The Royal Mail saga just got its biggest dollop of irony yet

Royal Mail‘s collapse as a functioning company has continued apace in recent weeks. Not least among this has been its financial results showing huge … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/05/31/the-royal-mail-saga-just-got-its-biggest-dollop-of-irony-yet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Debt Ceiling: Wrong Kind of Disarmament Agreement

Well, here we are: The final scenes of Debt Ceiling Theater 2023. After endless rounds of “tense negotiations,” punctuated by smack talk between the big players and weird Hail Mary proposals from the cheap seats,  US president Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a deal over Memorial Day Weekend. Congress still has to … Continue reading Debt Ceiling: Wrong Kind of Disarmament Agreement → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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The state is now criminalising activists who tried to stop a racist deportation flight

On Tuesday 30 May, the trial begins of three protesters who tried to stop a government deportation flight to Jamaica. The controversial flight caused … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/05/30/deportation-flight-protest-court-jamaica/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Why Are Government-Linked US And UK Experts Praising Russia’s Electronic Warfare Skills?

Why Are Government-Linked US And UK Experts Praising Russia’s Electronic Warfare Skills? By Andrew Korybko Casual observers might have been surprised to see government-linked US and UK experts praising Russia’s electronic warfare skills in a popular Mainstream Media outlet, especially with... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/05/30/why-are-government-linked-us-and-uk-experts-praising-russias-electronic-warfare-skills/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

“Free Trade” as Revealed in the China-United States Paradigm

Free trade is much ballyhooed by the US and the capitalist world, but critics have been skeptical as to whether such trade freely takes place. Investopedia provides a useful definition of free trade: A free trade agreement is a pact between two or more nations to reduce barriers to imports and exports among them. Under […] - Kim Petersen
https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/05/free-trade-as-revealed-in-the-china-united-states-paradigm/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Mainstream Media Is Preparing Iran To Be The Scapegoat If Kiev’s Counteroffensive Fails

The Mainstream Media Is Preparing Iran To Be The Scapegoat If Kiev’s Counteroffensive Fails By Andrew Korybko If Moscow manages to thwart the upcoming counteroffensive, including the potential scenarios of Ukraine invading Belarus and/or Russia’s pre-2014 territory, then NATO will likely... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/05/27/the-mainstream-media-is-preparing-iran-to-be-the-scapegoat-if-kievs-counteroffensive-fails/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Pre-Election Advice: Try Looking at Yourself the Way Politicians Do

The usual way of thinking about politicians is: What do we think of them? Do we like the way they look? Do we like the way they sound? Are they on our side of this or that big divide? Do their policy proposals make sense? Do we … like them? As the next presidential election … Continue reading Pre-Election Advice: Try Looking at Yourself the Way Politicians Do → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Does China Have a Huge Problem Despite Impressive Economic Development?

The G7 has recently wound up its meeting in Hiroshima, and the participants joined to affirm their fear of the Threat of China. British media reported that prime minister Rishi Sunak said: “China poses the biggest challenge to global security and prosperity of our age with the ‘means and intent to reshape the world order’.” The […] - Kim Petersen
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The DWP’s latest Universal Credit plans could see it stop 632,000 peoples’ benefits

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is once again shaking up Universal Credit. It’s to do with the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/05/26/the-dwps-latest-universal-credit-plans-could-see-it-stop-632000-peoples-benefits/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Russia-NATO Proxy War: Interpreting The Three Latest Nuclear-Related News Items

Russia-NATO Proxy War: Interpreting The Three Latest Nuclear-Related News Items By Andrew Korybko The appearance of three nuclear-related news items on the same day shows how serious the NATO-Russian proxy war is getting in the period between Russia’s victory in Artyomovsk... Read More › - Voice of East
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Meanwhile, in a parallel universe…

By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/cartoons/2023/05/24/meanwhile-in-a-parallel-universe/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Bosses are taking disciplinary action against UoM students – all because they protested over their digs

The University of Manchester (UoM) is taking disciplinary action against a group of students who exercised their right to free speech and protest. The … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/05/23/bosses-are-taking-disciplinary-action-against-uom-students-all-because-they-protested-over-their-digs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

If the Constitution Doesn’t Matter, Why Keep Pretending Otherwise?

