(2022-01-03). US intel mistake helped Nazis spread disinfo, book claims. rt.com 
An intercepted cable from an American spymaster helped the Nazis spread misleading rumors during the war | A US intelligence chief inadvertently helped the Nazis push disinformation during World War II after he continued using a cipher that had been compromised by the Germans, according to classified records discussed in a new book. | In his new book, 'Covert Legions: US Army Intelligence in Germany 1944-1949', historian and author Thomas Boghardt claims that mistakes by an American spy could have helped the Nazis spread false information about Adolf Hitler's Alpine redoubt. | In one of the most successful dis…
(2022-01-03). Fact Check: Black Panther Party's Elaine Brown Groomed By A US Government Informant. moguldom.com It is an established fact that the U.S. government infiltrated civil rights organizations in the 1960s and groomed members of these organizations to turn them into informants. One group that was heavily targeted was the Black Panther Party. Some claim that former Black Panther Chairwoman Elaine Brown was being groomed as a government agent. In …
(2022-01-03). Research into rare neurological disorder gives Lisa Miller a new lease on life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The changes were subtle at first. "Almost unnoticeable," says Lisa Miller, remembering the symptoms that seemed to appear suddenly in 2017. At a holiday celebration, the Front Royal, Virginia, project engineer remembers falling out of her shoes. "My left heel kept coming out from my shoes," she says. She chalked it up to too much merriment. A few months later, a co-worker told Lisa her gait was off and that she was dragging her left…
(2022-01-03). Details about suspected defector to North Korea revealed. rt.com 
A man who escaped South Korea is likely a returnee who defected in November, Seoul revealed | A man who crossed the inter-Korean border on Saturday has been identified as a North Korean returning home. No evidence of espionage has been found. | South Korea's military reported that on January 1, a person managed to cross border fences and race his way through the Demilitarized Zone before reaching North Korean territory. | According to a defense ministry official, the man in his 30s looked familiar. He is thought to be the person seen in November 2020 surveillance footage entering South Korea using the same rou…
(2022-01-02). Thousands march to honor WWII Nazi collaborator (VIDEO). rt.com 
Ukrainian nationalists paraded in torchlight procession in Kiev with portraits of Hitler ally | Ukrainian far-right ultra nationalists held a torchlight procession in Kiev on Saturday night, celebrating a controversial WWII-Nazi collaborator. Israeli diplomats said the march "insulted" the memory of the Holocaust. | The activists chanted "Glory" and "Our land" as they marked the birthday of Stepan Bandera, a former leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), which was aligned with Adolf Hitler's Germany. | Some carried portraits and banners with images of the controversial figure and shouted "B…
(2022-01-02). From "Race Realism" to Anti-Vaxx, How the Spread of Conspiracy Theories Has Helped the Far-Right Grow. itsgoingdown.org An analysis of how the spread of mass disinformation has helped grow support for the far-Right. Back in October, an IT specialist named Rob Willis reached out to tech news web site Ars Technica. His conscience was troubling him, and he had a story to tell. Willis had spent a couple of years in the…
(2022-01-02). Colombia 2021:The Year in which State Terrorism Became Visible. libya360.wordpress.com Renán Vega Cantor The State and the ruling classes of Colombia, which constitute the counterinsurgent power bloc, have made use of a series of fallacies to hide the terrorist nature of the State in this country, consolidated as such for decades. The first of these fallacies, repeated ad nauseam, is that Colombia is a democratic…
(2022-01-02). Third of Americans ready to justify violence against government – poll. rt.com 
A violation of rights or a military coup were cited as justifications of violence | Every third American — the largest number in more than two decades – believes violence against the government can be justified, especially when the violation of rights is involved, a new poll has found. | According to a Washington Post and University of Maryland poll, 34% of respondents were prepared to justify violent action — up from 23% in 2015 and only 16% in 2011. The number of those who said violence was "never justified" dropped significantly to 62% from 76% in 2011. | Among those prepared to accept violence,…
(2022-01-02). Fighting repression in the Land of the Free: an Arab-American feminist Perspective. juancole.com By Nadine Suleiman Naber | — ( OpenDemocracy) — For decades, US and European governments, as well as corporate media, have been condemning authoritarian repression and violence against women in the Global South — from Africa, to the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Islands and Latin America. And tragically, these same voices have too frequently …