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 The Eighth Newsletter (2021) José Balmes (Chile), Lota el Silencio, 2007.   Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Stencilled in red on the walls

10 Ways People Power Can Change the World From boycotts, workplace action and memes, to political campaigns, disaster relief and civil disobedience. People power can take many forms depending on

The art of winning a tight political race May 29, 2020 View all blog posts underArticles | View all blog posts underMaster’s in Political Management Online The political campaign process can be

The Battle of Flodden by Ben Johnson In September 1513, the largest battle (in number of troops) between England and Scotland took place. The battle took place in Northumberland, just

        We are at war. Yes. And I don’t mean the West against the East, against Russia and China, nor the entire world against an invisible corona

    An activist dressed up as President Trump rides an atomic bomb model during a protest for a world without nuclear weapons near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany,

The COVID-19 Pathology: Class and Information Warfare, Algorithms and the Role of Artificial Intelligence By Emanuel Pastreich Global Research, December 20, 2020 Region: USA Theme: Global Economy, Police State & Civil Rights, Science and Medicine

18/12/2020: What happened in Paris, should not stay in Paris Hi Giles, Last Saturday’s Climate Ambition Summit – held on the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement – offered a

11/12/2020: Anti-corruption for days ✊?✊?✊?✊?✊? Hi  It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that 2020 has been a year of great reckoning, catalysed by a pandemic that few saw coming.

04/12/2020: For a future based on trust, truth and transparency ? Hi , Like more than 7,000 participants across the globe, we spent the week at the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) learning

White poppy wreaths laid ahead of Alternative Remembrance Sunday         PEACE campaigners have laid white-poppy wreaths across Britain ahead of the Alternative Remembrance Sunday ceremony tomorrow. The

30/10/2020: ? Spooky corporate taxes ? Hi Friend Tomorrow is Halloween, and there is no shortage of spooky corruption scandals to report on. The ghoulish behaviour of global banks and

  09/10/2020: Rooting for our forests Hi  We take forests for granted. We forget they’re the reason we breathe, until they burn. We don’t know of all the ways they keep

  02/10/2020: The Great Divide Hi  This week, the world hit an agonising milestone as the one millionth COVID-19 death was recorded. But the ongoing pandemic threatens to scar our

25/09/2020: Oops! Banks did it again Hi  This week’s big headline is that banks know they’re accessories to corruption but don’t really mind.  By now, you’ll have heard about the FinCEN Files investigations by

Ireland chaos: Brexit panic as Dublin leaders hit by coronavirus – Varadkar on alert THE danger to Ireland if the UK severs ties with the EU at the end of

18/09/2020: What does corruption feel like? Hi Giles, Last week, we wrote about the importance of safeguarding COVID-19 relief funds from corruption.  But what does corruption look like, in times

  +26     +26     Today Mr Hamilton, 35, arrived at the Mugello Circuit in Italy with the words ‘Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor’ written across

11/09/2020: Will the G20 please step up? Hi  Today is a day of reckoning of sorts.   On this day, six months ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic.  Photo

(TRUMP) THE GRANDIOSE DELUSIONAL PSYCHOTIC ? – AND ALSO PUTIN IF NOT INVOLVED, YOU WOULD THINK THE WHOLE RUSSIAN DEFENCE FORCE WOULD HAVE DESCENDED ON THE INCIDENCE WHERE NAVALNY WAS

  Video: Covid-Gate, The Political Virus By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, September 03, 2020     The national economies of 193 countries, member states of the United Nations were ordered

Christchurch shooting: Gunman Tarrant wanted to kill ‘as many as possible’ 24 August 2020   Christchurch mosque shootings     Media captionMaysoon Salama, whose son died in the attack, said

President Maduro: Venezuela may buy missiles from Iran Monday, 24 August 2020 9:02 AM  [ Last Update: Monday, 24 August 2020 9:34 AM ]   This handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency shows

      Hi , From the alleged poisoning of the prominent politician and anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny in Russia, to criminal investigation threats against opposition politicians in Belarus, it has been a truly trying week.

Belarusians seek justice for brutal beatings by riot police Stories of abuse emerge as more than 7,000 people were detained after rigged election Andrew Roth in Moscow Tue 18 Aug 2020 17.45 BSTFirst

      Hi Friend The winds of change are blowing in Belarus, whether current president Alexander Lukashenko wants it or not. Belarus is known as ‘Europe’s last dictatorship’, and for

      ©  REUTERS/Aly Song A University of Cambridge study examining the depiction of artificial intelligence in film, television, Google searches, images, and voices, suggests it is yet another area

      Hi, This week, a terrible tragedy befell Lebanon when an explosion hit the port area of its capital city, Beirut. The blast has killed at least 154 people,

Hi Justin I have seen your contribution Socialist economies with over tight controls or regulations become blinkered. Yet always putting people before profit can stifle entrepreneurial endeavours. HOWEVER – if

Assange’s lawyers accuse US of using case for political purposes as WikiLeaks founder seen for first time in 3 months 27 Jul, 2020 15:54 / Updated 12 hours ago   FILE

Putin’s bombshell plot: Russian chief aiming to break up UK and weaken pound – ex-KGB spy RUSSIAN president Vladimir Putin is working to break up the UK, weaken the pound

‘Black people can’t be racist’: UK rapper Wiley accused of anti-Semitism after branding Jews ‘the real enemy’ & comparing to KKK 24 Jul, 2020 21:03   FILE PHOTO © AFP / NIKLAS HALLE’N

Free press? Labour letter demands RT UK’s license gets REVOKED in light of ‘damning’ Russia report that gave NO examples or proof 23 Jul, 2020 21:31 / Updated 1 day ago

  Brazil’s far right president Jair Bolsonaro by Sarah Bates Coronavirus is set to reach a horrifying new milestone this week—10 million cases and a death toll of 500,000. Far from

    Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, appeared before the United Nations Human Rights Council. | AP GENEVA—Reparations should be paid and countries must confront the legacy of slavery

The Global Reset – Unplugged. “The Deep State” By Peter Koenig Global Research, June 17, 2020 Theme: Global Economy, Intelligence   Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is

    Hi Friend, Reporting of major corruption scandals usually puts the high-profile kleptocrats front and centre, and rightly so. But, more often than not, the criminal and corrupt couldn’t