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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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