Police State & Civil Rights

Facebook
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
Finance Capital and Neo-Fascism: The French Elections Mirror the Crises of Western States By Abayomi Azikiwe, April 26, 2017
‘Il Duce’ Sultan: Will Turkey Turn Into an Islamofascist State? By Dr. Can Erimtan, April 26, 2017
Critical Thinking: A Bridge to the Future By Arthur D. Robbins, April 26, 2017
The Legacy of Lynne Stewart, The People’s Lawyer By Barbara Nimri Aziz, April 26, 2017
Populism, Neoliberalism, and Distributive Justice By Lawrence R. Alschuler, April 25, 2017
Kosovo Serbs ‘Terrified’ by Proposed Creation of “Greater Albania” By Sputnik, April 24, 2017
Neoliberal Globalization: In the Shadow of Social Democracy, Right-Wing Challenges and Left Alternatives By Ingo Schmidt, April 24, 2017
Venezuela Calls for Expanding Armed Civilian Militias To Counter U.S.-Backed Opposition By Mint Press, April 24, 2017
Breaking, French Elections: Macron versus Le Pen in Run-off. Discredited Socialist Party. A Vote against Neoliberalism By Diana Johnstone, April 23, 2017
Breaking: French Presidential Election: Macron and Le Pen in Run-Off? By Stephen Lendman, April 23, 2017
A Personality Cult that Plays on Popular Fears: How Erdogan Won the Turkish Referendum By Prof. Tahir Abbas, April 23, 2017
France’s Election at Gunpoint By Alex Lantier, April 23, 2017
Ice and Busts: The Lost War on Drugs in Australia By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, April 21, 2017
If This is Freedom and Democracy, What is Tyranny? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts and John W. Whitehead, April 21, 2017
A Sad Day for Turkey By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, April 21, 2017
Cyprus and the Death of Democracy in Turkey By Andreas C Chrysafis, April 20, 2017
End Game: The War Machine Goes On By Arthur D. Robbins, April 20, 2017
Referendum Result Sets Up Authoritarian Rule in Turkey By Asad Ismi, April 20, 2017
Just How Bad Has The Police State in America Really Got? By John W. Whitehead, April 19, 2017
Military
Trump, a Symptom of What? By Prof. Ira Chernus, April 18, 2017
The Return of Commercial Prison Labour By Christoph Scherrer, April 18, 2017
Historical Origins of the State: Barbarians at the Gate By Arthur D. Robbins, April 12, 2017
Vietnam War: The Life and Times of a South Vietnamese Special Police Officer By Douglas Valentine, April 11, 2017
Russia-Baiting Pushed Trump to Attack Syria — and Increases the Risks of Nuclear Annihilation By Norman Solomon, April 10, 2017
The US has Committed heinous Crimes in Afghanistan: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) By Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan and Edu Montesanti, April 07, 2017
Love, Western Nihilism and Revolutionary Optimism By Andre Vltchek, April 05, 2017
“Prison Aid” to Haiti for Captive Slave Labor By Dady Chery, April 05, 2017
The Silent Cries of Hiding Children: Fifty Years After MLK’s Riverside Church Speech By Edward Curtin, April 05, 2017
Israel Steps Up Dirty Tricks Against Boycott BDS Leaders By Jonathan Cook, April 05, 2017
George Orwell and Martin Luther King: April 4th, 1984 and April 4th, 1968 By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, April 05, 2017
Energizing the Anti-War Movement: The Black Alliance for Peace By Ajamu Baraka, April 05, 2017
The Bloodstained Rise of Global Populism By Prof Alfred McCoy, April 04, 2017
The Hijacking of France (from Donald Trump to Marine Le Pen) By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, April 04, 2017
UN Investigators By Common Dreams, April 03, 2017
War and the State: Federated Governments, the Nation versus the State By Arthur D. Robbins, April 02, 2017
Video: The Russian-Iranian Alliance: Aims, Objectives and Differences By South Front, March 31, 2017
Did the US Government Spy on Trump? Of Course. It Spies on All of Us! By Rep. Ron Paul, March 31, 2017
African Politics and the World Situation By Abayomi Azikiwe, March 31, 2017
Remembering Ahmed Kathrada, South Africa’s National Liberation Icon By Abayomi Azikiwe, March 31, 2017
South Africa: Why Mining and Violence are Inextricably Linked By Jasper Finkeldey, March 30, 2017
So Who Annexed the Crimean Peninsula Then? By Arina Tsukanova, March 30, 2017
Peace Accords or Political Surrender? Latin America, the Middle East, Ukraine By Prof. James Petras, March 27, 2017
Democracy
