jueves, 31 de agosto de 2017

In the Trenches of Trump’s Leak War | Vanity Fair

In the Trenches of Trump’s Leak War | Vanity Fair

 

Trump's crackdown on leaks is threatening investigative journalism and forcing reporters to act like spies

 Donald Trump chats with reporters on board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on February 3, 2017.Donald Trump chats with reporters on board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on February 3, 2017.Donald Trump chats with reporters on board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on February 3, 2017.Donald Trump chats with reporters on board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on February 3, 2017.

Israel demolishes Palestinian schools, citing lack of permits - CNN

Israel demolishes Palestinian schools, citing lack of permits - CNN

 

"What
threat do these schools pose to the Israeli authorities? What are they
planning to achieve by denying thousands of children their fundamental
right to education?"
Hanibal Abiy Worku, a director of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

 Children, including Jana Zawahra (front left), stand in line near the remains of their school east of Bethlehem.

Children, including Jana Zawahra (front left), stand in line near the remains of their school east of Bethlehem.

Trump's Executive Order Gives Police Unfettered Access to Weapons of War

Trump's Executive Order Gives Police Unfettered Access to Weapons of War

 "This is not about public safety. It is about declaring war on
communities of color," said Scott Roberts, the senior campaign director
at Color of Change, in a statement.

 Police with rubber bullet launchers stand guard at MLK Jr. Park on August 27, 2017 in Berkeley, California. The park became a center of left-wing protest when hundreds of people opposed to President Trump and hundreds more aligned with antifa descended on it after a planned right-wing rally was cancelled. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images)Police
with rubber bullet launchers stand guard at MLK Jr. Park on August 27,
2017, in Berkeley, California. The park became a center of left-wing
protest when hundreds of people opposed to President Trump and hundreds
more aligned with antifa descended on it after a planned right-wing
rally was cancelled. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage / Getty Images)

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Lew Rockwell: US Fascism behind Websites Purge

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Lew Rockwell: US Fascism behind Websites Purge

 What's behind private technology companies like PayPal and YouTube
ending their provision of service to organizations they deem "unworthy"?
Simply a private property issue? Lew
Rockwell is not so sure. These companies "seem to be working in cahoots
with the government to suppress dissent," he told Tom Woods in a recent
interview. More on this plus the interview at the link...

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Harvey triggers spike in hazardous chemical releases - POLITICO

Harvey triggers spike in hazardous chemical releases - POLITICO

 More than two million pounds of dangerous chemicals released into the air

 A sunken boat lies submerged in front of an oil rig after Hurricane Harvey hit Port Aransas, Texas, on Aug. 27. | Getty Images

Bashar al-Assad on the Future of Syria, “Failure of the West” and America’s “Deep State”. “Several Parallel Wars on Syrian Soil” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Bashar al-Assad on the Future of Syria, “Failure of the West” and America’s “Deep State”. “Several Parallel Wars on Syrian Soil” | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

" The political West and the global conflict between two forces

When I speak of “the West” it is in the political sense of the term. I
will not name the States that constitute it, we all know who runs it, as
we know that much of this “political West” – with probably states
located in extreme Asia – has nothing to do with politics, but walk with
it. It is therefore about this West that I shall speak in my speech
today. "

 

Google-Funded Think Tank Fired Google Critics After They Dared Criticize Google

Google-Funded Think Tank Fired Google Critics After They Dared Criticize Google

 Perhaps think tanks and academic institutions should reconsider cashing checks from the likes of Google.

 BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 09: Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt attends the CDU Economics Conference of the Economic Council on June 09, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. The Economic Council (Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e.V.) is a German business association representing the interests of more than 11,000 small and medium sized firms, as well as larger multinational companies. (Photo by Axel Schmidt/Getty Images)

Swedish govt doubles down on data retention, wants VPN surveillance too

Swedish govt doubles down on data retention, wants VPN surveillance too

 WikiLeaks Updates


Swedish government doubles down on the hated data retention, plans to add VPN surveillance as well, says leaked proposal: http://bit.ly/2vqZoMh

 

The Same Ol’ Afghan War Fallacies – Consortiumnews

The Same Ol’ Afghan War Fallacies – Consortiumnews

 

Unless
President Trump can pull off a peace deal with the Taliban, his Afghan
War policy is following the same bloody and futile path that his
predecessors took, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar describes.

https://consortiumnews.com/…/the-same-ol-afghan-war-fallac…/

 

President
Donald Trump describing his policy toward the Afghan War, at Fort Myer
in Arlington, Virginia, on Aug. 21, 2017. (Screenshot from
Whitehouse.gov)

The US Plan For “Rojava” | OrientalReview.org

The US Plan For “Rojava” | OrientalReview.org

 

The Kurdish-led “Syrian Democratic Forces” recently announced that
the US has a strategy for military, economic, and political influence in
northern Syria for decades to come. The
US of course denied the implication that it was planning to occupy this
strategically positioned territory, though one would do well to
remember that it already has 10 bases there, according to Turkish
sources… [ 591 more words ]

Defending Against the Next Generation of Bioweapons | New Eastern Outlook

Defending Against the Next Generation of Bioweapons | New Eastern Outlook

 Chemical and biological weapons conjure in the mind terror and have been
repeatedly cited as a pretext for both acts of military aggression and
even entire wars. Scenes of soldiers and
civilians choking on toxic chemicals or covered in boils after exposure
have been the stuff of nightmares both geopolitically and in fiction.
While current chemical and biological weapons are far more limited than
movies and politically-motivated narratives suggest, emerging
biotechnology is making possible a new generation of biological weapons
that may actually live up to the terror current weapons inspire.

 When you or your kids are getting vaccinated, you must be pretty sure who injects what in your bloodstream and for what reason.

When you or your kids are getting vaccinated, you must be pretty sure who injects what in your bloodstream and for what reason.
https://journal-neo.org/2017/08/29/defending-against-the-next-generation-of-bioweapons/

Facebook Secret: Want To See Who’s Monitoring Your Facebook? Follow These Steps – Anonymous Portugal Internacional

Facebook Secret: Want To See Who’s Monitoring Your Facebook? Follow These Steps – Anonymous Portugal Internacional

 

"
Facebook monitoring and censorship is at an all time high. With so many
attacks on Independent and Citizen Journalism as of late, wouldn’t it
be nice to know who is monitoring your page? With these Facebook
secrets, now you can!
With the help of the most amazing readers and
truth seekers on the planet, we have received so much feedback on this
article! To update, Facebook’s algorithms prevent malicious blocking
attempts on an account, which explains why some accounts cannot be
blocked (as noted toward the end of this article). "

<<<< https://anonymous.com.pt/facebook-secret-want-to-see-whos-…/ >>

 

Selected Articles: Heightened Tensions Between Iran and the US? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Selected Articles: Heightened Tensions Between Iran and the US? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 We need to stand together to continuously question politics, false statements, and the suppression of independent thought.

 

As Workers Ditch Trump, Trumka Slams White House Full of 'Racists' and 'Wall Streeters' | Common Dreams

As Workers Ditch Trump, Trumka Slams White House Full of 'Racists' and 'Wall Streeters' | Common Dreams

 Trump is charlatan. And now it's impossible for him to hide it.

 AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka said to reporters on Wednesday that
many union members who voted for President Donald Trump are now "drawing
the conclusion that their investment wasn't a good investment." (Photo:
AFGE/Flickr/cc)

Pentagon Admits Severe Under-Reporting of US Troops in Afghanistan by Obama Admin | News | teleSUR English

Pentagon Admits Severe Under-Reporting of US Troops in Afghanistan by Obama Admin | News | teleSUR English

 The Pentagon has revealed that about 11,000 U.S. troops are currently
fighting in the 16-year-long war in Afghanistan, nearly a quarter more
than the previously stated count of 8,400.

 U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, a part of Task Force 1-66, patrol in the village of Gul Kalacheh in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan.

