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War School: The Battle for Britain's Children - New film reveals the darkest side of British militarism

Mohamed Elmaazi
The Canary
Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC
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A new film called War School: The Battle for Britain's Children challenges the stories we tell ourselves about the military and war. The film: "reveals how government policies are targeting ever younger children for future recruitment into the armed forces"

Mic Dixon's documentary is essential viewing for anyone interested in the increasing militarisation of British life. War School was released to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of the armistice that officially ended the First World War.

It's not really remembrance

War School successfully weaves together different voices critical of militarism. It begins with a quote from former special forces member Ben Griffin, who says: "They call it the remembrance period. But there is actually no remembrance going on at all. It's the opposite of remembrance. It's concealment - concealment of the true nature of war and militarism."

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Head of Russian military intelligence GRU dead 'after long and serious illness'


RT
Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC
Russian GRU head Igor Korobov
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The head of the Russian Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), Colonel General Igor Korobov has died "after a long and serious illness," the Defense Ministry has confirmed.

The statement announcing Korobov's death was released around 2:00 am Moscow time (11:00 pm GMT) on Thursday morning.

Korobov took his post at the helm of the Directorate in 2016, and directed the GRU operations against terrorist forces in Syria. In 2017, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation, the highest state honor.

Comment: What's up? Three top Russian intel chiefs all travel to Washington for talks with American counterparts - UPDATE

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True Feminism in a Ponerised Society

Caitlin Johnstone
caitlinjohnstone.com
Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:39 UTC
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I am going to begin this essay with some nerd lore.

In JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth, elves are an immortal race of staggering beauty, deep wisdom, rich culture and advanced magical propensity. The elves often find themselves at odds with the orcs, a hideous race who live for violence and destruction. In Tolkien's The Silmarillion, it is revealed that orcs were actually the creation of an evil lord named Melkor, later known as Morgoth, who captured a group of elves and imprisoned them. The elves "by slow arts of cruelty were corrupted and enslaved; and thus did Melkor breed the hideous race of the Orcs in envy and mockery of the Elves, of whom they were afterwards the bitterest foes."

I always think of this when I see trends in our society which began as healthy and good impulses, but which over time became twisted and warped by egotism and manipulation. Something springs up in human consciousness out of inspiration and natural compassion, quickly gains public support because truth is attractive, and then is eventually hijacked and perverted as power finds a way to twist that energy in a way it can use and exploit. It becomes "orc-ified".

Comment: The Health & Wellness Show: Toxic Feminism and the War on Men

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German pensioner killed by Afghan refugee hired to take care of him


Voice of Europe
Mon, 19 Nov 2018 22:03 UTC
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An 85-year-old German pensioner has been murdered by a 20-year-old refugee in the northern German town of Wittenburg.

Pensioner Dietrich P. met the Afghan after his daughter, a refugee worker, thought it was a good idea to hire the man to care for her father.

The elderly man had lost his wife in 2012 and last year the Afghan already took care of the man for a week. Last week the refugee was helping the victim with gardening and household work, but it ended in a tragedy around 2:00 am on the early Saturday morning.
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Women's right-to-drive activists accuse Saudi authorities of torture

Josie Ensor
The Telegraph
Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:10 UTC
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Saudi Arabia has tortured and sexually harassed women's rights activists detained in prison, a new report alleges.

The activists, who have not been named for fear of reprisal, were arrested by Saudi authorities in May in a crackdown ahead of the kingdom's lifting of the decades-long women's driving ban.

Prisoners in the kingdom's Dhahban Prison have allegedly been interrogated by masked jailers, with one made to hang for long periods of time from the ceiling, sources told Human Rights Watch.

Several showed physical signs of torture, including difficulty walking, uncontrolled shaking of the hands, and red marks and scratches on their faces and necks.

At least one of the women attempted to commit suicide multiple times, according to testimonies.
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Teenager in France dies after 'refugee' stabs him 23 times for no reason


Voice of Europe
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:23 UTC
French teen stabbed by 'refugee'
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The victim, Baptiste.
A 19-year-old French teen has been brutally murdered in a friend's home after a 'refugee' complained about loud noise.

The victim, Baptiste, was leaving the apartment of a friend, when a stranger confronted him in the staircase over too much noise.

Baptiste and a friend told the man 'they had nothing to do with it'. Then the stranger suddenly stabbed him eight times in the throat and fifteen times elsewhere. His terrified friend managed to intervene but help came too late for the 19-year-old French teen.

The incident happened on 15 September, but it has now been revealed by his parents that a refugee was responsible for the fatal attack.
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Video shows Canadian cyclist defecate on sidewalk and throw it at driver after collision

Jennifer Smith
Dailymail
Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:04 UTC
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A cyclist in Canada is wanted by police for defecating then throwing his feces on a woman's windshield after colliding with her on the road then opening her car door to hurl abuse at her.

It is unclear when the incident happened but police in Victoria are yet to catch the man.

A brief bystander video of the incident showed him squatting beside the woman's car then scooping up his feces and throwing it on the woman's windshield.

Police say that beforehand, they were involved in a traffic collision and he was abusive towards her.

Comment: That's quite a talent.

It seems an increasing number of people on our planet are losing touch with reality:

See also: Also check out SOTT radio's: The Health & Wellness Show: Precious Snowflake Syndrome: Cry ins, safe spaces and microaggressions

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Minnesota: White man accused of pulling a gun on Muslim teens at McDonald's

David Barden
Huffington Post
Tue, 20 Nov 2018 20:14 UTC
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Police are investigating an incident at a Minnesota McDonald's in which a man reportedly pulled a gun on a group of Muslim teenagers on Monday night.

Several videos of the incident have been uploaded to Twitter, showing a group of young people yelling "He has a gun!" as they turn and run from a man who is walking out of the restaurant.

A McDonald's employee then orders the group to also leave despite bystanders intervening.

"Don't send them out there when the dude just pulled a fucking gun on them," one man says. "You better call the fucking cops, is what you gotta do."
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US tourist killed by arrow-shooting Indian tribe on North Sentinel Island


France24
Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:04 UTC
Tourist killed by Sentinelese
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An American tourist was killed by arrows shot by protected tribesmen living in one of the world's most isolated regions tucked in India's Andaman islands, police said Wednesday.

John Chau, 27, had taken a boat ride with local fishermen before venturing alone in a canoe to the remote North Sentinel Island where the indigenous people live cut off completely from the outside world.

As soon as he set foot on the island, Chau found himself facing a flurry of arrows, official sources told AFP.

Contact with several tribes on the islands, set deep in the Indian Ocean, is illegal in a bid to protect their indigenous way of life and shield them from diseases.

Police have registered a case of murder and seven accused persons have been arrested.

Comment: See also: Sentinelese tribe: Rare footage of one of the world's last un-contacted indigenous people

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Bollywood superstar wipes out the debts of 1,398 Indian farmers

Manveena Suri
Channel3000
Wed, 21 Nov 2018 20:02 UTC
Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has cleared more than $560,000 worth of debt owed by farmers, amid a wider agricultural crisis that has forced many rural workers into extreme poverty.

In a blog post on Tuesday, he wrote he had "taken care" of 1,398 farmers in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where Bachchan was born, by paying off their debt.

"Gratitude leans across to the desire of removing some of the burdens that farmers continue to suffer from...and the inner peace it generates when the desired is completed," Bachchan wrote.

He added that banks had issued the farmers with a one-time settlement document and certificate.

More than 50% of India's population is involved in the agricultural and allied sector, which contributes 18% of the country's GDP.

Comment: See also:

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