Staff (2022-01-08). 'Free speech' platform accused of censoring critics. rt.com A popular 'free speech' social network has faced repeated allegations of censorship, with many users expressing concern over its links to a Chinese billionaire | Gettr, a conservative free speech Twitter alternative led by a former adviser to ex-US President Donald Trump, has been accused of censoring users who criticize the platform and one of its backers. | The site — which has managed to draw users as big as podcast host Joe Rogan with its free speech claims — sparked accusations of hypocrisy after it banned several users, including controversial right-wing political commentator Nick Fuentes. | Fu…

Michael Welch (2022-01-08). A Look Back at 2021: The Good, the Bad and the Censored. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-01-08). #Palestine2022 campaign aims to bring Palestine into the French presidential campaign. samidoun.net In the 2022 French presidential election campaign, Palestine is largely absent from the mainstream discussion, despite the fact that it should be a central issue in addressing France's foreign policy. French governments have always actively supported Israel, a colonial and racist state. France plays a key role in the oppression of the Palestinian people, including […] | The article

_____ (2022-01-07). 21st Century US Coups And Attempted Coups In Latin America. popularresistance.org During the 21st century, the US, working with corporate elites, traditional oligarchies, military, and corporate media, has continually attempted coups against Latin American governments which place the needs of their people over US corporate interests. US organized coups in Latin American countries is hardly a 20th century phenomenon. | However, this century the US rulers have turned to a new coup strategy, relying on soft coups, a significant change from the notoriously brutal military hard coups in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and other countries in the 1970s. One central US concern in these new coups has been t…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-01-07). Fact Check: Half Of America's Homeless Population Were Foster Children At Some Point. moguldom.com More than 50 percent of America's homeless population spent some time as foster children. The statistics are so dire that the child welfare system is sometimes described as the "highway to homelessness," according to the National Foster Youth Institute (NFYI). Add to that an estimated 20 percent of foster youth (one out of five) who …

Staff (2022-01-07). Sex, lies and trade deals: how a businessman bribed half the US navy. rt.com Leonard Glenn Francis is a Malaysian businessman who infiltrated the greatest power on the high seas and built a billion-dollar empire by providing officers with sex, champagne, and security. And now, he's ready to talk. | "Manilla, 2007. The chauffeured Mercedes crawled south for half an hour in the interminable traffic — the turbid waters of Manilla Bay on the right. The middle-aged men packed inside the cars were in an exuberant mood … Leonard Glenn Francis was taking out the senior commanders of the US 7th Fleet. These were the most powerful navy officers in Asia, and they controlled the movements o…

sputniknews (2022-01-07). Online Troll Arrested for Reportedly Sending Death Threats to Piers Morgan and His Son. sputniknews.com The vile online messages previously forced the TV host to install a panic button near his bed, on the advice of the police, the Daily Mail reported.

sputniknews (2022-01-07). Online Troll Arrested for Reportedly Sending Death Threats to Piers Morgan and His Son. sputniknews.com The vile online messages previously forced the TV host to install a panic button near his bed, on the advice of the police, the Daily Mail reported.

sputniknews (2022-01-07). Online Troll Arrested for Reportedly Sending Death Threats to Piers Morgan and His Son. sputniknews.com The vile online messages previously forced the TV host to install a panic button near his bed, on the advice of the police, the Daily Mail reported.

Paul Haeder (2022-01-06). Twenty Years of Teaching Science in Public School Down the Covid Drain. dissidentvoice.org These are snooping, snitching, massive canceling, censorious times. I just talked with a friend who is in San Francisco who has been working hard as a science teacher. He has opened up the curriculum, has worked to be in his school's union and he has just gotten married. That's 55, now, and he has to …

Stansfield Smith (2022-01-06). 21st Century US Coups and Attempted Coups in Latin America. dissidentvoice.org During the 21st century, the US, working with corporate elites, traditional oligarchies, military, and corporate media, has continually attempted coups against Latin American governments which place the needs of their people over US corporate interests. US organized coups in Latin American countries is hardly a 20th century phenomenon. However, this century the US rulers have …

Staff (2022-01-06). 'Worse than the Civil war': how fixation on Capitol riot makes America ignore its other major problem. rt.com Disparate reactions to left-wing protesters at the DOI versus the ones at the US Capitol show how biased the mainstream media truly is. | One year after the US Capitol riot, Washington seems worried about domestic terrorism only when conservatives are perpetrators, but polling suggests no one outside the establishment echo chamber is swayed by the skewed narrative. | As a GOP congressman held up nearly identical photos of federal buildings being breached — one of the US Capitol last January and another of the Department of the Interior in October — Attorney General Merrick Garland sat stone-faced.

Editor2 (2022-01-06). Ignacio Ramonet's Complete Interview with Nicolás Maduro. orinocotribune.com "Neoliberalism is exhausted and new leaderships will surprise the world". | The year 2020 has been relatively clement to Venezuela, although it has been so frightening for the whole world. Sure, the blockades and attacks from abroad have not ceased, and have even, at times, intensified. But the Bolivarian revolution, which has just turned 22 years old, is seasoned in these battles. The remarkable thing is that here, contrary to what happened in almost all Latin America and particularly in neighboring countries (Colombia, Brazil), the Covid-19 pandemic has been controlled. Few infections, low mortality. Meanwhile,…

Staff (2022-01-06). Police dogs pulled from duty over new animal rights law. rt.com Methods for controlling enforcement canines during police operations were found to contravene new German laws on animal welfare | German police have withdrawn highly trained dogs from the front line after a new law on animal rights prohibited the methods used to train and control canines when apprehending criminals. | Following a law that came into force on January 1, police dogs in Germany were put on an enforced break. The law, introduced by former agriculture minister Julia Klockner, bans the use of punitive stimuli to train or control dogs. | "We are currently unable to deploy a section of our service dogs…