Neil Campbell
Neil lives in Canada and writes about society and politics.
Saudis Posture Dumping US Petrodollar for Yuan On Chinese Oil Sales
While Saudi Arabia is posturing that it may begin accepting the yuan instead of the U.S. dollar on at least a portion of its oil sales to China amid intensifying geopolitical conflicts, economic and political...
Majority of Canadians Still Want COVID Pandemic Restrictions to Stay as Measures Lift: Poll
As government mandates claiming to protect the nation from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have slowly vanished throughout Canada, a majority of Canadians remain attached to social distancing, wearing a cloth mask, hand washing, and mandatory...
Threat of Global War Looming as NATO Mobilizes After Russia Strikes Ukraine Training Facility
Amid what is arguably the most serious international military conflict humanity has faced in decades, tensions between the Russian Federation and NATO-backed Ukraine have reached a new peak as the U.S.-led alliance begins mobilizing forces after...
US-funded Ukraine Biolab Scandal at the Forefront in Deadly Brinkmanship With Russia
News Analysis No matter whether you identify as Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, socialist or capitalist, or are an American, Ukrainian, or Russian citizen, the military conflict between President Vladimir Putin of the Russian...
Alternative Search Engine DuckDuckGo Will Censor Sites ‘Associated With Russian Disinformation’
A once-popular alternative search engine to Big Tech keystone Google announced it would begin employing the same bad habits utilized by its big brothers in Silicon Valley via restricting access to websites that tell the...
More Bad News for Consumers: Visa and Mastercard Will Hike Merchant Fees In April
As North American households struggle to survive amid wildly surging inflation caused by pretexts of supply chain issues arising from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the only news seems to be more...
Only 17.5 Percent of Eligible Voters Cast Ballots In Texas Midterm Primaries
Despite the 2020 Presidential Election arguably being the most contentious in U.S. history, the State of Texas nonetheless continued a long-running trend of exceptionally low voter turnout. According to the Texas Tribune, only 17.5 percent...
Meanwhile In Hong Kong: COVID Cases and Deaths Touch the Sky
While the entire world has its eyes focused on the military conflict between the Russian Federation and an alliance formed by neighboring Ukraine, NATO, and numerous other countries and corporations, in Hong Kong, a pseudo-democracy...
Russia Blocks Big Tech Keystones Twitter, Facebook Amid Escalating Information War
The Russian Federation has blocked multiple cornerstones of the Big Tech cartel, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, amid an escalating information and censorship war arising from the battle for Ukraine. News of the ban on...
Wildfire Threatens Large South Korean Nuclear Plant
The breakout of a severe wildfire has put one of the largest nuclear power plants in South Korea under threat. Reuters reported on March 4 that a massive blaze had emerged in Uljin where Korea...
Workers United Starbucks NLRB Complaints Underscore Red Hues of Unionization Movement
An organizer group heavily involved in the push to convert Starbucks franchises to unionized workplaces has accused the cafe giant of a slew of workers’ rights violations in formal complaints to the U.S. National Labor...
COVID Vaccine Efficacy Cratered In New York Kids Aged 5 to 11: Study
A newly released preprint study by researchers from the New York State Department of Health examining data from three large statewide databases has found Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine efficacy (VE) is notably reduced to...