Month: December 2024

“Cop City’ Leads US Buildup in Police-Training Bases” — by Elizabeth Vos

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Georgia Air National Guard assist Atlanta Police Department SWAT team enforcing a curfew during demonstrations in Atlanta during Black Lives Matter protests, June 4, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard, Roger Parsons, CC BY 2.0) Elizabeth Vos reports on a vast law enforcement training facility in Atlanta that defies the defund-police movement and sets the stage for Israel-linked militarized policing across the U.S.
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“The New York Times Ignored Source’s Doubts About Hamas Docs Provided by Israel” — by Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Jeremy Scahill

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New York Times building. Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images. A key figure in verifying an incendiary story that sought to link Iran to the October 7 attacks reveals what he actually told the paper.
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“Scandal deepens around CNN’s Clarissa Ward Staging Syria Prison Scene” — by Wyatt Reed

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Footage showing CNN’s regime change-crazed correspondent supposedly freeing a forgotten prisoner from a Syrian jail has been exposed a scandalous fraud, yet the network continues to re-air it, while defending its correspondent.
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“France Must Go from Africa Is the Slogan of the Hour” — by Vijay Prashad

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Hadjara Ali Soumaila, Confederation of Women Combatants and Pan-African Leaders (Niger). Photograph by Pedro Stropasolas for Peoples Dispatch. With Chad and Senegal joining Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger in demanding the withdrawal of the French military from their countries, a surge of sovereignty continues to ripple across the Sahel
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“South Korea’s Impeachment Fails — What’s Next?” — by Ju – Hyun Park

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Yoon Seok Yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law and the subsequent impeachment vote have blown the lid off of a much deeper political crisis in the country. Mass protest on the night of Friday, December 6 in anticipation of the impeachment vote. Photo: International Strategy Center (@go_isc)
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“Biden’s Legacy: Enhancing The ‘State Secrets Privilege’ To Protect The National Security State” — by Kevin Gosztola

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Photo from the White House and in the public domain. (Source)
Editor’s Note: The following is the second in a series of articles on President Joe Biden’s legacy when it comes to press freedom, whistleblowing, and government secrecy. The series began in November and will be published from now until January.
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