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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
Gaza: A Place Closer to Hell Than to Heaven By Jerome Irwin, July 10, 2017
End of the Social Contract. Harshness towards the Vulnerable Defines President Trump’s Agenda By Prof. Vijay Prashad, July 10, 2017
The State of Israel, Zionism and the Jewish Worldwide Diaspora By Anthony Bellchambers, July 09, 2017
ANC Policy Conference Sets Course for Ruling Party in South Africa By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 09, 2017
America the Only Developed Country Without Universal Healthcare By Stephen Lendman, July 09, 2017
Whistleblower: “The NSA Is Still Collecting the Full Content Of U.S. Domestic E-Mail, Without a Warrant …” By Bill Binney and Washington's Blog, July 09, 2017
G20 Protests: “Welcome to Hell” for Capitalists Who Wreck and Exploit By Gilbert Mercier, July 09, 2017
‘Welcome to Hell’: Hamburg Burns, G20 Protests Spiral (Photos, Videos) Live Updates By RT News, July 08, 2017
Syrians Return Home As the Terrorists Are Pushed Out By Steven MacMillan, July 07, 2017
Democracy in Nepal Passes a Second Test By Barbara Nimri Aziz, July 07, 2017
No to the New Crime! Mikis Theodorakis on Cyprus, Russia and the Upcoming War Against Iran By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, July 07, 2017
Venezuela Maduro
Venezuela’s Maduro Announces 50% Increase in Minimum Wage By Telesur, July 05, 2017
The Kurds Under Erdogan’s Tyrannical Governance By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, July 05, 2017
Don’t Historicize the Balfour Declaration: The Past Is Still the Palestinians’ Present By Yara Hawari, July 05, 2017
The Nuclear Ban Treaty and Beyond. Will it Reduce Nuclear Arsenals and Defuse Nuclear Threats? By United Nations Correspondents Association, July 05, 2017
29 States Refuse to Give Data to Voter Fraud Panel, “What Are They Trying to Hide” Trump Asks By Zero Hedge, July 05, 2017
Thinking About Waiting. Time is All We Have… By Edward Curtin, July 05, 2017
Jamaica: Marcus Garvey’s Economic Philosophy Has a “Capitalism Problem” By Dr. Ajamu Nangwaya, July 04, 2017
Reflections on Canada at 150 By Jim Miles, July 04, 2017
Radioactive Waste Still Flooding Columbia River, EPA Says By Karina Brown, July 04, 2017
Israeli Rabbi Asks West Bank Settlers to Poison Palestinian Water By Days of Palestine, July 04, 2017
Europe’s Refugee Crisis Is Now Destroying Sweden By True Publica, July 03, 2017
The Supreme Court and Trump’s Anti-Muslim Executive Orders By Tom Carter, July 03, 2017
Venezuela Protesters Set 40 Tons of Subsidized Food on Fire By Telesur, July 03, 2017
Final Days to Sign the Parliamentary Petition to Bring Hassan Diab Home to Canada By Hassan Diab Support Committee, July 03, 2017
“The Push for GM Mustard Is Coming From the Commercial Food Industry, Not From the Kitchens of Ordinary Indian Homes” By CHS-SACHETAN, July 02, 2017
Gaza: Israel’s Experiment on Humans in Situations of Extreme Stress and Deprivation By Gideon Levy, July 02, 2017
Media Suppression and Political Repression in post-Maidan Ukraine By Michael Welch and Halyna Mokrushyna, July 02, 2017
Balfour’s Shadow – A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel By Jim Miles, July 01, 2017
South Korea’s KCTU’s Social General Strike and Labor Movement Priorities in the Moon Jae-in Era By Wol-san Liem, July 01, 2017
Venezuela: Right Wing Accelerates Coup Plans By Marco Teruggi, July 01, 2017
Prisoners Exchange in the Ukraine. Conflict Is a Human Rights Issue By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, June 30, 2017
Canada’s Dark History in Africa: Killing Natives and Seizing Their Land for Leopold II in Congo By Yves Engler, June 30, 2017
Bernie Sanders Has His Priorities Backwards; We Can’t Delay Medicare for All By Margaret Flowers, June 30, 2017
Northern Alberta: The Rights of Indigenous People, Oil Pipelines and Resource Extraction By Nicole Hill and Ian Hussey, June 30, 2017
Israel’s Illegitimate Tactics Against Palestinian Armed Resistance vs. Legitimate Global Security Concerns By Rima Najjar, June 29, 2017
Robert Parry Wins 2017 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism By John Pilger, June 29, 2017
Exorcising the ‘Popular Will’: How Venezuela Can Reclaim Its Democracy By Haneul Na avi, June 28, 2017
