Police State & Civil Rights

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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
Israeli Journalists Slam Netanyahu over Closure of Arabic Media Outlets By Haggai Matar, November 27, 2015
Salvaging Democracy for West Papuans in the Face of Australia-Indonesia Obstruction By Camellia Webb-Gannon, November 26, 2015
Protests Erupt in Chicago After Release of Video Showing Police Murder of 17-year-old By Nick Barrickman and Joseph Kishore, November 25, 2015
France Moves to Make “Conspiracy Theories” Illegal by Government Decree By 21st Century Wire, November 25, 2015
Freedom of Expression and Civil Liberties in South Korea By Eunji Kang, November 25, 2015
Netanyahu Paves the Way for a New Era Of Tyranny By Jonathan Cook, November 25, 2015
Refugees as “Weapons” in a Propaganda War By Eric Draitser, November 24, 2015
University of Missouri, Photo by Jesse_Hall (CC BY 3.0)
Student and Community Struggles Escalate in Response to Racism in America By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 24, 2015
Closing the Door to America: US Politics and the Refugee Debate By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 23, 2015
“School of Assassins”: Protests Demand Closure of Notorious School of the America’s Training Camp By Nadia Prupis, November 23, 2015
Parisian Deception: Manipulating the Public into War Global Research News Hour Episode 122 By Michael Welch, Prof Michel Chossudovsky, and Barrie Zwicker, November 22, 2015
Coded, Secret, Encrypted Technology, A Boon for Privacy: “Going Dark” and Fearing Encryption By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 19, 2015
Chicago Restricts Police Drones: Who’s Next? By David Swanson, November 19, 2015
Israel: Netanyahu Capitalises on Paris Bombings By Jean Shaoul, November 19, 2015
The State of Emergency and the Collapse of French Democracy By Alex Lantier, November 19, 2015
“We are Going to Kill You”: Indigenous Activist’s Life in Danger after Opposing Destruction of Peruvian Amazon by Oil palm Companies By Forest Peoples Programme, November 18, 2015
Response to the Paris Terror Attacks: Police State Measures, “No Fly Zone” and “Boots on the Ground” in Syria By 21st Century Wire, November 18, 2015
After the Paris Terror Attacks: A Drumbeat for Military Escalation and Internal Repression By Bill Van Auken, November 17, 2015
South African Parliamentary Workers Defy Injunction and Continues Strike By Abayomi Azikiwe, November 17, 2015
In the Aftermath of the Paris Terror Attacks: Global Manhunts, Halting Refugees By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 17, 2015
The Global Aluminium Industry, Environmental Impacts, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights By Forest Peoples Programme, November 16, 2015
13/11 Paris Massacre: Cui Bono? By Oriental Review, November 15, 2015
France’s Surveillance Law Amid Terror Created by The French Republic By Tony Cartalucci, November 14, 2015
Iraq
Attack in France = State Sponsored Terror, But Which State? By Tony Cartalucci, November 14, 2015
Lethal Israeli Raid on Hebron Hospital Sparks New Protests By Bill Van Auken, November 13, 2015
Germany Moves to Seal External Borders against Refugees By Christoph Dreier, November 13, 2015
Police and White Supremacist Violence: This Ain’t Your Grandfather’s Civil Rights Movement By Glen Ford, November 12, 2015
Myanmar: The Atrocious Delusion of Burmese ‘Democracy’ By Guy Horton, November 12, 2015
US Supreme Court Expands Immunity for Killer Cops By Tom Carter, November 12, 2015
Obama Backs $607 Billion Pentagon Bill that Bars Guantanamo Closing By Bill Van Auken, November 12, 2015
Paramilitary Police in Miami Force Passengers to Leave Plane at Gunpoint By Andre Damon, November 11, 2015
“Nothing To Hide, Nothing To Fear”, “We have been Spying on You for Years”: Orwellian Agents Propose New Police State Measures for UK By 21st Century Wire, November 10, 2015
Neoliberal Water under the Bridge: How Politics and Business Unite in the U.S., Honduras and Israel By Charity Crouse, November 10, 2015
“The Crime of Hate” Trial on Charges of Anti-Semitism: The Trial of Arthur Topham in British Columbia By Eve Mykytyn, November 09, 2015
Criminal Law Suit Against Latin American Media for Expressing “Solidarity with the Palestinian People” By Carlos Aznárez, November 09, 2015
The Surveillance State: The “Digital Dog Ate” Our Civil-Liberties Homework: “It’s Just the Way It Is” By Norman Solomon, November 09, 2015
Hebron, Image by Wickey-nl (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Israel Terrorizes Hebron Residents. Settlers urge Soldiers to Kill the Palestinians. By Stephen Lendman, November 08, 2015
Look Who’s in Charge of UK Government Cyber Security By Stuart Littlewood, November 08, 2015
