsible for the debacle that is the Bush Presidency. But the news of the week is the residents of Sydney contracting the disease that is John Winston Howard (cowardice). ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday December 18, 2005 - 04:12 by budgie
The inherent qualities of anarchism are egalitarian, democratic and cooperative relations. These qualities enable it to ‘roam’ at will within any cultural dynamic and to be seen or appreciated as compatible with whatever it encounters. However, its inherent qualities are not realised until after the host has been affected/‘equalised’ by constant dilution/dispersal of ‘congested’ power. The cuckoo’s egg becomes the fully developed bird of a completely different genus to that which nurtured it. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Friday December 16, 2005 - 11:50 by iosaf   text 6 comments (last - saturday january 07, 2006 - 17:21)
There comes a stage in the progress of a people through their misery when not even our words may offer proper description or testimony to their suffering or optimism.
I can not underestimate my respect and admiration for the writer known as "Salam Pax". I first read his posts on http://www.almuajaha.com which was the name used by 7 Iraqi students for their collective which proposed in 2003 one week after the US invasion to start "baghdad indymedia".

This was the mission statement :-

"For decades almost all governments in the world, including our own, abused and terribly ignored the basic humanity of the Iraqi people. Al-Muajaha aims to provide an open forum for all Iraqis to freely debate current issues, and in so doing educate themselves and the world." ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday December 15, 2005 - 20:58 by AJ   text 3 comments (last - wednesday january 04, 2006 - 16:34)
Workers Power (Ireland) and the League for Fifth International have published their response to the ending of the Irish Ferries strike. You can read it here:

http://www.rebelnation.com/wp/?view=entry&entry=282 ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 15, 2005 - 19:00 by R. Isible   text 6 comments (last - wednesday april 19, 2006 - 15:36)
The Commission has passed a directive which allows the retention of "traffic data" for the purposes of national security and safety. ... read full story / add a comment
Dail Express Headlines: Cancer Link To Sweetener
national / consumer issues Thursday December 15, 2005 - 15:40 by Terry   text 2 comments (last - friday december 16, 2005 - 18:11)   image 1 image
The artificial sweetener Aspartame which has been around for 20 years and is used in thousands of food products is a well known toxic chemical and amongst many effects is a known carcinogen ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 15, 2005 - 06:06 by peptide
Right wing conservative ideology is founded on elitism and divisionism. Is there any doubt that John Howard’s racist immigration and refugee policies are now manifesting themselves in the Australian community as race-based divisionism and conflict? ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Tuesday December 13, 2005 - 06:42 by R. Isible   text 1 comment (last - tuesday december 13, 2005 - 14:07)
Frequently the Indo (Big Swinging Mickey's Organ of Choice) publishes early morning draughts that are later redacted. There are often choice nuggets of information available in these. Seems that the Man at the Min gets off on bashing Frank Connolly. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday December 12, 2005 - 17:33 by pat c
Three cheers for the Orleans Court! They have recognised that the destruction of GM crops was a justified action. Full article at the link. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 12, 2005 - 12:23 by pat c
The famed "Dykes On Bikes" have finally managed to copyright their name. Read the full article at the link below. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday December 12, 2005 - 02:40 by x-x-x   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 13, 2005 - 18:47)
Italy, Val di Susa, (Turino):
Heavilly resistance in the Val di Susa Valley against the planned tunnel for the TAV-high-speed train. Fascist-Style Police raids, 100s of injured people, solidarity strikes at schools and at companies, and: on thursday 50.000 people managed to fight back against the police and to re-occupie the valley! ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Monday December 12, 2005 - 02:17 by A. Programmer   text 1 comment (last - friday june 02, 2006 - 15:44)
Members of the European Parliament will vote on whether to mandate retention of ALL email and mobile and landline phone call records across europe for 12 months. To fight "The Terrorists", but of course... ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday December 11, 2005 - 23:26 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - monday december 12, 2005 - 12:01)
You wouldnt normally expect The Economist to write a favourable article about Unions but in this weeks edition (6 Dec) there is a piece about the Unionisation of janitors in Houston, Texas. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has organised 5,000 janitors, some readers might remember the Ken Loach film, Bread And Roses, which dealt with the SEIU organised strike in Los Angeles.

As The Economist requires a paid subscription to view this article, I am posting it here in full. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday December 11, 2005 - 19:49 by Mittens
Anti-war protesters, refuseniks and supporters of lesbian and gay and other human rights will took to the streets on Friday 9 December to free conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan. Tarhan, 27, is a gay Kurdish anarchist who is a “total” conscientious objector – against all wars and any alternative to military service. He was sentenced to four years by a military court for “refusing orders”. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 10, 2005 - 19:37 by Wayne Madsen
Internet censorship. It did not happen overnight but slowly came to America's shores from testing grounds in China and the Middle East. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 10, 2005 - 16:33 by Kingfisher
A fundamental feature of extremist regimes is the absolute requirement of an adversary. If a real or perceived enemy loses its opponent status then a bogeyman (under the bed) mentality is cultivated until the negative effects of that strategy (fear, loathing etc.) can be successfully superimposed onto a suitable ‘candidate’. The ‘successful’ candidate would then immediately attract the fear, loathing and violence of the extremist society (or group) in question. ... read full story / add a comment
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