Spain’s increasingly public crackdown on the planned October 1 secession referendum in Catalonia appears to be bringing the population of the northeastern region together. Reports say that the social indignation toward police action is spreading far from just the pro-secession crowd. Spain’s Constitutional Court forbade the referendum, and national police have been out in growing force […]
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Seymour Hersh Joins Ranks Of Truth-Tellers Honored For Integrity
Journalist Seymour Hersh is to be honored with this year’s Sam Adams Award for Integrity to be presented to him at the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) award ceremony on the evening of Sept. 22 at American University. Sam Adams Associates, who selected Hersh last month from a truly impressive roster of […]
Here’s Where The US Ranks On The List Of Most Peaceful Nations In The World
By Darius Shahtahmasebi The Global Peace Index, which bases its annual assessment on a complex analysis of social, economic, and political factors, has found that the United States of America is the 114th most peaceful nation on the planet. This most recent ranking sees the U.S. down 11 places from the previous year. […]
In pictures: Kurdish unit defects to Iraqi Army ranks in Nineveh province
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:50 P.M.) – Following tensions between the Peshmerga and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Sinjar region, a Kurdish commander decided to defect to the pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and bring with him the entire unit under his command along with their US-supplied weaponry. The rare incident took place on Thursday […]
Wikileaks: Google Provided Tools To Bolster Ranks Of al-Qaeda
ISIS fighters parade fown the main stretch of Raqqa, Syria. MINNEAPOLIS— Documents that were released last year by WikiLeaks have shed light on Google’s role in supporting al-Qaeda and other extremist groups that have been operating in Syria for the first few years of the country’s ongoing conflict. Specifically, emails between Jared Cohen, former director […]
The Daily Traditionalist: How the Left Became Capitalists
Radio Aryan June 20, 2016 Dr Matt Johnson joins Matthew Heimbach for the start of another week of The Daily Traditionalist. The topic for today’s discussion is the economic meltdown of Europe and Latin America and the betrayal of the working class by the organic Left. In France, President Hollande calls himself a Socialist but […]
‘Terror propaganda:’ Turkish student detained, kicked out of dormitory ‘after speaking Kurdish’
Cetinkaya, a first-year student at Adnan Menderes University in the city of Aydin, told media she was speaking Kurdish on the phone with her parents, because they don’t speak Turkish. Three of her roommates overheard the conversation, found the language suspicious, and filed a complaint against the 20-year-old with the hostel managers, accusing the girl […]
America’s Outrageous Ultimatum: Syria as the Libya of the Levant
May 7, 2016 (Tony Cartalucci – NEO) – How the United States presumes to possess the authority to determine the fate of a sovereign nation thousands of miles from its own shores in the Middle East is never explained by US Secretary of State John Kerry when he recently announced a new ultimatum leveled at […]
Iran’s ‘Silence’ awarded at ICFF
Silence narrates the story of a disabled Afghan child who shops for the people of a village he lives in. The movie had earlier won the Grand Prize of Cabbagetown Short Film and Video Festival in Canada in August, 2015. Produced by Iranian Young Cinema Society, Silence was awarded a Letter of Honor and UNICEF […]
Vocal Protest Kicks Off TPP Public Event In Richmond
Print Friendly Above Photo: A small protest was held in Richmond on Monday to oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Photo by @LeadNowCA Heavy security, RCMP presence greets Trans-Pacific attendees The trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim countries has reopened the debate over free trade deals, pitting proponents of increased trade and fewer tarriffs and […]
Allergies decrease when parents suck on their babies pacifiers rather than boil them
For decades, health officials have been telling parents to not share utensils with their babies or clean their pacifiers by putting them in their mouths, arguing that the practice spreads harmful germs between parent and child. But new research says children whose parents clean their pacifiers by sucking them might be less likely to […]
Panama Papers: Spy agencies widely used Mossack Fonseca to hide activities
Both “secret agents and their informants have used the company’s services,” wrote the newspaper, which earlier this month published online materials based on 11.5 million documents from the Panamanian law firm. It has been called the largest leak on corruption in journalistic history. “Agents have set up shell companies to conceal their activities,” the Munich-based newspaper […]
An Orgy of Violence
“Bullet proof vests in the suburbs; universities trashed; rector’s office petrol bombed; artifacts burnt; farmers murdered; land grabs increase; ‘burn the building and those inside’: ANC Member of Parliament; highway shootings and robberies; 87-year-old bludgeoned in home—twice; restaurateur shot dead; police report 7,000 firearms ‘stolen or missing’; panga attack severs B.Sc. student’s hand: Just […]
500 Takfiri Militants Crossed Turkey into Syria’s Azaz: Report
Local Editor At least 500 Takfiri militants entered the Syrian border town of Azaz via Turkey in a bid to help insurgents in Aleppo, a UK-based monitoring group reported. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Takfiri militants entered Syria on Wednesday under the supervision of the Turkish authorities. “At least 500 […]
Iran condemns terrorist bombing near shrine in Damascus
Tehran, Jan 31, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari on Sunday strongly condemned terrorist blasts earlier in the day which killed and injured dozens of people in the vicinity of Hazrat Zeinab (SA) shrine, south of the Syrian capital Damascus. While Syrian peace talks are underway in Geneva, foreign-backed terrorist groups are seeking […]
Several killed in Homs terror attacks
Multiple terror attacks in Syria’s western city of Homs have left at least 14 people dead and many more injured, the country’s media reports say. Syrian state television said on Monday that dozens had been killed and injured in a triple explosion in the al-Zahra neighborhood. “The preliminary toll in simultaneous terrorist explosions that hit […]
Thai woman gets 9-year sentence for insulting monarchy on Facebook
The charges against Chayapa Shokpornbudsri, 49, also included threatening state security. “From her Facebook posts, she was found guilty of defaming the monarchy, threatening state security and violations of the computer crimes act,” a court official told AFP. The hearing was held without her lawyer’s presence and the verdict was a “secret ruling,” the official […]
Ukraine: Kiev & Donbas open New Border Checkpoint
nsnbc : The Ukrainian State Border Guard and the Donetsk civil – military administration jointly opened the new Maryinka two-way border checkpoint on the line of separation on the Kurakhovo-Donetsk route to improve and stabilize the situation in Ukraine’s rebelling Donbas region and to normalize relations. On Tuesday the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported about […]
25,000-30,000 foreigners fighting for ISIS – Russian dep. defense minister: Zio-Watch, November 5, 2015
Dr. Patrick Slattery’s News Roundup A service of DavidDuke.com Published time: 4 Nov, 2015 05:20 Russian Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov speaks to the media during a news conference in Moscow March 5, 2015. © Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters Russia’s Air Forces are striking only confirmed terrorist targets, such as Islamic State militants and are […]