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Social Media and Social Control: How Silicon Valley Serves the US State Department

Social Media and Social Control: How Silicon Valley Serves the US State Department

December 25, 2019 Syndicated 0

Facebook isn’t the only Silicon Valley firm with partisan oversight of what we see: the bipartisan billionaire class and their security state have partnered with tech firms since the dawn of the internet to control the parameters of users’ thinking.

Bolivia’s New Right-Wing Gov’t Targets Foreigners With “Anti-Terror” Death Squads

Bolivia’s New Right-Wing Gov’t Targets Foreigners With “Anti-Terror” Death Squads

December 6, 2019 Syndicated 0

The new move creating an unaccountable armed security force directly aimed at foreign terror will do little to quash fears that Bolivia is heading down the road to a totalitarian dictatorship.

Study Reveals How UK Intelligence Works with Media to Smear Jeremy Corbyn

Study Reveals How UK Intelligence Works with Media to Smear Jeremy Corbyn

December 6, 2019 Syndicated 0

The United Kingdom goes to the polls December 12 in a pivotal vote that will decide the future of the country. Like in 2017, the Labour Party, under the leadership Read More…

Insurance Companies Are Spending Millions on Attack Ads Against Medicare for All

Insurance Companies Are Spending Millions on Attack Ads Against Medicare for All

December 4, 2019 Syndicated 0

The privatized, for-profit healthcare industry is close to panicking over the prospect of a nationalized system along the lines of other advanced countries.

How Human Rights Watch Whitewashed a Right-Wing Massacre in Bolivia

How Human Rights Watch Whitewashed a Right-Wing Massacre in Bolivia

November 20, 2019 Syndicated 0

While some may be surprised by its response to the Bolivia crisis, Human Rights Watch’s support for a U.S.-backed right-wing coup is no aberration.

Another Failed US-Backed Coup Attempt in Venezuela Goes Unnoticed

Another Failed US-Backed Coup Attempt in Venezuela Goes Unnoticed

November 18, 2019 Syndicated 0

Despite heavy backing from US officials, the coup attempt fell completely flat as Venezuela’s armed forces failed to defect to Juan Guaidó’s side and few opposition protesters trickled into the streets.

Edward Snowden’s Julian Assange is an Unfamiliar Julian Assange

Edward Snowden’s Julian Assange is an Unfamiliar Julian Assange

September 27, 2019 Syndicated 0

There is an unquestionable contradiction between Snowden’s opposition to Assange’s arrest and the rhetorical games he plays with Assange’s character in his memoir, Permanent Record.

The NED Strikes Again: How Neocon Money is Funding the Hong Kong Protests (VIDEO)

The NED Strikes Again: How Neocon Money is Funding the Hong Kong Protests (VIDEO)

September 9, 2019 Syndicated 0

The West has more to do with the Hong Kong protest movement than it would like us to know. It’s the ugly face of Washington’s long-standing foreign policy directed at destabilizing one of its long-standing economic foes: China.

The End of a Cocaine-Fueled Presidency? Juan Orlando Hernandez Faces Regime Change in Honduras

The End of a Cocaine-Fueled Presidency? Juan Orlando Hernandez Faces Regime Change in Honduras

August 5, 2019 Syndicated 0

Honduras has been the epicenter of the Central American exodus and northward migration since the U.S.-backed coup 10 years ago and the ultra-violent repression by President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s regime, as well as its ultra-neoliberal policies.

Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Facility Leaking as Watchdog Finds Israel Has Nearly 100 Nukes

Israel’s Secretive Nuclear Facility Leaking as Watchdog Finds Israel Has Nearly 100 Nukes

June 17, 2019 staff 0

Israel is one of only five nations in the world that refuse to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, an international treaty aimed at ending the proliferation of nuclear weapons and achieving global nuclear disarmament.

American Gov’t, NGOs Fuel and Fund Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests

American Gov’t, NGOs Fuel and Fund Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests

June 13, 2019 Syndicated 0

It is inconceivable that the organizers of the protests are unaware of the NED ties to some of its members.

Embassy Protection Collective: We’re Still Here and We’re Staying

Embassy Protection Collective: We’re Still Here and We’re Staying

May 8, 2019 Syndicated 0

The Embassy Protection Collective is a movement based in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington D.C. opposing the illegal US-backed coup against the legitimate constitutional government of President Nicolas Maduro.

Brazil, Colombia, Now Venezuela: US Pursues Right-Wing Hegemony in South America (VIDEO)

Brazil, Colombia, Now Venezuela: US Pursues Right-Wing Hegemony in South America (VIDEO)

April 5, 2019 staff 0

Watch: From Colombia and Brazil, Kei Pritsker expounds on the decades of US meddling in South America that preceded the ongoing coup in Venezuela.

17 Years After 9/11, US Counts Al Qaeda Among Allies in Syria, Yemen

17 Years After 9/11, US Counts Al Qaeda Among Allies in Syria, Yemen

September 11, 2018 staff 0

The U.S.’ willingness to treat Al Nusra as an ally in Syria seems set to continue, given the Trump administration’s ultimate goal of targeting Iran’s influence in Syria as well as its newly “redefined” goal of regime change in Damascus.

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