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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
Legal Blow to Donald Trump, US Judges Reject Travel Ban Targeted at Muslims By Middle East Monitor, February 10, 2017
Sessions Sworn in as Attorney General as Trump Signs Orders to Increase Police Powers By Tom Eley, February 10, 2017
Prejudiced President, Pliant Republican Party: Return of the Boycott as Political Resistance By Barbara Nimri Aziz, February 09, 2017
Groundbreaking Win for Indigenous People in Colombia By Forest Peoples Programme, February 09, 2017
African-American History: The Global Dimensions of the Life and Legacy of Malcolm X By Abayomi Azikiwe, February 09, 2017
Populism in Australia: Channelling Trump “Down Under” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, February 09, 2017
Xenophobia in American Politics: The “Know Nothing Party” of the 1850s and the Trump-Pence Neo-Fascist Republican Agenda for 2017 By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, February 09, 2017
US Appeals Court to Rule on Restoration of Anti-Muslim Travel Ban By Patrick Martin, February 08, 2017
U.S. Senate Approves Billionaire Enemy of Public Schools as Secretary of Education By Niles Niemuth, February 08, 2017
America: The Dismal Cartography of the Pre-Fascist State By Prof. Richard Falk, February 08, 2017
Queen Mother Moore (1898-1997): A Legacy of Revolutionary Resistance By Abayomi Azikiwe, February 07, 2017
Israel Legalizes Palestinian Land Theft: ‘Entire Land Is Ours’ By Telesur, February 07, 2017
Executive Orders and Airport Protests: Trump Clashes With The CIA By Caleb Maupin, February 07, 2017
Save Lee: The Korean Committee to Save the Victims of ‘Lawmaker Lee Seok-ki Insurrection Conspiracy Case’ By Kim Min-woong, February 07, 2017
Canada’s Hypocritical Response to Trump’s Anti-Muslim Order By Roger Jordan, February 06, 2017
The Courts versus Donald Trump: Travel Ban Suspended By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, February 06, 2017
Trump Travel Ban: US Court Rejects Bid to Reinstate Trump Travel Ban #MuslimBan By Middle East Eye, February 06, 2017
Canada and the Politics of Islamophobia By J. B. Gerald, February 05, 2017
The Roots of the Refugee Situation and “Muslim Terrorist Problem”: The Geopolitical U.S. Foreign Policy Landscape By Ghada Chehade, February 05, 2017
Martin Luther King’s Legacy: The Movement against National Oppression and Economic Injustice By Abayomi Azikiwe, February 05, 2017
Border Battles: Scapegoating Immigrants Isn’t New By Greg Guma, February 04, 2017
Netanyahu Scandals Reflect Corruption at the Heart of Israeli Society By Jonathan Cook, February 04, 2017
Turkey’s President Erdogan: A Classic Case of How Power Corrupts By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, February 04, 2017
President Trump’s Muslim Ban Is Not Disruption, It’s Disgusting. John Zogby By John Zogby, February 04, 2017
Trump and “The Berkeley Incident”. Who is Threatening Free Speech? By Mike Whitney, February 04, 2017
International Travel to Banned Muslim Countries: US Immigration Halts Former Prime Minister of Norway at Airport By Nina Berglund, February 03, 2017
Trumping Australia’s Refugee Deal By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, February 03, 2017
War and Islamophobia: The Attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City By Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, February 03, 2017
Humanity and Solidarity: Working with Refugees on Greece’s Samos Island By Chris Jones, February 03, 2017
America’s War, Failure of Democracy: What Happened to “There are No Innocents”? By Prof Susan Babbitt, February 02, 2017
Mass Surveillance and Britain’s Legal “Dark Web”: “The Pick ‘n’ Mix Law” By Charles Farrier, February 01, 2017
Tulsi Gabbard: The US Politician Who Could Become A Second Abraham Lincoln By Eric Zuesse, February 01, 2017
Tens of Thousands in UK Protest Trump Muslim Ban By Robert Stevens, February 01, 2017
Trump Lets Saudis Off His ‘Muslim Ban’. Who are the “Real Sponsors of Terrorism”? By Robert Parry, January 31, 2017
Yes, Trump Executive Order against Muslims is (Sort of) Similar to Obama’s 2011 Iraqi Refugee Ban But. . . By Ronn Blitzer, January 31, 2017
American Psychosis By Chris Hedges, January 31, 2017
#Monday Night Massacre as Trump Fires Acting Attorney General and Replaces Immigration ICE Director By Jon Queally, January 31, 2017
Trump’s Entry Ban against Muslims: Linked To Global Warfare and The Neo-Con Agenda? By Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, January 31, 2017
The Left Is Self-Destructing By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 31, 2017
Is Trump’s Agenda Starting to Show “Shades of Brown”? The Million Dollar Question By Peter Koenig, January 30, 2017
