Archives for mars 2021

Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To « Promote Protests Movements »

Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations. However, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a pro-regime-change think tank based in DC, is most preoccupied with those in China and Russia.

Hong Kong Photo of the day

WASHINGTON D.C. -- A new report from Washington D.C.-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concludes that the U.S. government should work closely with social media companies to ensure that protest movements around the world result in an outcome more conducive to American interests. Along with intern Riley

Public Fatigue, Distrust and Fear Taint Chauvin Trail Before it Even Begins

Jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was set to begin today, but a last-minute delay has added to the palpable tensions surrounding the case.

George Floyd Feature photo

The Hennepin County Courthouse will soon be teeming with satellite-equipped news media trucks and throngs of reporters from around the country as the trial of former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd is only weeks away. Charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree unintentional

‘Is This Who We Are?’: Gitmo is America’s Enduring Shame

Even if Biden is able to overcome pressure from the military, from the CIA, and from Congress to shut Guantánamo down, justice will still be absent, not only because of the numerous lives that are forever shattered but because America still refuses to learn from its mistakes.

Guantanamo Demonstration

Washington -- “That's certainly our goal and our intention.” This was the non-committal answer given by White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, when, on February 12, she was asked by a reporter whether the new Joe Biden administration intends to shut down the notorious Guantánamo Bay Prison by the end of the president’s first term in

Social Media Microtargeting and the Evolving Ministry of Truth

As social media replaces actual social interactions, our thoughts and opinions are increasingly coming under the purview of the cybersecurity industry and national security interests that want to regulate what and who can see, talk to and hear in the U.S. cognitive space.

Cyberattacks Feature photo

WEST POINT, NEW YORK -- If you've ever wondered how that cookware ad happened across your internet browser window after you'd spent ten minutes searching for a turkey baster last Thanksgiving, the answer is that you – or more precisely, the devices you use to surf the net – have been microtargeted. People's search habits, social media post

US, Allies Drop 46 Bombs Per Day for 20 Years, New CODEPINK Research Reveals

The United States has been at war for nearly every year of its existence as an independent nation, fighting in 227 years of its 244-year history. 

Airstrikes target ISIS positions on the edge of the Old City a day after Iraq's prime minister declared "total victory" in Mosul, Iraq, July 11, 2017. (AP/Felipe Dana)

VENICE, CALIFORNIA -- The United States and its allies have dropped at least 326,000 bombs and missiles on countries in the greater Middle East/ North Africa region since 2001. That is the conclusion of new research by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies of anti-war group CODEPINK. Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen are the countries that

Podcast: Raul Diego on the Rise of Digital Currencies and Human Capital Markets

The latest anti-Chinese lockdown narrative is obscuring a much broader effort by the financial and tech sector to create state-backed digital currency that will turn humanity into data assets.

MintCast Raul Diego Feature photo

 Welcome to MintCast -- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence -- I’m your host, Mnar Adley. Today we’re joined by Raul Diego, a MintPress staff writer, filmmaker and photojournalist who will discuss the anti-Chinese lockdown propaganda and how the COVID economic disaster is paving the way for