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YouTube censors Unveiling Reality
Our Unveiling Reality podcast was removed by YouTube almost instantly on the grounds that we infringed a misinformation policy. So far, it’s still up on Facebook and, if they act in the same way, you can see for yourself on another platform (the second one listed) and decide if there is any misinformation presented. http://www.brandedpodcasts.co.za/unveiling_reality/unveiling_reality_eps-1.mp4
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YouTube censors reality podcast
January 11, 2024
Our Unveiling Reality podcast was removed by YouTube almost instantly on the grounds that we infringed a misinformation policy. So far, it’s still up on Facebook and, if they act in the same way, you can see for yourself on another platform (the second one listed) and decide if there is any misinformation presented. http://www.brandedpodcasts.co.za/unveiling_reality/unveiling_reality_eps-1.mp4
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An appropriate, special, carol for 2023
December 25, 2023
These are parlous times and nowhere more so, or more tragically for children, than in Gaza. As such, this choral rendition of a special carol for 2023 seems particularly pertinent and appropriate. It should be as widely circulated as possible. Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/freny.manecksha/videos/398622225927421
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A Michelangelo’s David that will turn heads
December 25, 2023
A new replica of Michelangelo’s statue of David arrived on the art scene in November. It was launched at Britain’s Silverstone Formula One racetrack on a Friday night and, as time goes by, is likely to have art purists frothing at the mouth. At the same time, there are already plaudits galore from srtistically inclined […]
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Rugby, racism and ethnic unity
November 6, 2023
(First published on Fin24 and in City Press, South Africa) South Africans were united, perhaps as never before — and that includes1995 — by the 2023 rugby world cup. As a result, the final game — along with the score, the closest possible to a draw — made for a fitting celebration of the 50th […]
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Gaza, unions, fascism & oppression
October 22, 2023
(First published on Fin24 and in City Press, October 23, 2023) Get back to basics. It is a cry regularly heard within a globally weakening trade union movement. And this is usually spelled out as dealing with localised bureaucracy and corruption within the nation-state. But the true basis of trade unionism is internationalism, summed up […]
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Some real costs in the EV revolution
October 1, 2023
(First published on Fin24) There was international media coverage this week when President Joe Biden, megaphone in hand, stood on a picket line with striking car workers in Detroit. Being the first US president to take such action warranted the coverage. But the strike itself and the issues raised have lessons for workers everywhere. However, […]
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A tale of two countries (in decline)
September 4, 2023
It may sound melodramatic to claim that Britain is a country sliding steadily toward the ranks of developed nations. Yet that, in effect, is the clear headed assessment of UK political economist and leading commentator, Will Hutton. And it is a worrying assessment shared by many in the British labour movement as workers in the […]
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Terry Bell Writes 
January 12, 2024
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