Remembering People’s Lawyer Len Weinglass: Defended the Poor and Disenfranchised who Struggled for Social Justice By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, January 30, 2017
Green Card Holders Safe From Trump’s Immigration Ban? By Stephen Lendman, January 30, 2017
Alleged “Gun-Toting Muslim Terrorists”: Trump’s Immigration Unrelated to Border Security Protection By Stephen Lendman, January 30, 2017
Trump Defies Mass Protests Against Anti-Immigrant Measures By Eric London, January 30, 2017
Chaos at the Airports: Blocking Trump’s Executive Order By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 30, 2017
Latest Updates On Trump’s Muslim Refugee Ban. Mounting Opposition, Trump Refuses to Relent… By Zero Hedge, January 30, 2017
The Trump-Bannon Government: Rule by Decree By Patrick Martin, January 30, 2017
The U.S. Justice System Is Criminal By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 30, 2017
On Donald Trump’s Syrian Refugee Ban: From a Muslim Immigrant in North America By Ghada Chehade, January 30, 2017
The Struggle of the Venezuelan People against U.S. Interventionism By The Gathering of Intellectuals, January 29, 2017
Trump’s Muslim Ban is Real and Even Worse Than Imagined By NIAC Action, January 27, 2017
Trump’s First Week: A Win for the Elite, a Loss for the People. “And it Does Not Look Good” By Joachim Hagopian, January 27, 2017
Executive Orders: Trump Presidency Escalates Attacks on Millions in the United States By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 27, 2017
Trump’s Muslim Immigration Executive Order: If We Bombed You, We Ban You By Zaid Jilani, January 26, 2017
Six Journalists Facing Riot Charges Potential of Ten Years In Prison By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, January 26, 2017
Why There’s a Media Blackout on the Native American Dakota Oil Pipeline Blockade By Nick Bernabe, January 26, 2017
Trump’s Pro-Corporate Rampage: Expedites Approval of Keystone XL and Dakota DAPL Pipelines, Derogation of Native Rights By Patrick Martin, January 25, 2017
The U.S. Voters’ Rights Amendment: People Making Policy By William John Cox, January 25, 2017
Nonviolent Action: Why and How it Works By Robert J. Burrowes, January 25, 2017
Myanmar and the Fundamental Rights of the Rohingyas. Sign of Hope, or Business as Usual? By Eresh Omar Jamal, January 24, 2017
Bahrain: The Derogation of Fundamental Human Rights By Dr. Amir A. Amirshekari, January 24, 2017
France’s Self-Inflicted Refugee Crisis. The Result of NATO-Led Wars By Ulson Gunnar, January 22, 2017
Under Tillerson, Exxon Maintained Ties with Saudi Arabia, Despite Dismal Human Rights Record By Steve Horn, January 21, 2017
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: Opposing the Vietnam War amidst Civil Rights Campaigns and Urban Rebellions By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 20, 2017
The Trump Presidency and the Coming Conflict Between Europe and America By Chris Marsden, January 20, 2017
The Plight of Thousands of Haitian Migrants at the US-Mexico Border By Christiane Ndedi Essombe, January 20, 2017
Spying on Americans: Outgoing Obama’s “Privacy Guidelines” on CIA Use of Information on Americans By Stephen Lendman, January 20, 2017
The Japanese State Versus the People of Okinawa: Rolling Arrests and Prolonged and Punitive Detention By Gavan McCormack and Sandi Aritza, January 19, 2017
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Rally in Detroit: The Struggle to Defeat Racism, War and Poverty By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 19, 2017
From Selma to the CIA. Rep. John Lewis Will Boycott Inauguration of Donald Trump By Patrick Martin, January 19, 2017
Violence: The Language of a Jewish State. Palestinian Citizens of Israel By Jonathan Cook, January 19, 2017
“Fake News”: The Latest Weapon in Information Space By Tony Cartalucci, January 16, 2017
Obama Expands NSA Spying. Attack against Democratic Rights By George Gallanis, January 15, 2017
Obama’s Farewell Address: Touting the Legacy, Exposing the Truth. Non Stop Wars, A Costly Six Trillion Dollar Legacy By Joachim Hagopian, January 15, 2017
The Internet: To be or Not to be (Connected): The Right to be Disconnected By Dr. Jasna Čošabić, January 14, 2017
Is the US Positioning Itself for A Military Presence in Myanmar? Using the “Rohingya Crisis” as a Pretext? By Joseph Thomas, January 13, 2017
Political Prisoners Remain Behind Bars as Obama’s Term Nears End By Matt Peppe, January 12, 2017
Trump Nominee for Attorney General Defends Right-Wing, Anti-Democratic Agenda By Patrick Martin, January 11, 2017
Profile Of a Progressive Gun Enthusiast By Barbara Nimri Aziz, January 10, 2017
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy: Linking the Civil Rights Movement to the Struggle Against War and Poverty By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 10, 2017