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Your brain on critical race theory: New York activists respond to brutal attack on Asian man by rallying against white nationalism - but culprit was black


RT
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:26 UTC
End The Violence Towards Asians
© Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images / AFPEnd The Violence Towards Asians rally in Washington Square Park on February 20, 2021 in New York City
Anti-racism activists in New York have risen up to rally against white supremacy as they demand justice for a Filipino-American man who was viciously slashed with a box cutter on the subway. Never mind that the attacker was black.

Hundreds of protesters gathered at New York's Washington Square Park on Saturday afternoon and marched through parts of Manhattan, chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets." The marchers congregated in front of the iconic Macy's store on 34th Street. One carried a sign declaring, "White nationalism is the virus."


Comment: It's not. Critical race theory is.



Organizers billed the event as seeking "justice for the attack on Noel Quintana." A promotional poster also said, "End the violence toward Asians. Let's unite against white nationalism."

Comment: There really are people who believe white supremacy/nationalism is the root cause of everything bad that happens in the world. White person kills black person? White supremacy. Black person kills Asian person? White supremacy. Asians doing better at college? White supremacy. It's popular because it's easy. No thinking necessary.

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Academics at UK university reject IHRA anti-Semitism definition

Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifida
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
University College London
© WikipediaUniversity College London academics say IHRA definition of anti-Semitism “not fit for purpose.
Academics at a major British university last week voted to reverse their institution's adoption of the misleading anti-Semitism definition promoted by Israel and its lobby.

A report by University College London's academic board states that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's "working definition" of anti-Semitism "is not fit for purpose within a university setting and has no legal basis for enforcement."

The board voted to endorse the report last week. It will now be up to university management to decide whether the vote will be implemented.

The university's branch of the University and College Union is campaigning against the definition.

The report was more than a year in the making.

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) said on Friday that the report was a "measured and powerful analysis" which had delivered "a devastating blow to Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson's attempts to pressure universities into adopting the IHRA definition."

In October, Williamson threatened to punish universities that refused to adopt the IHRA definition by Christmas.

Comment: In the age of rampant wokism in universities and academia in general, they're managing to get at least one thing right!

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'Being offensive is a crime': UK police quickly apologize for bizarre LGBT ad campaign


RT
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:45 UTC
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© Twitter / MerPolWirral
Liverpool's Merseyside Police in the UK have apologised after stirring up controversy with a campaign that ominously warned Brits they could be charged with "being offensive."

Superintendent Martin Earl apologised in a statement on Monday for "any confusion" the campaign caused, declaring: "We would like to clarify that 'being offensive' is not in itself an offense."

Earl explained that the campaign was organized by local police in the Wirral area of Merseyside "to encourage people to report hate crime," but added that the message was "incorrect," despite calling it "well intentioned."

Comment: Nefarious attempts by the British government and its security apparatus to socially engineer citizens continues unabated:

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'Fact-checking' organization furious that Twitter's fact-checking tool said Tim Pool was correct

Noah David Alter
The Post Millennial
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:42 UTC
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The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, which operates the fact-checking site PolitiFact, published an article on Thursday criticizing users of Birdwatch, Twitter's experimental crowd-sourced fact-checking platform, for failing to identify a tweet by Tim Pool as false.


Comment: Tim Pool's tweet was obviously correct, for anyone who actually read the TIME Magazine article. PolitiFact is just mad that it doesn't fit their narrative.

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Setback for Assange prosecution appeal after intervention by former government minister

Tom Coburg
The Canary
Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:01 UTC
Julian Assange
© Flickr / Cancillería del Ecuador
It's been reported that the US authorities will appeal the recent UK ruling that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US. However, in the meantime, the case against WikiLeaks founder Assange has met resistance. A former Conservative cabinet minister has made a statement to parliament regarding the UK Extradition Act which could undermine the prosecution's appeal.

Intervention in the Commons

David Davis MP told parliament:
Although we cannot, of course, discuss the substance of the Assange judgment here today, the House must note the worrying development more generally in our extradition arrangements - extradition for political offences. This stems from an erroneous interpretation of Parliament's intention in 2003. This must now be clarified.

Article 4 of the U.K.-U.S. extradition treaty provides that extradition will not be granted for political offences. In the U.K., the treaty was implemented in the Extradition Act 2003. It has been claimed that, because the Act does not specifically refer to political offences, Parliament explicitly took the decision to remove the bar when passing the Act in 2003. That is not the case - Parliament had no such intention. Had it intended such a massive deviation from our centuries-long tradition of providing asylum, it would have been explicit.

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Two dead in Myanmar anti-coup protest shooting


Yahoo! News
Sat, 20 Feb 2021 10:19 UTC
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A protester receives treatment after being injured during the clashes
Myanmar's security forces fired live rounds and rubber bullets at protesters in the country's second-largest city on Saturday, leaving at least two dead and about 30 injured.

