- MI5 sought to recruit BBC leader as broadcaster investigated spy agency, leaks revealLeaked emails reveal Britain’s domestic spying service attempted to recruit a high-ranking BBC board member as a key agent of influence, at a time when the British state broadcaster was embroiled in a bitter legal and journalistic battle with MI5. This June, British oligarch Damon Buffini stepped down as deputy... Read more »
- Exclusive: Palestine Action facing new rigged ‘terrorism’ trialsAs the British state seeks to destroy Palestine Action, a new trial is underway in which a judge has threatened defendants with a ‘terrorism connection’ if they explain the motives behind their activism. It is one of three such trials in which the government has muzzled defendants, blinded jurors and... Read more »
- Iran ‘human rights activist’ Masih Alinejad takes credit for ICE abduction of US legal residentsA family of Iranian legal permanent residents was abducted and confined to an ICE prison after US government-backed regime change activist Masih Alinejad campaigned for their deportation. The family committed no crime, and was only targeted by Alinejad for their bloodline. A family of Iranian legal permanent residents of the... Read more »
- Meet the media and militiamen funded by ‘Lebanese AIPAC Guy’ pushing Beirut into Israel’s handsAs the deadly Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon continues, the fabulously wealthy banker-turned-“philanthropist” Antoun Sehnaoui has assembled a network of business and media operatives in Washington – and a fascist Christian goon squad in Beirut – dedicated to doing Israel’s dirty work. In late July, Lebanese daily L’Orient Today exposed... Read more »
- US DOJ relying on anonymous Israeli intel agent to convict US resident of Oct 7 participationUS prosecutors are accusing a legal permanent resident of Louisiana of participating in the October 7 attacks in Israel. Yet their case relies almost entirely on intelligence from Israel which the defendant’s lawyers are unable to see, and an Israeli agent they can not identify. The US Department of Justice... Read more »
The Grayzone
- US Meddling In Brazilian Elections, Preparing For Possible Military InterventionThe United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro. If that does not work and President Lula da Silva secures a fourth term in office, the groundwork is already being... Read more »
- Iran’s Covert Offensive Averts The Collapse Of Lebanon – US Aircraft Carriers InboundTehran has imposed a series of equations on the US-Israeli alliance, using covert and asymmetric warfare tactics, that may have just set in motion a series of regional shifts as Yemen’s Ansarallah led Armed Forces have continued to bombard strategic targets, in Yemen, controlled by Saudi proxy forces. In this... Read more »
- Iran Eliminates US Strategic Targets As Yemen’s Shock Offensive Dismantles Israeli SchemeYemen’s Ansarallah led government’s forces have expanded their offensive in an attempt to retake strategic areas occupied by Saudi-proxy forces, resulting in clashes that have been erupting near Taiz, Marib. In the latest stream of the Target, Robert Inlakesh looks at how important the developments in Yemen are to the... Read more »
- UK Government Targeting of Muslim Scholar Part of a Coordinated Campaign to Clamp Down on Pro-Palestine SolidarityThe campaign against Makke has also been led by The Jewish Chronicle, a stridently pro-Israel newspaper that refuses to disclose its ownership, even amid widespread speculation of foreign powers or agents controlling the outlet. The post UK Government Targeting of Muslim Scholar Part of a Coordinated Campaign to Clamp Down... Read more »
- How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems are propagandizing children to support war through STEMThe most infamous arms companies manufacturing the very bombs for the United States and Israel to use in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran are partnering up with the U.S. military to fund STEM mathematics programs to propagandize children in the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and others. The post... Read more »
MintPress News
- ‘Let’s Just Embrace A Mediterranean Lifestyle’: Climate Lunacy And Burnham’s ‘Pragmatism’‘Britain can’t stop climate change. Let’s just embrace a Mediterranean lifestyle’ This has to be a serious candidate for the most foolish comment ever made publicly by a British newspaper editor. Allister Heath, editor of →... Read more »
- 25 Years Of Media Lens – The BBC’s Paul Adams On IranThis month marks the 25th anniversary of Media Lens. Still in short trousers, we sent our first media alert to a handful of readers on 9 July 2001. For a long time, our alerts focused →... Read more »
- VideoWhitewash: Media Silence Over Starmer’s Gaza LegacyOn Monday, Sir Keir Starmer was given a largely respectful farewell by the ‘mainstream’ media, portraying him as a ‘decent’ man who put his country first. And now the same news organisations are burnishing Andy →... Read more »
- VideoInvitation To A Turkey Shoot – How To Debunk Climate DenialWe, of course, post on all kinds of emotive and controversial issues on social media: genocide in Gaza, the war of aggression on Iran, the weaponisation of anti-semitism to undermine democratic choice and defend Israel, →... Read more »
- VideoMedia Myopia As We Hurtle Towards Climate OblivionAny aliens who have been monitoring radio and television transmissions streaming outwards into space from Planet Earth over the past few decades will likely be intrigued, bemused or simply horrified at humanity’s headlong drive towards →... Read more »
Media Lens
- The Short Life of a Newborn During the Iran War
“What crime had my 20-day-old grandchild committed?” The post The Short Life of a Newborn During the Iran War appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War
Internal emails indicate immigration agents complied with an Iranian request to hand over specific nationals — and accidentally sent the wrong person to Iran. The post ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - A Democratic Socialist Aims to Oust a Top AIPAC Beneficiary in FloridaOliver Larkin is trying to unseat Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who is backed by AIPAC donors and an artificial intelligence super PAC. The post A Democratic Socialist Aims to Oust a Top AIPAC Beneficiary in Florida appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.
With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody. The post ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more » - Secret ICE Agent Tried to “Entice” Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational TacticsDocuments from ICE’s investigation into the Sunrise Movement show an agent volunteered to build tools for “direct-action” protests. The post Secret ICE Agent Tried to “Entice” Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational Tactics appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- The Climate Wars: How Superpowers Are Carving Up the Earth | With Arthur Snell
What do melting Arctic ice, a war for farmland in Ukraine, and the panic of Gulf petro-states have in common? Arthur Snell exposes the terrifying new geography of global conflict and how humanity can adapt to survive it.... Read more » - Sex, power and backlash in Africa
An extract from Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s new book Seeking Sexual Freedom... Read more » - What movements can learn from their own histories
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah on memory, risk and organising beyond backlash... Read more » - Big Tech platforms under fire in inquiry into Southport mass stabbing
Amazon and X’s policies on age verification and content moderation criticised in report on murder of three children and stabbing of others... Read more » - Brazil: How the CIA funded Catholic marches that paved the way for the 1964 coup
Thousands clutching rosaries and dollars from Washington formed the march that paved the way for the 1964 coup... Read more »
openDemocracy
- Video● Today In Dystopia: “We Have Cameras Everywhere In That Town”
All these wrongful arrests based on faulty Flock camera evidence is another illustration of the way people are making themselves dumber by outsourcing their thinking to machines.... Read more » - VideoLet Your Love For This World Fill You With Joy And Compel You To Action
Love and cherish our world. That's the secret to remaining both (A) deeply happy and (B) well-informed about the dystopian abuses of the empire.... Read more » - VideoWe All Know This Civilization Is Doomed, But They Keep Telling Us Everything’s Normal
Life in the 2020s comes with so much dissonance and dysphoria because everyone knows this civilization is doomed, but it's not being acknowledged by any of our mainstream institutions.... Read more » - VideoCapitalism Trains Us To Blame Each Other For Systemic Abuses
Our minds have been carefully groomed to accept the imperial status quo as normal and healthy, and to see every failure of the system as a failure of the individual.... Read more » - VideoToday In Dystopia: Flock Camera Tyranny And Sam Altman Surveillance
That’s right kids, welcome to the future, where the sky is filling with AI police drones while the planet burns.... Read more »
Caitlin Johnstone
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- Don’t fall for Project Smear, Mr Burnham – Unherd op-edIn the lead-up to the Brexit referendum, Remainers deployed Project Fear to scare the living daylights out of anyone considering voting to Leave. Their statistical projections of an economic Armageddon were so absurd that they proved a monumental own goal, deemed sensationalist scaremongering. Ten years on, still smarting from the... Read more »
- Oh dear Andy, what an inauspicious start!The very definition of an inauspicious start. The New Chancellor will push public debt further into the red to buy US weaponry that does nothing either to bolster productivity or UK’s defences. The same ol’ Home Secretary will continue practising ritualistic brutality (or vicious signalling) on refugees. Cooper will continue... Read more »
- AI and the false consciousness trap – UnherdAscribing human traits to chatbots empowers techlords. ‘Our slavery will be one we have consented to, enthusiastically.’ The trouble with impressive new technologies is that they have the uncanny ability to expose the awfulness of our relationship to one another, not to mention to our own selves. Now that our... Read more »
- VideoAn Athenian View of American Democracy – Project Syndicate op-edAt 250, America is now producing a mindless, raw power and exponentially growing instability. The possibility of catharsis that characterized the United States at its bicentennial is hard to envisage a half-century later—to the detriment of us all._ ATHENS—On the heels of America’s 250th anniversary, I felt the curious need... Read more »
- Το ΝΑΤΟ πρέπει να πεθάνει – 24|7 NewsΟ Μαρκ Ρούτε, ο πρώην πρωθυπουργός της Ολλανδίας και νυν γενικός γραμματέας του ΝΑΤΟ, πρόσφατα άφησε να διαρρεύσει μια αλήθεια που προκάλεσε αναταραχή σε ολόκληρη την Ευρώπη. Περιέγραψε τη Συμμαχία όχι ως την αμυντική ασπίδα της Ευρώπης, αλλά ως «…μια πλατφόρμα για τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες να προβάλλουν τη δύναμή τους... Read more »
Yanis Varoufakis
- Premier League spending machine closes in on another recordPremier League clubs have already spent £2.14bn this summer, widening the financial gulf with Europe. Premier League spending through the roof Premier League clubs have continued their record-breaking spending this summer, splashing around £2.14bn so far and closing in on the record set in 2025. According to BBC figures, clubs... Read more »
- FIFA official who challenged Infantino is out weeks laterA senior FIFA official warned he was prepared to lose his job over Gianni Infantino’s controversial World Cup plan. Weeks later, he has. He knew the risk FIFA has ended its working relationship with Chief Operating Officer Kevin Lamour, weeks after he publicly criticised Infantino over plans to sell a... Read more »
- Cristiano Ronaldo hints at retirement of era-defining careerCristiano Ronaldo has suggested he will retire at the end of the season, signalling the likely conclusion of one of football’s most decorated and scrutinised careers. The 41‑year‑old, who featured at his sixth World Cup this summer, told Vogue that this campaign “is probably my last year of football, and... Read more »
