Colin Todhunter The UK government has launched its public consultation on the deregulation of gene editing in England. To kick things off, somewhat predictably Environment Secretary George Eustice …

CJ Hopkins So, welcome to 2021! If last week was any indication, it is going to be quite an exciting year. It is going to be the year in which GloboCap reminds everyone who is actually in charge an…

The US Congress has voted on impeachment articles against President Donald Trump. Again. This time for “incitement of violence”, although neither the incitement, nor the violence, reall…

2+2=5 is an award-winning Iranian short film written and directed by Babak Anvari. First released in 2011, but arguably never more relevant than today, it is a beautiful concise and powerful rebuke…

Do you think the same architecture that just publically castrated the “most powerful man on Earth” and the “leader of the free world” will suddenly start doing what it&#8217…

Today – Friday 15th January – over 50,000 restaurants are planning to open, an act of mass civil disobedience against “anti-Covid” lockdown measures which have massively hur…

Our current definition of “free speech” is outdated, no longer fit for purpose in the internet era, and potentially dangerous to democracy…according to a chorus of voices across t…

Edward Curtin Something is happening here, But you don’t know what it is, Do you, Mr. Jones? Bob Dylan, Ballad of A Thin Man It’s hard… Life today seems like a dream, doesn’t it?  Surreal to …

John Steppling If you want to deprive citizens of freedom of movement, freedom of assembly and the right to family life, there should be written reasons. They ask the department why they can hardly…

Kevin Smith There have been a wide selection of articles published here over the last year on Covid-19 and lockdowns. Since March, the thinking of many of us has evolved which has been reflected wi…

Colin Todhunter Contingent on World Bank aid to be given to poorer countries in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns, agrifood conglomerates will aim to further expand their influence. These firms hav…

Matthew Ehret Martin Luther King Jr. day has been celebrated every January 18 since it was a made a national holiday through the tireless efforts of Martin’s widow Coretta in 1983. While many peopl…

Joe Biden’s big day is finally here. He’s had to work hard for it, sucking a lot of fingers, burbling a lot of nonsense, berating a lot of factory workers, fixing thousands of votes, bu…

Happen.network has released a new documentary ennoscriptd The New Normal. Investigating the origin of the titular phrase – never far from the lips of authority figures across the globe since ear…

NoneHappen.network (https://happen.network) has released a new documentary ennoscriptd The New Normal.

Investigating the origin of the titular phrase – never far from the lips of authority figures across the globe since early 2020 – The New Normal, …

Today we just have a brief thought experiment for you to consider. For starters, forget what you think about Donald Trump. Instead, imagine an election in Russia.

Only 48 hours in power, and already the team behind The Maidan is looking to start a colour revolution in Moscow.

by Maribel Tuff Off-Guardian commenter, Maribel Tuff, expands their comment Above The Line. Bringing together the US emergency bank lending crisis and the now massive Covid response, I’ve concluded…

Colin Todhunter In the above short video on the empirediaries.com YouTube channel, a protesting farmer camped near Delhi says that during lockdown and times of crisis farmers are treated like “gods…

Edward Curtin “Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.  Hence one must choose a master, God being out of style.” Albert Camus, The F…

John Griffin Who else senses the world shrinking around them? Was it only a year ago we could twirl a multi-hued globe and contemplate a trip to one of those inviting islets of colour? Now, such go…