The former gas chamber at New Mexico State Penitentiary, used only once in 1960 and later replaced by lethal injection. Photo by Shelka04 (CC BY 3.0)
The Death Penalty in Oklahoma: Nitrogen Gas as a Means of Execution By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, November 08, 2015
The Demise of Incumbents: Resurgence of the Far Right, Absence of the “Consequential Left” By Prof. James Petras, November 07, 2015
Raw Milk Farmer Jailed for Removing Government Surveillance Cameras from Own Property By Christina Sarich, November 05, 2015
The ‘Non-lethal’ Chemical Weapon Killing Palestinians By Sheren Khalel, November 04, 2015
Sex Crimes in America: Newly Released AP Investigation Finds an Alarming Number of Police Rapists By Joachim Hagopian, November 03, 2015
America: The Punishment Society. “Violence is the Defining Hallmark of the US” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, November 03, 2015
Shadowy Web Site Creates Blacklist of Pro-Palestinian Activists, Reminiscent of “McCarthyism” By Josh Nathan-Kazis, November 02, 2015
South African Student Protest: Decolonization, Race and Class Politics By Prof. Patrick Bond, November 02, 2015
“It Will Become a Prison”: Palestinians of Hebron Required to “Register” in Preparation for Severe New Restrictions By International Solidarity Movement, November 02, 2015
US Police Unions in Opposition to Free Speech, Encourage and Sustain Police Violence By William Boardman, November 02, 2015
China Turns Tables on “US-Backed Agitators” in Hong Kong By Ulson Gunnar, October 30, 2015
Australia’s Solution to the “Refugee Problem”: The “People Smuggling Industry” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 29, 2015
Turkish Police Storm Opposition Media in Run-up to Sunday’s Election By Alex Lantier, October 29, 2015
Israel fast becoming an Armed Ghetto Divorced from Democracy By Anthony Bellchambers, October 29, 2015
Increasing Police Brutality: Americans Killed by Cops Now Outnumber Americans Killed in Iraq War By Global Research News, October 28, 2015
Netanyahu’s Latest Ethnic Cleansing Scheme: Forcibly Displacing East Jerusalem Arab Residents By Stephen Lendman, October 26, 2015
Israel Has Arrested 44 Palestinian’s Every Single Day (5 of them children) For 48 Years By True Publica, October 26, 2015
Black Lives Don’t Matter in Israel By Margaret Kimberley, October 26, 2015
US Sponsored “Occupation Democracy”: Haiti’s Cité Soleil Fights Back By Dady Chery, October 25, 2015
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA): ‘Surveillance Bill in Disguise’ Takes New Step Towards Passage By Andrea Germanos, October 23, 2015
Black Lives Don’t Matter in Israel By Margaret Kimberley, October 23, 2015
Germany to Deport Refugees in Military Cargo Planes By Martin Kreickenbaum and Andre Damon, October 23, 2015
When Mass Shootings Were Real By James F. Tracy, October 21, 2015
Turkey’s Erdoğan Regime: Terrorism Unleashed By Prof. James Petras, October 21, 2015
Jerusalem Chaos Is a Warning of Things to Come By Jonathan Cook, October 20, 2015
‘Caught on Camera’: Extrajudicial Killings of Palestinians By Annie Robbins, October 20, 2015
Off-grid Living Punished Like a Crime as Colorado County Criminalizes Self-reliance By Daniel Barker, October 20, 2015
Chicago Police ‘Disappeared’ Over 7,000 People to Notorious Homan Square By Nadia Prupis, October 20, 2015
Canada’s Liberals Sweep to Power on Phony Anti-austerity Vow By Keith Jones, October 20, 2015
US Military Chief Pledges Increased Support as Israel Steps Up Attacks on Palestinians By Jean Shaoul, October 19, 2015
Using Refugees: Angela Merkel’s “Turkish Gambit” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 19, 2015
Washington Persecutes America’s Greatest Patriots By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, October 18, 2015
Videos Challenge Israeli Police Account of Shootings Directed against Palestinians By Jonathan Cook, October 18, 2015
“The American Military Coup of 2012”: Encroachment upon Basic Freedoms, Militarized Police State in America By Frank Morales, October 16, 2015
Turkish Government Tries to Repress a Growing Wave of Protests By Halil Celik, October 15, 2015
Lifting the 24 Hour Siege: Julian Assange, London’s Metropolitan Police and Continued Detention By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, October 15, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter: Chat Partners with Hillary By Glen Ford, October 14, 2015
Turkey Gripped by Protests against Erdogan Government By Chris Marsden, October 13, 2015
‘Went in Like Gestapo’: Sonoma Sheriffs’ Bloody Rampage in California County Jail By Richard Becker, October 09, 2015
Obama Approved Israeli West Bank Violence By Stephen Lendman, October 08, 2015
Militarization of the Police: A Reflection of United States Foreign Policy By Abayomi Azikiwe, October 08, 2015
Israeli Fascist Brutality By Stephen Lendman, October 07, 2015