(2020-07-13). The Russiagate Spectacle: Season 2? counterpunch.org If it's an election year, there must be a Russiagate story. The Clintons and their neoliberal progeny, including the current standard bearer for corporate liberalism, have turned the Democratic Party into a branch office of the Deep State Inc., whose propaganda drones, the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and MSNBC act like hired guns for the Office of War Information.
(2020-07-13). Mirror, Mirror on the World Who's the Darkest of Them All? dissidentvoice.org Dunbar's number, the famous estimate of how many relationships you can meaningfully maintain in life, is just 150. — Edward Snowden, Permanent Record (2019) I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together — The Beatles, "I Am The Walrus," (1967) Dot-Dash. Here-Gone. Off-On. In-Out/Out-In. One-Zero. 2B or …
(2020-07-11). Racism of Policing Resulted in the Torture and 18-Year Incarceration of My Son. truthout.org When I first started sharing the story of my son's unjust 18-year incarceration, I felt confident that many people — particularly white people and people with political power — would not care at all about the situation of a Black woman and her son. | I still fear this will be the case over the long term. | But in this moment, following the horrific police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and others, people across the country seem to be listening as never bef…
(2020-07-10). Survivors of U.S. Torture and Rendition to be Heard Before International Tribunal. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-07-10). 'Give Me Freedom or Give Me Death': 13 Years Without Trial at Guantanamo, My Hunger Strike Is All I Have Left. commondreams.org A Navy guard assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo's Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion patrols Camp Delta's recreation yard during the early morning of July 7, 2010. (Photo: Joint Task Force Guantanamo/flickr/DoD/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/guantanamo_bay.png …
(2020-07-09). All drone strikes 'in self-defence' should go before Security Council, argues independent rights expert. news.un.org The growing use of weaponised drones risks destabilising global and security and creating a "drone power club" among nations, that face no effective accountability for deploying them as part of their "war on terror", a senior UN-appointed independent rights expert said on Thursday.