The 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre? What Massacre? By Kim Petersen, June 28, 2017
India Proves George Orwell Right By Gurpreet Singh, June 27, 2017
Trump, Republicans Seek to Euthanize 80 Million Young and Old Americans: Democrats Will be Accessories to the Crime By John Stanton, June 27, 2017
Israel’s Efforts to Hide Palestinians From View No Longer Fools Young American Jews By Jonathan Cook, June 27, 2017
Palestinians Are Seeking Justice in Jerusalem – Not an Abusive Life-long Mate By Rima Najjar, June 27, 2017
Macron Faces Opposition Despite Absolute Majority in French National Assembly By Abayomi Azikiwe, June 27, 2017
Elections: Absenteeism, Boycotts and the Class Struggle By Prof. James Petras, June 27, 2017
The War Against Workers and the Poor By Kim Petersen, June 26, 2017
New TSA Policy May Lead to Increased US Airport Scrutiny of Passengers’ Reading Material By Jay Stanley, June 26, 2017
The Neoliberal Writing on the Wall: Ontario’s Basic Income Experiment By John Clarke, June 26, 2017
Today’s Plutocrats Seek to Recreate 19th-century Dystopia, Child Labour Rampant in Asia, Serfdom on the Rise Here By Ed Finn, June 26, 2017
UK: Conservatives Seek Toxic Alliance with Democratic Unionist Party By Steve James, June 25, 2017
Pay Attention: The Police State Is Here By William Hawes, June 25, 2017
NSA Uses Trick to Spy on Americans By Washington's Blog, June 25, 2017
Why Can’t the UK Stop Terror Attacks? By Philip Giraldi, June 25, 2017
Pride in San Francisco By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 25, 2017
U.S. Participating in Torture Again … Because We Didn’t Learn Any Lessons from Iraq By Washington's Blog, June 25, 2017
“Regime Change” in the Philippines? The CIA’s Cloddish ISIS Attack on Duterte By F. William Engdahl, June 25, 2017
The Trump Travel Bans against Muslims, Statement at the United Nations By Inder Comar, June 24, 2017
Closing Bank Accounts: Israel’s New Policy to Displace Palestinians Out of Jerusalem By Middle East Monitor, June 24, 2017
Persuading Jews Worldwide to Convert to Zionism By Rima Najjar, June 23, 2017
Amazon’s Purchase of Whole Foods and the Case for Public Ownership By Eric London, June 23, 2017
Thailand: US-Backed “Activists” Freely Allowed to Complain About “No Freedom” By Tony Cartalucci, June 23, 2017
Pro-merger Stance of EU Commission Both Paradoxical and Harmful, Say Academics By Corporate Europe Observatory, June 23, 2017
Amnesty International Calls for End to Hassan Diab’s Imprisonment as New Evidence Further Confirms His Innocence By Hassan Diab Support Committee, June 23, 2017
After the Greek Experiment, a Sequel in the EU: Turning Cyprus into a Protectorate! By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, June 23, 2017
Video: War and Peace in Israel / Palestine: A Historical Perspective By Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin, June 23, 2017
Israel Displaced 67% of Palestinians in 1948 By Middle East Monitor, June 22, 2017
Death on the Road: Memory in Australia’s Tim Winton’s Shrine By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, June 22, 2017
Closing Democracy’s Doors Until the People Open Them By Ralph Nader, June 22, 2017
Huge Advances by Syrian Army Transform Syrian War By Alexander Mercouris, June 22, 2017
Towards a Legally Binding Ban on Nuclear Weapons By Kathy Kelly, June 22, 2017
“Self-determination”: Why Kosovo Will Never Become Part of Albania By Jasna Krivokapiceva, June 21, 2017
Israel’s Dirty Little Secret By Philip Giraldi, June 21, 2017
Criminal Investigation against Tory Government into Grenfell Tower Tragedy Rather than a Public Inquiry By Aamer Anwar and RT News, June 21, 2017
After Fifty Years of Occupation of Palestine, What’s Next: Open Letter to President Mahmoud Abbas By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, June 21, 2017
Rabbi Calls for Poisoning of Palestinian Water Supply By International Middle East Media Center, June 21, 2017
The Yemenite Children’s Affair: Israel’s National Wound That Cannot Heal By Haggai Matar, June 20, 2017
The ICC Should Be on Trial Not Saif Gaddafi By Richard Galustian, June 20, 2017
Mass Incarceration, Prison Labor in the United States By John Stanton, June 20, 2017
Facebook
UK and France Propose Automated Censorship of Online Content By Ed Johnson-Williams, June 20, 2017
Trump Cuba Policy: What Will Happen in Coming Months? By Arnold August, June 20, 2017