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Break the Silence: A World War Is Beckoning
Every year the American historian William Blum publishes his "updated summary of the record of US foreign policy," which shows that since 1945 the US has tried to overthrow more than 50 governments, many democratically elected; grossly interfered in elect ...[Read more]
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WikiLeaks says Google director helped the NSA spy on Afghanistan
Transparency group WikiLeaks blasted fellow secret-spillers The Intercept last week for censoring the name of a country targeted by United States surveillance. WikiLeaks alleges the nation to be Afghanistan, but the story might not stop right there. ...[Read more]
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Extreme surveillance becomes UK law with barely a whimper
A bill giving the UK intelligence agencies and police the most sweeping surveillance powers in the western world has passed into law with barely a whimper, meeting only token resistance over the past 12 months from inside parliament and barely any from ou ...[Read more]
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Cornel West: Unlike Bernie Sanders, I’m Not Convinced the Democratic Party Can Be Reformed
In the wake of Donald Trump's election victory over Hillary Clinton, some progressives are now pushing a shake up of the Democratic Party'€™s leadership in efforts to reform the party. But Dr. Cornel West says he doubts the Democratic Party can be refor ...[Read more]
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Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real and God is not ‘a magician with a magic wand’
The theories of evolution and the Big Bang are real and God is not “a magician with a magic wand”, Pope Francis has declared. Speaking at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pope made comments which experts said put an end to the “pseudo theorie ...[Read more]
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“You think our country is so innocent?”€™€“ Trump asks after O’Reilly calls Putin “€˜a killer€”
The US is not as innocent as it may seem, according to President Donald Trump. When Fox News host Bill O’Reilly called Vladimir Putin “a killer,” Trump responded: “We’ve got a lot of killers.” In an interview to be aired ahead of the Super Bow ...[Read more]
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Ten Years On, Germany Comes Round to Putin’s ‘Wake-Up Call’ in Munich
President Putin's speech to the Munich Security Conference ten years ago was "an invitation for discussion" that has been ignored by Germany and other Western countries to their detriment, former German ambassador Frank Elbe told Sputnik Deutschland. ...[Read more]
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Washington Times Uses Photo of Protests for St. Petersburg Metro Blast Article
The Washington Times has apparently used a photo taken during the March 26 protests to illustrate a report about an explosion in St. Petersburg metro. ...[Read more]
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Smart Device Breaks Up Domestic Dispute By Calling the Police
We a€™re gradually learning that smart home devices can be quite valuable for police. Following a recent case in which Amazon handed over data from its Echo device to police investigating a murder, a smart device called the police when a couple was alle ...[Read more]
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Monsanto leaks suggest it tried to kill cancer research about notorious weed killer
Controversial agricultural giant Monsanto attempted to kill research on Roundup weed killer, which is suspected of causing cancer, leaked documents show. The company also reportedly influenced EPA officials to conceal information about the cancer risks. ...[Read more]
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Populists Are on the March in the South: Bernie-Backed Insurgent Randall Woodfin Defeats Birmingham’€™s Incumbent Mayor
But populist challenger Randall Woodfin, a 36-year-old former board of education president endorsed by the Bernie Sanders-backed campaign group Our Revolution, topped Bell in the first round of voting in August. On Tuesday night, Woodfin finished the job ...[Read more]
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