U.S. Army soldiers from Delta Company, a part of Task Force 1-66,
patrol in the village of Gul Kalacheh in the Kandahar province of
Afghanistan. | Photo: Reuters

Midnight rush for power in electricity-starved Gaza

Midnight rush for power in electricity-starved Gaza

 Families in Gaza rush to complete errands when electricity comes on for
an average of two hours a day, typically in the middle of the night when
least expected. The life-altering,
Israeli-imposed electricity cuts limit residents access to basic
necessities like light, clean water, and fresh foods.

 A Palestinian woman at Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip takes advantage of the few hours of mains electricity on August 3, 2017 to bake bread (AFP Photo/SAID KHATIB) 

A Palestinian woman at Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip
takes advantage of the few hours of mains electricity on August 3, 2017
to bake bread (AFP Photo/SAID KHATIB)

Harvey Didn’t Come Out of the Blue. Now is the Time to Talk About Climate Change.

Harvey Didn’t Come Out of the Blue. Now is the Time to Talk About Climate Change.

 

"Now
is exactly the time to talk about climate change, and all the other
systemic injustices — from racial profiling to economic austerity — that
turn disasters like Harvey into human catastrophes."

 Evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Iraq will be free from ISIS terrorists ‘within days’ – Iraqi ambassador to RT — RT News

Iraq will be free from ISIS terrorists ‘within days’ – Iraqi ambassador to RT — RT News

 'Final chapters of closing the terrorism page'

 Iraq will be free from ISIS terrorists ‘within days’ – Iraqi ambassador to RT

Members of Iraqi army are seen during the war between Iraqi army and
Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) against the Islamic State
militants in al-Ayadiya, northwest of Tal Afar, Iraq August 28, 2017 ©
Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters





CATALONIA --- El Periódico en Twitter: "Els Mossos van rebre l'alerta d'atemptat de la CIA el 25 de maig https://t.co/BF6N4ZJc24 https://t.co/FgV7kB8aZR"

El Periódico en Twitter: "Els Mossos van rebre l'alerta d'atemptat de la CIA el 25 de maig https://t.co/BF6N4ZJc24 https://t.co/FgV7kB8aZR"

 

 WikiLeaks Updates

 

Paper publishes highly suspect US intelligence document on ISIS attack in Barcelona ahead of Catalan referendum. ➼ http://bit.ly/2ekX7aG ~~~

El Periódico publishes clearly fabricated CIA document on the Barcelona 'ISIS' 'attack as Catalan referendum approaches

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CATALONIA --- Els Mossos van rebre l'alerta d'atemptat de la CIA el 25 de maig

Els Mossos van rebre l'alerta d'atemptat de la CIA el 25 de maig

 

 

WikiLeaks Updates.

 

Paper publishes highly suspect US intelligence document on ISIS attack in Barcelona ahead of Catalan referendum. ➼ http://bit.ly/2ekX7aG ~~~

El Periódico publishes clearly fabricated CIA document on the Barcelona 'ISIS' 'attack as Catalan referendum approaches

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miércoles, 30 de agosto de 2017

We Can't Fix US Democracy Until We Admit Its Broken



 



We Can't Fix US Democracy Until We Admit Its Broken

 There is something fundamentally wrong in our democratic system and it has to be addressed.

 https://truth-out.org/buzzflash/images/images2017_08/Broken_0828wrp_opt.jpgPhoto: Rachel Knickmeyer / Flickr)

 

Central bankers at Jackson Hole conference: What was not said and why - World Socialist Web Site

Central bankers at Jackson Hole conference: What was not said and why - World Socialist Web Site

 Under conditions of mounting financial tensions, the greatest fear of
the ruling classes and their central bank servants is that the
contradictions of the system over which
they preside are going to erupt and lead to the emergence of overt class
struggle, which, in collaboration with all the forces of the political
establishment—from the trade union bureaucracy to the pseudo-left
tendencies and their manic fixation on identity politics—they have been
able to suppress for the past three decades. Under those conditions,
some things are indeed better left unsaid.

 

Americans Living on the Coasts Aren't the Only Ones Who Have to Worry About Massive Flooding | Alternet

Americans Living on the Coasts Aren't the Only Ones Who Have to Worry About Massive Flooding | Alternet

 

Scientists warn: It could happen to you.