- US cops offered new ICE ‘insurance’ scheme against misconduct chargesCops willing to work with Trump’s violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) thugs are being offered a new insurance scheme to protect them from misconduct charges. The scheme would cost officers $250 a year, but that cost would be reimbursed. CNN reported on 18 August: The agency is proposing to... Read more »
- Licensed to kill, hack, sabotage or disinform — Germany’s spy ‘revolution’Germany’s federal security intelligence services — its state spy network (the equivalent of the CIA or Britain’s MI6) — have been granted malicious new powers. The BND, or Bundesnachrichtendienst, will be given potentially lethal functions, including a new “licence to open fire.” It maintains that this will only be used... Read more »
Canary
- mp3This Week in the Apocalypse: August 18th, 2026https://pinecast.com/listen/a438d383-3a3f-4d07-90ce-701b38d9d6de.mp3 This Week in the Apocalypse, Brooke and Inmn talk about the climate, wildfires, and things that explode. Brooke can be found on Blue Sky @OgemakweBrooke. Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. This show is published by Strangers in... Read more... Read more »
- The Valley that resists – a beautiful view of the No TAV movement in Italy – Sunday 23rd August 6-9pmTalk and solidarity dinner On the weekend of the 24th-26th July, 2 Bristol comrades got a very impressive glimpse of what a long lasting and combative mass movement looks like. We were visiting comrades in Torino and the Val di... Read more... Read more »
- A Glutton for Punishment – by Joey Higginsglutton for punishment-booklet A Glutton for Punishment by Joey Higgins Crime and punishment are big business. The incarcerated have become commodities traded between various government and private entities. It costs around $45,000 a year to house one federal inmate. The... Read more... Read more »
- Lenin and the fight against “Economism”Nasser Paydar The struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie is a struggle in all spheres of social life. In all spheres of life, workers are confronted with capital, with its exploitation, with its state, with its political order and... Read more... Read more »
- [2026/08/22] International Solidarity Movement (ISM) – 25 years of solidarity in resistance in Palestine⚲ 18:00 | Kiezraum Dragonerareal, Mehringdamm (behind Finanzamt), Berlin-Kreuzberg Information and discussion with activist Mohammad Hureini (Masafer Yatta) and activists who have recently been on the ground in the Westbank. With food & drinks, info- & merchandise stands. Live music... Read more... Read more »
🏴 Anarchist Federation
- Roderick McMillan - Solidarity Without Submission: Nestor, Ulysses, Ukraine and the Glory of HeroesAuthor: Roderick McMillanTitle: Solidarity Without Submission: Nestor, Ulysses, Ukraine and the Glory of HeroesSubtitle: How can anarchists fight for national resistance without condoning nationalism?Date: August 7th 2026Source: https://morewretchthansage.substack.com/p/solidarity-without-submission-nestor Greek epics make us all Cassandras, the scenes are set in divine prophecy, but their acts are only understood in hindsight, the... Read more »
- Dark Nights - About counter-information practices and a warningAuthor: Dark NightsTitle: About counter-information practices and a warningSubtitle: For Mutual Aid & SolidarityDate: 2026/08/15Notes: Posted on 2026/08/15 — 2026/08/15 by darknightsSource: Retrieved on 16/8/26 from https://darknights.noblogs.org/post/2026/08/15/about-counter-information-practices-and-a-warning/ When we speak, it should be clear, to show reality and not to obscure it and/or reduce it to a spectacle. We issue... Read more »
- Flower Bomb - Intoxication CultureAuthor: Flower BombTitle: Intoxication CultureSubtitle: A Straight Edge Anarchist CritiqueDate: 06/20/2026Source: https://warzonedistro.noblogs.org/post/2026/06/20/intoxication-culture-a-straight-edge-anarchist-critique/ Most people (including many anarchists and leftists) are unaware of the role alcohol, tobacco and opiods played in building colonial empires around the world. For example a major part of the Triangular Trade between the 16th and 19th... Read more »
- Arthur Moyse - 'A splendid little war'Author: Arthur MoyseTitle: 'A splendid little war'Date: Spring 1995Notes: This text was entered manually, copying from a hardcopy of the Raven issue 29 (Volume 8 Number 1).Source: The Raven Anarchist Quarterly 29, ISSN 0951 4066 In 1895 Spain sent in 200,000 troops to quell the revolt of the Cuban people... Read more »
- Videoziq - You Can’t Build Anarchy by Building PrisonsAuthor: ziqTitle: You Can’t Build Anarchy by Building PrisonsSubtitle: Against the Carceral ImaginationDate: August 9, 2026Notes: This essay is also available in zine form at https://archive.org/details/againstthecarceralimaginationSource: raddle.me I’m genuinely disenchanted by how many internet anarchists seem determined to spend their time debating how they would build and administer prisons after... Read more »
The Anarchist Library
- The Miller of Drone : A Comic Scots BalladThe Miller of Drone : A Comic Scots Ballad... Read more »
- The Bailies of Bonnie DundeeThe Bailies of Bonnie Dundee... Read more »
- Into The Valley…Into The Valley… (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026)... Read more »
- Library update (July 2026)Library update (July 2026) (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026)... Read more »
- KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library No. 121, August 2026 (in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library)... Read more »
Kate Sharpley Library: Recent documents
- Half a million in London… millions stuffed in water jugs in Baghdad
The news that Chris Wormald, the former head of the UK civil service, has been awarded £500,000 in compensation—more than half a million dollars—after being forced out of his post without justification, is the kind of story that makes a British reader pause in disbelief. It is a large sum... Read more » - US Amb. Huckabee doubles down on ‘terror’ label for Israeli occupier violence
The US Amb. to Israel, Mike Huckabee, reaffirmed his condemnation Tuesday of extremist occupier violence in the occupied West Bank, asserting that the actions meet the American definition of terrorism. “Once it involves an American citizen, then our involvement is pretty much automatic and it’s going to be significant because... Read more » - Israel issues tender for illegal E. Jerusalem settlement units in breach of promise, rights groups say
The Israeli government broke a commitment over the controversial E1 illegal settlement project in occupied East Jerusalem by issuing a tender for 1,234 illegal settlement units without notifying petitioners who had challenged the project in court, three Israeli rights groups said Tuesday. In a joint statement, the three groups –... Read more » - Tehran accuses US of ‘squeezing Iran’ in effort to wrest concessions that were ‘never part’ of framework agreement
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf has blasted US officials for “squeezing Iran” with the aim of wresting concessions that he says were “never part” of a framework agreement signed earlier between Washington and Tehran, Anadolu reports. “Americans think squeezing Iran harder will win concessions that were never part of... Read more » - Israeli drone strike on crowded Gaza cafe kills 6 Palestinians, eyewitnesses say
Six Palestinians were killed, including a child, and over 12 others were injured Tuesday by an Israeli drone strike that targeted a crowded cafe in the port of Gaza City, Anadolu reports. In the immediate wake of the strike, the bodies of those killed and severely injured were taken to... Read more »
Middle East Monitor
- Trump Continues Quid Pro Quo Shakedown to Force Constitution of Gas Pipeline, Public Citizen Argues in FilingIn an update to its formal filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Public Citizen today blasted the Trump administration’s arbitrary, capricious and exploitative campaign to build the Constitution Pipeline, calling the project contrary to the public interest. The filing comes days after the Trump administration enforced the annulment... Read more »
- New Poll: Voters Oppose Integrating Israeli Military into PentagonOn Tuesday, Demand Progress and IMEU Policy Project released a poll, first reported in Zeteo, showing that a clear majority of voters oppose a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act, known as Section 219, that would further integrate the Israeli military and Israeli military companies into the Pentagon—giving them... Read more »
- Texas Families Urge U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Challenge to Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Public School ClassroomsMore than two dozen Texas families are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a state law that requires public schools to post a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The request, filed today, urges the court to protect students’ and parents’ religious freedom... Read more »
- President Trump’s Billionaire Boy’s ClubA new investigation by Public Citizen reveals that 57 individuals within the Trump administration, excluding President Trump, are individually worth as much as $100 million, eight of whom are billionaires. The analysis underscores the growing economic divide between the average American worker, who earns $65,000 a year, and the politically-connected... Read more »
- Revolving Door Project Condemns Trump’s Corrupt Crypto and Prediction Market RoundtableAhead of the White House’s planned cryptocurrency and prediction markets roundtable on Wednesday, The Revolving Door Project released the following statement: “Donald Trump is not content with the billions of dollars in corrupt crypto wealth he has amassed since winning the 2024 election. On Wednesday, he’ll turn the White House... Read more »
Common Dreams
- A Tide in the Affairs of MenBetween ten and five years ago, specifically in the light of Brexit, it was not in the least unusual for Scottish Independence supporters to discuss a declaration of Independence as the way forward. Debate more often centred on who should make the declaration – the Scottish parliament or some form... Read more »
- The Hard Right Packing of the UK Supreme CourtUnlike the USA, where it is obsessively watched, the UK has no political culture of scrutinising the political composition of its Supreme Court. This is a big mistake. The UK Supreme Court has been deliberately and openly, even ostentatiously, packed with hard-right judges selected on the specific criterion that they... Read more »
- Scottish Independence: Set the Date!The Scottish Government urgently needs a bold and radical approach to achieving Independence in spite of the firm London veto on a referendum. It is plain that there is no plan at present. The Scottish Parliament has a pro-Independence majority and government. This is how to achieve Independence consistent... Read more »
- Narratives of Moral Conflict: Karim Khan and Delcy RodriguezSocial media is not conducive to nuance. In the interest of reach, cut and dried positions are more effective and binary moral judgement expected. This leads to over-simplification of complex issues, and to skipping over facts inconvenient to your chosen narrative. There are issues affecting two high-profile people where it... Read more »
- Where Are We Going?An advert for the RNLI caught my attention because it indicated that the majority of their income comes from bequests in wills. The pitch was that, after you provide for your loved ones, you should leave money to the RNLI. I have no problem with this, having generations of lifeboatmen... Read more »
Craig Murray
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- Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online ClassesOnline classes for educators on teaching the Black Freedom Struggle. People's historians interviewed by classroom teachers and teacher educators. The post Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Classes appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
- Reimagine Resource Distribution: Creating People’s BudgetsIf you are interested in exploring participatory city budgeting with your students, or maybe you already do, request a copy of the new book Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities by Celina Su. The post Reimagine Resource Distribution: Creating People’s Budgets appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