“I’m looking at the 14th Amendment as to whether or not we have the authority,” US president Joe Biden told reporters on May 21. “I think we have the authority.” The “authority” he speaks of is the power to borrow money on the credit of the United States, which the US Constitution reserves exclusively to … Continue reading If the Constitution Doesn’t Matter, Why Keep Pretending Otherwise? → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Ukraine’s Proxy Invasion Of Russia Is Infowar Copium After Losing Artyomovsk

Ukraine’s Proxy Invasion Of Russia Is Infowar Copium After Losing Artyomovsk By Andrew Korybko This is a doomed-to-fail provocation carried out purely for propaganda with the intent of lessening the crushing blow to morale from losing Artyomovsk. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/05/22/ukraines-proxy-invasion-of-russia-is-infowar-copium-after-losing-artyomovsk/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

PizzaExpress launches a record label just as it’s cutting workers’ hours – oh, and don’t mention its taxes

Bosses at PizzaExpress are hammering workers. Oddly, though, it comes just after the hospitality chain launched its own record label, of all things. However, … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/05/22/pizzaexpress-launches-a-record-label-just-as-its-cutting-workers-hours-oh-and-dont-mention-its-taxes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Muh Roads: Stop Subsidizing Sprawl

I used to live “in the country.” Now I arguably live “in the suburbs.” No, I haven’t moved closer to the city (Gainesville, Florida). The city’s moved closer to me. When I moved into my current residence ten years ago, the area around me was largely farmland,  and most residences were either older farmhouses or … Continue reading Muh Roads: Stop Subsidizing Sprawl → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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The US Is Receptive To Kissinger’s Suggestion To Revive Talks With China On A New Détente

The US Is Receptive To Kissinger’s Suggestion To Revive Talks With China On A New Détente By Andrew Korybko The introduction of this week’s two complementary narratives into the West’s information ecosystem suggest that this de facto New Cold War bloc’s... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/05/20/the-us-is-receptive-to-kissingers-suggestion-to-revive-talks-with-china-on-a-new-detente/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Unite just travelled 6,000 miles to defend a group of workers sacked by Port of Felixstowe

Unite the Union has taken the fight for the so-called Felixstowe Four to the front door of the company that sacked them. However, it … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2023/05/19/unite-just-travelled-6000-miles-to-defend-a-group-of-workers-sacked-by-port-of-felixstowe/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Why is the “Debt Ceiling” a Problem? Because Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die

As I write this, the latest episode of US Government Debt Ceiling Theater seem to be approaching its denouement: Congressional and White House negotiators report “progress” in talks to raise the government’s debt ceiling before (not especially fat) lady, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, sings “default.” I say “episode,” but perhaps the proper term is … Continue reading Why is the “Debt Ceiling” a Problem? Because Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Activist jailed for over two years for protesting over arms companies supporting Israel’s apartheid

A court has jailed an activist in the UK for 27 months, after they were involved in shutting down an arms company that indirectly … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2023/05/17/activist-jailed-for-over-two-years-for-protesting-over-arms-companies-supporting-israels-apartheid/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Exceptionism in US Empire

[S]uffice it to state that the US Guardian Elite are very much of and for the overworld of private wealth. Since the end of World War II, the US Guardian Elite have functioned most decisively as executors of dark power. — Aaron Good, American Exception, p 107 Aaron Good, who received his PhD in political […] - Kim Petersen
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Regulatory Capture Won’t Stop the Singularity

In a May 15 talk in Toronto, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for a “global licensing and regulatory framework” for artificial intelligence (AI). As I write this, he’s preparing to offer similar recommendations in testimony before a US Senate subcommittee. The whole idea of “regulating AI” fails on at least three levels. Level One: Regulation … Continue reading Regulatory Capture Won’t Stop the Singularity → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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People Of Kashmir Looking Towards The International Community On The Day Of “Living Together In Peace”

People Of Kashmir Looking Towards The International Community On The Day Of “Living Together In Peace” By News Desk Islamabad – The International Day of Living Together in Peace, observed on May 16th each year, promotes world peace, tolerance, and... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/05/16/people-of-kashmir-looking-towards-the-international-community-on-the-day-of-living-together-in-peace/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As the world marks 75 years of the Nakba, people come out in support of Palestinians

In 2023, Israel‘s meting-out of the Nakba against Palestinians has been ongoing for 75 years. Even in recent days, Israeli forces have killed dozens … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/global/2023/05/15/as-the-world-marks-75-years-of-the-nakba-people-come-out-in-support-of-palestinians/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

About That “Border Crisis”

I’m seeing a lot of back and forth lately on whether or not there’s a “crisis” at the border, with greatly increased migration and limited ability on the part of law enforcement to respond. Personally, I don’t consider it a “crisis” at all. Immigration is just people moving from one place to another — maybe … Continue reading About That “Border Crisis” → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Cornwall resists the arrival of the Bibby Stockholm and the state’s racism against refugees that it represents

Barge the Bibby Stockholm has arrived in Cornwall. It comes as the Conservative government prepares to use it to detain hundreds of refugees. However, … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2023/05/12/cornwall-resists-the-arrival-of-the-bibby-stockholm-and-the-states-racism-against-refugees-that-it-represents/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

India Cannot Suppress The Sentiments Of ‘Aazadi’ In Kashmir

India Cannot Suppress The Sentiments Of ‘Aazadi’ In Kashmir By Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai “Repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it.” Joseph Goebbels. The fallacious statement made by the most celebrated Indian diplomat, Dr. Jaishankar, Minister of... Read More › - Voice of East
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How to Make Impeachment Great Again

