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UK: Rights Action Needed for Gulf Trade Pact

(Beirut) – The United Kingdom should not finalize a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries until the agreement includes concrete labor and other rights improvements, particularly for migrant workers, Human Rights Watch said today. The UK and GCC countries should incorporate strong human rights conditions in any

Bye Bye, White Collar Workers: IBM CEO Plans to Replace Jobs of 7,800 People with AI

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna has announced a strategic shift in the company’s hiring process, revealing plans to halt recruitment for positions that may be replaced by artificial intelligence and automation within the next few years. The plan is likely to replace 7,800 human employees in its initial phase.

Public Rejects Having Fewer Kids, Giving up Meat For Green Agenda: Poll

Politicians claim powerful mandates to fundamentally remake society in pursuance of green politics, but research suggests public support is more conceptual and enthusiasm ebbs away if policies mean fundamentally changing the way we live. There is a major gulf between a willingness to return to what might be considered traditional

“Green sustainable energy” is a euphemism for depopulation

This week, Germany shut down its last three nuclear reactors.

Joint Statement: UAE Human Rights Record Ahead of COP28

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue their sustained assault on human rights and freedoms, including targeting human rights activists, enacting repressive laws, and using the criminal justice system as a tool to eliminate the human rights movement. These policies have led to the closure of civic space, severe

This Week in the New Normal #62

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. 1. Ireland’s attack on Free speech Last November the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences)

Reverse Engineering the Propaganda Machine

STORY AT-A-GLANCE In this interview, Michelle Stiles reviews some of the basic tools of propaganda, which is the topic of her book, “ One Idea to Rule Them All: Reverse Engineering American Propaganda .” It's a pertinent and apt topic in light of what's been going on over the last few years,

WEF Young Global Leaders have infiltrated Governments to enforce The Great Reset

The World Economic Forum (WEF), founded by Klaus Schwab, has been a topic of discussion among critical thinkers concerned about the organization’s potential influence on global governance for some time now. One particular area of focus is the WEF’s Young Global Leaders (YGL) programme, which has seen its

BBC Musk

There is a whiff of desperation in the air and it is emanating from the BBC.

A Placebo Can Work Even When You Know It's a Dummy Pill

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.

Disaster Troll Propaganda

So-called conspiracy theories abound, especially among those who attack others by calling them conspiracy theorists.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: To Heal the Great Divide

It has been fifty-five years since Senator Robert F.

Henri Michaux's program for the psychedelic humanities

This article presents an analytical reading of the extraordinarily rich cultural production around drugs by the 20th-century French poet, writer, critic, and visual artist Michaux (1899–1984).