- Send Free Voting Rights Toolkits to ClassroomsTo contribute to national efforts to get out the vote and defend the elections, we encourage middle and high school teachers to focus on voting rights and the Constitution in September and October. We ask for your help to send free voting rights toolkits to educators nationwide. The post Send Free Voting Rights Toolkits... Read more »
- Call to Action: Teach Voting Rights in an Age of AuthoritarianismWe are witnessing a vicious attack on voting rights, democratic participation, and truthful education. History reminds us that we must organize to protect the gains won through generations of struggle. The post Call to Action: Teach Voting Rights in an Age of Authoritarianism appeared first on Zinn Education Project.... Read more »
- “Who Gets to Vote?” Curriculum WorkshopThis workshop is a part of our national call to action to teach about voting rights in an age of authoritarianism, which includes a workshop series focused on voting rights, Reconstruction, constitutional struggles, student organizing, and the long movement to expand freedom in the United States. The post “Who Gets... Read more »
Zinn Education Project
- #BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister
#BREAKING | Israeli Defense Minister: We expect to implement the first phase of the plan soon and release our captives. The army is deployed in Gaza City and ready for any scenario, and if Hamas refuses, fire will resume.#GazaWar... Read more »
Free willl
- Our greatest intellectual is goneFor more than six decades, Jürgen Habermas defended the power of reasoned dialogue against authoritarianism, consumerism and political cynicism The post Our greatest intellectual is gone appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- The Bench errs; and a Councillor chances his arm, but is resistedCouncillor Seamie Moore got a judge’s parking vision seen to and avoided a fine he should have paid. The post The Bench errs; and a Councillor chances his arm, but is resisted appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- From Bridge to GulfHow Mary McAleese’s post-presidential embrace of UAE institutions jars with the bridge-building that defined her presidency The post From Bridge to Gulf appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- The Bed of Silk: A ‘Corrib Gas campaign’ in the MakingState anchoring its flagship emergency energy asset, in County Clare, to an environmental crime scene and a non-existent root of title The post The Bed of Silk: A ‘Corrib Gas campaign’ in the Making appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
- RAF deal: rough deal for truthCoveney and Martin lied to the Dáil on a fundamental matter of state The post RAF deal: rough deal for truth appeared first on Village Magazine.... Read more »
Village Magazine
- Half a million in London… millions stuffed in water jugs in BaghdadThe news that Chris Wormald, the former head of the UK civil service, has been awarded £500,000 in compensation—more than half a million dollars—after being forced out of his post without justification, is the kind of story that makes a British reader pause in disbelief. It is a large sum... Read more »
- The impunity granted to Israel is as shocking as its violence
More incitement to violence from Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir exposes how colonial violence is aimed at the entire colonised population. Speaking on a podcast with former Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski, Ben Gvir said that Israeli forced should kill 30-40 Palestinians each night in Gaza. Braslavski requested to act... Read more » - When an empire meets its limit – Iran, Trump and the battle for Hormuz
There are moments in international politics when a particular confrontation becomes larger than the immediate dispute that produced it. The present confrontation between Iran and the United States is one such moment. On the surface, it is about a nuclear programme, sanctions, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and... Read more » - Egypt’s energy paradox: Importing LNG, exporting influence
Egypt faces an unusual paradox. A country that once presented itself as the gas hub of the Eastern Mediterranean now depends increasingly on liquefied natural gas imports to fuel its power stations and supply its industries. Yet Cairo continues to derive part of its regional influence from energy infrastructure, geography... Read more » - The Saudi Arabia–Turkiye–Pakistan security agreement: An emerging framework for collective defence, strategic autonomy and regional stability
The signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan on 7 August, 2026 represents a significant development in the evolving security architecture of the Middle East and South Asia. The agreement establishes a framework for closer defence cooperation among three strategically important Muslim-majority states. Its... Read more »
Opinion – Middle East Monitor
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Imperial Nostalgia and Its PerilsAlthough great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline. The Russian empire provides a striking illustration of this phenomenon. Traditionally referred to as the “prison of nations,” Russia, in its Czarist and Soviet... Read more »
- Military and Economic Power Once Again Fail to Produce HappinessAlthough the rulers of the world’s major military and economic powers have repeatedly claimed that they are making their nations great again, their policies have not resulted in widespread happiness among their citizens. That conclusion emerges from the recent World Happiness Report-2022, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. ... Read more »
- Who Speaks for the World?Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies. Since World War II alone, these acts of aggression have included France’s colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria, Britain’s... Read more »
- Peace in Ukraine through neutrality and peaceful EU membership, end the USA’s proxy war against RussiaEthnic division was used to consolidate control by the USA and Nationalists of Ukraine. They have signed Minsk Peace Accords to end the civil wars in Donbas region through referendums, signed since 2015, but they did not implement them, because maintaining an active civil war front psyche of ‘them and... Read more »
Z Blogs Archive - ZNetwork
- A Few Words on Independence Day[The following was originally published in 1995 by Covert Action Quarterly.] … Independence Day was designed by the first state propaganda agency, Woodrow Wilson’s Committee on Public Information (CPI), created during World War I to whip a pacifist country into anti-German frenzy and, incidentally, to beat down the threat of... Read more »
- ‘How Many Minutes to Midnight?’: Noam Chomsky on Why National Security Has Nothing to Do With SecurityIntro by Tom Engelhardt: [Note for TomDispatch readers: Back in 2014, Noam Chomsky — whose voice I miss terribly in this embattled Trumpian world of ours — wrote what still seems to me to be a stunning piece not just on “the most dangerous moment in history,” the Cuban missile crisis... Read more »
- Noam Chomsky – The Crimes of U.S. PresidentsChomsky goes through some of the crimes of the post-war presidents. From 2003.... Read more »
- Noam Chomsky On The Responsibility To Act Against FascismTomorrow is Election Day, the close of the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Get out and vote, if you haven’t already, and if you’re looking to help others do the same, there are still plenty of canvassing and phone-banking opportunities. And if you’re still in doubt for any reason,... Read more »
- Israel & Palestine: Possible Futures — a Discussion with Noam ChomskyProfessor Noam Chomsky discuss in May 23, 2023, Israel-Palestine conflict which he describes as “the main issue of my life” with academics Dylan Rodriguez, Michael Alexander and Mohamad Ali. With incomparable precision and detail professor Chomsky re-defines concepts such as “genocide” and “apartheid” in relation to the conflict; points the... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- Capitalism is killing summer
Everybody loves summertime. But from climate change to budget cuts on public spaces like parks and pools to a lack of vacation time, capitalism is increasingly robbing us of our summer fun.... Read more » - From Black Power to hip hop: The evolution of Mopreme Shakur
“[Tupac] fans know—he really cared about the people. ‘Keep Ya Head Up,’ ‘Brenda's Got a Baby,’ ‘Papa’z Song,’ ‘Dear Mama’ were addressing issues in our communities. You know what I mean?”... Read more » - The student movement for Palestine is not going away, but it is adapting to a new political realityFacing draconian repression from federal and state governments, Zionist groups, and their own universities, student-organizers in Maryland tell us how the student-led Palestine solidarity movement is adapting its tactics in the new school year.... Read more »
- Some in Gaza’s youngest generation may not even know what toys are
Children’s difficulty accessing toys in Gaza reflects the broader destruction of childhood there.... Read more » - Authoritarians will target effective legal organizing, Minnesota defendant warnsMinnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.... Read more »
The Real News Network
- Capitalism is killing summerEverybody loves summertime. But from climate change to budget cuts on public spaces like parks and pools to a lack of vacation time, capitalism is increasingly robbing us of our summer fun.... Read more »
- From Black Power to hip hop: The evolution of Mopreme Shakur“[Tupac] fans know—he really cared about the people. ‘Keep Ya Head Up,’ ‘Brenda's Got a Baby,’ ‘Papa’z Song,’ ‘Dear Mama’ were addressing issues in our communities. You know what I mean?”... Read more »
- The student movement for Palestine is not going away, but it is adapting to a new political realityFacing draconian repression from federal and state governments, Zionist groups, and their own universities, student-organizers in Maryland tell us how the student-led Palestine solidarity movement is adapting its tactics in the new school year.... Read more »
- Some in Gaza’s youngest generation may not even know what toys areChildren’s difficulty accessing toys in Gaza reflects the broader destruction of childhood there.... Read more »
- Authoritarians will target effective legal organizing, Minnesota defendant warnsMinnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.... Read more »
The Real News Network
- Netanyahu Throws "Poison Pill" into Gaza Deal as Kushner Meets with Hamas & Israel: Mouin RabbaniPresident Trump’s son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday after Israel rejected a 15-point plan for Gaza promoted by President Trump’s “Board of Peace.” The proposal would have seen Hamas gradually disarm and turn over governance of Gaza to an international... Read more »
- "Regime Change" Author Maggie Haberman on Trump's Imperial Presidency, Epstein Files & War on IranWe continue our conversation with Maggie Haberman, whose recent book with fellow New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, digs into the handling of the Epstein files and the president’s decision to wage war on Iran. Haberman says Trump “basically ignored many... Read more »
- Who Is Natalie Harp? NYT Reporter Maggie Haberman on Trump's Aide & His Attacks on Women ReportersPulitzer Prize-winning reporter Maggie Haberman is the co-author of the new book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump. In the book, Haberman and her fellow New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan provide an inside look at how the administration has handled many of the biggest crises of... Read more »
- Headlines for August 18, 2026Iran Threatens New Offensive as Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. Expires, Yemen’s Houthis Claim Another Attack on Saudi Ship in Red Sea, Russian Oil Spills from Grounded Tanker, Fouling Beaches in Oman, Trump Denies Reports of Deteriorating Conditions Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln as “Fake News”, U.N. Warns of “Alarming” Surge... Read more »
- "The Nerd Reich": Author Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance & the War on DemocracyA new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Durán investigates “tech fascism” and its mounting influence on U.S. politics. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy follows the rise of Vice President JD Vance, the former venture capitalist whose “outsider” campaign for Senate was bankrolled... Read more »
Democracy Now!
- mp3Jessica Gonzalez on Paramount Merger, Isabel MacDonald and Steve Rendall (2008) on Islamophobia
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260814.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Al Jazeera (8/12/26) This week on CounterSpin: It was not a shock when Donald Trump’s Justice Department greenlit the merger of Paramount—owned by the scion of the Trump-adjacent Ellison family—with Warner Bros Discovery. Who cares if a single entity... Read more » - mp3Gina Plata-Nino & Crystal FitzSimons (2025) on Food Aid Cuts
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260807.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). CT Mirror (7/30/26) This week on CounterSpin: If you look for media coverage about the Farm Bill that’s currently passing through Congress, you can find it–at sites like agriculture.com or agri-pulse.com, or those outlets that have “ag” sections. If you... Read more » - The ‘Rigor’ and ‘Empathy’ Ross Douthat Will Bring to 60 Minutes
60 Minutes announced a batch of new hires to replace a number of staffers fired by CBS network commissar Bari Weiss, with the most prominent addition being longtime conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat (Washington Post, 7/28/26). 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton—brought in by Weiss from Vanity... Read more » - mp3Vincent Southerland on Black Voting Barriers
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260731.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). NPR (7/16/26) This week on CounterSpin: “In Primetime Speech, Trump Doesn’t Provide Evidence for Illegal Voting” was the temperate headline NPR put on a story about Trump’s recent East Room speech that, they allowed, “included many baseless claims”... Read more » - mp3Dorothee Benz on Prairieland Protest Case
https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260724.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). Nine of the Prairieland protesters received sentences ranging from 30 to 100 years; one received a 30-year sentence for moving a box of zines. (Photo: DFW Support Committee) This week on CounterSpin: Are you upset about ICE agents... Read more »
CounterSpin
- The Bubble Beneath the EmpireMichael Hudson and Steve Keen explain how financialisation, oil shocks and rising debt could turn inflation into a global debt-deflation crisis. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- The Swap-Line EmpireMichael Hudson and Richard Wolff explain how the oil war could force importing nations into US-backed debt, deepen austerity and hasten de-dollarisation. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- Trump’s Economic WaterlooMichael Hudson argues that Iran’s resilience is exposing America’s military limits, financial fragility and attempt to postpone an economic reckoning until after the November elections. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- When Allies Become AssetsThe danger is no longer confined to Iran. Russia increasingly sees Ukraine as the battlefield, NATO as the combatant and European weapons factories as legitimate targets. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here: %%post_link%%... Read more »
- The Dollar’s Last Line of DefenceAmerica’s wars against Iran, Venezuela and Russia are designed to preserve dollar dominance by controlling oil exports, capturing their revenues and forcing them back into US financial markets. The result is accelerating the creation of a rival economic order. The post %%post_title%% first appeared on %%site_link%%. Read the original here:... Read more »
Michael Hudson
- Trump’s White House Business Shindig Will Be a Cesspool of Financial ConflictsDonald Trump will welcome the leaders of major cryptocurrency and prediction-market companies to the White House on Wednesday to discuss how they should be regulated—a potential make-or-break moment for nascent industries that have struggled to establish themselves as credible and legal. As it happens, Trump himself is a crypto and... Read more »
- Cops Love ICE’s New Shock Gloves. Parents Want Them Out of Schools.In early August, ICE revealed plans to purchase $20 million worth of electric-shock gloves, manufactured by a company called Compliant Technologies. The gloves work on direct contact with exposed skin and deliver a painful electric charge. Police departments, jails, and even school resource officers across the country have used the... Read more »
- South Korea Wants Its Military BackOn Tuesday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung reiterated his calls for the country to retake full control of its military operations from the US following Donald Trump’s order to cut back on annual joint training drills in preparation for North Korean threats two days prior. “A strong alliance makes... Read more »
- The Trump Administration Launches a New Angle of Attack Against Trans HealthcareJust two days after finalizing a regulation to make sure trans kids from low-income families can’t afford puberty blockers or hormone therapy, the Trump administration has loosed another salvo in its bitter war against transgender people’s healthcare. On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services published a report—authored largely... Read more »
- Zach Lahn Is MAHA’s Great Farm Country Hope. Is He the Populist Hero He Claims to Be?Editor’s Note: When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jumped on Donald Trump’s bandwagon in 2024, he brought with him the wellness-obsessed, vaccine-rejecting, food label-reading Make America Healthy Again voters who’ve been credited with helping Trump take back the White House. But there are signs that the MAHA–MAGA alliance is wearing thin,... Read more »
Mother Jones
- DNC Panel Just Voted for Abolishing ICE and Affirming Leahy LawOne resolution puts the DNC on record that it “urges Democratic members of Congress to craft legislation abolishing ICE and enacting immigration reform that provides pathways to citizenship, protects workers, and ensures dignity for all impacted people.” The resolution also “urges Democratic members of Congress to pursue civil and criminal... Read more »
- Media advisory: DNC resolution related to Israel’s military aidTwo federal statutes known as the Leahy law are the subject of a resolution that is set to be voted on when the Democratic National Committee convenes in Austin on Thursday. The post Media advisory: DNC resolution related to Israel’s military aid appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »
- Crypto Bill “Crafted by and for Crypto Billionaires”“The massive and hugely dangerous CLARITY Act crypto bill is coming to the Senate floor in the next week. The legislation was crafted by and for the very crypto billionaires who are pushing Trump’s anti-democratic ideas. The bill locks-in weak protections for people and the economy and greenlights Trump’s crypto... Read more »
- Peace Protesters: * Arrests in SC * Trial in NJOn Tuesday, July 28, during Elbit Out of South Carolina’s (EOSC) weekly picket outside of the Elbit Systems of America factory, "three protestors were wrongfully arrested by an off-duty North Charleston Police Department (NCPD) officer. The officer, who was acting as paid security for Elbit Systems, arrested EOSC protestors on bogus charges... Read more »
- Hospitals See Rise in Uninsured Patients After CutsAfter Republicans ended enhanced federal tax credits for people enrolled in an ACA plan, hospitals have seen a sharp rise in the number of uninsured people showing up in hospital emergency rooms and clinics. The post Hospitals See Rise in Uninsured Patients After Cuts appeared first on accuracy.org.... Read more »
News Releases Archive - accuracy.org
- You Don’t Own Your Narrative Anymore — Naomi Klein and Yanis VaroufakisFrom recent deepfakes using Yanis’ image for viral gain, to his latest police harassment over events from decades ago, the discussion opens onto larger questions Naomi explores in Doppelgänger (identity, imitation, credibility, and what “truth” means when noise travels faster than institutions — and institutions still hold power) before moving... Read more »
- How Israel Has Made Trauma a Weapon of WarA slick, high-priced television production. Speeches from top officials. A live audience of thousands. A unified show of collective sorrow and military resolve. That is how the Israeli government hoped to mark the passing of one year since Hamas’s surprise and bloody attacks last 7 October. But little has gone... Read more »
- The Case for BDSThe Case for BDS by Mehdi Hasan Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths used to attack the boycott movement against Israel. Read on Substack In the newest episode of ‘Unshocked,’ Mehdi and Naomi debunk the myths around the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Movement – a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement that works... Read more »
- ‘Unshocked’: Naomi Klein vs the “ideological shackles of Zionism”In a conversation with Mehdi for her new contributor segment at Zeteo, called “Unshocked,” Jewish activist, academic, and author Naomi Klein calls for an “exodus from the ideological shackles of Zionism.” Naomi also reacts to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comparing student protesters at Columbia University to Nazis, telling Mehdi that... Read more »
- Jews Must Raise Voices for Palestine, Oppose “False Idol of Zionism”Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Brooklyn on Tuesday when Jewish New Yorkers and allies gathered for what they called a “Seder in the Streets to Stop Arming Israel” on the second night of Passover. The demonstration, held one block away from the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,... Read more »
Posts – ZNetwork
- In DeepThe numbers are simply mind-blowing: up to £264 billion for a climate “solution” that will increase emissions. Has the government lost its mind? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th July 2026 The new prime minister will be looking for money? Well, here’s £21.7bn lying on the ground. The... Read more »
- HotheadsSteady temperatures are the preserve of the rich. The billionaire press wants everyone else to suffer. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 1st July 2026 Every time you think the idiocy has hit rock bottom, it discovers a new level. It turns out there’s an even deeper hole you... Read more »
