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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.
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150 Years of US Civil Rights Legislation and the Struggle for Black Power By Abayomi Azikiwe, February 09, 2016
Human Rights Watch Report Exposes Abusive French State of Emergency By Stéphane Hugues, February 09, 2016
Australia’s High Court Backs Indefinite Offshore Detention By Mike Head, February 09, 2016
Israel Demolishes Homes and Tells Palestinian Owners to Pay the Costs By Middle East Monitor, February 09, 2016
Netanyahu Wants an Arab-Free Knesset By Stephen Lendman, February 09, 2016
Why the Assange Ruling is not ‘Ridiculous’ By Jonathan Cook, February 08, 2016
The U.S. Labor Movement’s “Pearl Harbor Moment”. The Supreme Court’s Hearing of Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association By Shamus Cooke, February 07, 2016
“The People Who Cast the Votes Don’t Decide an Election, The People Who COUNT the Votes Do.” By Washington's Blog, February 07, 2016
Israel Demolishes 23 Palestinian Homes in Hebron Area to Make Way for IDF Military Training Zones By Amira Hass, February 07, 2016
COINTELPRO, Leonard Peltier and the Limits of Resistance Global Research News Hour Episode 130. A Conversation with Ward Churchill By Michael Welch, February 07, 2016
No Fair Hearing for Assange at the Guardian By Jonathan Cook, February 06, 2016
US Sponsored “Democracy” in Haiti By Ezili Dantò, February 06, 2016
China and the US: Big Brothers-In-Law? Beijing’s New “Anti-Terrorism Law” By Boen Wang, February 05, 2016
Legalising Cruelties: The Australian High Court and Indefinite Offshore Detention By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, February 05, 2016
India Steps Up Pressure on Nepal By W.A. Sunil, February 05, 2016
Europe Is Disintegrating While Its Citizens Watch Indifferent By Roberto Savio, February 05, 2016
Haiti’s Rigged Elections. Disinformation and Propaganda 101 By Dady Chery, February 05, 2016
Freeing Julian Assange: The Last Chapter By John Pilger, February 05, 2016
Netanyahu’s Knesset on a Tragic Trajectory By Anthony Bellchambers, February 04, 2016
Canadian Academic Dr. Hassan Diab, Wrongfully Convicted for a Crime He did not Commit By Indiegogo, February 04, 2016
New Israeli Stop and Frisk Police State Law Targets Palestinians and Black African Asylum Seekers Exclusively By Stephen Lendman, February 04, 2016
Polarized Poland: The Identity Crisis Goes International By Andrew Korybko, February 04, 2016
Canada Urged to Have Normal Relations with Haiti: Because it’s 2016! By Jean Saint-Vil, February 03, 2016
Sweden, Denmark and Refugees – Still Hope? By Jan Oberg, February 03, 2016
Turkey Exploiting Syrian Refugee Adults and Children in Cheap Labour Industrial Sweatshops By Stephen Lendman, February 02, 2016
Imperialism’s Migration Agenda: Who is Funding the Refugees Transport into Europe? By Gearóid Ó Colmáin, February 02, 2016
The Viciousness of Global Capitalism. A Long-Term Strategy for the Left By William T. Hathaway, February 02, 2016
The Ethics of Exposure: Whistleblower Thomas Tamm, the DOJ and Bush Era Rampant Surveillance By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, February 02, 2016
Voting Rights Organizer Targeted by the Ku Klux Klan for Liquidation Prompting the Black Power Movement By Abayomi Azikiwe, February 02, 2016
Institutionalized Racism in Israel By Stephen Lendman, February 01, 2016
Why Anti-Refugee Policies in Denmark? By Jan Oberg, February 01, 2016
US Congress Quietly Enables Funding for Ukrainian Neo-Nazi-led Azov Regiment By David Levine, February 01, 2016
Life Sentence for Truth in Media: Turkish Journalists Face Life Sentences after Uncovering Arms Supply to Syria Terrorists By Alwaght, January 29, 2016
Denmark, Decency and Decay By Jan Oberg, January 29, 2016
UN Security Council to Consider defining all Israeli Settlements in Occupied Territories as Illegal By Anthony Bellchambers, January 29, 2016
Hearings in Secret: Congress, FISA and Warrantless Surveillance By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 29, 2016
Denmark’s Hardline on Refugees: The New Danish Immigration Law By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 29, 2016
America’s “Insider Threat Program and Personnel Security Reform”: 100,000 Military, Civilian and Contractor Personnel under Surveillance By Steven Aftergood, January 29, 2016
The Clintons: We Came, We Stole, Haitians Died By Glen Ford, January 27, 2016
Haiti: Longstanding US Colony. Rigging of Elections By Stephen Lendman, January 27, 2016
Egypt: Five Years After the “Arab Spring” By Ghada Chehade, January 27, 2016
Saudi Arabia Stoking Sectarian Conflict as Battle To Succeed King Salman Intensifies By Zayd Alisa, January 27, 2016
