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WATCH: Why Anti-Zionism is Not Anti-Semitism

The Electronic Intifada Oct 6, 2021   In this 2021 mini-documentary from...

Western framing of Hamas vs Israel is Deliberate as Means of Delegitimizing Palestinian Resistance

Vanessa Beeley: The West’s depiction of the war as a Hamas-led aggression against Israel is a strategy to delegitimize resistance, influence public opinion, and bolster Israel’s position in the conflict.

The Paris Agreement is a Suicide Pact – This is Why

The unreality of this document is only matched by the unreality of the praise given to it by the media and others. This is a sign of how much strategic ambiguity and doublespeak have now become an accepted way for international politics to be conducted and reported.

The Manufacturing of Greta Thunberg – for Consent: The Behavioural Change Project “To Change Everything” [Volume II, Act V]

The social engineering project to "change everything" is today perhaps the most successful behavioural sciences experiment in modern history.

How Circular is the Circular Economy?

"The circular economy – the newest magical word in the sustainable development vocabulary – promises economic growth without destruction or waste. However, the concept only focuses on a small part of total resource use and does not take into account the laws of thermodynamics."

Nature is Being Renamed ‘Natural Capital’ – But is it Really the Planet that Will Profit?

"The use of “natural capital” as a noun is becoming increasingly normalised in environmental governance. Recent natural capital initiatives include the World Forum on Natural Capital, described as “the world’s leading natural capital event”, ..."

This Changes Nothing: The Paris Agreement to Ignore Reality

"Unfortunately, many environmental non-governmental organisations have bought into this illogical reasoning and justify their support as being pragmatic. Neoliberal language is rife across their reports and policy recommendations and their adoption of natural capital, ecosystems services, offsetting and market trading. These new environmental pragmatists believe, without justification, that the financialisation of Nature will help prevent its destruction. "

The Dangers of Rebranding Prostitution as ‘Sex Work’

"Perhaps the single most effective strategy hit upon so far is to pump out the myth contained in the term “sex work”: the myth that it is possible to commodify consent."

False Hope: The Core Strategy of 350

"The half-truth—whole lie strategy of 350, that promotes magical thinking like ending all fossil fuels is actually a textbook case of psychological warfare."

Sakej Ward – Decolonizing the Colonizer

"Ward argues that all of these labels mask the true nature of Canadians; they are occupiers upon indigenous homelands. The labels guests, partners, brothers and newcomers are all pacifist revisionist ways of incorretly re-constructing the relationship. "