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Gold and the global power games fuelling Mali’s escalating civil war

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Gold and the global power games fuelling Mali’s escalating civil war

Gold production and global power struggles are fuelling a brutal and escalating conflict in Mali, one of Africa’s biggest countries. With the UK being a key player in the global gold trade, what role do we have to play? The battle to trade other people’s gold London has a central position in the global gold trade, despite producing almost no gold itself. The Bank of England, for example, boasts that it’s: the second-largest custodian of gold in the world This is part of the lingering financial power that justifies the US empire keeping the UK on as a junior partner. Gold…

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Just Stop Oil see three more supporters found not guilty of ‘criminal’ slow march nonsense

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Just Stop Oil see three more supporters found not guilty of ‘criminal’ slow march nonsense

Another three Just Stop Oil supporters were found not guilty at Southwark Crown Court yesterday (Wednesday 12 August), three years after slow marching in London to demand an end to new oil and gas licensing. Just Stop Oil: more not guilty verdicts On 15 November 2023, Alexis Psyllides, Joseph Clark and Alexander Thornton were among 64 supporters who joined a slow march on Earls Court Road in London. They were arrested and charged with Section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023, interference with key national infrastructure – an offence which carries a maximum penalty of 12 months’ imprisonment, an unlimited…

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Kwasi Kwarteng gives the game away on fossil fuel tax cuts

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Kwasi Kwarteng gives the game away on fossil fuel tax cuts

As highlighted by Tax Justice UK, Kwasi Kwarteng has given the game away on taxing oil companies: Oops, Kwarteng said the quiet part out loud: cutting taxes for fossil fuel giants to l̶o̶w̶e̶r̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶b̶i̶l̶l̶s push their profits higher. We say tax excess profits, cut bills, build renewables, break free from fossil fuel doom-loops. Agree?Act now: https://t.co/nG1r6GI5pr pic.twitter.com/Gk20tiHixo — Tax Justice UK (@TaxJusticeUK) August 12, 2026 Credit to Faiza Shaheen here for pushing him into admitting this. Tax the profiteers Tax Justice are encouraging people to sign a petition which will ‘raise taxes on companies profiteering from the Iran war’. The…

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Website linked to fraudster Reform donor mysteriously shuts down

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Website linked to fraudster Reform donor mysteriously shuts down

George Cottrell – a.k.a. ‘Posh George’ – is a convicted fraudster and close friend of Nigel Farage. Their closeness became a source of controversy recently because Cottrell made undeclared donations to Reform UK and provided Farage with undeclared benefits. It also emerged that Cottrell may have been more involved with Reform than previously believed, making the donations potentially even more scandalous. As with every other ongoing scandal, Farage no doubt hopes the controversy around Posh George will blow over. The problem for him is that things like this keep happening to things like his Tether gambling site: Not. Going. Away. (Although…

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Burnham’s climate COBRA meeting was a massive let down

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Burnham’s climate COBRA meeting was a massive let down

On Wednesday 12 August, Andy Burnham finally acknowledged the climate chaos we’re experiencing by holding a COBRA meeting. People hoped the PM would implement serious measures to ensure the long-term viability of the country; instead, we got this: Water nationalisation for our water security? End north sea oil & gas – invest in renewables for our energy security? A maximum workplace temperature for worker security? No. A request not to sell BBQs. This is dire from Andy Burnham. Spectacularly mishandling the crisis. pic.twitter.com/FYei1TMmQ8 — Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) August 12, 2026 Burnham: disposable Because of the extreme temperatures we’re experiencing, the UK…

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Government ‘community power’ hypocrisy exposed over Brick Lane data centre

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Government ‘community power’ hypocrisy exposed over Brick Lane data centre

Brick Lane — One supposed fundamental political message has resonated through the entire ‘Burnhamism’ transition. It’s been repeated endlessly that this government’s core mission is to devolve power to “every postcode”. In keeping with that message, local government and housing minster Angela Rayner shared online: We’re putting powers in the hands of communities to crackdown on everyday eyesores that blight town centres. However, it wasn’t long before everybody with eyes and a brain called it what it was: blatant hypocrisy. “We’re putting powers in the hands of communities to crackdown on everyday eyesores that blight town centres.” https://t.co/eZioZT0A7z pic.twitter.com/yXRV3a3KCI — Philip…

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UEFA approves new rules meant to increase playing time

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UEFA approves new rules meant to increase playing time

