UK Column News - 14th October 2024

Source: ukcolumn

Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with today’s UK Column News.

 

The Hidden Mechanics of Politics Set at Global Levels

00:00 Chatham House: Daniel Sachs

The World Economic Forum: Daniel Sachs

LinkedIn: Daniel Sachs

Hope is not a strategy

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing—after they’ve tried everything else.

Bilderberg meetings: Steering Committee

Daniel Sachs Foundation: A global foundation working to revitalize democracy

UK Column News archive: UK Column News—28th June 2024

LinkedIn: Daniel Sachs Foundation

LinkedIn: Daniel Sachs—Keep an eye on this dramatic shift!

Rozado’s Visual Analytics (Substack): Prevalence of Prejudice-Denoting Words in News Media Discourse

The Citizen’s Handbook: Rules for Radicals—Saul Alinsky

Macmillan Publishers: Do What Thou Wilt—A Life of Aleister Crowley

LinkedIn: Arun Chaudhary

Obama Foundation: Paul Alarcón Alanes

 

BBC Declares: The Fight for Truth Is On—Welcome to the Information War 

15:34 BBC (Media Centre): The Fight For Truth is on: BBC pulls back the curtain on the fight against disinformation

At BBC News we are leading the global fight against disinformation. This film captures the lengths we go to in the “Pursuit of Truth”—from difficult and dangerous environments to deploying tools and technology that help us verify the facts.

Campaign: BBC campaign spearheads fight against disinformation

BBC: Mission, values and public purposes

BBC: Dr Samir Shah CBE

One World Media: About

 

Attacks on Free Speech: Censorship as a Tool to Lie and Hide the Truth

26:52 Oxford Mail: Oxford professor: State school kids struggle to read books

Daily Mail: Leading academic who left the UK to teach in Australia after publishing pro-Brexit article claims he is no longer able to work in Britain because universities are now ‘just places of indoctrination’

The Times: Academic accused of spreading propaganda to run censorship course (Archived)

UK Column article: Attacks on Academic Freedom, The Times of London, and MI6

UK Column News archive: UK Column News—16th September 2024

New Statesman: The intolerant age: How creeping censorship captured Britain’s institutions

Imprint Academic: Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and the Threat to Academic Freedom

Universities UK: Equality, diversity and inclusion

National Union of Students UK: About NUS

University and College Union: UCU position on trans inclusion (PDF)

Wellcome Funding: Driving action on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2024

Wellcome Funding: Genomics has endless potential, if everyone is included

Nuffield Foundation: Research: Justice

UK Research and Innovation: How we’re funded (PDF)

UK Research and Innovation (YouTube): Our five priorities for research and innovation

Economic and Social Research Council: Strategic Delivery Plan 2022-2025 (PDF)

Arts and Humanities Research Council: Strategic Delivery Plan 2022-2025 (PDF)

European Commission: Horizon Europe

 

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37:20 Support Independent Journalism from the UK Column with only £5 a month

Access UKC News Extra—UK Column Community

UK Column event: UK Column On Location—Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)

Eventbrite: (Project Libertas events in Stroud) Expose 2024: Your Life In Their Hands

Alternative View: Event Tickets

Rise UK (Substack): Dr Anne McCloskey & Alisa Keane

UK Column News archive: UK Column News—6th September 2024

Rise UK (Substack): UN Summit of the Future

Rise UK (Substack): Once Upon a Future

 

Goals House: The Global Hub for Agenda-Driven Propaganda

40:28 LinkedIn: Kate Brandt

The climate crisis isn’t gender neutral—instead, it magnifies the gender inequalities already faced by women and girls around the world. But while climate change amplifies vulnerabilities, women and girls can amplify solutions.

Instagram: Goals House

Bringing together a community of business leaders, activists, politicians, NGOs, and entrepreneurs driving progress towards achieving the global goals

ManalTV (YouTube): Princess Eugenie’s Exciting Announcement: Joining Goals House Advisory Board for Sustainable Develop

 

FEMA: Funnelling Emergency Money Away

45:39 CNN Collection (YouTube): Anderson Cooper covers Hurricane Katrina aftermath

Malgent (YouTube): Hurricane Katrina—CBS News—“Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job”

NBC News (2005): Critics question FEMA director’s qualifications

USA Today (2015): FEMA trailers brought shelter, problems to Katrina victims

Clarion Ledger (2015): FEMA trailers: Shelter, class-action lawsuit

NBC News (2005): Convention center left legacy of chaos, violence

Seattle Times (2005): Trapped in the Superdome: Refuge becomes a hellhole

Southern Spaces (2009): The X-Codes: A Post-Katrina Postscript

Amazon (America): Eyes of the Storm: Hurricane Katrina and Rita The Photographic Story (2005) by Dallas Morning News

Sky News Australia (YouTube): Confused Joe Biden makes bizarre statement following Hurricane Milton

ABC News (YouTube): Kamala Harris talks Hurricane Milton preparedness on The View

The Telegraph: FEMA spends $4.9bn on Covid in one month—20 times more than on Hurricane Helene aid (Archived)

AP News: Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn’t have enough funding to last through hurricane season

AP News: FEMA administrator continues pushback against false claims as Helene death toll hits 230

Politico: ‘The worst I have ever seen’: Disinformation chaos hammers FEMA

CNN: What to know about FEMA’s $750 hurricane disaster payments

Forbes (2016): Why Bill Gates And Jeff Vinik Are Investing Billions To Build An Ecosystem In Tampa

Tampa MOVES: Transforming Tampa’s Tomorrow

Forbes: Trump FEMA Claim Debunked: Agency Not Running Out Of Money Because Of Migrants

Independent: Trump threatens to withhold firefighting funds from California after accusing FEMA of not doing enough

Fact Check: Baseless Claims Proliferate on Hurricanes and Weather Modification

Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International: Natural Disasters are Not All Natural by Fabien Deruelle (PDF)

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): About the IPCC

 

British War Ministry Increases Efforts to Hide Ukraine’s Horrific Casualties

57:50 Twitter/X: Ministry of Defence

BBC: Fighting Russia—and low morale—on Ukraine’s ‘most dangerous front line’

The Conversation: British troops operating on the ground in Ukraine

UK Column News archive: UK Column News—18th May 2017

GOV.UK: UK support to Ukraine: factsheet

In total, the UK has committed £12.8 billion for Ukraine: £7.8 billion in military support and £5 billion in non-military support.

The Guardian: Alex Salmond normalised concept of Scottish independence as he led SNP to power

Sky: Alex Salmond death: Family pays tribute to ‘formidable politician’ who ‘led us to believe in better’

Financial Times: Keir Starmer vows to rip up bureaucracy to unleash ‘shock and awe’ of investment

Sky News: Starmer to hail more than £50bn in investment at key summit