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Big tech ‘indenture entire populations into servitude’ to corporations & govts – Snowden
Tech giants such as Google or Facebook store vast amounts of personal data for their own gain but they are also “happy to hand over” this data to governments, making people vulnerable to persecution, Edward Snowden warned. Continue reading
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Documentary Preview: ‘MH17 – 5 Years On’
Bonanza Media’s investigative team of independent journalists have put together the first real documentary challenge to the Dutch-NATO version of events, entitled, “MH17 – 5 Years On,” with exclusive interviews and insights into the downing of MH17, including eye-opening testimony from witnesses and irrefutable evidence from experts, as well as exclusive footage shot in Malaysia,… Continue reading
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David Harvey: The Persistence of Neoliberalism Despite its Loss of Legitimacy (1/2)
Neoliberalism continues in national and transnational institutions, even though it has lost legitimacy as an ideology and has even penetrated progressive thinking, argues Prof. David Harvey Continue reading
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The super-rich are damaging the environment
In this opinion piece, Oxford University’s Danny Dorling argues that the world’s richest 1% are disproportionately damaging the environment. Continue reading
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Facebook’s Libra Currency Monetizes Identity and Threatens Privacy
Bill Black discusses Feacebook’s new proposed crypto-currency, called “Libra.” Facebook could use this technology to standardize identity and create a world of ultimate surveillance, and then profit from it, says Black (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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How Israel Censors the Internet
An exposé on Israel’s numerous projects – some public, some covert – to influence what people see on the Internet, and what they don’t. From the article, “How Israel and its partisans work to censor the Internet” iakn.us/2Ixc6LC – the article has additional information and citations.Since the U.S. gives Israel over $10 million per day,… Continue reading
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Michael Hudson, David Harvey and Bertell Ollman: Three Marxist Takes On Climate Change, Left Forum 2019
Climate change is the main subject of the day, and rightly so. What do Marxists have to say that may be helpful in understanding it and hopefully (and it’s only a possibility) stopping it? Or, What is the relation between climate change and class struggle? Continue reading
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‘The coup turned Honduras into hell’: Interview with President Manuel Zelaya on 10th anniversary of overthrow by US
The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil sat down for an exclusive interview with Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, on the 10th anniversary of the US-backed right-wing military coup that overthrew him. Continue reading
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97% Owned (Money Documentary) | History Documentary | Reel Truth History
When money drives almost all activity on the planet, it’s essential that we understand it. Yet simple questions often get overlooked – questions like: Where does money come from? Who creates it? Who decides how it gets used? And what does that mean for the millions of ordinary people who suffer when money and finance… Continue reading
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US officials join bizarre Iranian cult MEK in rallying for regime change
The exiled Iranian MEK regime change cult rallied in front of the US State Department on June 22, just a day after Trump rejected pressure to start a war on Iran. Current and former American officials joined the bizarre organization, hailing it as the legitimate resistance to Tehran. Shadowed by a team of MEK minders,… Continue reading
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Explained: War on Venezuela (Part 1)
In this first episode of a three-part explainer series on the international war on Venezuela, Peoples Dispatch will take a look at the sanctions that have been imposed on the country and the debilitating impact these measures have on the lives of the people. Continue reading
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John Pilger: Extradition Process a ‘Very Long Uphill Road’ for Assange
Britain’s Home Secretary signed off on the U.S. request to extradite Julian Assange, and now UK courts will decide his fate. But if the process until now is any indication, he will not receive a fair hearing, says journalist and filmmaker John Pilger (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Where Are the Skeptics as the Drums Roll for War with Iran?
Vijay Prashad challenges the media reality that Iran attacked the oil tankers, calling for a real investigation to uncover the truth Continue reading
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This Assange Supporter Excoriating The Press Is The Best Thing You’ll Watch All Day By Caitlin JohnsonThis Assange Supporter Excoriating The Press Is The Best Thing You’ll Watch All Day by Caitlin Johnstone
Julian Assange’s latest US extradition hearing was a brief affair which saw the WikiLeaks founder’s next hearing scheduled for sometime after the end of February, nearly at the end of his 50-week sentence for a bail conditions violation. According to Reuters Assange was lucid and spirited enough to argue with the prosecution a bit, telling the American lawyer via videolink, “I didn’t… Continue reading
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James Bridle | Videos: The New Dark Age
Internet fibre optic cables around the world trace out the routes of former empires. Imperialism didn’t stop with decolonisation: it just moved up to infrastructure level. Continue reading
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Chavez the Radical XXIV: “The Land Belongs to Those Who Work It, not to the Large Landowners”
In this video Hugo Chavez discusses the fallacies of previous land reforms, the importance of democratic collective control over farmsteads, coexistence with nature, how the urban slums proliferated as peasants fled to the cities in the 20th century, and the struggle for control of the countryside as the large landowners organized armed groups to assassinate… Continue reading
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Leaked Messages Confirm: Imprisonment of Brazil’s Lula da Silva was Politically Motivated
The website The Intercept received a massive archive of communications between prosecutors and judges, involving Brazil’s corruption cases. Initial analysis reveals that former president Lula da Silva’s prosecution and conviction were politically motivated. Mike Fox discusses the ramifications Inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Israeli Private Intelligence Company Black Cube Out of Control
Shir Hever discusses the dangers of privatizing security and intelligence, as a private company called Black Cube that claims to use Israeli Mossad procedures hires out its services to the highest bidder and goes after international as well as Israeli activists, business people, and politicians Continue reading
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How corporate forces are lobbying for a coup in Venezuela
Thomas Hedges looks at the forces behind the Venezuelan regime change lobby in Washington and the campaign of disinformation they and their US backers have waged to gin up public support for sanctions and even a military intervention. Continue reading
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Beautiful Damascus streets, filmed over the days of Eid By Eva Bartlett
10 June 2019 — In Gaza As charming as these scenes are, I’ve had many tell me over the years, including recently, that holidays are tainted with massive sadness for those martyred and maimed by terrorists and in the fight against terrorism and to restore peace to Syria. Continue reading
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