(2023-11-30). The Islamic State (ISIS), the Pentagon's "Caliphate Project" and the "Global War on Terrorism" globalresearch.ca The Al Qaeda legend and the threat of the "Outside Enemy" is sustained through extensive media propaganda. In…
(2023-11-29). West Votes Against Democracy, Human Rights, Cultural Diversity at UN; Promotes Mercenaries, Sanctions. orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton — Nov 26, 2023 | The West voted against the rest of the world on United Nations General Assembly resolutions, opposing democracy, human rights, and cultural diversity, while supporting mercenaries and unilateral coercive measures (sanctions). | Western governments frequently claim that their foreign and domestic policies are motivated by "human rights" and "democracy". They often even lecture their adversaries for purportedly failing to respect these concerns. | But on the international stage, Western capitals have shown their commitments to be merely rhetorical, as they have consistently voted…
(2023-11-29). The Right's Persecution Of Palestine Supporters Looks Like A New Red Scare. popularresistance.org I attended the Janazah and burial of Wadea Al-Fayoume on October 16. In the first weeks of Israel's assault on Gaza, the six-year old Palestinian American boy, from a suburb of Chicago, was stabbed 26 times by his family's landlord in a hate crime. | The United States is currently awash in rhetoric justifying Muslim and Arab deaths. Joseph Czuba, 71, the landlord charged with killing Wadea and gravely injuring his mother, was on the receiving end of that rhetoric. | Czuba was reportedly an avid listener of conservative talk radio. According to Czuba's wife, he'd grown irate over supposed plans for a ‚Ä…
(2023-11-29). John Kiriakou: Reflections on the Deep State's Media Watchdog Tool. scheerpost.com 
By John Kiriakou / Original to ScheerPost In early November, the leadership and board of Consortium News, the independent news site, filed a major lawsuit against the federal government and NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. NewsGuard at first glance looks like a media watchdog organization, a group that seeks to keep misinformation and disinformation out of the …
(2023-11-29). Hamas Uses Human Shields? The Evidence. mintpressnews.com For years, we have heard in Western corporate media that Hamas uses civilians as human shields. So, what does the evidence show, and does Israel use Palestinian civilians as human shields?
(2023-11-30). Asylum policy: how to create a permanent crisis. indybay.org The principle of repression instead of adapting the asylum system to changing circumstances had long been established by this time. The discourse is being whipped up from the right. In its dispatch, the (German) Federal Council justifies its repressive package of measures with the dissatisfied mood among the population towards "delinquent asylum seekers."
(2023-11-29). Asylum policy: how to create a permanent crisis. indybay.org The principle of repression instead of adapting the asylum system to changing circumstances had long been established by this time. The discourse is being whipped up from the right. In its dispatch, the (German) Federal Council justifies its repressive package of measures with the dissatisfied mood among the population towards "delinquent asylum seekers."
(2023-11-29). Two Australian researchers conclude "far-right" humour is a danger to democracy. expose-news.com Two Australian political researchers published a paper in Television & New Media to examine "the use of online humour and ridicule to promote and normalise far-right exclusionary discourses." Their examination is limited …
(2023-11-29). How Pfizer and Moderna Control Vaccine Discourse. globalresearch.ca
(2023-11-29). A New Mood in the World Will Put an End to the Global Monroe Doctrine. dissidentvoice.org 
Tagreed Darghouth (Lebanon), from the series The Tree Within, a Palestinian Olive Tree, 2018. Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands gathering in Istanbul, a million in Jakarta, and then yet another million across Africa and Latin America to demand an end to the brutal attack being carried out by …
(2023-11-30). From Israeli Defense Force to Israeli Occupation force — Conduct Unbecoming. sonar21.com 
The two boys pictured above were murdered by Israeli Occupation Forces. I will no longer refer to the Israeli troops as IDF (Israeli Defense Forces). Israeli troops are not behaving like a disciplined army when they systematically are mistreating and shooting unarmed civilians. I recognize there are times in war when a soldier can make a mistake and, in the heat of battle, inadvertently kill a civilian. That is not what is going on here. I am posting this video evidence as circumstantial proof that these are not isolated incidents. It is a reprehensible policy and presents visual evidence of criminal beh…
(2023-11-30). New Report Highlights Severe Spikes in Arrests and Prosecutions of LGBT and Gender-diverse People in 2023. pressenza.com 
Geneva, 30 November 2023 — Arrests and prosecutions for consensual same-sex sexual acts, and on the grounds of diverse gender expressions, continued to take place across the world in 2023 and in previous years, a report by ILGA World revealed today. | Despite limited official data available, ILGA World has documented evidence of enforcement in at least 32 United Nations Member States in the first six months of 2023 alone. For the second edition of its
(2023-11-30). Israeli military kills two children in West Bank raid on last day of Gaza truce. wsws.org The continuation of daily raids on the West Bank during the six-day truce in the bombardment of Gaza underscores the commitment of the Israeli regime to a policy of genocide against the Palestinian people, for which it enjoys the support of the imperialist powers in North America and Europe.
(2023-11-30). Democratic Majority Leader Schumer libels anti-genocide student protesters as "aiders and abettors" of antisemitism. wsws.org Schumer's speech, which was warmly received by Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and the mainstream press, is an incitement to more intense repression of pro-Palestinian student groups and anti-genocide protesters.
(2023-11-30). Prescription Drugs, Free Trade and the Washington Post. counterpunch.org 
Like many self-imagined "free-traders," the Washington Post editorial board cannot even conceive of free trade when it comes to prescription drugs. They demonstrated this fact yet again in discussing ways to deal with the high price of effective weight-loss drugs like Wegovy. These drugs carry price tags of more than $1,000 a month, making them
(2023-11-29). Washington Post axes X ads amid Elon Musk's antisemitism row. geo.tv 
The decision comes after Musk shared a meme endorsing the debunked "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory…