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CrossTalk: Media Failures
Traditionally, the role of media has been to inform society and keep an eye on the powers that be. Today media follows a very different model – for the most part the mainstream merely echoes the opinions of the elite. … Continue reading
Anonymous: Internet has Power to Bring Down Regimes
The Internet is the greatest tool of free speech ever created that gave voice to billions of people along with power to bring down regimes, a member of the Anonymous movement told RT, adding that such power terrifies governments around … Continue reading
Dr Zhang Weiwei: Democracy Would Be Miserably Wrong for a Country Like China
Mehdi Hasan challenges Chinese scholar Dr Zhang Weiwei on whether China can afford Western-style democracy. “Liberal democracy may be great or less great for the West, but it would be miserably wrong for a country like China,” argues Dr Zhang … Continue reading
The Fifth Column in Russia
A coup d´état under the guise of an ‘Orange Revolution’ is being prepared in Russia. The big picture and the details are given by Evgeny Fedorov, a deputy in the Russian parliament, and coordinator of the People’s Liberation Movement. The … Continue reading
Why the Senate Torture Report Doesn’t Matter
Abby Martin speaks with human rights lawyer, David Remes, about the contents of the newly released Senate torture report summary and how it will impact the future of the “war on terror”. The U.S. Torture Program: A Blueprint for Accountability … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights & Justice, Videos & Documentaries, War & Terror
Tagged CIA, torture, torture report, USA
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Black Friday – Fill Up Your Empty Spaces
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. In recent years, most major retailers have opened very early and offered promotional sales to kick off the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Friday, Bryan Adams, consumerism, Empty Spaces, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, USA
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US, Canada and Ukraine Whitewashing Fascism at UNGA
UN General Assembly’s Third Committee passed a Russia-proposed resolution condemning attempts to glorify Nazism ideology and denial of German Nazi war crimes. The US, Canada and Ukraine were the only countries to vote against it. The resolution was passed on … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Fascism, Nazism, Russia, Ukraine, UN, USA
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The Next Generation of Jihadi Fighters
The latest video released by the Al-Hayat Media Centre, the propaganda arm of the Islamic State, shows in shocking detail the brainwashing of children and their inculcation into the ideology of jihad. Entitled ‘Race Towards Good,’ it introduces Islamic State … Continue reading
Although the Disbelievers Dislike It
On November 16, 2014 the Islamic State released a 16-minute video that displayed the severed head of 26-year-old former U.S. Army Ranger Peter Kassig. The video was characteristically different than the four previous Islamic State beheading videos of American and … Continue reading
Writing History: “The Pen is Dipped in Palestinian Blood”
The Norwegian medical doctor Mads Gilbert was there at Al-Shifa hospital. In this 10-minute interview/essay by Truls Lie from Le Monde Diplomatique (Scandinavia), Dr. Gilbert contemplates the attacks, what it means to be defined “a terrorist”, the united Palestinians, and … Continue reading
Against the Grain 