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The Washington Post is Now Pushing Black People to Leave America. Yes, Really.

The Washington Post is Now Pushing Black People to Leave America. Yes, Really. A wealthy professor and WaPo columnist says she's going to Ghana to flee American oppression. And there's a great twist. Raheem Kassam “ The Case for Leaving America to Escape Racism ”  is possibly the ugliest article you’ll ever read. Who could expect any more from “reporter”  DeNeen L. Brown , who has made her bones ambulance chasing over racial issues. Like Al Sharpton, but without the charisma. She begins her 6,500-word (yep) article in last Monday’s  Washington Post  by broadly describing the Volta River in Ghana, which actually has three constituent parts. But she doesn’t want to be specific, because although in her first lines Brown claims “this river carries the stories of my enslaved African ancestors” she later admits “I am not exactly sure where my ancestors are from,” and settles for them being “from this [African] continent.” Africa, in case you were unaware,  is about three times the si

World Socialist Web Site Accuses Sweden of Herd Immunity Conspiracy

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World Socialist Web Site Accuses Sweden of Herd Immunity Conspiracy Michael P Senger In a  blistering exposé  submitted to the Global Workers’ Inquest and published by the World Socialist Web Site, currently making the rounds among Covid-containment Twitter, Keith Begg and Virpi Flyg accuse Swedish authorities of openly conspiring to export the concept of “herd immunity” to other allied nations. If true, it would be a bold geopolitical play for Sweden, the small Nordic country best known for its liberal politics, exceptionally high living standards, and commitment to the advancement of science, technology, and human rights, including as host of the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies. It would also be an unusual move for a country with all its democratic institutions intact, especially in the middle of an election year; this only serves to highlight the broad commitment of the Swedish people to export these concepts of “freedom” and “human rights” all over the world. The only discernable mot