“Biden family members and business associates created a web of over 20 companies,” according to a May 10 memorandum from the US House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Most of those companies, which “received over $10 million from foreign nationals’ companies,” were “formed during Joe Biden’s vice presidency.” The Biden family, according to the memo,  … Continue reading How to Make Impeachment Great Again → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Return to sender: Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson is just another fall guy for privatisation

Notorious Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson is on his way out. That’s according to reports from Sky News. The incompetent CEO will leave behind … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2023/05/09/return-to-sender-royal-mail-boss-simon-thompson-is-just-another-fall-guy-for-privatisation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Terrible Ideas + Evil Actions /= “Mental Illness”

“One problem I have with the whole ‘mental illness’ frame for talking about mass shooters,” Paul Campos writes at Lawyers, Guns & Money, “is that the ‘mental illness’ often appears to be garden variety authoritarian ethno-nationalist misogyny, with the misogyny being the really critical ideological lynchpin [sic].” Campos is riffing on reports that Mauricio Garcia, … Continue reading Terrible Ideas + Evil Actions /= “Mental Illness” → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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American Officials Told Politico Their Plan For Waging Hybrid War Against Wagner In Africa

American Officials Told Politico Their Plan For Waging Hybrid War Against Wagner In Africa By Andrew Korybko While America is ramping up its operations to counter Wagner’s growing popularity across Africa, it lacks the credibility to advance its goal through information... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/05/08/american-officials-told-politico-their-plan-for-waging-hybrid-war-against-wagner-in-africa/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Tampax King and His Vessel

In December 1936, love won out for the British king Edward VIII, and he gave up the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite. What is socialite? According to Google Dictionary: “a person who is well known in fashionable society and is fond of social activities and entertainment.” Typically, this term is applied to […] - Kim Petersen
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There’s Nothing “Clean” About a “Clean” Debt Ceiling Increase

“House Democrats,” CBS News reports, “have taken their first procedural steps to try to force a House vote on a clean debt ceiling increase.” Absent such an increase, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen predicts the government will reach the end of its ability to borrow money as early as June 1. What does a “clean” … Continue reading There’s Nothing “Clean” About a “Clean” Debt Ceiling Increase → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Letters to the Canary: Universal Credit, white supremacy, pensions, and blacklisting

The Canary is excited to share the latest edition of our letters page. This is where we publish people’s responses to the news, politics, or anything … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/letters/2023/05/06/letters-to-the-canary-universal-credit-white-supremacy-pensions-and-blacklisting/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A Point-By-Point Debunking Of The ISW’s False Flag Conspiracy Theory About The Kremlin Attack

A Point-By-Point Debunking Of The ISW’s False Flag Conspiracy Theory About The Kremlin Attack By Andrew Korybko The “Institute for the Study of War’s” argument in support of the conspiracy theory alleging that Russia staged a false flag assassination attempt against... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/05/04/a-point-by-point-debunking-of-the-isws-false-flag-conspiracy-theory-about-the-kremlin-attack/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Smokey Versus the Market

Is “cutthroat economic libertarianism” force-feeding Americans a “homogenized corporate culture?”  New York Times opinion columnist Matthew Walther thinks so (“Shopping for ‘Woke-Free’ Beer? Read This,” May 1). Walther correctly notes that current culture wars over beer brands like Bud Light have largely ignored how many of them are owned by a handful of larger companies … Continue reading Smokey Versus the Market → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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Eight years since Sheku Bayoh died at police hands and nothing has changed – as one video shows

It’s eight years since Sheku Bayoh died at the hands of police in Scotland. The public inquiry into his death is still ongoing. Yet … Read more By Steve Topple - Steve Topple
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2023/05/03/eight-years-since-cops-killed-sheku-bayoh-and-nothing-has-changed-as-one-video-shows/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Anti-Immigrationists Dance in Texas Blood to Deliver False Lesson

“White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday discussed the brutal slaying of five people in Texas,” the New York Post whines, “without noting the fugitive accused of the heinous crime is an illegal immigrant who had previously been deported four times.” Francisco Oropesa, the subject of a continuing manhunt as I write this, allegedly murdered … Continue reading Anti-Immigrationists Dance in Texas Blood to Deliver False Lesson → - by Thomas L. Knapp
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The US Is Rounding Up Allies Ahead Of A Possible War With China

The US Is Rounding Up Allies Ahead Of A Possible War With China By Andrew Korybko If the US feels that it’s obtained a decisive edge over China through the crystallization of AUKUS+ and upon maximally stockpiling weapons in Taiwan, then... Read More › - Voice of East
https://voiceofeast.net/2023/05/02/the-us-is-rounding-up-allies-ahead-of-a-possible-war-with-china/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger