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India’s Answer to Brazil’s Ustra
The Hindu Right is analogous to Right-wing regimes elsewhere. As Brazil’s Far Right rises, army man Ustra (who died in 2015), who tortured hundreds, is becoming a cult figure of a kind. Image Courtesy: Wikipedia The popularity of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, which present female role models before young readers, has proved rather phenomenal. … Continue reading India’s Answer to Brazil’s Ustra →
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SITREP: Zhongnanhai, 10-8-2019 – The Real Hot War Against the Chinese Peoples Republic
by Larchmonter445 for The Saker Blog What the US just did regarding Human Rights in Xinjiang, blacklisting companies used by the China government and refusing visas for officials is pretty
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Most interesting video discussion about key historical facts
Dear friends, I am posting a video sent to me by a friend. Sadly, I don’t know anything about the two gentlemen talking, but I can say that everything they
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SITREP: Ecuador on the brink of civil war?
by Ruben Bauer Naveira (Brazil) for The Saker Blog This is a very short summary of an article from Adoración Gusmán (Equatorian), published on Friday, Oct 04th (in Spanish): https://ctxt.es/es/20191002/
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Trump's Destruction Of The Tax System Can Only Be Remedied By Progressives, Not By Less Toxic Conservatives
David Leonhardt's NY Times column yesterday about the wealthiest 400 Americans paying lower taxes than the rest of us, is just another indication-- as if we need one-- that Trump lied about everything he said when he ran for president... and continues to do so.
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Russian Defense Minister — The West Cannot Be Trusted
Russian Defense Minister — The West Cannot Be Trusted
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US arming of Ukraine is a scandal on its own
There is growing evidence that President Donald Trump briefly froze U.S. military assistance to Ukraine for political goals. Max Blumenthal…
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Syria Says Ready to Welcome Kurds back into Fold
Al-Manar | October 8, 2019 Damascus voiced readiness on Tuesday to welcome Syria’s Kurds back into the fold after Washington left them to face Turkish military threats alone. Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad stressed that Damascus “will defend all Syrian territory, and will not accept any occupation of its land,” he told Al-Watan newspaper. The […]
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Hunger striker reveals details of her horrific torture in Israeli prisons
Palestinian prisoner, Heba Al-Labadi was sentenced to administrative detention for five months without charge or trial on 20 August 2019 [Twitter] MEMO | October 8, 2019 A Palestinian-Jordanian who has been on hunger strike for 15 days in Israeli prisons has revealed the details of her horrific interrogation and torture, the PLO Prisoners’ Committee reported […]
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Israel to build camps as preparation for displacing Arab citizens
MEMO | October 8, 2019 Israel’s District Planning and Building Committee considered a plan on Sunday submitted by the Bedouin Settlement Authority in the Negev which aims to build camps as preparation for the displacement of 36,000 Arab citizens, Arab48.com has reported. The plan targets Palestinian-Arab residents within Israel who live in Bedouin villages “unrecognised” […]
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Worried for Kurds in Syria, abandoned by US? Here’s an obvious solution but it will make Washington hawks MAD
By Nebojsa Malic | RT | October 7, 2019 US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out US troops from northern Syria has been met with bipartisan outrage, calling it a “betrayal” of the Kurds. Wait till the regime-changers hear the obvious solution to keep them safe. As some two dozen US troops stationed in […]
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Tracking foreign interference in Hong Kong
By Pepe Escobar : Hong Kong – Posted with permission Lawyer Lawrence Ma claims the US has been supporting the protests via groups such as the NED Lawrence YK Ma
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The Syrian War: Reports Coming Out Now Show Syrian Kurds Are Finally Coming To Their Senses And May Agree To Reconciliation With Damascus Government!
Yes, it has been quite some time since I last filed a report exclusively on the continuing situation in regards to the war in Syria..... That "civil war" has gone on for too long now (some 8 years and counting) and has cost the lives of well over a million innocent Syrian civilians....
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Important Health News: Vaccines Found To Be Deliberately Formulated With Hundreds Of Cancer Causing Genes To Ensure Repeat Business For Big Pharma!
*I will be turning away from the Canadian elections for a few articles... Yes, I am Canadian, and what happens coming this October 21st here in Canada is very important to myself and the future of this once free nation... But readers want me to touch on other subjects, and one important piece of health news came my way the other day that I definitely want to report on here...I have long said that vaccines absolutely do NOT work, period...
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President Trump – Don’t Cave In to Warmongers on Syria Withdrawal!
No sooner did President Trump Tweet his determination to remove US troops from the “endless” war in Syria than the entire Washington Beltway had a total breakdown. From Mitch McConnell to Ilhan Omar the cry was identical: “How dare you! How dare you bring US troops home!” Will the President cave in to his enemies in Washington and the media? Or will he keep his promises and fulfill the wishes of a majority of Republicans? On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:
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Frail MSM insists Brexit sadness is a real MEDICAL condition
An anti-Brexit protester shouts “stop Brexit” outside the Parliament in London, UK, on March 13, 2019. © Reuters / Dylan Martinez By Professor Frank Furedi | RT | October 6, 2019 No one like to be on the losing side of a political battle. Until recently the emotional reaction of a loser was expressed through […]
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As Turkey Readies for Invasion of Northern Syria, Russia and Iran Object
Turkey has readied its forces for an offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, prompting negative reactions from Iran and Russia.
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Joker (2019) – Symbolism – Jay Dyer
I saw the Joker and was puzzled by some elements. I discuss the archetypal and historical usages of the clown and the jester, and how it relates to Nietzsche and nihilism. Phoenix goes full on vegan and shows us the dark future of Hollywood’s vision. Tell me what you think! -
Is EITHER National Political Party Worth Saving?
On CNN yesterday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell warned that "The Republican party has got to get a grip on itself. Republican leaders and members of the Congress… are holding back because they’re terrified of what will happen [to] any one of them if they speak out." Trump appears to be overseeing the disintegration of the GOP.
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A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
How do we at Project Censored identify and evaluate independent news stories, and how do we know that the Top 25 stories that we bring forward each year are not only relevant and significant, but also trustworthy? The answer is that every candidate news story undergoes rigorous review, which takes place in multiple stages during each annual cycle. Although adapted to take advantage of both the Project’s expanding affiliates program and current technologies, the vetting process is quite similar to the one Project Censored founder Carl Jensen established more than forty years ago.
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1. Justice Department’s Secret FISA Rules for Targeting Journalists
A pair of 2015 memos, from former attorney general Eric Holder to the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, show how the government could use court orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to monitor the communications of journalists and news organizations.
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2. Think Tank Partnerships Establish Facebook as Tool of US Foreign Policy
Under the guise of fighting “fake news” and protecting US democracy from “foreign influence,” in 2018 social media giant Facebook established partnerships with the Atlantic Council, a NATO-sponsored think tank, and with two US government creations from the Cold War era, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute. As a number of independent news organizations reported, despite lofty rhetoric about safeguarding Western democracies, these partnerships have resulted in what amounts to state censorship, with Facebook serving as a tool of US foreign policy.
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3. Indigenous Groups from Amazon Propose Creation of Largest Protected Area on Earth
Sweeping development throughout the Amazon rainforest is an abiding concern for indigenous groups. The Amazon’s extraordinary biodiversity is being destroyed for profits and political gain. In response, an alliance of some five hundred indigenous groups from nine countries, known as COICA—the Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin—is planning to safeguard a “sacred corridor of life and culture” covering more than 700,000 square miles, an area about the size of Mexico.
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4. US Oil and Gas Industry Set to Unleash 120 Billion Tons of New Carbon Emissions
The US oil and gas industry has the potential to “unleash the largest burst of new carbon emissions in the world” through 2050, according to a January 2019 report from Oil Change International, an organization that works to expose the true costs of fossil fuels and advocates for clean energy.
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5. “Modern Slavery” in the United States and around the World
According to the 2018 Global Slavery Index, an estimated 403,000 people in the United States were living in conditions of “modern slavery” in 2016. As the Guardian reported, the Global Slavery Index defines “modern slavery” broadly to include forced labor and forced marriage.
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6. Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking Criminalized for Self-Defense
The case of Cyntoia Brown—who was sentenced in 2004, at age 16, to life in prison for killing a man who bought her for sex and raped her—garnered the support of A-list celebrities and received widespread news coverage. In January 2019, after Brown had served fifteen years in prison, Tennessee governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency, describing her case as “tragic and complex” and citing “the extraordinary steps Ms. Brown has taken to rebuild her life.”
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7. Flawed Investigations of Sexual Assaults in Children’s Immigrant Shelters
Hundreds of police reports document allegations of sexual assaults in immigrant children’s shelters since the surge of unaccompanied minors from Central America began in 2014, according to a December 2018 report by ProPublica.
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8. US Women Face Prison Sentences for Miscarriages
Many people fear that the new Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, stripping women of their right to choose whether or not to procure an abortion. But there is more at stake, according to Naomi Randolph in a 2019 Ms. Magazine article: pregnant women could face a higher risk of criminal charges for miscarriages or stillbirths, due to lawmakers in numerous states enacting laws that recognize fetuses as people, separate from the women carrying them.
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9. Developing Countries’ Medical Needs Unfulfilled by Big Pharma
The world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have “failed to develop two-thirds of the 139 urgently needed treatments in developing countries,” the Guardian reported in November 2018. The Guardian’s coverage was based on a report by the Access to Medicine Foundation (AMF), a nonprofit organization that analyzes access to essential medicines such as infant vaccines for cholera and single-dose oral treatments for syphilis.
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10. Pentagon Aims to Surveil Social Media to Predict Domestic Protests
The Pentagon aims to use social media surveillance “to preempt major anti-government protests in the US,” Nafeez Ahmed reported for Motherboard in October 2018. While the Pentagon has been funding Big Data research to determine how social media surveillance can help predict the outbreak of conflict, terrorism, and civil unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, Ahmed reported that “the Pentagon isn’t just interested in anticipating surprises abroad.
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11. Ukrainian Fascists Trained US White Supremacists
While the Trump administration has fought to keep nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen from traveling to the United States for fear that they are terrorists, domestic white supremacists who avow violence travel freely between the United States and the Ukraine, where they train with the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion militia, according to reports from MintPress News and The Hill.
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12. New 5G Network Spurs Health Concerns
The prevalence of wireless technologies has spawned a telecommunications revolution that increasingly exposes the public to broader and higher frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum as we transmit data through a variety of devices. The telecom industry is promoting the replacement of the current cellular network, known as 4G, with a new generation of higher frequency 5G wavelengths to power the “Internet of Things,” promising faster data processing, amazing new gadgets, and a lifestyle that mirrors science fiction.
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13. Corporate Food Brands Drive Massive Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico
The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the result of water polluted with manure and fertilizer runoff from major beef-producing states, including Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Dead zones are areas in a body of water that lack sufficient oxygen to support marine life. Covering approximately 8,000 square miles, the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is about the size of New Jersey and ranks as the world’s second-largest, surpassed only by the dead zone in the Gulf of Oman.
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14. FBI Surveilled Peaceful Climate Change Protesters
After three participants in a nonviolent protest at a BP oil refinery in Indiana were arrested in May 2016, the FBI opened a file on them, the Guardian reported in December 2018. The Indiana event was part of 350.org’s Break Free from Fossil Fuels campaign, which engaged more than 30,000 people on six continents in what it described as the largest coordinated act of civil disobedience in the fight against climate change.
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15. Trump Administration Threatens Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act (ESA)—which currently protects more than 1,600 native plant and animal species in the United States and its territories—is “increasingly challenged by an administration that has little patience for laws and regulations that help protect our lands and wildlife,” Charles Pekow wrote in an article published by Earth Island Journal in Spring 2019.
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16. Underwater Avalanches Heighten Risks of Oil Catastrophes
As bad as the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill was, “the worst-case scenario” for an oil spill catastrophe is not losing control of a single well, as occurred in the BP disaster. Instead, “[m]uch more damage would be done if one or more of the thousand or so production platforms that now blanket the Gulf of Mexico were destroyed without warning by a deep-sea mudslide,” Ian R. MacDonald reported for The Conversation in March 2019.
