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Countercurrents which is based in the Indian state of Kerala exercises a welcoming policy to submissions. Both myself and JanetS have had pieces on its website.
It may worth posting something on the re-launch of the WSPUS there at the appropriate time. Then instead of appearing to be partisan that can be mistaken for spam, linking to that may be a useful tactic.
The ones I regularly go to are
I try not to spam but instead post at an appropriate topic.
There is also
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
Meantime, there are a number of American “progressive” websites which permit comments on their articles and something members could avail themselves of by posting links to the WSPUS so to build name recognition. Not much but every little helps.
“…in some (most?) parts of the world money can literally buy votes…”
My wife recently sold hers for seven pounds at present exchange rates. She was upset for shortly afterwards she was offered twelve pounds for her vote.
Just how are those politicians recoup their costs? By more corruption, of course.
“The issue of migration will never be resolved by raising barriers, fomenting fear of others or denying assistance to those who legitimately aspire to a better life for themselves and their families,” The Pope
“At least this will show that money can’t buy you votes.”
Perhaps in Newport, ALB, but would you say the same about the American political scene?
US state of Georgia has approved legislation outlawing abortions after a foetal heartbeat can be detected. A heartbeat can be detected in an embryo as early as six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant.
Could it be a double-election?
Maduro agrees to Red Cross to send aid to Venezuela.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-47750729
The average Venezuelan has lost 10kg in weight, according to Caritas
They sniff an election in the air.
“The Independent Group of MPs is to formally register as a political party called Change UK in time for potential European elections”
The group will register as Change UK – The Independent Group.
“A new party will shake up the two-party system and provide people with an alternative that can change our country for the better,” Umunna said. “This is what Change UK will be aiming to do at any European elections if our application for registration is accepted in time.”
“We in Change UK, as we hope to be known, don’t just dream about a fairer and better future for our country, we are determined to unleash it through hard work, passion and shared endeavour.” former Conservative MP Heidi Allen, interim leader, said
“…His arguments were based on the sovereignty and self-determination of “nations”; the EU could never be democratic as it was an artificial political entity not an organic nation and had no right to impose its will on nations such as Britain was. ..”
Not only Mogg but the Left nationalists too…His argument provides all the ammunition for them. Is the union with Scotland and Northern Ireland organic as Unionists say or imposed as the separatists claim, particularly as both voted to Remain and being deprived of self-determination?
The Colombian Crisis
http://news.trust.org/item/20190328164404-chhdf/
Violence in some regions of Colombia has worsened significantly since the 2016 signing of a peace deal with Marxist rebels, the Red Cross said
Half a billion more people could be at risk from mosquito-transmitted diseases within 30 years as a result of the warming climate, according to a new study.
Canada and parts of northern Europe could be newly exposed to the threat. People there could come into contact with yellow fever, Zika, dengue and chikungunya, as well as other emerging diseases.
The study, published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, finds that humans could prevent the spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes if they aggressively take actions to combat global warming.”“People who contract diseases from mosquitoes while traveling can return home and transmit them to local mosquitoes, spreading them further.”
I got told this over 40 years ago when I needed Yellow Fever shots and a little card to prove i have had them for travel. The nurse in conversation said it was not so much for my own benefit but to stop me coming back and contaminating local mosquitos.
People here know I have a thing about the BBC’s bias.
“The BBC’s director general has admitted that the corporation’s reputation as a provider of impartial news has taken a hit in recent years…”
He pledges promises to improve…
Meanwhile morning local radio news is being cut
Yet another report that sides with the School Strikers that governments are underplaying the seriousness and the urgency required about climate change.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47723577
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says that the physical and financial impacts of global warming are accelerating. Record greenhouse gas levels are driving temperatures to “increasingly dangerous levels”, it says. “We know that if the current trajectory for greenhouse gas concentrations continues, temperatures may increase by 3 – 5 degrees C compared to pre-industrial levels by the end of the century and we have already reached 1 degree.”
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, wrote in the preface to the report, “There is no longer any time for delay,”
Is this hyperbole when he echoes the opinion of Extinction Rebellion?
Earlier this week the International Energy Agency published worrying data, indicating that in 2018 carbon emissions were up 1.7%, as a result of the fastest growth in energy use in the last six years.
Nevertheless, the UK government applauds its own success.
Emissions across the UK have fallen by 3% over the last year, the equivalent the government says, of taking 5 million cars off the road. Factors driving UK emissions down include the fact that coal was the source of just 5% of electricity in 2018. The government now says that carbon emissions are at their lowest level since before the turn of the 20th century, when Queen Victoria was on the throne.
But we know GLOBAL warming is a GLOBAL problem and requires a GLOBAL fix.