Roberto Rosetti, Chairman of the UEFA Referees Committee, has unveiled a series of new amendments for the upcoming season of European competitions, including the Champions League. These changes aim to reduce time-wasting, increase actual playing time, and simplify the use of VAR. According to the German news agency, Rosetti stated that UEFA will take a tougher stance on time-wasting, particularly during player substitutions and medical treatment on the pitch. Under the new regulations, a substituted player will have 10 seconds to leave the field. If they exceed this limit, they will be required to wait one minute on the sidelines before…

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As US weaponry runs out, “Iranians proved remarkably resilient and adept” at rebuilding after strikes: NYT

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As US weaponry runs out, “Iranians proved remarkably resilient and adept” at rebuilding after strikes: NYT

Iran has proved “remarkably resilient and adept” at rebuilding after US strikes since the April ceasefire, according to Eric Schmitt of The New York Times, a damning indictment of US military overreach as its weaponry runs out. On the NYT podcast The Daily, national security correspondent Eric Schmitt said that after the April ceasefire, Pete Hegseth’s claim that Iran has “no air defences, no air force, no navy” was a “fundamental miscalculation.” The podcast frames the US not being the villain, despite it starting wars and destabilising the world. The framing is that suggests that Trump is simply stupid — having…

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Trump’s State Department drops brazenly colonial five-minute video boasting dominance over Latin America

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Trump’s State Department drops brazenly colonial five-minute video boasting dominance over Latin America

The Trump administration has been doing what centuries of US ruling elites have carefully avoided by dropping pretences of being a colonial power. In a five-minute video posted by the State Department, narrated by U.S. Ambassador to Panama Kevin Marino Cabrera, the U.S. government openly celebrates its “dominance” over the Western Hemisphere and adds that it “will never be questioned again.” The Monroe Doctrine has shaped U.S. foreign policy for over two centuries. American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again. pic.twitter.com/hsoGS17gqV — Department of State (@StateDept) August 11, 2026 It concludes: Over two centuries, Monroe’s declaration had…

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Green Party slams Labour’s ‘energy guzzling’ data centre decision

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Green Party slams Labour’s ‘energy guzzling’ data centre decision

On 7 August, we reported that Labour was forcing an unwanted data centre on the people of Brick Lane. Now, the Green Party has described the plan as follows: Why has Andy Burnham’s Labour approved a water and energy guzzling data centre in Brick Lane when: 30,000 people in Tower Hamlets are currently awaiting housing London is in a period of extreme drought and residents in Tower Hamlets have already been left without water… pic.twitter.com/Zj9nndQcJo — The Green Party (@TheGreenParty) August 11, 2026 Labour’s “Market Stalinism” The local council wanted to redevelop the Truman Brewery into a site with 800 homes.…

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Farage’s £5m gift scandal reported to the police

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Farage’s £5m gift scandal reported to the police

Nigel Farage has faced significant scrutiny over the £5m ‘gift’ he received from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne in 2024. This payment is proving to be a problem, because Farage failed to declare it; all despite knowing MPs have to declare potentially relevant gifts and donations from the 12 months before they enter Parliament. Now, the activist groups Compassion in Politics and Unlock Democracy have reported Farage to the police over the much-discussed gift: NEW Nigel Farage Reported to Met Police Over Alleged Misconduct in Public Office By @josiahmortimer The Reform UK leader's non-disclosure of a £5 million 'gift' from a crypto…

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Mehdi Hasan breaks down new Daily Wire movie’s Islamophobia

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Mehdi Hasan breaks down new Daily Wire movie’s Islamophobia

The Daily Wire is a right-wing American news network that’s fallen on hard times. Said times followed a series of business and creative decisions which failed to pay off. Among the failures was a movie called Run Hide Fight which bombed with critics but did generate a positive response from viewers — all on the back of a meager $1.5m budget. This led to the spin-off Run Hide Fight: Infidels, which takes the ‘mass shooter’ premise and adds a heavy dose of Islamophobia. Mehdi Hasan of Zeteo is one of those who called out the Islamophobia. And in response to the Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro,…

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EXCLUSIVE: Unite leader’s husband bullied and manipulated union staff, transcripts show

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EXCLUSIVE: Unite leader’s husband bullied and manipulated union staff, transcripts show

Leaked meeting transcripts expose how Unite the Union staff endured aggressive behaviour, bullying and intimidation under Sharon Graham’s husband, Jack Clarke.  The Canary has obtained more than 100 pages of transcripts dating to 2018, prior to the leadership election, between Clarke and staff members within the National Organising and Leverage Department’s Research Unit (OLRU). Our source told us these documents formed part of an investigation into Clarke after two staff members filed grievances against him. These complaints accused him of bullying, misogyny and abusive behaviour against staff, who he frequently swore at and belittled.  To-date, general secretary Sharon Graham and her…