Here's how --



Photo Credit: Eric V Overton / Shutterstock.com

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Iran, Again...Will Israel Start a New War?

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Iran, Again...Will Israel Start a New War?

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing jail time for a
corruption scandal and also the fall-out for supporting a failed effort
to change the regime in Syria. Will
Netanyahu, like Trump, see starting a new war -- perhaps with Iran -- a
way out of his political troubles? The threats are already coming in hot
and heavy. If so, will he drag the US with him?

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Are Armenia, India, And Serbia “Balancing” Against Russia Or “Betraying” It? | OrientalReview.org

Are Armenia, India, And Serbia “Balancing” Against Russia Or “Betraying” It? | OrientalReview.org

 

All three countries are diversifying their long-standing relations
with Russia, but their preexisting institutional memberships are the
determining factor in whether this is
just geopolitical “balancing” or an outright “betrayal”. International
politics is in the midst of multiple paradigmatic changes as the
emerging Multipolar World Order progressively replaces the existing
unipolar-led one, and this has seen both the development of
“non-traditional” partnerships and the weakening of historical ones. [
1,227 more word ]

Israel Calls For Partition Of Iraq, Creation Of New Kurdish State

Israel Calls For Partition Of Iraq, Creation Of New Kurdish State

 

The Bush administration, filled with Israeli-American dual nationals,
hoped to create an Iraqi Kurdistan and split Iraq into three factions
post-invasion, in line with Israel's Oded Yinon strategy to destabilize the MidEast along ethnic/sectarian lines.

Is it a good idea to further destabilize the volatile Middle East?

 Ethnic Kurdish Israelis protest outside the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 8, 2010.

(1957) CIA’s “Operation Gladio” with Paul Williams - YouTube

(1957) CIA’s “Operation Gladio” with Paul Williams - YouTube

 Former FBI consultant & award-winning journalist Paul Williams exposes how the CIA supports Wahabbi terrorism, from ISIS to "Islamberg."

<<<  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS7IFWmTyFw&feature=youtu.be  >>>

Watching the Hawks’ Sean Stone sits down with award-winning journalist and former FBI counter-terrorism consultant Paul L. Williams to learn more about “Operation Gladio” and the CIA’s historic affinity for propping up paramilitary groups across the world. Williams shares his experiences researching the murky history of Washington’s relations with the enigmatic Fethullah Gülen, an exiled Turkish statesman and clergyman, as well as documenting the CIA’s connections to the Taliban, ISIS, and far-right extremists in Europe and Latin America. Finally, we evaluate the modern-day implications of this complicated web of relationships.

 

Yemeni girl bed-ridden in Sanaa hospital after losing family in Saudi-led air strike (GRAPHIC VIDEO) — RT News

Yemeni girl bed-ridden in Sanaa hospital after losing family in Saudi-led air strike (GRAPHIC VIDEO) — RT News

 'From what we saw on the ground, there was no apparent military target' – the deputy head of ICRC’s delegation in Yemen

 FILE PHOTO: A boy carries his sister, as he walks on rubble of a houseafter it was destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen's capital Sanaa © Mohamed Al-Sayaghi

Afghanistan and the CIA Heroin Ratline | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Afghanistan and the CIA Heroin Ratline | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 In this 21st century Opium War, crops harvested in Afghanistan are
essentially feeding the heroin market not only in Russia and Iran but
especially in the US. Up to 93% of the world’s opium comes from
Afghanistan.

 

WikiLeaks' Collateral Murder: U.S. Soldier Ethan McCord - YouTube

WikiLeaks' Collateral Murder: U.S. Soldier Ethan McCord - YouTube

 

Here is one of those "horrible, horrible" things published by Wikileaks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kelmEZe8whI

https://collateralmurder.wikileaks.org/

 

Israel Reconfirms Commitment To Treating Wounded Syrian Al-Nusra Fighters

Israel Reconfirms Commitment To Treating Wounded Syrian Al-Nusra Fighters

 Why is Israel supporting al-Qaeda in the war against Syria?

