The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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Blue Canary In the Coal Mine: Why Is Twitter Rolling Out New Censorship Tools?
To many, the Internet is seen as a largely unregulated open marketplace of ideas and speech, where absent any outright violations of law, violations of website terms of service (TOS), or statements made in a directly dangerous and threatening way, comm
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Arab Spring Revisited: What Did Tunisia's Nobel Prize Actually Reward?
By reassuring the political and economic elite, and backing the privatization process led by sponsors and donors, this month's Nobel Peace Prize could be considered "social peace at all costs."
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Who's Burning Black Churches in St. Louis?
There’s a long history of terrorism against black churches in America, one that begins in the era of slavery and continues up through Reconstruction, the civil-rights era, and into the 1990s – but the recent arsons have been slow to get attention.
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Exxon's Climate Lie: "No Corporation Has Ever Done Anything This Big Or Bad"
To understand the treachery – the sheer, profound, and I think unparalleled evil – of Exxon, one must remember the timing.
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The Drone Papers, Part I: The Assassination Complex
Secret military documents expose the inner workings of Obama’s drone wars.
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After Deadly Bomb Blasts In Turkish Capital, Thousands Take To Streets Blaming Government
A day after twin bombings targeted a peace rally in the capital Ankara, killing over 100 civilians, demonstrators and mourners put blame squarely on the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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Mega Conspiracy? How the Case Against Kim Dotcom Reveals Flaws in American Justice
Vast resources of the U.S. government are being deployed at the bidding of the entertainment industry, which saw its profits threatened by Internet pioneers like Dotcom and his Megaupload content-sharing empire.
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As Greek Election Nears, Golden Dawn Rises On Austerity-Driven Despair
The fascist, immigrant-bashing party has shed boots for suits and toned down its rhetoric to emerge as Europe’s most dangerous political force.
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"Homegrown" Censorship: Cancelled Play Highlights U.K. Counter-Extremism Debate
Critics cry foul as production exploring youth radicalization gets mysteriously pulled after police visit, in what many people are calling informal and political censorship.
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The Long Sad Slide From Leading Civil Rights Organization to Anti-Black Lives Matter Group
How the group’s mission went from racial integration to black separatism — and eventually to lobbying on behalf of corporate interests and the police state.