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“We never know if we will return safely”: West Bank students speak out against the war on education

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“We never know if we will return safely”: West Bank students speak out against the war on education

Students in the West Bank have become “desensitised” to what Israeli occupation forces have made routine: checkpoints, incursions, intimidation and violence. But what they endure is far from normal. It’s a systematic campaign of disruption and dismantlement. Shams, a 24-year-old journalism and media graduate from Birzeit University, says fear is woven into their everyday life. They tell the Canary: Whenever we leave our homes in the morning, we never know if we will return safely. Death is always close to us. Now young people are dying before the older ones. The journey is extremely difficult. Settler violence and military checkpoints constantly…

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Reform councillor blasts educator for using Zimbabwe flag as prop

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Reform councillor blasts educator for using Zimbabwe flag as prop

In the UK, councillors are supposed to support local people. However, Reform councillor Joe Standen seems to think his job is to attack and make fun of residents who are doing what they can to educate the city’s youth. The X post below reads: Reform UK’s Joe Standen has taken to his Facebook to call a series of local story telling events in Portsmouth “mental”. Bravo to the “woman with yellow hair” who replied to his rant to give the context he was missing. Reform UK’s @JoeMStanden has taken to his Facebook to call a series of local story telling events…

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The Times should apologise for Kathleen Stock’s shockingly ableist article

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The Times should apologise for Kathleen Stock’s shockingly ableist article

This weekend I had the unfortunate luck of stumbling across an opinion piece in the Times by the academic, philosopher and transphobe Kathleen Stock. In a nutshell, Stock argues that Gen Z women are pretending to have chronic illnesses and invisible disabilities, and that using walking sticks has become some sort of trend influenced by social media. Raising suspicion in a society that already dismisses women’s health As a millennial woman with hypermobility syndrome, who may one day need a walking stick – I had to use one during the final weeks of my pregnancy – I was immediately incensed. I…

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Settlers use water to ethnically cleanse the occupied West Bank

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Settlers use water to ethnically cleanse the occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers were filmed deliberately emptying vital water tanks in the Palestinian herding community of Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley. Ein al-Hilweh freshwater spring had been used by the farmers and Bedouin shepherds of the village for generations. But in 2019, illegal ‘Israeli’ colonists from the nearby Maskiyot settlement, with the help of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), seized the spring and fenced it off. Now, Palestinians no longer have access to it and the IOF has threatened them with forcible displacement if they try. The community now relies on tankers for their water supply, which is why these…

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How Media Lens forged a path for independent journalism

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How Media Lens forged a path for independent journalism

We are seeing today a surge in heretical media outlets including Novara, Doubledown News, Drop Site, Byline Times, Middle East Eye – and of course Declassified UK. We have emerged thanks in part to a growing appreciation that the mainstream media is broken, cannot be trusted, and is far more likely to disseminate falsehood than tell the truth. So it is only fair to wish a happy 25th birthday to the earliest of these dissident outlets – Media Lens. Media Lens first published in July 2001. The timing was perfect, with George W Bush starting to mobilise ahead of the Iraq…

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Fresh call for Europe to back climate action rather than war

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Fresh call for Europe to back climate action rather than war

A new report by Allianz SE says that the pressing issue of climate breakdown could be set to cost Europe €800 billion by 2030 — nearly the same as a pot of money for defence. Allianz is a criminal company investing massively in the genocide economy of so-called ‘Israel’. However, the insurer’s climate analysis has been backed by experts such as Patrick Bresnihan, associate professor at the geography department of Ireland’s Maynooth University. Writing for the Irish Times, Bresnihan called for: …nothing less than the wholesale remaking of our infrastructure, built environments and economic systems. Climate breakdown set to cost Europe €800…

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Andy Burnham finally responds to ‘national emergency’ weather

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Andy Burnham finally responds to ‘national emergency’ weather

‘The Prime Minister has finally acknowledged the ongoing weather crisis and announced he will chair a COBRA meeting on the matter. Labour MP Clive Lewis has said that the first point on the meeting agenda should be “North Sea Oil“. He says this because Andy Burnham has suggested he’d be open to more drilling despite the UK being on fire as a result of human-driven climate change. BREAKING: The prime minister will chair a meeting of COBRA – the government's emergency committee – on the response to the "extreme heat, wildfires and drought" this afternoon Follow the latesthttps://t.co/59kYH51mUj — Sky News…

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