- Two-Tier JusticeIt’s real, and it’s the exact opposite of what the far right says it is. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th June 2026 “If you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin,” the Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, asked last week, “how else... Read more »
- Reality Be DamnedThe policies of both Reform UK and the Conservatives would destroy a million jobs. In return, they offer imaginary employment in a fantasy industry. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th June 2026 Really? You want to destroy a million jobs? Vote Reform UK for mass unemployment: is that... Read more »
- Vampire CapitalThe highly lucrative trade in children in care reveals another level of cynicism altogether. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th June 2026 Bring your suitcase, your bin liner, your dumpy bag. They’re handing out money faster than you can stuff it in a sack. All you need do... Read more »
George Monbiot
- Video● MS Now anchor throttles GOP over its legion of criminal candidates
MS NOW anchor Jen Psaki pulled no punches at the disreputable slate of Republicans facing voters Tuesday night— some of them already toppled by their own voters as primaries extended into the night.“Former Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell … is important because especially when you look at the Republican races we... Read more » - ● Melania accused of being behind Trump's defensiveness of Natalie Harp
President Donald Trump’s wife, First Lady Melania Trump, is reported less than pleased at the amount of attention her husband has feted on his ever-present assistant, Natalie Harp. Yet even as the Republican Party seethes at people like Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) who call out Trump’s unorthodox relationship with Harp,... Read more » - ● The media is missing the real midterm story —and it’s a GOP nightmare
Vox writer Astead Herndon says with all the coverage the press gives the Democratic Party over its internecine battle between the centrist and progressive wing, you might have missed that President Donald Trump and his Republican Party are going down in screaming flames this year.“Democratic infighting is distracting from the... Read more » - Video'Backed into a corner': Republican stunned by Tapper’s pointed Trump question
Rep. Don Bacon had no easy answers for CNN anchor Jake Tapper after Tapper asked why Republicans appear willing to walk into a midterm buzzsaw with President Donald Trump.“In 2024. Republicans hammered democrats for being out of touch over the cost of living and affordability issues. And it worked. Republicans... Read more » - Jimmy Kimmel fallout: WSJ takes sides in Trump war that blew up in his face
President Donald Trump’s war against ABC and Disney for platforming comedian Jimmy Kimmel has boomeranged on him, with the entertainment behemoth suing Trump’s FCC for violating their First Amendment rights. More recently, the FCC has challenged ABC’s broadcasting licenses.Even a conservative newspaper is siding with ABC and Disney over the... Read more »
Alternet.org
- ● The GOP’s Fading Economic AdvantageAs the 2026 midterms approach, a nationwide poll released in early August delivered a warning that goes to the heart of the Republican Party’s political identity: for the first time in nearly a decade, voters said Democrats were better stewards of the economy than Republicans. For years, Republicans benefited from... Read more »
- ● Korean Peninsula: One Small Step in the Right Direction“President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea,” Matthew Lee and Ben Finley write for the Associated Press, “does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere.” Trump’s reason for supposedly,... Read more »
- How the US-EU Partnership Is FracturingThe US increasingly prioritizes technological dominance, supply-chain security, industrial protection and strategic competition with China. Under Trump, this approach has become openly transactional and unilateral: tariffs, market access and security instruments are used to compel partners and competitors alike. The EU, by contrast, seeks regulatory power, industrial resilience, climate leadership... Read more »
- Support the Troops: Bring Them Home!Last week we heard that US sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and other ships in the Middle East were being fed food that, from photos that surfaced in the media, looked worse than what you would feed a dog. Parents and spouses of service members risked disciplinary... Read more »
- Solidarity Is Not Enough: Why the World Must Force Accountability on Gaza NowIt is now official: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly rejected the core conditions of the Board of Peace framework, explicitly stating that Israel will neither adhere to a ceasefire nor withdraw its forces from Gaza. During a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu stated with unambiguous language: “Israel rejects... Read more »
Antiwar.com
- August: the longer viewThe month's archives. - 2026/08 / perspective... Read more »
- What France's far right has learned from Israel's apartheid systemThere are regular warnings that France risks succumbing to fascism. But Mussolini's Italy may not be the model that attracts the far right; it could be Binyamin Netanyahu's de facto apartheid state. - 2026/08 / editorial... Read more »
- Can capitalism save Cuba's revolution?Cuba is undergoing its biggest economic transformation in decades: private firms are back and small businesses employ a quarter of the workforce. But market reform has brought no political opening. - 2026/08 / article... Read more »
- Donald Trump's Latin American proconsulsThe US once supported military coups to keep Latin America under its control. Now, a weaker left and the rise of organised crime are helping the far right assert itself. This suits the White House just fine. - 2026/08 / article... Read more »
- When the world took Ethiopia's sideMussolini's attack on Ethiopia in 1935 caused more than half a million deaths by the end of the Italian occupation in 1941. Why were the sanctions imposed on Italy only half-heartedly enforced? - 2026/08 / article... Read more »
Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
- Can Andy Burnham make MI5 respect the Hillsborough Law?If the prime minister wants to ‘rewire’ Whitehall, then holding MI5 accountable could be his toughest test The post Can Andy Burnham make MI5 respect the Hillsborough Law? appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- VideoExclusive: UK funded therapy for Israeli soldiersBritish taxpayers subsidised ‘therapeutic healing’ for IDF soldiers after Israeli charity claimed Gift Aid, Declassified investigation finds The post Exclusive: UK funded therapy for Israeli soldiers appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- How Media Lens forged a path for independent journalismAs Media Lens celebrates 25 years, Peter Oborne pays tribute to the dissident outlet that influenced his work The post How Media Lens forged a path for independent journalism appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- UK used Cyprus base to ‘secretly’ move ‘sensitive equipment’Declassified files raise further questions about the role of Britain’s Cyprus base in supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza The post UK used Cyprus base to ‘secretly’ move ‘sensitive equipment’ appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
- UK charities face inquiry over Israeli settlement fundingCharity Commission announcement follows Declassified’s investigation into donations to illegal settlers The post UK charities face inquiry over Israeli settlement funding appeared first on Declassified UK.... Read more »
Declassified UK
- ● Southeast Asia’s landmine clearers face closure as global aid shifts to new wars
En Poy was minding cattle in a former Khmer Rouge stronghold in Cambodia when he set off his first landmine. The blast from the rusty relic he picked up cost him an arm and an eye. It also inspired his career with non-profit organisation Cambodian Self Help Demining, which clears... Read more » - ● HKEX profit jumps to record high on surging IPOs and turnover, beating market estimates
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) profit jumped to a record amid a boom in initial public offerings (IPOs) and sizzling stock market turnover in the second quarter, according to a stock exchange filing on Wednesday. Quarterly net profit for the operator of Asia’s third-largest stock market soared 21 per... Read more » - ● US defence chiefs tour Asia to calm fears as Trump’s drill remarks sow doubts
Senior US defence officials have fanned out across Asia in recent weeks to reassure allies of Washington’s commitment to the region, even as the war with Iran strains American resources and President Donald Trump fuels doubts by criticising joint combat drills with South Korea. The visits by Admiral Frank Bradley... Read more » - ● Hong Kong considering euthanising large dog after fatal attacks on 2 pets
Hong Kong authorities may euthanise the large dog that mauled two smaller pets to death in Yuen Long earlier this week if its owner surrenders it, or alternatively formally classify it as a “known dangerous dog”. Jackie Yip Yin, assistant director of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) responsible... Read more » - ● Father and 2 daughters killed in Malaysian immigration truck crash
A father and his two daughters were killed after an Immigration Department truck collided with a car and veered into four pedestrians at a road junction in Malaysia’s capital on Wednesday. The victims, a 53-year-old man and his daughters, aged 25 and 12, died at the scene along Jalan Sultan... Read more »
News - South China Morning Post
- ● What does a hit film about the Iraq war say about Chinese views of the world?
A new film telling the story of the Iraq war through Chinese eyes marks the latest in a series of soft power initiatives designed to get Beijing’s message across to the wider world. Although Once Upon a Time in the Middle East does not explicitly state the name of the... Read more » - Chinese President Xi Jinping leads party elite in final farewell for ex-premier Zhu Rongji
Chinese President Xi Jinping led the party elite in paying a final tribute to former premier Zhu Rongji, who was cremated on Tuesday as national flags flew at half mast across the country and beyond. Zhu died of an illness in Beijing last Wednesday aged 97. He served as premier... Read more » - Why is Chinese state media telling people to stop using English AI terms?