Sammy Younge, Jr. (1944-1966): Murder of SNCC Activist Prompted Anti-War Position By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 26, 2016
Cameron and Britain’s Muslim Women By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 26, 2016
Prime Minister Valls Pledges Permanent State of Emergency in France By Stéphane Hugues and Alex Lantier, January 26, 2016
Five Years After Tahrir Square, Egypt’s Police State Worse Than Ever By Lauren McCauley, January 25, 2016
Media, Migration and Militarization in Germany By Elena van den Berg, January 24, 2016
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Free Mumia: Stop the Slow Motion Assassination of a Modern Revolutionary Global Research News Hour Episode 128 By Glen Ford and Michael Welch, January 24, 2016
Israel Razes EU-Built West Bank Humanitarian Buildings, Announces Land Grab By Sputnik, January 23, 2016
Argentina Revisited – One Month on. Towards a Neoliberal “Democratic Dictatorship” By Peter Koenig, January 21, 2016
“The Criminalization of Peace”: American Grandmother Jailed for Peacefully Protesting the US Drone War By Carey Wedler, January 21, 2016
Australia’s Day for Secrets, Flags and Cowards By John Pilger, January 21, 2016
Barring Donald Trump from Entering the UK. The “Ban Trump” Petition Targets “Hate Speech” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 20, 2016
UK Parliamentary Debate on Banning Donald Trump from Entering Britain? By Stephen Lendman, January 19, 2016
Martin Luther King Detroit Rally: The Struggle against Racism, Police Violence, War and Injustice By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 19, 2016
Racism and American Politics By Frederick Nagel, January 19, 2016
Martin Luther King also had A Nightmare By WhoWhatWhy, January 18, 2016
FBI’s “Suicide Letter” to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Dangers of Unchecked Surveillance By Global Research News, January 18, 2016
Turkish Government Assault on the Academic Community and Freedom of Expression By Kansu Yildirim, January 18, 2016
Viktor Orbán, Photo by European People's Party (CC BY 2.0)
Coercive Engineered Migration. Hungary and Europe’s Refugee Crisis By Gearóid Ó Colmáin, January 18, 2016
Israel Tortures Palestinian Children; Keeps Them in Outdoor Cages in Winter By Mint Press, January 16, 2016
Fury at Israeli Plan to Build Town on Historic Muslim Village By Jonathan Cook, January 16, 2016
Netanyahu Calls for Banning Islamic Call to Prayer (Adhan), Causes “Unbearable Noise “ By The Palestinian Information Center, January 15, 2016
The Pentagon’s Law of War Manual: Embraces “Just Following Orders” Justification for War Crimes, Planning for Mass Repression at Home By Thomas Gaist, January 15, 2016
Rise Up Americans… Poem for Martin Luther King Day. MLK Stood Up against War and Racism By Sherwood Ross, January 14, 2016
American Cops’ Killing Spree in 2015: By the Numbers. Categorized by the FBI as “Justified Homicides” By Richard Becker, January 14, 2016
Obama’s State of the Union Address and the Breakdown of American Democracy By Eric London, January 14, 2016
William Turner: Tribute to a Courageous FBI Agent Turned Critic By Joseph E. Green, January 13, 2016
Why Israel has Silenced the 1948 Story of Nazareth’s Survival. The Only Palestinian City that was not Ethnically Cleansed By Jonathan Cook, January 13, 2016
It’s Not Too Late For Trade Unions to Win Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Association (CTA) By Shamus Cooke, January 13, 2016
Killer Cops and the Militarization of “Law Enforcement” in America: Defending the Movements, Challenging the Police By Prof. Greg Albo and Lesley J. Wood, January 13, 2016
Martin Luther King’s Legacy and the Struggle for the Cities By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 13, 2016
Civil Resistance in West Papua By Jason Macleod, January 13, 2016
UK Investigatory Powers Bill: NSA Whistleblower Tells British Parliament “Snooper’s Charter” Is Deadly By Nadia Prupis, January 13, 2016
(From L) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama stand for a family photo during the G20 Leaders Summit in Antalya, Turkey, November 15, 2015. ©AFP
Angela Merkel, Refugees and the Cologne Acts of Sexual Violence By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 12, 2016
Behind Netanyahu’s Ban on the “Islamic Movement” in Israel By Jonathan Cook, January 12, 2016
Alleged Incidents of Sexual Harassment in Cologne: German Media incites Racist Hysteria against Immigrants and Muslims By Peter Schwarz, January 12, 2016
The Legacy of Racism and the Economic Crisis in South Africa By Abayomi Azikiwe, January 12, 2016
UN Human Rights Experts Urge US to close Guantánamo and End Impunity for Abuses By United Nations, January 12, 2016
Crackdown on Democracy and Labour Rights in Britain: Cameron Government’s New Trade Union Bill By Mike Carr, January 12, 2016