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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
It’s “Un-American” to be Anti-Free Speech: Protect the Right to Criticize the Government By John W. Whitehead, July 17, 2019
On the Need to be Free from the Press By Mark Taliano, July 17, 2019
Overcoming the Robotic Mind – Why Humanity Must Come Through By R. Teichmann, July 17, 2019
FBI Surveillance of Iranians After the 1988 Downing of Flight 655 By Paul Gottinger, July 16, 2019
Greece and the Refugee Crisis. Squatting at Athens’ City Plaza By Economic and Political Refugee Solidarity Initiative, July 16, 2019
More Families Freed from US Controlled Rukban Concentration Camp in Northern Syria By Miri Wood, July 15, 2019
“This Omar from Minnesota”. Trump’s Aggressive Tweets By Kurt Nimmo, July 15, 2019
The UN’s Free Speech Problem By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, July 15, 2019
Why Are Anti-Migrant Arguments in the E.U., U.S. Pure Hypocrisy? By Andre Vltchek, July 14, 2019
The Death of Privacy: Government Fearmongers to Read Your Mail By Philip Giraldi, July 11, 2019
Canada Joins Campaign to Stifle Criticism of Israel By John Clarke, July 11, 2019
Stop Immigrant Arrests, Close the Camps, Transform Immigration Policy By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, July 11, 2019
Remembering the 2014 Israeli Offensive Against Gaza By IMEMC, July 10, 2019
In Pictures: The Devastated City of Mosul Two Years On By Billy Briggs, July 10, 2019
Israeli Occupation, Colonialism and Apartheid By Stephen Lendman, July 09, 2019
FBI and CIA Crimes Only Matter When the Political Class Is Targeted By Kurt Nimmo, July 09, 2019
Venezuela: From the “Destruction” of Chavismo to the Epicentre of the Anti-Imperialist Left By Arnold August, July 09, 2019
Venezuela – The Bachelet “Human Rights Lie” By Peter Koenig, July 08, 2019
Abu Graib at Home in America By Barbara Nimri Aziz, July 08, 2019
Britain’s Persecution of Chagossians: Help Steven Leelah By Craig Murray, July 06, 2019
Voices from Syria’s Rukban Refugee Camp Belie Corporate Media Reporting By Eva Bartlett, July 05, 2019
Can Haitians Help “Make Canada Better”? By Jean Saint-Vil, July 05, 2019
Does Justin Trudeau Hate Palestinians? By Yves Engler, July 05, 2019
“Critical and Informed Thinking Is Dangerous to the Powerful”. Workers Cooperatives and Revolution By Chris Wright and Mohsen Abdelmoumen, July 05, 2019
Amid Revelations of Fascist Network at Customs and Border Protection, Ocasio-Cortez, Other Congress Members Threatened by Border Police By Barry Grey, July 04, 2019
Video: ‘The Coup Turned Honduras into Hell’: Interview with President Manuel Zelaya on the 10th Anniversary of Overthrow by the US By Manuel Zelaya and Anya Parampil, July 04, 2019
After Supreme Court Refusal, It’s Up to the People to End Gerrymandering By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 02, 2019
Perceptions vs Reality. Canada’s Stance on Islamophobia and Racism By Mark Taliano, July 02, 2019
The Lie of the Century. Kushner’s 136 Pages of Lies. Palestinians have No Rights Whatsoever By Jafar M. Ramini, July 01, 2019
Military Coup in Sudan, Overthrow of President Al-Bashir: Transitional Process Impeded by Domestic and International Factors By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 01, 2019
Calling Trump’s Rationale “Contrived,” Supreme Court Halts Citizenship Question By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 01, 2019
The San Francisco Murals and the “Suicide of the Left” By Diana Johnstone, June 30, 2019
Capitalist Development and Community Demolitions in Detroit By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 30, 2019
Environmental and Public Interest Groups Demand EPA Revoke Monsanto’s License to Pollute By Friends of the Earth, June 29, 2019
Hong Kong: Can Two Million Marchers Be Wrong? By Kim Petersen, June 28, 2019
Tweets of Praise: Donald Trump, Australia and Refugees By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 28, 2019
Liberty Has Lost Its Protection By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, June 28, 2019
US Sponsored “Color Revolution” Struggles in Hong Kong By Tony Cartalucci, June 27, 2019
Reparations and the Liberation of the African American People By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 26, 2019
Egypt’s Former President Morsi Died, or Was Murdered, While Reciting a Patriotic Poem in a Cage By Andre Vltchek, June 26, 2019
How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage By John W. Whitehead, June 26, 2019