China’s state media has called for English-language terms related to artificial intelligence (AI) to be dropped in favour of standardised Chinese equivalents in a push to boost the country’s “discourse power”. As AI technologies have rapidly spread in China, English terms have entered common speech in the country, such as... Read more » - Why the Arctic sea route has become so important for China and Russia
Since Chinese container ships began plying the Northern Sea Route three years ago, the Arctic shipping lane has gained global importance. Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea later that year disrupted traffic through the Suez Canal – the fastest route between Europe and Asia – in what... Read more » - China embraces ‘Grandpa Cute’; policewoman probed over uniform dance: 5 weekend reads you missed
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Why Chinese youth are turning to an 84-year-old Cambridge professor for support 2. Chinese officials... Read more »
Politics - South China Morning Post
- UK ignores massacres and terrorism to deepen Syria relationsby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 12 November 2025 British officials are developing new ties with their Syrian counterparts complicit in recent killings, including former leading al-Qaeda operatives Last month, Keir Starmer’s special representative to Syria, Ann Snow, met defence minister Murhaf Abu Qasra in Damascus. This followed a meeting between... Read more »
- Secret UK-Israel military deal in place throughout genocideby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 20 October 2025 A military agreement Britain and Israel signed in 2020 has not been modified despite Israel’s attacks on Gaza, the Ministry of Defence admits. In December 2020, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tweeted that it had signed a military agreement with the UK. It... Read more »
- The Israel firms aiding the NHS and IDFby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 30 September 2025 Drugs corporation Teva makes one in seven of the medicines prescribed in the UK. It’s also backing the Israeli military during the genocide. An Israeli pharmaceutical company that operates at the heart of the NHS has been aiding the Israeli military during... Read more »
- ‘Ruthless terror’ — When Labour aided genocide in Indonesiaby Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 29 September 2025 Sixty years ago, Harold Wilson’s government secretly conspired with the Indonesian military as it conducted one of the postwar world’s worst bloodbaths. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the US government under Lyndon Johnson, were complicit in... Read more »
- RAF Museum hosts fundraiser for Israeli soldiers’ ’emotional support’by Mark Curtis, Declassified UK, 25 September 2025 Exclusive: Israeli air force pilot invited to speak about ‘operational frontlines’ at British charity event. The Royal Air Force museum in London hosted an event last week supporting the education of Israeli soldiers who have fought in Gaza, Declassified can reveal. The event, entitled... Read more »
Articles – Mark Curtis
- Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobsAbout half of Americans say they're more concerned than excited about AI, and young adults' concern is rising.... Read more »
- Refugee admissions to the U.S. are dropping sharply in Trump’s second termU.S. refugee admissions have dropped sharply in Trump's second term, with just over 10,000 so far in fiscal 2026, down from about 38,000 in fiscal 2025.... Read more »
- How TPS has changed under TrumpWeekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of U.S. parents with kids under 18 who are highly confident the childhood vaccine schedule is safe, according to a fall 2025 survey. Another 27% are somewhat confident, while 24% are not too or not... Read more »
- Forbes fires top editor over secret paymentThe Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The top editor of Forbes was fired after failing to disclose a $6 million payment from the founder of a company that does business... Read more »
Pew Research Center
- The Short Life of a Newborn During the Iran War“What crime had my 20-day-old grandchild committed?” The post The Short Life of a Newborn During the Iran War appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for WarInternal emails indicate immigration agents complied with an Iranian request to hand over specific nationals — and accidentally sent the wrong person to Iran. The post ICE Worked With Iranian Regime to Set Up Deportation Flights as Trump Laid Plans for War appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- A Democratic Socialist Aims to Oust a Top AIPAC Beneficiary in FloridaOliver Larkin is trying to unseat Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who is backed by AIPAC donors and an artificial intelligence super PAC. The post A Democratic Socialist Aims to Oust a Top AIPAC Beneficiary in Florida appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody. The post ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound. appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
- Secret ICE Agent Tried to “Entice” Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational TacticsDocuments from ICE’s investigation into the Sunrise Movement show an agent volunteered to build tools for “direct-action” protests. The post Secret ICE Agent Tried to “Entice” Minneapolis Activists Into Confrontational Tactics appeared first on The Intercept.... Read more »
The Intercept
- Up Against the Theocracy
In his new book, Representative Jared Huffman chronicles the rise of rightwing Christian nationalism as a threat to American democracy.... Read more » - Empathy Is the Worst Enemy of Rightwing Ideology
Until enemies can civilly engage with each other, hostilities fester and the spiral goes on and on ad nauseam.... Read more » - Say it in Sign Language: Hell, No
Appeal seeks to make it harder for disabled people to sue over federal discrimination.... Read more » - Protect All Kids—Not Just Athletes—From the Heat
Schools must protect students from extreme heat, indoors and out.... Read more » - Renewed Airstrikes and Evacuation Orders Despite the Ceasefire
Nine months after a ceasefire was announced between Israel and Hamas, my family still has not returned home and fears for our safety.... Read more »
The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good
- Trump Continues Quid Pro Quo Shakedown to Force Constitution of Gas Pipeline, Public Citizen Argues in FilingIn an update to its formal filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Public Citizen today blasted the Trump administration’s arbitrary, capricious and exploitative campaign to build the Constitution Pipeline, calling the project contrary to the public interest. The filing comes days after the Trump administration enforced the annulment... Read more »
- New Poll: Voters Oppose Integrating Israeli Military into PentagonOn Tuesday, Demand Progress and IMEU Policy Project released a poll, first reported in Zeteo, showing that a clear majority of voters oppose a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act, known as Section 219, that would further integrate the Israeli military and Israeli military companies into the Pentagon—giving them... Read more »
- Texas Families Urge U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Challenge to Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Public School ClassroomsMore than two dozen Texas families are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a state law that requires public schools to post a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The request, filed today, urges the court to protect students’ and parents’ religious freedom... Read more »
- President Trump’s Billionaire Boy’s ClubA new investigation by Public Citizen reveals that 57 individuals within the Trump administration, excluding President Trump, are individually worth as much as $100 million, eight of whom are billionaires. The analysis underscores the growing economic divide between the average American worker, who earns $65,000 a year, and the politically-connected... Read more »
- Revolving Door Project Condemns Trump’s Corrupt Crypto and Prediction Market RoundtableAhead of the White House’s planned cryptocurrency and prediction markets roundtable on Wednesday, The Revolving Door Project released the following statement: “Donald Trump is not content with the billions of dollars in corrupt crypto wealth he has amassed since winning the 2024 election. On Wednesday, he’ll turn the White House... Read more »
Common Dreams
- mp3What’s Money For?We all know that we need money to survive, but most of us don’t spend much time considering its form and uses. Debt, interest, GDP, and capital just seem to follow almost natural laws. But J.W. Mason argues that we misunderstand money, and its power over our lives, at our... Read more »
- mp3Images, UFOs, and Artificial IntelligenceWhat can the weird tell us about our world of computer vision and so-called Artificial Intelligence? Artist and geographer Trevor Paglen discusses the function of the image now, when the majority of images are made by computers for other computers, with the goal of manipulating our perceptions. Trevor Paglen, How... Read more »
- mp3Counting Care WorkMany in our society are struggling to provide care for their families or communities. Often they don’t have time to do it and can’t afford to pay for it. The right realizes this and has tried to woo women with a glorified vision of domestic life. Economist Nancy Folbre discusses... Read more »
- mp3Organizing to WinWorkers want and deserve decent, dignified, and democratic workplaces. But better wages and working conditions can be elusive in the face of management inertia and intransigence. Veteran organizer and Labor Notes board chair Ellen David Friedman talks about how to win workplace demands while building workers’ collective power. Ellen David... Read more »
- mp3Criminalizing DissentThe Trump administration has been unabashed in its intention to criminalize dissent, labeling protestors “domestic terrorists.” A recent verdict against anti-ICE protestors in Texas promises to be consequential in that effort. Scholar Thomas Zeitzoff reflects on the administration’s widespread attempts to quash opposition, from targeting fundraising by liberal nonprofits, knocking... Read more »
KPFA - Against the Grain
- ● US sanctions ICC president, senior lawyer
The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), including its president, as Washington stepped up its campaign against the Hague-based tribunal.... Read more » - ● Israel targets Hamas commanders in Gaza despite ceasefire efforts
The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it targeted commanders from Hamas' elite Nukhba force in a strike, which Palestinian sources said killed six, including a child, in Gaza City.... Read more » - ● S. Korean military says joint exercise with US to end earlier
South Korea's military said on Wednesday that its ongoing joint drills with the United States would conclude on Friday, about a week earlier than originally scheduled.... Read more » - Chinese companies are maintaining record export growth
Chinese companies are maintaining record export growth... Read more » - US-Iran negotiation window expires leaving Hormuz crisis unresolved
A 60-day negotiation window set under the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) expired on August 17 with no deal, leaving the diplomatic process in limbo and rekindling fears over regional stability and maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz.... Read more »
World
- Xi's key quotes on economic and social development of Macao SAR
Xi's key quotes on economic and social development of Macao SAR... Read more » - ROK says potential DPRK-US talks to boost peace on Korean Peninsula
ROK says potential DPRK-US talks to boost peace on Korean Peninsula... Read more » - China congratulates Zambian President Hichilema on re-election
China congratulates Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on his re-election, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday.... Read more » - China to revise regulations on housing provident fund management
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed a State Council decree to revise the Regulations on Management of Housing Provident Fund, which will take effect on September 20, 2026.... Read more » - President Xi holds welcome ceremony for Ecuadorian president
President Xi holds welcome ceremony for Ecuadorian president... Read more »
Politics
- Breaking the 'debt-trap diplomacy' myth, forging BRI's golden future
August 17, 2026 marks the 10th anniversary of the first Symposium on Advancing the Development of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) held in China. Over the past decade, four successive national-level symposiums have established phased strategic priorities, guiding the BRI from an ambitious vision into a mature, institution-based framework... Read more » - Argentina expands lithium mining in Andes amid its struggling economy
Argentina expands lithium mining in Andes amid its struggling economy... Read more » - China's Yiwu is becoming a must-visit for global shoppers
This summer, Yiwu International Trade Market in east China's Zhejiang Province has been bustling with overseas buyers and tourists, turning the city into a unique destination where international visitors can experience China's products, technology and manufacturing capabilities firsthand.... Read more » - China's booming film and live performance markets fuel spending
China's booming film and live performance markets fuel spending... Read more » - Planting a sun on earth: China's BEST fusion project
Planting a sun on earth: China's BEST fusion project... Read more »
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- ● Trump turns screws on South Korea to join Iran warIncensed by South Korea’s refusal to join the US war of aggression against Iran, Trump has unilaterally reduced major joint war games that began Monday and announced plans for talks with North Korea.... Read more »
- ● Oligarchy, dictatorship and the political radicalization of the American working classWe are publishing here the report delivered by Joseph Kishore, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to the party’s Ninth National Congress, held August 2–7, 2026.... Read more »
- ● Russia and Ukraine bleed as NATO’s war threatens to engulf EuropeMounting drone and missile “deep strikes” are a response to the fact that the frontline has been fought to a bloody standstill—in a meatgrinder of trenches, artillery and drones.... Read more »
- ● Philippine impeachment trial advances Marcos’ consolidation of state powerBehind the constitutional theater in the Philippine Senate, the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte is being staged to eliminate the last significant political obstacle to Washington’s transformation of the archipelago into a forward base for war with China.... Read more »
- ● Private credit market under growing stressLoan defaults are rising and the number of companies financed by private credit being placed on a watch list is growing.... Read more »
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- Landscape canopy enlivens Beijing's historic Qianmen area
A Chinese-style art canopy in Beijing's historic Qianmen area has become a popular spot for photos and videos.... Read more » - 'The Odyssey' IMAX craze shows strength of China's cinema market
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey officially opens on the Chinese mainland on August 14.... Read more » - Chilean FM to visit China from August 18 to 22
Chilean FM to visit China from August 18 to 22... Read more » - Indonesian classical music meets China: A lesson in harmony
CGTN's Ioana Gomoi attended "A Musical Tapestry of the Archipelago" in Beijing, featuring Indonesia's Trinity Youth Symphony Orchestra (TRUST).... Read more » - What do we see when war is no longer about soldiers?