Airport Security, Tablets and Laptops: The Electronics Ban and Lessons in Futility By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 27, 2017
The Pro-Europeans Make Their Voice Heard – London’s Anti-Brexit March By Lesley Docksey, March 27, 2017
Trump = Obama = Bush = Clinton, On Four Core Issues By Washington's Blog, March 27, 2017
Somalia: US Covert Operations (2001-2016) By The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, March 26, 2017
“The Whole Brou-Ha-Ha Over Contacts with Russian Diplomats Has Taken On All The Earmarks of a Witch Hunt … “ By Jack Matlock, March 24, 2017
Democratic Party Floats “Proposal” For A “Palace Coup” against Trump By Andre Damon, March 24, 2017
Resistance against South African Apartheid, Racism and Settler-Colonialism: Remembering Peter Tosh and the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre By Ajamu Nangwaya, March 24, 2017
Australia Blows Israel’s Credibility on Its “World Vision” Sham Accusations By Dr. Vacy Vlazna, March 23, 2017
Palestine: “There’s No Conflict, There’s An Illegal Occupation” By Edu Montesanti, March 23, 2017
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA): Washington’s Little Known Spy Agency By Stephen Lendman, March 23, 2017
America Seeks to Destroy Syrian Civilization, Replace it With Terrorism and Ignorance By Mark Taliano, March 22, 2017
“Fake Scholarship” and the Future of America’s University By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 21, 2017
Canadian Mining Imperialism: Profits, Coercion, And Resistance By Prof. Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber, March 20, 2017
Israel Owns The UN As Well As The US? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, March 20, 2017
India’s Tectonic Political Shift: ‘Authoritative Hegemony’ and the ‘Congress System’ By K M Seethi, March 20, 2017
Palestine: Resistance against Occupation, Colonialism and Apartheid By Hatem Abudayyeh and Edu Montesanti, March 20, 2017
War And The Health of the State: What Causes War By Arthur D. Robbins, March 19, 2017
The Same Frequencies Used for Pain-Inflicting Crowd Control Weapons Form the Foundation of the Network That Will Tie Together More Than 50 Billion Devices as Part of the Internet of Things By Washington's Blog, March 18, 2017
Federal Judge Halts New Trump Travel Ban By Patrick Martin, March 18, 2017
Evaluate New Travel Ban in Light of International Law By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, March 18, 2017
The Whole POINT of the Internet of Things Is So “Big Brother” Can Spy On You By Washington's Blog, March 16, 2017
The History of Free Speech in Australia By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 16, 2017
Kagame’s Economic Mirage in Rwanda By Ann Garrison and David Himbara, March 16, 2017
The Murky World of Deradicalisation By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, March 15, 2017
US Constitutional Rights. Federal Courts Say Foreigners, Not US Citizens, Are Entitled To Due Process By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, March 15, 2017
Nightmarish Trumpcare. It Benefits the Super-rich at the Expense of Affordable Healthcare By Stephen Lendman, March 15, 2017
Exposing the Real Deep State: Unraveling the “Trump Vs Deep State” Narrative By Tony Cartalucci, March 15, 2017
Canada’s Labour Movement in Crisis By Prof. Sam Gindin and Herman Rosenfeld, March 15, 2017
Harvard’s Fake Guide to Fake News Sites. America’s 21st Century “Index Librorum Prohibitorum” By Stephen Lendman, March 14, 2017
The American Media Hide From The Truth, “Servants of the Police State” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, March 14, 2017
Obama’s Ukrainian Coup Triggered the Influx of 2.5 Million Ukrainian Refugees into Russia By Eric Zuesse, March 14, 2017
Criminalizing Free Expression in Israel By Stephen Lendman, March 14, 2017
The “Deep State” and the Unspoken Crimes of the U.S. Empire, Operation Gladio By Gary Weglarz, March 14, 2017
South Koreans Celebrate Constitutional Court’s Ruling to Impeach Park Geun-hye By Hyun Lee, March 12, 2017
Turkey’s Tyrannical Rule, Erdogan’s “Democratic Dictatorship” By Stephen Lendman, March 12, 2017
Analyzing Austria’s “Refugee”/Immigrant Proposal For The EU Periphery By Andrew Korybko, March 12, 2017
Trump’s National Heath Plan for a Sicker, More Profitable, America By Eric Zuesse, March 11, 2017
Snake-Oil Alert – Encryption Does Not Prevent Mass-Snooping By Moon of Alabama, March 11, 2017