Corbett & Knightly on the WHO’s “Global Pandemic Treaty”
James Corbett is joined by OffGuardian’s Kit Knightly to discuss the WHO’s proposed “Pandemic Treaty”.
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Economic Devastation: The Real “Long COVID”
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There is a terrifying prospect that in excess of a quarter of a billion more people will fall into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 alone. Without immediate radical action, we could be witnessing the most profound collapse of humanity into extreme poverty and suffering in
Economic Devastation: The Real “Long COVID” The “pandemic” has already plunged a quarter of a billion people into poverty, and IMF “Covid loans” are set to make it all much worse.
There is a terrifying prospect that in excess of a quarter of a billion more people will fall into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 alone.
The high cost of Guantanamo’s ‘forever prisoners’
The U.S.military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may seem a world away from Florida, but it’s only 700 miles from Orlando.
Moral Degradation of Society Begins With the Moral Degradation of The Individual
For, behold, the lord cometh forth out of His place to visit upon the inhabitants of the earth their iniquity; the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain
Joe Biden: Let's Beat Russia by Importing Russians for Americans' Careers
Indebted U.S.college graduates would help the war against Russia by sharing their careers with imported Russian graduates, according to a funding request sent to Congress by President Joe Biden.
What Roe v Wade Means for Human Rights
On Monday night, POLITICO published a leaked draft US Supreme Court opinion on the Mississippi case that would overturn Roe v.Wade.
The EU Army is on the horizon
The special “Future of the EU” Conference came to a conclusion a few days ago.
There may have been a familiar veneer of “public consultation”, but the aim of the conference was simple: Tell the EU to do what they’ve already been planning to do for years.
If that
Time for British Columbia to Cancel Immigration Detention Contract
Human rights organizations and advocates across the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) are launching a 14-Days-of-Action campaign to urge the provincial government to cancel its immigration detention contract with the Canada Border Services Agency.
The campaign kicks off on May 4 and will culminate in a precedent-setting Vancouver City
This Week in the New Normal #29
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. Meet Homeland Security’s new “disinformation czar”
The Department of Homeland Security is getting a big addition to its
Fmr. Obama Adviser Goolsbee: Biden 'Underplaying the Risk' of Recession
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Economics Professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Austan Goolsbee, who served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama, said that it feels as though President Joe Biden is
Palestine, Yes – Ukraine, No
Maybe it’s because I’m a religious Jew and a supporter of Palestinian rights – and because it’s lonely to be both.
Maybe it’s because war hysteria always disgusts me, whether it’s the usual Israeli dehumanization of Palestinian victims or the baying of today’s mainstream media
Submission by Human Rights Watch to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Criminal Purposes
Introduction Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization that monitors and reports on human rights in around 100 countries around the world.
Submission by Human Rights Watch to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Criminal Purposes
Introduction Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization that monitors and reports on human rights in around 100 countries around the world.
Submission by Human Rights Watch to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Criminal Purposes
Introduction Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization that monitors and reports on human rights in around 100 countries around the world.