Police State & Civil Rights

Facebook
What very few people know is that Facebook was officially partnering with the Atlantic Council in the form of an “election partnership […] to prevent [their] service from being abused during elections.” Indeed, the US midterm elections are only a couple of weeks away, so the Atlantic Council and its Digital Forensic Research Lab are now going at it with full force,
The internet has spawned subtle forms of influence that can flip elections and manipulate everything we say, think and do
Mass media portray Islamic societies to be intolerant of other’s religious and ideological persuasions. Authentic Islam—as contained in the pristine revelation of the Qur-an—promotes tolerance, harmony, and goodwill of all peoples despite their differences.
Let us share the wealth, and not poverty! Let us put an end to social inequality! We demand the immediate increase in salaries, welfare benefits, allowances and pensions, and the unconditional right to housing and health, education, free public services, for all
Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen Scandalously Allowed by UN, West: Ex-UN Official By Prof. Richard Falk and Tasnim News Agency, October 20, 2017
Israeli Forces Ransack, Shut Down Palestinian Media Companies By KhamakarPress, October 20, 2017
200,000 Protest Jailing of Catalonian Nationalist Leaders in Barcelona By Paul Mitchell, October 20, 2017
Childcare Now! The Struggle for Quality, Universal Childcare By Shellie Bird, Candace Rennick, and Michael Hurley, October 20, 2017
Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis and the United Nations By Canadian Boat to Gaza, October 19, 2017
Cuixart, Sànchez: Catalonia Political Prisoners in Today’s Europe for Holding Peaceful Rally By VilaWeb, October 19, 2017
Photo-Report: The North Korea Neither Trump nor Western Media Wants the World to See By Eva Bartlett, October 19, 2017
Australia’s Citizenship Bill Fails By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 19, 2017
NAFTA
NAFTA Talks Falter, Time to Increase Pressure By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, October 19, 2017
The Global Food and Health Crisis: Monsanto’s Science Is Bogus By Rosemary Mason and Colin Todhunter, October 19, 2017
The Greatest Indonesian Painter and ‘Praying to the Pig’ By Andre Vltchek and Rossie Indira, October 19, 2017
Who Owns Puerto Rico’s Debt, Exactly? We’ve Tracked Down Ten of the Biggest Vulture Firms By Joel Cintrón Arbasetti, Carla Minet, and Jessica Stites, October 18, 2017
Korea: Diplomacy that Opens the Door to Healing and Reunification By Bishop Hee-Soo Jung, October 18, 2017
Time for a Vigilant Celebration in Venezuela. By Nino Pagliccia, October 18, 2017
Catalan Leader Fails to Meet Madrid’s Deadline By Stephen Lendman, October 17, 2017
Canadian Mining Is Dispossessing Indigenous Peoples and Campesino Communities in Mexico By Mexican Network of Mining Affected People and Richard Fidler, October 16, 2017
Breaking: Parliament to Debate Holding Second Brexit Referendum By Jonathan Curtis, October 16, 2017
Longstanding Sexual Abuse in Hollywood By Stephen Lendman, October 15, 2017
US Regime Change in Venezuela: The Truth Is Easy if You Follow the Money Trail. The Opposition is Pro-Washington, Not “Pro-Democracy” By Tony Cartalucci, October 15, 2017
Canada
Trump Is Trying to Make NAFTA Even Worse By Ethan Earle, October 15, 2017
Congressional Disaster Relief Legislation Ignores Puerto Rico By Stephen Lendman, October 13, 2017
Che Guevara– Viva! Hasta la Victoria Siempre! “Che! – Among the Greatest Revolutionaries of the 20th Century”. By Peter Koenig, October 13, 2017
Beyond Las Vegas and Why Che Guevara Matters, 50 Years After His Death By Prof Susan Babbitt, October 13, 2017
In ‘Disgusting’ Attack, Trump Blames Puerto Rico; Says FEMA Can’t Stay ‘Forever’ By Common Dreams, October 13, 2017
The US Government Targets Black Resistance By Black Alliance for Peace, October 13, 2017
Costa Rica’s Banco Popular Shows How Banks Can be Democratic, Green – and Financially Sustainable By Thomas Marois, October 13, 2017
Spain Moves Toward Military Rule in Catalonia By Alex Lantier, October 13, 2017
On ‘Independence’: Catalonia, Kurdistan, North Korea and Latin America By Andre Vltchek and Alessandro Bianchi, October 13, 2017
Kenyan Opposition Leader Withdraws From Scheduled Rerun of Presidential elections By Abayomi Azikiwe, October 12, 2017
Togo Opposition Set for Renewed Round of Anti-Government Demonstrations By Abayomi Azikiwe, October 12, 2017
Catalan Premier Affirms Right to Independence From Spain, but Delays Formal Declaration By Alex Lantier, October 12, 2017
Catalonia Declares Independence By Stephen Lendman, October 11, 2017
Trump’s Racist Immigration Plan By Stephen Lendman, October 11, 2017