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17. More Than 25 Percent of Formerly Incarcerated People are Unemployed
A 2018 report from the Prison Policy Initiative found that people released from prison are disproportionally discriminated against in the pursuit of work. The study—by Lucius Couloute, at the time a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Massachusetts, and Daniel Kopf, a reporter for Quartz—found that an average of 27 percent of formerly incarcerated people are unemployed. That figure, Couloute and Kopf wrote, is greater than “the total U.S.
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18. Humanitarian Groups Promote Solutions to Extreme Violence in West Africa
In February 2019, the New Humanitarian published an overview of the “causes and humanitarian consequences of violent extremism in West Africa.” The organization’s report on extreme violence in northeast Nigeria, northern Cameroon, north and central Mali, and southern Niger was the result of a year of fieldwork in those areas, surveying not only the violence but also sustainable peace efforts based on the interconnected roles of economics, politics, and faith in sparking militancy and, potentially, creating peace.
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19. Censorship of Al Jazeera Documentary Exposes Influence of Pro-Israel Lobby
A documentary film that aimed to expose Israel’s covert influence campaign in the United States has been leaked to the media after the government of Qatar pulled it from Al Jazeera, a media outlet Qatar funds. In August 2018, excerpts of the censored documentary were leaked and later published by a number of online independent media outlets, including the Electronic Intifada, France’s Orient XXI, and Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar.
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20. Scientists Accelerate Coral Reef Regrowth with Electricity
The conservation group Reef Ecologic is using electrical currents to stimulate regrowth of damaged coral reefs, Alice Klein reported for New Scientist in September 2018. Coral reefs are crucial components of ocean ecosystems around the world, and damage to them from climate change and destructive fishing practices has been widely reported. Damaged coral regrows slowly, and rising ocean temperatures lead to bleaching that can cause entire reef systems to collapse permanently.
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21. Court Ruling Provides “Blueprint” to Reform Excessive, Discriminatory Policing in Schools
It is no wonder that school districts feel pressure to protect children. Between January 2015 and March 2019, there were 97 school shootings in 31 states that ended in the deaths of 94 people. Yet in January 2019, a state court in California ordered the Stockton Unified School District to rein in its use of “school resource officers” to protect students.
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22. Violence Rises after End of Mandated Monitoring in California’s Juvenile Detention Centers
What has changed in the three years since court-mandated monitoring of California’s juvenile detention centers ended? As Samantha Michaels reported for Mother Jones, despite some good news—such as an overall decrease in the numbers of incarcerated youth—the situation is still “pretty grim,” and violence in the state’s juvenile detention centers has worsened significantly since court oversight ended.
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ECUADOR: Protests Heat Up in Quito, Moreno Government Leaves Capital City
Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has announced his administration is leaving the capital city of Quito amid new protests.
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23. New Programs Make School Food Systems More Equitable
School lunches are big business. As Korsha Wilson reported for YES! Magazine in November 2018, school districts nationwide spend a total of approximately three billion dollars annually on food contracts, most of which are with corporate food suppliers. As Beth Hopping, cofounder of the Food Insight Group, told YES!
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24. Class Explains Millennials’ “Stunted” Economic Lives
While pundits and politicians explain downward mobility among millennials in terms of that generation’s unrealistic expectations, indulgent spending, and antipathy toward adulthood, sociologist Victor Tan Chen explained that the Great Recession “stunted millennials’ economic lives at a critical age” and that class inequalities—not “lousy values”—best explain many millennials’ poor economic prospects.
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About That Che T-Shirt
In film and pop culture, Che Guevara comes off as an adventurous motorcyclist, a humble-living commoner, a romantic egalitarian revolutionary, and a swashbuckling sex symbol. However, an objective review of history shows that Che was more ghastly than commonly believed.
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About That Che T-Shirt
In film and pop culture, Che Guevara comes off as an adventurous motorcyclist, a humble-living commoner, a romantic egalitarian revolutionary, and a swashbuckling sex symbol. However, an objective review of history shows that Che was more ghastly than commonly believed.
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