 In this Thursday, April 6, 2017 photo made in Israeli controlled Golan Heights, Israeli military medics assist wounded Syrians. Seven wounded Syrians crossed into Israeli controlled Heights Thursday night have received immediate treatment and were hospitalized later on. They are the latest group of Syrian fighters receiving free medical care through an Israeli military program operating since 2013. (AP/Dusan Vranic)

How The Elite Stay In Power

How The Elite Stay In Power

 Divide & conquer. Promoting fear and prejudice among the 99%. These
are just a few common tactics to keep the pyramid intact.

 How The Elite Stay In Power

More Misleading Russia-gate Propaganda – Consortiumnews

More Misleading Russia-gate Propaganda – Consortiumnews

 

Exclusive: The U.S. mainstream media is touting a big break in
Russia-gate, emails showing an effort by Donald Trump’s associates to
construct a building in Moscow. But the evidence actually undercuts the “scandal,” reports Robert Parry.

https://consortiumnews.com/…/more-misleading-russia-gate-p…/

 

President
Trump discusses his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at
G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. (Screenshot from
Whitehouse.gov)

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Ruby Ridge Lessons for Fighting Right-Wing Extremism

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Ruby Ridge Lessons for Fighting Right-Wing Extremism

 The US government has a terrible track record of trying to rid the US of
"extremists." From COINTELPRO to Ruby Ridge, they have only made
matters worse. The fact is, in a nation
with hundreds of millions of people, there will be plenty of folks with
antisocial or harebrained notions. But even if the government could
eliminate everyone with heretical beliefs, the sheer extent of
repression would spawn legions of new rabble-rousers. Freedom of speech
is a more reliable antidote to toxic ideologies than unleashing the FBI
or other federal agencies.

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Donald Trump Crosses China's Red Line in Afghanistan just as Obama crossed Russia's in Syria and Ukraine | OrientalReview.org

Donald Trump Crosses China's Red Line in Afghanistan just as Obama crossed Russia's in Syria and Ukraine | OrientalReview.org

 

In discussions about the ‘roles’ countries play in the new multipolar
world, it is often said that Russia provides the geo-political muscle
while China provides the economic engine
of a world where the US is no longer a singular hegemon. However, with
Russia’s economy turning from resilient to growing and with China
becoming ever more involved in world-affairs ever since the announcement
of One Belt—One Road in 2013, [ 654 more words ]

When ‘Democracy’ Backfires | New Eastern Outlook

When ‘Democracy’ Backfires | New Eastern Outlook

 President Trump goes from one non-sequitur to another, but what is most
alarming is that his based doesn’t seem to hold against him his failure
to deliver on key campaign promises,
believing that the fault lies with Congress (which came up one vote
short to pass so-called health care ‘reform’) or with the media, which
ceaselessly criticizes him. Notwithstanding its failure to report any
story that is inconvenient to the government, America’s fractured left
wing has been unable to bust its lock on the American people.
Ironically, it is Trump who is accomplishing that feat in the name of a
populism whose boundaries with fascism are uncertain.

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You can salute your civil rights now that Trump is in power.
https://journal-neo.org/2017/08/26/when-democracy-backfires/

The Saudi-Led Coalition’s ‘Weaponization of Disease’. Yemen’s Cholera Epidemic | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The Saudi-Led Coalition’s ‘Weaponization of Disease’. Yemen’s Cholera Epidemic | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 The “weaponization of disease” that Dr. Venters refers to has now
created the world’s worst cholera epidemic that has already infected
well over half a million people in the span of a little over four
months.