Catalonia’s Paradox By Josep Maria Antentas, October 11, 2017
Dismantling White Supremacy By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, October 10, 2017
52 Years After Fascist Genocide, Indonesians Scared of “Communist Ghosts” By Andre Vltchek, October 10, 2017
Venezuela Wants Peace, Sovereignty and Bolivarian Democracy By Nino Pagliccia, October 10, 2017
“Human Flow, When There is Nowhere to Go, Nowhere is Home” By Barbara Nimri Aziz, October 10, 2017
Big Surprise: Energy Industry Has a Best Friend in the Oval Office By Alison Grass, October 09, 2017
Spain’s Prime Minister Rajoy Ready to Trigger “Nuclear Option” as Hundreds of Thousands Protest Against Independence in Barcelona By Zero Hedge, October 09, 2017
Protesting Against India’s Adani Coal Mining Giant: Australia’s National Day of Action By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 09, 2017
U.S. Public Don’t Care if ‘News’ Media Lie By Eric Zuesse, October 09, 2017
Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory By IMEMC, October 09, 2017
The Future of the EU at Stake in Catalonia By Pepe Escobar, October 08, 2017
Nobel’s Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) By Jan Oberg, October 07, 2017
Catalan President and Parliament Obliged to Declare Independence By Stephen Lendman, October 07, 2017
The Face of Australia’s Surveillance: Malcolm Turnbull’s Facial Recognition Database By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 07, 2017
Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Wins Nobel Peace Prize By Stephen Lendman, October 06, 2017
Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Bedouin Village for 119th Time By Ma’an news, October 04, 2017
Bangladeshi Regional Migration Could Plunge South Asia into War By Andrew Korybko, October 04, 2017
Puerto Rico: A Public Health Catastrophe By Stephen Lendman, October 03, 2017
Cataluña Libre? By Peter Koenig, October 03, 2017
The Puerto Rico Humanitarian Crisis: Media Disinformation, Crimes and Cover-ups By Massoud Nayeri, October 03, 2017
Trump’s Billionaire Cronies Feed at Public Trough as He Disses Puerto Rico By Prof. Juan Cole, October 02, 2017
The Cruelest Storm: 200+ Academics Speak Out for Puerto Rico By Prof. Aurea María Sotomayor, Prof. Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Prof. Sheila Vélez Martínez, Prof. Myrna García-Calderón, Prof. Lourdes Dávila, Prof. Nemir Matos Cintrón, Prof. Luis Othoniel Rosa, and César A. Salgado, October 02, 2017
Catalan Voters Face Police State Violence By Stephen Lendman, October 02, 2017
Zionism: The Ideological Cover-up to Jewish Colonization of Palestine By Rima Najjar, October 02, 2017
Puerto Rico: The Debt Before the Storm By Lance Selfa, October 02, 2017
Puerto Rico is Dying By Miguel A. Cruz-Diaz, October 01, 2017
Trump’s Cruel Indifference to Puerto Rico By Sonali Kolhatkar, September 30, 2017
Catalonia Dreaming? By Guillem Vidal, September 30, 2017
First Opinion Poll Held in War-torn Syria Showed General Feeling By Sophie Mangal, September 30, 2017
The US Economy Is Failing By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 30, 2017
Why Won’t US Media Tell the Truth About What’s Happening in Venezuela? By Justin Podur, September 30, 2017
Israel’s Human Rights Abuses: CJPME Launches “Peace in Palestine Campaign” By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, September 30, 2017
Catalonia: In the Face of Repression, We Defend Human Rights By Lafede.cat, September 30, 2017
“The Military Plan to Wipe Out All Muslims in Myanmar” By Amelia Smith, September 29, 2017
American Patriotism Is a Two-Edged Sword By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 29, 2017
Sunday’s Catalonia Independence Referendum By Stephen Lendman, September 29, 2017
Trump’s Deplorable Tax Cut Scheme By Stephen Lendman, September 29, 2017
UN Takes First Concrete Step to Hold Israel Accountable for Violating Palestinian Human Rights By Palestinian BDS National Committee, September 29, 2017
Poll: Majority of Voters Say Trump Isn’t Fit to be President By Emily Goldberg, September 28, 2017
The City of London – Capital of an Invisible Empire By True Publica, September 28, 2017
Damascus Calls Upon Syrian Refugees to Return to their Homeland By Sophie Mangal, September 28, 2017
Israel Is Not Nazi Germany By Anthony Bellchambers, September 28, 2017
Gandhi Jayanti
Gandhi’s Truth: Ending Human Violence One Commitment at a Time By Robert J. Burrowes, September 28, 2017
Deporting Palestinians? By Stephen Lendman, September 27, 2017
Colin Kaepernick, The Super Patriotic Draft Dodger’s Rag: “Fire the Son-of-a-Bitch” By Edward Curtin, September 26, 2017
There’s No Beautifying Israel’s Treatment of Palestinian Children By Sarit Michaeli, September 26, 2017
Oil, Gas and Geopolitics: US Hand in Playing the Rohingya Crisis against China By Whitney Webb, September 25, 2017