Whose perspective does a war film take? In many Hollywood films about the Iraq War, the camera follows the soldiers. Viewers see the battlefield, their missions and their struggles. War is often told as a story of heroes and enemies.... Read more »
China
- A summer of experiences: What China's holiday season is telling us
The National Bureau of Statistics pointed to night markets, parent-child study trips and cooler-climate stays as the formats where demand showed up.... Read more » - Unmasking the Dalai Lama: The root of darkness in old Xizang
The darkness of old Xizang is history now, the new Xizang will continue to prosper and the anti-China forces that attempt to split China are destined to fail.... Read more » - Exclusive with Fields medalist Martin Hairer
Exclusive with Fields medalist Martin Hairer... Read more » - A new Gulf security dawn?
The Makkah Joint Defense Agreement marks that the security landscape in the Middle East is moving towards diversification, but there is still a considerable distance from a truly unified and effective regional security framework.... Read more » - Japan's security shift and the test for Northeast Asia's postwar order
The Kuril Islands dispute has recently been thrust back into the international spotlight. Moscow regards the islands as Russian territory based on the settlement emerging from World War II, while Tokyo continues to assert sovereignty over four islands.... Read more »
Opinion
- NYO Jazz brings music and a new generation of Americans to China
At a time when China-U.S. headlines are often dominated by trade, technology and rivalry, a group of young Americans is bringing a different kind of conversation to China — through jazz.... Read more » - China's summer box-office boom driven by homegrown hits
What's drawing millions of moviegoers to cinemas this year? The summer movie season has been a major force behind this year's box office growth.... Read more » - Meet a Mammoth at the Hulunbuir Historical Museum
The mammoth fossil on display at the Hulunbuir Historical Museum in Inner Mongolia is one of the museum's most popular exhibits.... Read more » - Become the star of your own short drama at Hengdian World Studios
In Hengdian, Zhejiang Province, tourists get the chance to become the stars of their own short dramas. Visitors can choose a script, put on period costumes and makeup and perform in real film sets with guidance from a production team at Hengdian World Studios.... Read more » - Technology takes center stage at the CMG Film Culture Carnival
China's film industry is booming, and behind the stunning visual effects is the widespread use of cutting-edge technology and new equipment.... Read more »
Culture
- China sends SEO satellite into orbit
China sends SEO satellite into orbit... Read more » - China launches new satellite
China launched a new satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Monday.... Read more » - China's fishing boats return to sea as summer moratorium ends
Fishing ports along China's eastern and southern coasts came alive on Sunday as tens of thousands of fishing vessels set sail for a new fishing season following the end of the South China Sea's three-and-a-half-month summer fishing moratorium. Specially licensed boats have also resumed operations in parts of the East... Read more » - China, Solomon Islands advance seaweed blue carbon cooperation
China, Solomon Islands advance seaweed blue carbon cooperation... Read more » - Twelve critically endangered giant shovelnose ray pups born in Sanya
Twelve critically endangered giant shovelnose ray pups born in Sanya... Read more »
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- US voters don’t want American and Israeli militaries to mergeThe provision, known as Section 219, is in the National Defense Authorization Act, which has already passed the House.... Read more »
- Mossad Officially Enters the US Military Supply ChainThe former Mossad chief who spent 6 weeks convincing Trump to launch the disastrous Iran war on is now heading a U.S.-based defense contractor, Ondas Defense Ltd., that was started and funded by Israelis – while congressional bills that, if passed, will explicitly prioritize Israeli-origin technologies for integration into U.S.... Read more »
- ‘Destroying agriculture is the purpose’: How Israel is drying up the West Bank’s most fertile farmlandsFor months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers tell Mondoweiss "there is no tomorrow" for them.... Read more »
- Life in a laboratory of Israeli ethnic cleansingAl-Mughayyir faces an existential battle against settler-soldier violence and economic siege. But despite our many losses, we insist our village will remain.... Read more »
- One of Congress’s most pro-Israel members is facing strong opposition from an anti-Zionist in FloridaNext week, in Florida’s 25th district, union organizer Oliver Larkin will face off against incumbent centrist Jared Moskowitz. Moskowitz is one of Israel’s staunchest House allies. Larkin openly refers to himself as anti-Zionist.... Read more »
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- A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s FamiliesPolicy choices are pushing millions of people into increasingly precarious conditions. The post A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s Families appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- South Asian Americans Need Solidarity, Not The “Model Minority” MythThe “model minority” myth has elevated some Indian Americans while leaving many South Asians behind. The post South Asian Americans Need Solidarity, Not The “Model Minority” Myth appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Another Blow Against Pax AmericanaPakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are smart enough to know not to rely so much on the United States anymore. The post Another Blow Against Pax Americana appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- $54 Billion for Killer Robots? A Look Into DAWGA federal budget that truly reflects the needs of its people should not allocate disproportionate funding for an autonomous weapons program. The post $54 Billion for Killer Robots? A Look Into DAWG appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Trump Bill for Mass Deportations: $268.9 Billion, and CountingUnder the Trump administration, Congress and federal agencies have already committed a total of $268.9 billion in federal funds for immigration enforcement. The post Trump Bill for Mass Deportations: $268.9 Billion, and Counting appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
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- A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s FamiliesPolicy choices are pushing millions of people into increasingly precarious conditions. The post A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s Families appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- South Asian Americans Need Solidarity, Not The “Model Minority” MythThe “model minority” myth has elevated some Indian Americans while leaving many South Asians behind. The post South Asian Americans Need Solidarity, Not The “Model Minority” Myth appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Another Blow Against Pax AmericanaPakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are smart enough to know not to rely so much on the United States anymore. The post Another Blow Against Pax Americana appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- $54 Billion for Killer Robots? A Look Into DAWGA federal budget that truly reflects the needs of its people should not allocate disproportionate funding for an autonomous weapons program. The post $54 Billion for Killer Robots? A Look Into DAWG appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
- Trump Bill for Mass Deportations: $268.9 Billion, and CountingUnder the Trump administration, Congress and federal agencies have already committed a total of $268.9 billion in federal funds for immigration enforcement. The post Trump Bill for Mass Deportations: $268.9 Billion, and Counting appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.... Read more »
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- ● We're All On Borrowed Time...We're All On Borrowed Time... Authored by Brad Todd via The What For Substack, We bought our house in the same year I discovered Piemonte, and that was fortuitous. The house came with a walk-in wine cellar and the family-owned vineyards strewn across the rolling Italian hills from LaMorra to... Read more »
- ● Why Are So Many Democrats Being Arrested On Fraud Charges?Why Are So Many Democrats Being Arrested On Fraud Charges? An obvious pattern is emerging. Multiple Democrat officials have been arrested and charged with fraud or related federal crimes over the past two years and the trend seems to be growing. Democrat politicians and DNC members are over-represented when it... Read more »
- Video● Where Have All The Conservatives Gone?Where Have All The Conservatives Gone? Authored by Nikolai G. Wenzel via The Daily Economy, Fusionism, a new book by Stephanie Slade, a Senior Editor at Reason, attempts to make sense of the seemingly incoherent New Right. Although Slade proposes a renewal of fusionism as a remedy to conservatism's drift... Read more »
- ● Illegal Immigrant Killer Found Not Guilty By Insanity, Flees US During Hospital LeaveIllegal Immigrant Killer Found Not Guilty By Insanity, Flees US During Hospital Leave An illegal immigrant found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2019 killing managed to flee the United States on a one-way flight to his native Tajikistan while on an approved 48-hour pass from a state... Read more »
- ● Minority Leader Jeffries Drops The Mask, Signals Democrats Are Coming For The CourtMinority Leader Jeffries Drops The Mask, Signals Democrats Are Coming For The Court Hakeem Jeffries has developed a habit of saying out loud what his party once preferred to keep vague. Hakeem Jeffries (photo: Anna Moneymaker, Getty) Speaking at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Atlanta, the House... Read more »
ZeroHedge News
- Video● Trump's 'dementia cheat sheet' flagged by political analyst amid a telling silence
President Donald Trump was photographed clutching a briefing "cheat sheet" that Republicans once called irrefutable proof of Joe Biden's dementia.During a Tuesday podcast episode, progressive commentator David Pakman seized on the image and hammered at what he framed as a bottomless well of Republican hypocrisy over presidential fitness. The photo... Read more » - ● Trump's gambit with 'despotic dictator' alarms analysts over costly backfire: WSJ
President Donald Trump is pushing to revive meetings with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, which analysts worry will backfire.According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal, Trump has been urging his aides to set up a meeting with Kim as soon as this fall. The Journal described the "dramatic... Read more » - Video● Devoted aide championed Trump's pet project opposed by Melania: biographer
A biographer detailed when devoted aide Natalie Harp began to emerge in President Donald Trump's circle and tied her to one of his pet projects.During an episode of Inside Trump's Head, author Michael Wolff said that he started hearing Harp's name during the 2024 campaign, and he credited her as... Read more » - ● Fired CIA officer reveals stunning detail about removal: 'They still needed me'
A fired CIA officer revealed a detail that stunned a CNN anchor during an interview about the Trump administration.Decorated former CIA officer Julia Curlee told CNN anchor Dana Bash in an interview on Tuesday that the Trump administration fired her shortly after she was called out publicly for being trans.... Read more » - ● 'It's a shame': WSJ editors slam Brendan Carr after attack on the press hits a wall
The Wall Street Journal cheered on the new legal action filed against President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission as his chair, Brendan Carr, threatens broadcast licenses of politically disfavored companies.Carr, wrote the board, "has threatened to yank the licenses of ABC’s broadcast stations, sought to impose political control over guests... Read more »
Raw Story