 

Les Yézidis, éternels boucs émissaires, par Vicken Cheterian (Le Monde diplomatique, janvier 2017)

Les Yézidis, éternels boucs émissaires, par Vicken Cheterian (Le Monde diplomatique, janvier 2017)

 Durant l’été 2014, l'Organisation de l'État islamique (OEI) mena une
offensive-éclair. En juin, quelques centaines de djihadistes créaient la
surprise en s’emparant de Mossoul,
deuxième ville d’Irak. (…) À la surprise générale, après s’être dirigées
vers Bagdad, les troupes de l’OEI firent demi-tour pour s’attaquer à
des régions sous le contrôle des Kurdes. L’attaque commença aux
premières heures du 3 août 2014 dans la région de Sinjar, habitée par
des Yézidis. Le commandement peshmerga, pris de panique, ordonna à ses
combattants de se retirer, laissant la population à la merci des
djihadistes. La résistance, équipée d’armes légères, s’effondra en
quelques heures. La population tenta de gagner les montagnes, mais de
nombreux habitants, surtout ceux qui n’avaient pas de véhicule, ne
purent s’enfuir.

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martes, 29 de agosto de 2017

8-year-old Palestinian girl dies after being hit by Israeli settler car

8-year-old Palestinian girl dies after being hit by Israeli settler car

 


8-year-old Palestinian girl dies after being hit by Israeli settler car

Incidents involving Israeli settlers hitting Palestinians in the
occupied Palestinian territory are a relatively regular occurrence, and
are usually treated by Israeli security forces as accidents, even in
cases when witnesses claim the car rammings were deliberate.

 A Jewish settler carries an rifle as he participates in a protest against the Palestinian bid for statehood, outside the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, near the West Bank town of Hebron (A.P Photo/Bernat Armangue) 

A Jewish settler carries an rifle as he participates in a protest
against the Palestinian bid for statehood, outside the Jewish settlement
of Kiryat Arba, near the West Bank town of Hebron (AP/Bernat Armangue)



The Story of Charlottesville was Written in Blood in the Ukraine | Black Agenda Report

The Story of Charlottesville was Written in Blood in the Ukraine | Black Agenda Report

 

Powerful!
piece by Ajamu Baraka. "The white supremacy that some of us see as more
insidious is not reflected in the simple, stereotypical images of the
angry, Nazi-saluting alt-righter or even
Donald Trump. Instead, it is the normalized and thus invisible white
supremacist ideology inculcated into cultural and educational
institutions and the policies that stem from those ideas." From 08/16/17
via The Naked Empire. https://blackagendareport.com/story-charlottesville-was-wri…

 The Story of Charlottesville was Written in Blood in the Ukraine 

The Story of Charlottesville was Written in Blood in the Ukraine

How Should We Protest Neo-Nazis? Lessons From German History

How Should We Protest Neo-Nazis? Lessons From German History

 

"Charlottesville was right out of the Nazi playbook. In the 1920s,
the Nazi Party was just one political party among many in a democratic
system, running for seats in Germany’s
Parliament. For most of that time, it was a small, marginal group. In
1933, riding a wave of popular support, it seized power and set up a
dictatorship. The rest is well-known.


It was in 1927, while still on the political fringes, that the Nazi
Party scheduled a rally in a decidedly hostile location – the Berlin
district of Wedding. Wedding was so left-of-center that the neighborhood
had the nickname “Red Wedding,” red being the color of the Communist
Party. The Nazis often held rallies right where their enemies lived, to
provoke them.

The people of Wedding were determined to fight back
against fascism in their neighborhood. On the day of the rally,
hundreds of Nazis descended on Wedding. Hundreds of their opponents
showed up too, organized by the local Communist Party. The antifascists
tried to disrupt the rally, heckling the speakers. Nazi thugs
retaliated. There was a massive brawl. Almost 100 people were injured.

I imagine the people of Wedding felt they had won that day. They had courageously sent a message: Fascism was not welcome.


But historians believe events like the rally in Wedding helped the
Nazis build a dictatorship. Yes, the brawl got them media attention. But
what was far, far more important was how it fed an escalating spiral of
street violence. That violence helped the fascists enormously.


Violent confrontations with antifascists gave the Nazis a chance to
paint themselves as the victims of a pugnacious, lawless left. They
seized it.

