Family advocates are up in arms against a new guideline issued by the Scottish government which they say promotes – or at least condones – underage sex among children as young as 13, local media reported on Sunday. The policy states that if a young person is in a “safe …
Read More »‘Coercion is not consent’: Firefighters and police rally against vaccine mandate outside New York mayor’s residence (VIDEO)
Hundreds of firefighters, police officers and other first responders rallied outside Gracie Mansion, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s official residence, on Thursday. They held signs that said “My body my choice” and “Coercion is not consent.” “Finally we are out, because we are not taking this anymore, this is insanity,” a …
Read More »Manufacturing our consent for medical apartheid? ‘Libertarian socialist’ Noam Chomsky comes out in support of a two-tier society
The one good thing about the last 18 months is that it has exposed who were the genuine supporters of basic human freedoms and who were not. Goodness me, there’ve been quite a few surprises, haven‘t there? If I had said to you back in 2019 that, under the guise …
Read More »Bosnian Serbs to ‘withdraw consent’ for joint military, taxes and courts, citing ‘violence’ by international overseer
Republika Srpska, the Serb entity that makes up half of Bosnia, will start the process “by the end of this month, first week of next month at the latest,” that will eventually result in the “withdrawal of consent” from the joint institutions, Dodik announced on Friday. He is one of …
Read More »Prosecution of senior Vatican clerics needs Pope’s consent…which is not transparent, European financial watchdog says
In a report published on Wednesday, the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (or Moneyval) noted that high-profile cases had raised red flags about potential abuse of the Holy See’s internal systems for personal gain or other benefits by mid-level and …
Read More »What happens if you don’t consent: WhatsApp won’t allow users to READ & SEND messages if they reject new privacy rules
On Sunday, the company shared the details of how the new terms of service will affect its users with the tech news website TechCrunch. The comment came after the outlet cited an email sent by WhatsApp to one of its merchant partners. Last month, WhatsApp asked users to agree to …
Read More »‘Manufacturing consent’: Progressives vent over Politico puff piece claiming Biden ‘charmed’ the left
The hook of Politico’s piece – “We’ve learned to love the guy” – comes from Sean McElwee, founder of Data for Progress, a think-tank Biden quoted to argue for his coronavirus relief plan. Many replies hastened to point out McElwee doesn’t represent “the left.” That’s definitely the case with Brian …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: Consent-manufacturing for Patriot Act II continues
It’s been obvious for a long time that the best way to stop the rise of right-wing extremism in America that everyone’s so worried about today is not to pass a bunch of authoritarian laws, but to reverse the policies of soul-crushing neoliberalism and domestic austerity which led to Donald …
Read More »‘We do not consent’: London rally against Covid-19 measures draws huge crowds (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Several thousand protesters assembled at Trafalgar Square on Saturday, with some eyewitnesses claiming that attendance was even higher than the turnout at a similar event held last weekend. Demonstrators held signs, waved British flags and cheered as speakers addressed the crowd. At one point the crowd could be heard chanting …
Read More »In the state Duma a bill on the issue of drugs without the consent of the patentee
The government submitted to the state Duma amendments to the civil code on the possibility to produce in Russia medication without the consent of the patentee. The document is available in the database on the website of the lower house of Parliament. If the bill is passed, the government will …
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