#David-Hughes : #Ruling #EVIL #Elites Working to Install #Global #Biodigital #Totalitarian #State
About #DavidHughes -- David A. Hughes is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Lincoln. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Oxford University and holds doctorates in German Studies (Duke University) and International Relations (Oxford Brookes University).
The #Panic Of the #Ruling #Class #UK #George #Galloway #Gaza #genocide #Keir #Starmer
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"The cause of all of this political panic is of course the genocide in Gaza. It is essential to join the dots here. We live in a situation where the wealth gap in society between the rich and the poor is expanding at its fastest ever rate. Where for the first time in centuries, young adults can expect to have lower life expectations in terms of employment, education, health and housing than their parents. Where the nexus of control by the ultra-wealthy of both the political and media classes is tighter than ever."
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"Briefly, the chance of the kind of democratic triumph of the working people of which George Galloway dreams, became real with the popular uprising that led to Jeremy #Corbyn being placed as #Labour leader. Corbyn’s chances were destroyed by an entirely fake narrative of #anti-semitism. Since the Holocaust, anti-semitism has understandably been the most potent charge that can be levelled against anybody in politics. A deliberate and calculated campaign to apply the term to any criticism of Israel was ultimately successful in destroying Corbyn and his supporters as a short term threat.
So the demonisation of criticism of #Israel was not an incidental ploy of the ruling class. It was the most important tool, by which they managed to kill off the most potent threat to their political hegemony to arise in a major western country for decades."
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“The hatred is instilled so much in people's minds.” Muslim MP Kunwar Danish Ali, who was subjected to Islamophobic slurs in India’s parliament, has told Al ...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #BJP #MP #Muslim #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #deliberate #hate #hatred #instilled #latestnews #minds #newsheadlines #parliament #peoples #ploy #political #power #ruling #speech #stay
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Originally #banned in the United States for its graphic #sexual content, Henry Miller’s classic #novel, Tropic of Cancer (1934), follows an unnamed narrator on his travels throughout Paris in the 1930s. The narrator is now widely accepted as being Miller himself, the book based on his own encounters in the French capital. The book is considered one of the #most #important #novels of the twentieth century. Best known for #challenging conventional #restraints on free speech in literature, Miller’s works are graphic and reflective in nature.
Now hailed as an #American #classic Tropic of Cancer, #Henry #Miller’s masterpiece, was #banned as #obscene in this country for twenty-seven years after its first publication in Paris in 1934. Only a #historic #court #ruling that #changed American #censorship standards, ushering in a new era of #freedom and #frankness in modern #literature, permitted the publication of this first volume of Miller’s famed mixture of memoir and fiction...
Tropic of Cancer is a novel by Henry Miller that has been described as "notorious for its candid sexuality" and as responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature." It was first published in 1934 by the Obelisk Press in Paris, France, but this edition was #banned in the United #States. ... . In 1964, the U.S. #Supreme #Court #declared the book #non-obscene. It is regarded as an important work of #20th-century #literature.
https://twitter.com/StellaMoris1/status/1473432141254074370
On #Thursday, #December23rd, #Julian's #lawyers will #submit their #request for #leave to #appeal the #HighCourt's #ruling to the #UK #SupremeCourt.
#solidarity #julianassange #assange #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners #FreeAssangeNow #JournalismIsNotACrime #wikileaks #freepress #freespeech #stellamoris
https://scheerpost.com/2021/10/28/hedges-the-most-important-battle-for-press-freedom-in-our-time/
'He exposed the #truth. He exposed it over and over and over until there was no question of the #endemic #illegality, #corruption and #mendacity that defines the #global #ruling #elite. And for these #truths alone he is guilty.'
"A #society that #prohibits the capacity to #speak in #truth #extinguishes the capacity to #live in #justice. The battle for #Assange’s #liberty has always been much more than the #persecution of a #publisher."
#chrishedges #battle #press #freedom #julianassange #cia #collateral-damage #drone-wars #obama #gwbush #iraq #war #terrorism #yemen #war-crimes #prison #sams #extradition #media #vault7 #civil-rights #freeassange #freespeech #freepress #journalismisnotacrime #weareallassange
In a colossal win for the Right to Repair movement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published a statement where it unanimously approved the prioritization of aggressive action against manufacturers who impose unfair repair restrictions on individuals and independent repair shops.
The statement follows an executive order from President Joe Biden that asked the FTC to review new regulations that would empower customers. For those unfamiliar, the short video below explains the concept of Right to Repair in less than 60 seconds.
As noted in previous coverage, the Right to Repair movement has been championed by tech advocates, many media groups, and outlets like iFixit. In particular, iFixit has been one of the loudest voices in the movement and believes that everyone who owns a product has the right to repair it. The movement does not just encompass the right to repair owned products but expands to preventing companies from making access to equipment or resources proprietary. iFixit notes that the automobile industry tried to block the independent repair of vehicles, but that motion failed in 2012. Similarly, the idea of a “locked” cell phone to a particular carrier was overturned and made legal in 2018.
The FTC's statement today notes that the government agency agrees with tech advocates and repair houses and says that the idea of restricting customers and businesses from choosing how they repair products can substantially increase the total cost of repairs, generate harmful electronic waste, and unnecessarily increase wait times for repairs.
"In contrast, providing more choice in repairs can lead to lower costs, reduce e-waste by extending the useful lifespan of products, enable more timely repairs, and provide economic opportunities for entrepreneurs and local businesses," the FTC writes.
One of the major ways that manufacturers like Apple prevent independent repair of devices is by restricting access to the parts necessary to make those repairs. The FTC specifically has called out this action as one that it finds disagreeable.
"The Commission uncovered evidence that manufacturers and sellers may, without reasonable justification, be restricting competition for repair services in numerous ways including: …asserting patent rights and enforcement of trademarks in an unlawful, overbroad manner; disparaging non-OEM parts and independent repair; using unjustified software locks, digital rights management, and technical protection measures; and imposing restrictive end user license agreements."
In a blog post summarizing the announcement, iFixit writes that the FTC's statement should send a clear signal that the tide has turned against anti-repair manufacturers. Despite the considerable lobbying force of these billion-dollar corporations, the FTC has found the actions to be in violation of its policies.
"If manufacturers continue to restrict independent repair, they could find themselves on the wrong end of an FTC enforcement action, and on the hook for sizable penalties," iFixit writes.
iFixit plans to continue to urge the FTC to take more action against anti-repair manufacturers and create new rules that prohibit unfair and deceptive repair restrictions that it says hurt device owners and stifle competition in the repair market.
The FTC admits that in the past, focusing on unlawful repair restrictions has not been a priority for them, but that changes today.
"The Commission has determined that it will devote more enforcement resources to combat these practices. Accordingly, the Commission will now prioritize investigations into unlawful repair restrictions under relevant statutes such as the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and Section of the Federal Trade Commission Act."
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#culture #industry #news #apple #federal #federaltradecommission #ftc #ifixit #landmark #repair #repairshops #righttorepair #ruling
