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A London couple accused of bringing £14 million of “dirty money” from Azerbaijan into Britain should be named, a judge ruled today in a major step forward in the fight against secret justice. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said that continuing to conceal the couple’s identities would be a disproportionate interference with the principle of open justice as she lifted an anonymity order protecting their names. The judge — who was making her ruling at Westminster magistrates court in response to an application by the Evening Standard backed by the National Cri...

English Language Education in India: How Aspirations for Social Mobility Shape Pedagogy While English is not the official language of India, it has become the language of the ruling elite. Fluency in English is extremely sought after and brings with it the potential for social mobility to the underprivileged sections of society. But is an English-medium education the solution? The United Nations celebrates English Language Day on 23 April, the date traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare. Celebrating “language days” for each of its six officia...

by Shawgi Tell / April 23rd, 2021 To conceal the economic and social decline that continues to unfold at home and abroad, major newspapers are working overtime to promote happy economic news. Many headlines are irrational and out of touch. They make no sense. Desperation to convince everyone that all is well or all will soon be great is very high. The assault on economic science and coherence is intense. Working in concert, and contrary to the lived experience of millions of people, many newspapers are declaring miraculous “economic growth rates” for country after country. According to th...

Libertarians in Georgia, Part II Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2020 3:59 PM Dr. Block: I think I can already but I ask your permission to reprint (with proper attribution of course to you) at the Virginia Right blog the Open Letter to Libertarians in Georgia because there are moves to boycott the election  by conservatives and I DO FULLY UNDERSTAND why in that conservatives have been, let’s say used and abused, by the GOP leaders time and time again. Thank you for the thoughtful commentary. Elwood Earl “Sandy” Sanders, Jr. Letter 2 Best regards, To: ryan.graham@ Cc: laura.williams; sha...

by Paul Haeder / March 16th, 2021 The final report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) concludes that the project has been ‘the most successful anti-poverty movement in history’. Two key claims underpin this narrative: that global poverty has been cut in half, and global hunger nearly in half, since 1990. This good-news narrative has been touted by the United Nations and has been widely repeated by the media. But closer inspection reveals that the UN’s claims about poverty and hunger are misleading, and even intentionally inaccurate. The MDGs have used targeted statistical manipu...