It worked. We know now that many Germans supported the
fascists because they were terrified of leftist violence in the
streets. Germans opened their morning newspapers and saw reports of
clashes like the one in Wedding. It looked like a bloody tide of civil
war was rising in their cities. Voters and opposition politicians alike
came to believe the government needed special police powers to stop
violent leftists. Dictatorship grew attractive. The fact that the Nazis
themselves were fomenting the violence didn’t seem to matter.

One
of Hitler’s biggest steps to dictatorial power was to gain emergency
police powers, which he claimed he needed to suppress leftist violence."

 How Should We Protest Neo-Nazis? Lessons From German History 

A supporter of President Donald Trump, center, argues with a
counterprotester at a rally in Boston on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. AP
Photo/Michael Dwyer

Media Blacks Out Pentagon Report Exposing U.S. Role In ISIS Creation

Media Blacks Out Pentagon Report Exposing U.S. Role In ISIS Creation

 The U.S. created ISIS vis-a-vis arming al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Syria since at least 2012:
--> http://www.mintpressnews.com/media-blacks-out-pentag…/206187

 

CATALONIA --- Terrorists’ Visit to France Points to State Foreknowledge of Barcelona Attack - TruePublica

Terrorists’ Visit to France Points to State Foreknowledge of Barcelona Attack - TruePublica

Astonishingly, only days before the attack, several members of the
terror cell visited Paris, a center of intelligence monitoring of
Islamist activity in Europe. They were under surveillance, and French
officials informed Spanish officials after they were spotted in France,
driving the Audi A3 car that they used to plough into pedestrians in the
seaside resort of Cambrils, killing one woman. The car was flashed by a
speed camera in France.


BFM-TV reported, “Two members of the jihadist cell that attacked
Barcelona and Cambrils, including Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected
driver in the attack on Las Ramblas, made an ‘express’ round-trip to
Paris” on August 11-12. The Audi was photographed at 1 p.m. on August 11
at the Lestelle toll booths in the Pyrénées traveling north, before
being flashed by a speed camera for speeding. The two cell members
reportedly spent the night in a budget hotel in the Paris suburb of
Malakoff and visited a mall before returning to Spain.

 Terrorists’ Visit to France Points to State Foreknowledge of Barcelona Attack

By Kumaran Ira – wsws.org: A
spate of news reports last week raised questions about US and European
government foreknowledge of the August 17 terror attacks in Barcelona
and Cambrils that killed 15 people and wounded more than 100, and how
this attack was allowed to proceed. It is ever clearer that the Islamic
State (IS) terror cell was under close surveillance by multiple
intelligence services of NATO powers, including France, the United
States, and Belgium.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Lawrence Wilkerson: Expect New Afghanistan War Policy to ‘Deepen the Failure’

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Lawrence Wilkerson: Expect New Afghanistan War Policy to ‘Deepen the Failure’

 

With Trump having put the generals in charge in Afghanistan, Col.
Lawrence Wilkerson says we should expect the military to be ”reinforcing
strategic failure and thus deepening that failure” that has developed over the last sixteen years of US military action in the country.

Lawrence Wilkerson: Expect New Afghanistan War Policy to ‘Deepen the Failure’ http://ronpaulinstitute.org/…/lawrence-wilkerson-expect-ne…/

 The Ron Paul Peace and Prosperity Institute

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : YouTube 'Economically Censors' Ron Paul, Labels Videos 'Not Suitable' For All Advertisers

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : YouTube 'Economically Censors' Ron Paul, Labels Videos 'Not Suitable' For All Advertisers

 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange wants to know why YouTube is
blacklisting Ron Paul's Liberty Report, listing it "not suitable" for
advertisers and refusing to allow monetization even though it does not
violate YouTube's terms of service. It's a good question.

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Thousands Attend Funeral for 8-Year-Old Palestinian Run Over by Israeli Settler | Democracy Now!

Thousands Attend Funeral for 8-Year-Old Palestinian Run Over by Israeli Settler | Democracy Now!

 Thousands of people attended the funeral for eight-year-old Asil Abu
Oun, who was run over and killed by an Israeli settler on Saturday near
Nablus.

 H15 palestine

"This Is the New Normal": How Climate Change Is Fueling Massive Storms like Harvey | Democracy Now!

