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Why the World Needs WikiLeaks
Despite the mounting legal and political pressure coming from Washington, we continue to publish valuable material, and submissions keep pouring in.
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The TPP is Dead: The People, for Now, Have Defeated the Transnationals
The Obama administration faced reality on Friday when they recognized the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would not be ratified by this Congress. The TPP is dead.
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Beyond Lying: Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Reality
Trump has taken an entirely distinct approach to the problem of mass communication.
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Trump Just Got Hit With Massive $32 Million Fraud and Tax Evasion Lawsuit
A Mexican official has filed a criminal tax complaint against Donald Trump in Tijuana, Mexico, over yet another failed business venture.
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Fake News and False Flags: Pentagon Paid British PR Firm $500M for Top Secret Iraq Propaganda
Bell Pottinger’s output included short TV segments made in the style of Arabic news networks and fake insurgent videos which could be used to track the people who watched them, according to a former employee.
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Occupy the Cinema: With The Birth of A Nation, Nat Turner Lives!
Nate Parker's new film isn’t just a trip through history, but a reminder of now – if "12 Years A Slave" was a humanist drama and "Selma" was stoic strength, "Birth of a Nation" is a garbage can flying through a pizzeria window.
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Clinton’s Transition Team: A Corporate Presidency Foretold
Rhetoric aside, Clinton is showing her full solidarity with Wall Street – most recently with the announcement that former Interior Secretary and oil and gas industry insider Ken Salazar will chair her transition team.
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The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm
A hacking group calling itself the “ShadowBrokers” is auctioning off authentic NSA software, part of a powerful constellation of tools used to covertly infect computers worldwide.
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Turkey At A Crossroads—From the July Coup to ISIS, A Country In Turmoil
If Erdogan manages to re-establish stability, he will have ensured the rise of a new brand of aggressive radical Islam – one fueled by the edicts of Wahabi dogma that promotes absolute theocratic control.
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Curing A Convenient Amnesia: Racism, Xenophobia and Nationalism In America
It may be an inconvenient and uncomfortable reality that U.S. leaders have systematically spread hate and intolerance – but the fact is nationalism, xenophobia and intolerance reflect our country’s true foundation.
