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Corporate Surveillance
Congress kills Privacy, Lets Corporations Sell your Browser History

Congress kills Privacy, Lets Corporations Sell your Browser History

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By Ernesto Falcon | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Putting the interests of Internet providers over Internet users, Congress today voted to erase landmark broadband privacy protections. If the bill is signed into law, companies like Cox, Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T, and Verizon will have free rein to hijack your searches, sell your data, […]

Houthi
As 100,000 Rally in Yemen, Houthis Defy Trump, Saudis

As 100,000 Rally in Yemen, Houthis Defy Trump, Saudis

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TeleSur | – – According to Yemen’s Legal Center of Rights and Development, the conflict has thus far killed over 12,040 Yemenis and left more than 20,000 others wounded. The leader of Yemen’s Houthi movement, Sayyed Abdul-Malik Badreddin Houthi, said in a speech marking the two-year anniversary of the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign in the […]

Israel/ Palestine
Would removing illegal Israel Squatters from Palestine really be “Ethnic Cleansing?”

Would removing illegal Israel Squatters from Palestine really be “Ethnic Cleansing?”

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By Dina Matar | Al-Shabaka | via Ma’an News Agency | – – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently claimed in a video posted on his Facebook page that the Palestinian demand to dismantle illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) constitutes an act of “ethnic cleansing” against Israeli Jewish settlers. The term, […]

Crime
What if that London attack wasn't Even Terrorism?

What if that London attack wasn’t Even Terrorism?

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By Steve Hewitt | (The Conversation) | – – A middle-aged man with a history of criminal activity and violence, a variety of aliases, multiple jobs and addresses, and several broken relationships launches an attack on parliament and is killed in the process. This individual wasn’t Khalid Masood, but a man named Paul Chartier. Chartier […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide

Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop an ISIL Genocide

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Popsugar Entertainment | (Video Report) | – – “Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney is hoping to help stop a genocide at the hands of ISIL with the help of one brave survivor.” Popsugar Entertainment: “Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad Want to Stop ISIL’s Genocide”

Iraq
Mosul: ISIL Scorched Earth Tactics put Civilians in Crossfire

Mosul: ISIL Scorched Earth Tactics put Civilians in Crossfire

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Special Correspondent* | Niqash.org | Baghdad | – – Mosul Locals Explain Extremists’ Desperate Tactics Mosul locals, some of whom have escaped the extremists and some who are still under their control, describe the Islamic State group’s desperate tactics. They will fight to the death, trapped locals warn. A month has passed since Iraqi pro-government […]

Dissent
What the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about Resistance in Age of Trump

What the Civil Rights Movement can teach us about Resistance in Age of Trump

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By Jon Else | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – On a glorious afternoon in August 1963, after the massive March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom wrapped up on the national mall, President John F. Kennedy, prodded by Attorney General Robert Kennedy, welcomed John Lewis, Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin, and other march organizers […]

Israel/ Palestine
Progressive Young Jews Protest AIPAC, Occupation of Palestine

Progressive Young Jews Protest AIPAC, Occupation of Palestine

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TeleSur | – – Protesters gathered under the banner, “Jews won’t be free until Palestinians are, reject AIPAC, reject occupation.” Jewish protesters marched Sunday outside the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington as they slammed the lobbying firm for its support for policies of the right-wing Israeli government. Protesters held a banner saying, […]

Corporate Surveillance
Can you stop House from selling out your online Privacy, as Senate Just Did?

Can you stop House from selling out your online Privacy, as Senate Just Did?

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By Ernesto Falcon | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Majority Leader McCarthy Confirms House to Immediately Act on Behalf of the Cable and Telephone Industry Following the Senate Vote Last week, the U.S. Senate by a razor thin margin of 50 to 48 voted to take away the privacy rights of Internet users as […]

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