- Video● Trump's 'dementia cheat sheet' flagged by political analyst amid a telling silencePresident Donald Trump was photographed clutching a briefing "cheat sheet" that Republicans once called irrefutable proof of Joe Biden's dementia.During a Tuesday podcast episode, progressive commentator David Pakman seized on the image and hammered at what he framed as a bottomless well of Republican hypocrisy over presidential fitness. The photo... Read more »
- ● Trump's gambit with 'despotic dictator' alarms analysts over costly backfire: WSJPresident Donald Trump is pushing to revive meetings with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, which analysts worry will backfire.According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal, Trump has been urging his aides to set up a meeting with Kim as soon as this fall. The Journal described the "dramatic... Read more »
- Video● Devoted aide championed Trump's pet project opposed by Melania: biographerA biographer detailed when devoted aide Natalie Harp began to emerge in President Donald Trump's circle and tied her to one of his pet projects.During an episode of Inside Trump's Head, author Michael Wolff said that he started hearing Harp's name during the 2024 campaign, and he credited her as... Read more »
- ● Fired CIA officer reveals stunning detail about removal: 'They still needed me'A fired CIA officer revealed a detail that stunned a CNN anchor during an interview about the Trump administration.Decorated former CIA officer Julia Curlee told CNN anchor Dana Bash in an interview on Tuesday that the Trump administration fired her shortly after she was called out publicly for being trans.... Read more »
- ● 'It's a shame': WSJ editors slam Brendan Carr after attack on the press hits a wallThe Wall Street Journal cheered on the new legal action filed against President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission as his chair, Brendan Carr, threatens broadcast licenses of politically disfavored companies.Carr, wrote the board, "has threatened to yank the licenses of ABC’s broadcast stations, sought to impose political control over guests... Read more »
Raw Story
- RFK Jr. Falsely Claims New Evidence Supports Splitting MMR VaccineFollowing an executive order that called for breaking up the combination measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that a “recent” study “just came out” that “very strongly supports” the idea. But there’s no evidence of any such credible study,... Read more »
- VideoRepublicans Revive False Miscarriage Statistic, Twist Fauci’s Texts About COVID-19 ShotsStudies have shown no connection between COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and increased risk of miscarriage. Despite this, Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Johnson resurrected a long-debunked claim of an astronomical rate of miscarriage after vaccination while also accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of deceiving the public about the safety of... Read more »
- Alaska Senate Candidates Attempt to Link Each Other to EpsteinIn Alaska's tossup Senate race, Democrat Mary Peltola has put out a new ad misleadingly accusing Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of casting "the deciding vote" to keep the Epstein files "hidden." While Sullivan voted against considering an amendment to an otherwise unrelated bill that would have released the files earlier,... Read more »
- VideoWright’s Hairsplitting Statements About Canceled Energy Grants in Blue StatesEnergy Secretary Chris Wright has repeatedly denied that politics were involved in the termination of more than 280 grants last October. A court filing made public in July, however, shows that Energy Department lawyers admitted that the only reason why those awards and not others were canceled is that the... Read more »
- VideoTrump Uses Deceptive Chart in False Inflation BoastIn a recent interview, President Donald Trump falsely claimed to be the “lowest of the last 10 presidents on inflation,” seemingly based on a chart Trump posted to social media that misleadingly compares price growth over the first 18 months of his second term with total inflation at the end... Read more »
FactCheck.org
- RFK Jr. Falsely Claims New Evidence Supports Splitting MMR VaccineFollowing an executive order that called for breaking up the combination measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that a “recent” study “just came out” that “very strongly supports” the idea. But there’s no evidence of any such credible study,... Read more »
- VideoRepublicans Revive False Miscarriage Statistic, Twist Fauci’s Texts About COVID-19 ShotsStudies have shown no connection between COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and increased risk of miscarriage. Despite this, Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Johnson resurrected a long-debunked claim of an astronomical rate of miscarriage after vaccination while also accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of deceiving the public about the safety of... Read more »
- Alaska Senate Candidates Attempt to Link Each Other to EpsteinIn Alaska's tossup Senate race, Democrat Mary Peltola has put out a new ad misleadingly accusing Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of casting "the deciding vote" to keep the Epstein files "hidden." While Sullivan voted against considering an amendment to an otherwise unrelated bill that would have released the files earlier,... Read more »
- VideoWright’s Hairsplitting Statements About Canceled Energy Grants in Blue StatesEnergy Secretary Chris Wright has repeatedly denied that politics were involved in the termination of more than 280 grants last October. A court filing made public in July, however, shows that Energy Department lawyers admitted that the only reason why those awards and not others were canceled is that the... Read more »
- VideoTrump Uses Deceptive Chart in False Inflation BoastIn a recent interview, President Donald Trump falsely claimed to be the “lowest of the last 10 presidents on inflation,” seemingly based on a chart Trump posted to social media that misleadingly compares price growth over the first 18 months of his second term with total inflation at the end... Read more »
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- Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New JerseyKaren Guancione A privately operated ICE detention facility where enforcement, profit, and human dignity collide—echoes of concentration camps. The post Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in GazaHuda Skaik This is what humanitarian collapse looks like: vermin moving freely through garbage, ruined buildings, and tents—and attacking people wherever they go. The post The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- How Protein Ate Our Grocery StoresMaya Vinokour Everyone from RFK Jr. to social media influencers are telling us that the nutrient needs to be maximized in our diet as much as possible. But is that actually good for our bodies? The post How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on DemocracyKali Holloway Too often, Democrats reinforce Republicans’ lie that the language of racial justice is the problem—instead of the injustices the language is trying to name. The post Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
- Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription SystemDan Storyev They are being written out of the narrative. The post Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription System appeared first on The Nation.... Read more »
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- US voters don’t want American and Israeli militaries to mergeThe provision, known as Section 219, is in the National Defense Authorization Act, which has already passed the House.... Read more »
- Mossad Officially Enters the US Military Supply ChainThe former Mossad chief who spent 6 weeks convincing Trump to launch the disastrous Iran war on is now heading a U.S.-based defense contractor, Ondas Defense Ltd., that was started and funded by Israelis – while congressional bills that, if passed, will explicitly prioritize Israeli-origin technologies for integration into U.S.... Read more »
- ‘Destroying agriculture is the purpose’: How Israel is drying up the West Bank’s most fertile farmlandsFor months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers tell Mondoweiss "there is no tomorrow" for them.... Read more »
- Life in a laboratory of Israeli ethnic cleansingAl-Mughayyir faces an existential battle against settler-soldier violence and economic siege. But despite our many losses, we insist our village will remain.... Read more »
- One of Congress’s most pro-Israel members is facing strong opposition from an anti-Zionist in FloridaNext week, in Florida’s 25th district, union organizer Oliver Larkin will face off against incumbent centrist Jared Moskowitz. Moskowitz is one of Israel’s staunchest House allies. Larkin openly refers to himself as anti-Zionist.... Read more »
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- US voters don’t want American and Israeli militaries to mergeThe provision, known as Section 219, is in the National Defense Authorization Act, which has already passed the House.... Read more »
- Mossad Officially Enters the US Military Supply ChainThe former Mossad chief who spent 6 weeks convincing Trump to launch the disastrous Iran war on is now heading a U.S.-based defense contractor, Ondas Defense Ltd., that was started and funded by Israelis – while congressional bills that, if passed, will explicitly prioritize Israeli-origin technologies for integration into U.S.... Read more »
- ‘Destroying agriculture is the purpose’: How Israel is drying up the West Bank’s most fertile farmlandsFor months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers tell Mondoweiss "there is no tomorrow" for them.... Read more »
- Life in a laboratory of Israeli ethnic cleansingAl-Mughayyir faces an existential battle against settler-soldier violence and economic siege. But despite our many losses, we insist our village will remain.... Read more »
- One of Congress’s most pro-Israel members is facing strong opposition from an anti-Zionist in FloridaNext week, in Florida’s 25th district, union organizer Oliver Larkin will face off against incumbent centrist Jared Moskowitz. Moskowitz is one of Israel’s staunchest House allies. Larkin openly refers to himself as anti-Zionist.... Read more »
Israel Palestine News
- Democracy is for everybody, not just a majority, and definitely not just the majority.
Politics is the art of compromise. Therefore, both in decision-making and in elections, both for the electorate and for their representatives, voting procedures should cater for those who wish to compromise. Single-preference procedures – like …... Read more » - Hidden Deprivation: Hygiene Poverty and the Limits of Irish Data
Discussions on hygiene habits typically happen around public health concerns, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently with the Hantavirus outbreak. In our day-to-day lives, adequate hygiene supports good health, while hygiene poverty - the …... Read more » - Modern Methods of Construction in 2026: A viable, sustainable solution for the housing crisis?
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) have become an important part of the government’s strategy to combat the ongoing Irish housing crisis. Adopting MMC is a key part of Pillar 1 of the current housing strategy: Delivering Homes, Building …... Read more » - Youth Development as the Basis of National Resilience System in Ukraine
The world is entering a period of prolonged instability: geopolitical confrontation, technological acceleration, demographic pressure, information manipulation, social fragmentation and declining institutional trust. These dynamics are no longer …... Read more » - What Difference Would a Left-Led Government Make to Ireland?
As of January 2026, successive opinion polls give centre-right Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael combined less than 40% of support for the next general election. Could Ireland have a government for the first time that excludes both of these traditional …... Read more »
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