Year: 2019
“Licence to Kill” in Real Life: British Court Rules MI5 Agents Can Legally Murder, Kidnap and Torture
[Bloomberg] “Britain’s domestic intelligence service MI5 can authorize its agents to engage in criminal activities, potentially including murder, kidnap and…
The Jewish Press praises ‘most pro-Israel president’ Donald Trump, makes long list of ‘fake Jews’, the enemies within
[The Jewish Press] “It is an unpleasant task to sound the alert that there are Jews who seek to destroy…
Muslim woman intervenes to stop anti-Semitic abuse against Jewish family on London Underground
[The Times of Israel] “A Muslim woman won praise after intervening to try and stop a man from unleashing an…
Human Rights Watch’s support for a U.S.-backed right-wing coup in Bolivia
[MintPress News] “Bolivia is currently in turmoil after President Evo Morales was deposed in a U.S.-supported coup d’état on November 10….
Bolivia Is the Latest Successful US-Backed Coup in Latin America
[MintPress News] “On October 20, Morales had secured enough votes to win the election outright in the first round without…
U.S. May Violate International Laws Against Pillage If It Takes Syrian Oil
[NPR] “President Trump has executed a policy U-turn on Syria. He’s now tasking U.S. forces that he’d promised to withdraw…
DeVos, Thiel, Adelson: The Secrets of a Right-Wing Dark-Money Juggernaut
[Rolling Stone] “Dark money may have existed well before Citizens United, but that 2010 Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates for…
How UK Security Services neutralised leading liberal newspaper, The Guardian
[Daily Maverick] “The Guardian, Britain’s leading liberal newspaper with a global reputation for independent and critical journalism, has been successfully…
Ukrainian court ruling: You can’t call neo-Nazi group C14 “neo-Nazi”
[bellingcat] “This week, a Ukrainian court ruled it’s not OK to call a neo-Nazi group a neo-Nazi group.” “In May…
Tulsi Gabbard presses Kamala Harris over her role in the Drug War – what’s the truth?
[Rolling Stone] “Sen. Tulsi Gabbard took aim at Sen. Kamala Harris, a former California attorney general who is also widely considered…
Ukrainian State Funds Far-Right Extremists to Teach “Patriotism”
[bellingcat] “Ukraine’s government continues to provide funds to notorious far-right extremist groups and their affiliates — including two organizations led…
Tattooed deputy gangs in Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department under FBI inverstigation
[Los Angeles Times] “The FBI is investigating a secret society of tattooed deputies in East Los Angeles as well as…
Neoliberal George Soros and libertarian Charles Koch unite to end US ‘forever war’ policy
[The Boston Globe, Bloomberg] “BESIDES BEING BILLIONAIRES and spending much of their fortunes to promote pet causes, the leftist financier…
UK PM’s husband profits from Saudi arms sales, just declared unlawful by court
[Labour Heartlands] “A court of appeal in London on Thursday declared the sale of weapons by the UK to Saudi…
Police raid Australian public broadcaster ABC over Afghanistan war crimes leaks
[The Independent] “Australian police have raided the offices of the national broadcaster over allegations it published classified material about possible war…
Yemen government accuses UAE of landing separatists on Socotra island
[REUTERS] “The Yemeni government has accused the United Arab Emirates of landing around 100 separatist troops on a remote island…
The Billionaires Behind the Far-Right
[CounterPunch] “Today, a handful of billionaires fund far-right, anti-Islamic, anti-immigrant, and/or ultra-nationalist political figures, movements, and alternative media personalities.” “Robert…
U.S. and Afghan Government Forces Killed More Civilians Than Taliban Did, U.N. Report Finds
[The New York Times] “For the first time since the United Nations began documenting civilian casualties in Afghanistan a decade…
Mike Pompeo: “I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole.”
[The Grayzone] “US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo boasted, “I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole….
“Israel loyalty oath” in the USA: Increasing number of states use anti-BDS laws, says HRW
[Human Rights Watch] “Many United States states are using anti-boycott laws and executive orders to punish companies that refuse to do business…
Trump-linked US Christian ‘fundamentalists’ pour millions of ‘dark money’ into boosting Europe’s far right
[openDemocracy] “US Christian right ‘fundamentalists’ linked to the Trump administration and Steve Bannon are among a dozen American groups that…
Hungary is first EU state to open diplomatic mission in Jerusalem
[The Times of Israel] “Hungary’s foreign minister opened a trade office in Jerusalem that will have official “diplomatic status,” during…
Blackwater founder’s FSG working for China in Myanmar
[Asia Times, Myanmar Times] “The Frontier Service Group (FSG), founded by former US military contractor Eric Prince, is moving into…
Facebook, Axios And NBC Paid for Whitewashing Wikipedia Pages
[HuffPost] “The vast majority of the people who propose and make changes to Wikipedia are volunteers. A few people, however,…
Whistleblower David McBride charged for exposing Australian war crimes, ‘not afraid to go to jail’
[The Guardian] “A former defence lawyer charged for blowing the whistle on alleged misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan says he…
NY Post: “Believing conspiracy theories might make you a criminal”
[New York Post] “Go figure: If you’re a birther or a 9/11 denier, chances are you aren’t much fun to be around. Sure,…