Much of the country has been in uproar since the military deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup on February 1, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets to protest against the junta.

On Saturday, hundreds of police and soldiers gathered at Yadanarbon shipyard in Mandalay, by the Irrawaddy river.

Comment: Here are some of the videos that have been circulating:


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Facebook deletes Myanmar military's page over 'incitement of violence' as anti-coup protests rage on

Oleg Burunov
Sputnik
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 09:05 UTC
Myanmar protest
© REUTERS / STRINGER
On Saturday, at least two people were reportedly killed and 20 more wounded during clashes with police in the city of Mandalay, Myanmar, as massive anti-coup protests across the nation show no sign of ceasing.

Facebook has shut down the Myanmar military's main page over what the social network described as violations of its standards that forbid the incitement of violence.

"In line with our global policies, we've removed the Tatmadaw [the Myanmar military] True News Information Team Page from Facebook for repeated violations of our Community Standards prohibiting incitement of violence and coordinating harm", the platform said in a statement.

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Facebook is further clamping down on the Myanmar military following the coup that ousted its elected government. Reuters reports that Facebook has removed the main page (True News Information Team) for the military, known as the Tatmadaw, for "repeated violations" of community rules that prevent inciting and coordinating violence. The social network didn't say if a particular incident prompted the response, but it came hours after police killed two protesters.

The company banned army chief (and now coup leader) Min Aung Hlaing and other senior officers in 2018, and banned hundreds of pages promoting violence that same year. Facebook also slapped the Myanmar military with mutliple restrictions since the coup. It limited the reach of the Tatmadaw page over misinformation, deleted pro-coup posts alleging voter fraud and barred government agencies from asking for content removal.

This may only have a limited effect. The Myanmar military has tried numerous steps to stifle pro-democracy protests, blocking Facebook in the country and shutting down internet access. Many of the people who could most appreciate Facebook's actions might not even have access to the site. Critics would point out that the military was violent from the start, and that Facebook might have taken action earlier.

Even so, it's clear that Facebook is eager to avoid the inaction and obliviousness that helped fuel anti-Rohingya hate in Myanmar. It's sending a message that governments aren't above rules on misinformation and violence, even if there are concerns Facebook might be overly cautious about pulling material.
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Stunning levels of air toxins found in New York's subway system

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 19:00 UTC
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The air quality in the subway systems across the U.S. is almost downright toxic.

New research published last week shows high levels of pollution for subway riders, with the worst air quality coming from places like New York and New Jersey, according to The Guardian.

The report notes that tiny specks of pollution called PM2.5 were well above nationally determined safe daily levels of 35 micrograms per cubic meter in cities like New York, Washington and Philadelphia. The particles are likely "thrown up by train brakes or the friction between train wheels and rails".

In New York, these particles measured 251 micrograms per cubic meter. Terry Gordon, a professor at New York University's Grossman School of Medicine, who co-authored the research, said: "New Yorkers in particular should be concerned about the toxins they are inhaling."

The level was even higher, coming in at 1,499 micrograms per cubic meter at Christopher Street in the West Village. This is about 77 times higher than above-ground air pollution and is a level "more commonly found near a large wildfire or during a building demolition".
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The temporary collapse of Texas is foreshadowing the total collapse of the United States

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse Blog
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:19 UTC
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We are getting a very short preview of what will eventually happen to the United States as a whole. America's infrastructure is aging and crumbling. Our power grids were never intended to support so many people, our water systems are a complete joke, and it has become utterly apparent that we would be completely lost if a major long-term national emergency ever struck. Texas has immense wealth and vast energy resources, but now it is being called a "failed state". If it can't even handle a few days of cold weather, what is the rest of America going to look like when things really start to get chaotic in this country?

At this point, it has become clear that the power grid in Texas is in far worse shape than anyone ever imagined. When extremely cold weather hit the state, demand for energy surged dramatically. At the same time, about half of the wind turbines that Texas relies upon froze, and the rest of the system simply could not handle the massive increase in demand.

Millions of Texans were without power for days, and hundreds of thousands are still without power as I write this article.

And now we are learning that Texas was literally just moments away from "a catastrophic failure" that could have resulted in blackouts "for months"...

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Ex-MP Williamson slams University of Bristol for not defending anti-Zionist professor from 'lynch mob' demanding he be fired


RT
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:36 UTC
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© Reuters / Toby MelvilleProtesters demonstrate for Palestinian rights outside Downing Street in London, Britain.
Former Derby North MP Chris Williamson has called out the University of Bristol for its "outrageous lack of solidarity" with sociology Professor David Miller, currently under attack by the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews has been targeting Miller, a professor in the University of Bristol's sociology department, with a series of accusations, most recently blaming the academic on Friday for putting Jewish students at risk of "real physical harm" by sharing his view that the "Zionist movement" is the "enemy of world peace." The group's latest letter was addressed to Hugh Brady, the university's vice chancellor.

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