Chris Jones

Mar 11, 2024 | middleeasteye.net | Zainab Iqbal |Chris Jones

Muslim organisations in New York are calling on their local mosques and spaces this Ramadan to not invite - or decline invitations from - any elected official who has not called for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza. In New York City, Majlis Ash-Shura - Islamic Leadership Council of New York released a statement saying that they found the silence of local and national political leaders to be “profoundly disappointing”.

Feb 28, 2024 | statewatch.org | Chris Jones

Home / Analyses / 2024 / Environmental activism under the EU counter-terror microscope Topic Policing Public order Terrorism Country/Region Next week, EU and member state officials will discuss “the role of climate change and environmental concerns in violent extremist and terrorist radicalisation.” A discussion paper for the meeting, obtained by Statewatch, considers the threat posed by “violent left-wing and anarchist extremism” – a heading under which a number of prominent environmental...

Feb 8, 2024 | morningstaronline.co.uk | Chris Jones

THIS admirable short history is, as the date suggests, an analysis of the main fascist parties in Liverpool in the period when fascism was on the March in Europe. As the author demonstrates, fascism in Europe crossed the sea to disparate communities in Britain, among them the Italian diaspora in Liverpool. While it is asserted that the organisation came from the consulate in Liverpool, the author can find no documentary evidence of this.

Jan 25, 2024 | riverraccoon.substack.com | Chris Jones

Here at RiverRaccoon.substack.com, we track the price of nitrogen fertilizer, so you don’t have to. Today our top staff person noticed that the price of anhydrous ammonia (contained within those white cylindrical tanks you see parked all over rural Iowa) was $770 per ton, which is pretty darn low. That pencils out to $0.385/lb, but since ammonia is 82% nitrogen (N) by weight, the price of the nitrogen itself is $0.47/pound.

Nov 4, 2023 | news24.com | Chris Jones

Families and households, despite all the potential locked up in them, are often those people and spaces with whom and where children are the most vulnerable and exposed to violence, writes Chris Jones.  is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of November to highlight progress that is being made regarding their rights. This is important because if we promote children's rights, we will be one step closer to creating a South Africa where their well-being and safety are valued and prioritised.