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Privatising Child Protection
Protection of vulnerable children is not possible if those delivering the services are not obliged to follow established rules. (read more)
Articles by Kerry Anne Mendoza
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About Political Correctness
Political correctness is not actually about quelling ‘freedom of speech’ for the sake of defending others from offense. (read more)
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11 Months Old and Jailed By Israel
With its brutalization of children, Israel is sowing the seeds for a bloody and hate filled future. (read more)
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The BBC Is Snooping on You
The BBC regularly uses spying powers granted under The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, intended for the interception of communications by terrorists. (read more)
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In Gaza : Israel’s War on Children
Not only are their homes destroyed, but their entire families have been wiped out. What is the future of these children? (read more)
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In Gaza : The Aftermath of Hell
I fail to see the military value of these targets. It feels more like a terror campaign to beat any notion of statehood out of Gaza’s population. (read more)
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In Gaza : Yesterday Pregnant, Today Dead
Die, slowly and forgotten inside the world’s largest open prison – or push for freedom? Gaza’s choice. (read more)
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In Gaza : ‘They Gassed Us in Our Beds’
F-16s roar across the sky, drones buzz, and the deep thud of shelling can be heard. (read more)
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They Shot My Baby Dead in My Arms : Gaza
“We will not anymore live like animals. Let us live in dignity, or die with honour.” (read more)
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Austerity = Kids Eating from Bins
Logic has been ignored – and now we have children eating scraps from bins to survive. (read more)
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The NHS ‘Permanent Frontier’
We either acquiesce to the piecemeal destruction of our public services, or we remove all support for those who seek to destroy them. (read more)
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UKIP Turn to Police to Censor Twitter
When a political party and its members seek to use the police or lawyers to silence legitimate criticism of their policies in the run-up to an election, we cannot merely cuss about it. (read more)
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This is not a Government : This is a Mafia
This government, with unprecedented audacity and speed, are transforming our nation run on laws and institutions, into one run on patronage and privilege – more like a mafia of the 1% than a government of the people. (read more)
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Gagging the Opposition
The UK Parliament has just passed a new gagging law. How will gagging affect a loyal opposition? (read more)
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50 Years of Social Progress. Reversed.
People born in the 1960’s and 70’s will retire poorer than their parents (read more)
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Dear Media, Where Were You?
A few days ago on 5th November, hacktivist group Anonymous succeeded in mobilising hundreds of thousands of people in 477 locations in over 150 countries around the world. (read more)
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Britain is Booming?
A real world recession for the majority is applauded as a recovery, when all that is recovered are the profits for transnational corporations, and incomes of high earners, most of whom pay little or no contributions back into the collective pot of the UK. (read more)
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Fracking: The Battle for Balcombe
Balcombe has become the front line in the battle against not simply fracking – but our right to have a say in the big decisions that shape our world (read more)
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The Birth of a Police State
The UK government is about to pass legislation which will make any behaviour perceived to potentially ‘cause nuisance or annoyance’ a criminal offence. (read more)
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Woolwich and Terror
Did you notice how all terrorists used to be Irish? And suddenly, they are all Muslims? Well, they’re not. But if the media agenda is Irish Terror, or Muslim Terror, then it can start to look that way. (read more)