October 17, 2018
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The “new cold war,” censorship, and the future of the Internet By Andre Damon
On Tuesday, the New York Times published a major editorial statement warning about the “breakup of the web” amid the rise of internet censorship and international geopolitical conflicts. “If things continue along this path,” the newspaper warns, “the next decade may see the internet relegated to little more than just another front on the new… Continue reading
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Police raid on Mélenchon: The state attacks the Unsubmissive France party By Alex Lantier
Yesterday’s police raids on Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s home and the headquarters of his Unsubmissive France (LFI) party in Paris are a major attack on democratic rights. It is a political operation launched on false pretences against an organization that received the votes of 20 percent of French voters in the 2017 presidential elections. If the first… Continue reading
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What’s Going On in Idlib, Syria’s Demilitarized Zone? By Stephen Lendman
In mid-September, Putin and Turkey’s Erdogan agreed on establishing a 15 – 20 km-wide demilitarized zone in Idlib province along the Turkish border. Continue reading
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SYRIA EXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Beeley Meets the White Helmets and Armed Group Leader in Daraa Al Balad
“If you shout at us we will cry, we are so sensitive” Abu Mohanad Al Mahamid told me on the 20th September 2018. Al Mahamid is the leader of the still-functioning White Helmet center in Dara’a Al Balad to the south of Damascus in Syria. Al Mahamid had donned his white helmet for the camera… Continue reading
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Caught In The Cross Hairs – Media Lens And The Mystery Of The Wikipedia Editor
In June, the BBC reported that someone operating under the name ‘Philip Cross’ had been extraordinarily active in editing Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit: ‘”Philip Cross” has made hundreds of thousands of edits to Wikipedia pages. But in the process he’s angered anti-war activists and critics of British and Western foreign policy,… Continue reading
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Skripal and Khashoggi: A Tale of Two Disappearances By Finian Cunningham
Two disappearances, and two very different responses from Western governments, which illustrates their rank hypocrisy. Continue reading
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Boycott Facebook, Twitter, and Google. Here’s Why By Eric Zuesse
NATO — the neoconservatives, the marketeers for firms such as Lockheed Martin and BAE — has taken over the social-media giants and much of online international ‘news’-reporting, including that of virtually all independent news-sites and blogs. Continue reading
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Book Review: A Marxist History of Capitalism
An important work of Marxist history and theory restores class struggle to central place in explaining how capitalism arose and grew, and can eventually be overcome Continue reading
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While You Slept: The US Pentagon Declares “Russia is the Enemy” By Phil Butler
American foreign policy is more and more resembling the NFL’s and broadcast networks’ pre-game football hype before the Super Bowl. For those of you who grimaced while watching former President Barack Obama touchdown dancing and pretending to be a sports hero, the current POTUS is even worse. To make matters worse for humanity, many of… Continue reading
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“National crisis” facing UK National Health Service as deficits grow By Ben Trent
In the latest quarterly report of NHS Improvement (NHSI), the combined forecast deficit of NHS trusts stands at a staggering £519 million. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 