"This Is the New Normal": How Climate Change Is Fueling Massive Storms like Harvey | Democracy Now!

 "We are seeing a natural disaster turn into human catastrophe by choices
we make in terms of our energy choices, the pollutants we burn for
energy and put into the atmosphere, as well as how we develop the coast
and zoning choices." - David Helvarg, Blue Frontier

 S1 harvey1

The world is watching Trump's attacks on the press - CNNPolitics

The world is watching Trump's attacks on the press - CNNPolitics

 

 

"Since
bursting onto the political scene more than two years ago, Trump has
relentlessly pounded journalists as "the enemy of the American people"
and "among the worst people I've ever
met." He hijacked the term "fake news," originally coined to describe
bogus narratives circulated on the Internet, to describe any story that
displeases him."

 

Inflating the Russian Threat – Consortiumnews

Inflating the Russian Threat – Consortiumnews

 

Exclusive:
The U.S. mainstream media, led by The New York Times, has behaved as
classic propagandists, hyping a Russian military “threat” and promoting a
new Cold War hysteria, as Jonathan Marshall describes.

https://consortiumnews.com/…/…/inflating-the-russian-threat/

 

New York Times building in New York City. (Photo from Wikipedia)

Extreme Storms Like Harvey and Climate Change: 'This Is the New Reality' | Common Dreams

Extreme Storms Like Harvey and Climate Change: 'This Is the New Reality' | Common Dreams

 "This is the new reality. And the challenge is how we address it. How
rapidly we're going to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy."

 

Shardea Harrison looks on at her 3 week old baby Sarai Harrison being
held by Dean Mize as he and Jason Legnon used his airboat to rescue them
from their home after the area was inundated with flooding from
Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas.  (Photo: Joe
Raedle/Getty Images)

« Le Bureau des légendes », la gloire de l'espionnage français, par Akram Belkaïd (Le Monde diplomatique, août 2017)

« Le Bureau des légendes », la gloire de l'espionnage français, par Akram Belkaïd (Le Monde diplomatique, août 2017)

 Considéré comme l’une des grandes réussites françaises en matière de
séries, « Le Bureau des légendes », d’Éric Rochant, expose avec
précision les enjeux des grandes crises qui secouent le Proche-Orient,
se distinguant par là des fictions d’espionnage américaines.

 

Trump move on settling trade disputes splits NAFTA fans and critics | bilaterals.org

Trump move on settling trade disputes splits NAFTA fans and critics | bilaterals.org

 The Trump administration’s proposal to revamp #NAFTA’s system for settling disputes between governments and private companies splits both the opposition to and the advocates for #ISDS
http://www.bilaterals.org/?trump-move-on-settling-trade

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Labor groups such as the AFL-CIO and Democratic lawmakers have made removing the ISDS provision a major goal.

Introduction to Libertarianism | A Libertarianism.org Guide

Introduction to Libertarianism | A Libertarianism.org Guide

 

Libertarianism—the philosophy of personal and economic freedom—has
deep roots in Western civilization and in American history, and it’s
growing stronger. Two long wars, chronic deficits, the financial crisis,
the costly drug war, the campaigns of Ron Paul and Rand Paul, the
growth of executive power under Presidents Bush and Obama, and the
revelations about NSA abuses have pushed millions more Americans in a
libertarian direction. The Libertarian Mind, by David Boaz,
longtime executive vice president of the Cato Institute, is the best
available guide to the history, ideas, and growth of this increasingly
important political movement.

 

"I Have a Dream," 50 Years Later | Libertarianism.org

"I Have a Dream," 50 Years Later | Libertarianism.org

 

 

Fifty-four years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered “I Have
a Dream,” one of the most stirring and memorable speeches in American
history.

 

Is Wikileaks A "Non-state Hostile Intelligence Service" As Some Claim? | Cato @ Liberty

Is Wikileaks A "Non-state Hostile Intelligence Service" As Some Claim? | Cato @ Liberty

 CATO: Is Wikileaks A “Non-state Hostile Intelligence Service” As Some Claim?