Attempted Coup in Ethiopia By Asif Haroon Raja, June 26, 2019
In Israel the Push to Destroy Jerusalem’s Iconic Al-Aqsa Mosque Goes Mainstream By Whitney Webb, June 26, 2019
Most Democratic Candidates Still Afraid to Criticise Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Rights By James J. Zogby, June 25, 2019
Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Failed Coup Attempt Almost Pushed the Country to the Edge of Collapse By Andrew Korybko, June 25, 2019
As Conflict with Iran Escalates, Path to Peace Can be Found By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, June 24, 2019
“Violent Voyeurism”: Surveillance, Spyware and Human Rights By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 24, 2019
Report Highlights Mistreatment of Refugee Children in US Internment Camps By Fred Mazelis, June 24, 2019
Ongoing Genocide and the Plight of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Internationally By Michael Welch and John Schertow, June 23, 2019
Escalating Color Revolution: The “Georgian Dream” Might Turn into an American Nightmare By Andrew Korybko, June 21, 2019
The Jackboots Are Coming: Mass Arrests, Power Grabs and the Politics of Fear By John W. Whitehead, June 20, 2019
Eternal Builder of Dreams and Hopes: Marta Harnecker (1937 – 2019) By Marta Harnecker and Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity, June 19, 2019
US Teachers’ Strikes: A New Class Politics Emerging By Eric Blanc, June 18, 2019
Medical IDs: Enemy of Privacy, Liberty, and Health By Rep. Ron Paul, June 18, 2019
Citizenship and Partisan Gerrymandering: US Supreme Court Ruling on Census Could Deal Grave Blow to Democracy By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, June 17, 2019
US Government, NGOs Fuel and Fund Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests By Alexander Rubinstein, June 14, 2019
A Life Well-lived: Reforming the Bank of Canada. William Krehm Passes Away at 106 By Bryant Brown, June 14, 2019
Insidious Discrimination Against the Roma Is Europe’s Shame By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra, June 13, 2019
Asylum-Seeking Children from Central America Suffer Multi-Dimensional, Recurrent, Sustained Trauma By Physicians for Human Rights, June 11, 2019
Repeal the Espionage Act By Jacob G. Hornberger, June 11, 2019
The Omnipresent Surveillance State: Orwell’s 1984 Is No Longer Fiction By John W. Whitehead, June 11, 2019
Neoliberal Economics and Workers Rights in Ontario: One Million More Reasons to Mobilize Against Ford By Prof. Jeff Noonan, June 10, 2019
Somebody’s Watching You: The Surveillance of Self-Driving Cars By Luis F. Alvarez León, June 10, 2019
Has Serbia Lost Kosovo? Why President Hashim Thaçi Needs Another Conflict with Serbia By Rostislav Ishchenko, June 10, 2019
Tightening the Noose on Cuba By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, June 08, 2019
Internet Free Speech All but Dead By Philip Giraldi, June 08, 2019
Election? What Election? The EU Elite Will Censor Their Way Out of this Mess By Helen Buyniski, June 07, 2019
You’re Under Arrest: How the US Police State Muzzles Our Right to Speak Truth to Power By John W. Whitehead, June 07, 2019
‘We Will Soon Pray There’: Israeli Minister Urges Jewish Settlers to Enter Al-Aqsa (The Temple Mount) By Middle East Eye, June 06, 2019
EU Sued at International Criminal Court over Mediterranean Migration Policy – As More Die at Sea By Maurice Stierl, June 05, 2019
Hey Trump: Remember Wikileaks? By Rep. Ron Paul, June 04, 2019
Strange Defenders: Assange and the Press By George Szamuely, June 04, 2019
The Murdering of Julian Assange By Peter Koenig, June 04, 2019
Hands Off Venezuela! Resolution of the Solidarity Event in Berlin on May 28, 2019 By International Rosa Luxemburg Conference, June 03, 2019
US Forces in Syria Causing Catastrophic Effects on Civilians Held in Rukban Concentration Camp By Arabi Souri, May 31, 2019
The Hangman of the Middle East: US-backed Regime in Egypt Hands Down Nearly 2,500 Death Sentences By Bill Van Auken, May 31, 2019
US Hints at Sanctions Against Venezuela CLAP Food Programme. Bolivarian Militia to Protect CLAP By Paul Dobson, May 31, 2019
‘Criminalizing Compassion’: Trial Begins for Humanitarian Facing 20 Years in Prison for Giving Water to Migrants in Arizona Desert By Jessica Corbett, May 31, 2019
Detroit’s Water Austerity: Lack of Household Water, Contamination, Potential Public Health Crisis By Julia Kassem, May 29, 2019
Speeding into the Void of Cyberspace as Designed By Edward Curtin, May 29, 2019