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Update on multiple dangers of GMO foods

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“Professor Michael Antoniou, head of the Gene Expression and Therapy Group at King’s College London, has studied for more than 35 years how genes function and how they are disrupted. His decades of rigorous independent research into the risks of GM foods and glyphosate-based herbicides have raised serious concerns about the safety of these technologies.” Read the complete … [Read more...] about Update on multiple dangers of GMO foods

A few podcasts worth watching

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Here are a few recent podcasts that I think are worth taking the time to watch, even if you have to spread them across several days: US is ADDICTED to ‘Forever Wars’: Two Middle East Scholars Speak Out on Iran, Palestine, and Lebanon  [& Trump]. https://zeteo.com/p/iran-gaza-bajoghli-erakat Noura Erakat (Rutgers University) & Narges Bajoghli (Brown University) — both … [Read more...] about A few podcasts worth watching

Israel hijacks Madleen, detains all aboard

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Continuing its long streak as a rogue nation, Israel attacked and hijacked the Madleen aid sailboat in international waters and is detaining all the people on board. Like so many of Israel’s actions in Palestine, this is a blatant violation of international law. Since they were sailing in international waters under the UK flag, this means that Israel just attacked the … [Read more...] about Israel hijacks Madleen, detains all aboard

Israel’s violent, unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty

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58 years ago, on 8 June 1967, Israeli forces launched a deliberate, devastating, unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty in international waters in the Mediterranean. Radio communications make it absolutely clear that the attackers and their commanders were aware that it was a US ship. Yet the US government accepted Israel's official story that it was just a tragic accident. … [Read more...] about Israel’s violent, unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty

The Damage of False Solutions

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The following is from the introduction to the October newsletter from SEHN [Science & environmental Health Network] Other content from the newsletter is linked below. It’s midnight and the doves are in tears.* In the introduction to the New York Times’ opinion series, At the Brink, which addresses the threat of nuclear weapons in an unstable … [Read more...] about The Damage of False Solutions

What do Three Mile Island, the Julian Assange case, and the US role with Israel have common?

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I think they all show the government's willingness to protect itself (and corporations) even when it harms the people, violating its fundamental responsibility to act in the best interests of the people. They also demonstrate the willingness to keep government actions secret (even while reducing individual privacy). Here are four stories that shed some light on this: … [Read more...] about What do Three Mile Island, the Julian Assange case, and the US role with Israel have common?

A year of genocide

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Yesterday was Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, beginning ten days of penitence that culminate on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.  This year, the period includes the conclusion of twelve months of genocide being committed by Israel — and the US — in blatant violation of international law and the genocide convention. (BTW, most Jews are not zionists — and most … [Read more...] about A year of genocide

Sustainable Food Systems – New Report

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There are a number of excellent systems that encourage small farmers, organic agriculture, and systems that serve a specific region. Unlike industrial-scale farms and mono-cropping, regenerative organic agriculture produces healthy food, reduces toxic pollution of the air, soil and water; it also makes a major contribution to reducing global warming and climate … [Read more...] about Sustainable Food Systems – New Report