Source : IRIS, Jean de Gliniasty, 17-01-2020

Source : Independent, Robert Fisk, 12-12-2019

Dans un troisième clip exclusif de This Is Not A Movie, un film documentaire de Yung Chang sur le reportage à l’étranger de Robert Fisk, Robert décrit son arrivée sur les lieux d’un horrible massacre

Source : ACRIMED, Mathias Reymond, 20-01-2020

I have no idea why four tweet threads concerning the Alfalfa Club were deemed “unavailable” by Twitter when we checked on Sunday. On Saturday, the club held its famous dinner in Washington, DC. 

It turns out there is no link with bat soup in the first case of coronavirus in China, scientists revealed.

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LONDON — Ricky, Ricky, Ricky (Gervais), what have you done? You crazy, mixed-up comedy kid (aged 58). I love your work, dude. The Office, Extras,and After Life are innovative comedy gold in the Larry David class, but your edgy Golden Globe monologue roasting Hollywood pieties has been reverse-engineered into a monster on social media.

In this super-charged political environment, imagine a group of 30 people with — at times widely — different views coming together to discuss politics. Imagine further that they have been given the means and opportunities to attack each other over those viewpoints, and that they are all competing for one job. Finally, and this might seem like the biggest stretch, imagine that all of them refrain from doing so and are staying entirely civil. Sounds impossible?  

Source : Les Crises, Denis Alland, 20-01-2020

Selon la déclaration du Secrétaire d’Etat Mike Pompeo au sujet des colonies israéliennes en Cisjordanie, du moment qu’elles sont jugées en dehors de toute référence au droit international, elles peuvent être considérées comme « non incompatibles » avec celui-ci…

Le professeur Denis Alland est professeur en Droit Public à l’Université Paris 2 – Assas

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Source : Là-bas si j’y suis, Noam Chomsky, 25-07-2019

À 90 ans, Noam Chomsky garde toute la lucidité et la puissance de son regard sur l’histoire immédiate aux États-Unis comme dans « le reste du monde ». À l’heure où la France s’enfonce et s’étouffe dans son nombril, il nous semble nécessaire et même urgent de comprendre ce qu’il se passe ailleurs sur notre planète.

This story can’t get any stranger!

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Reading Time: < 1minute While the media has, rightly, been very vocal about press restrictions during President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, it has been much more quiet about Brazil’s recent efforts to silence Glenn Greenwald.

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A moment to behold in American politics. https://t.co/lRpl5Hgi7E

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) January 25, 2020

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The term “wag the dog” was made popular by the iconic 1997 movie of that name. It describes the practice of a country’s leader distracting the public from their political troubles by going to war.

Seems like every minute of every day someone or something is either trying to get you — or get into you. 

Source : Arte, Youtube, 23-09- 2019

En dehors de Wall Street, qui connaît BlackRock, le plus puissant gestionnaire d’actifs de la planète ? Enquête sur un acteur discret mais influent de la vie économique et politique mondiale.

Source : Thinkerview, Youtube, 07-01-2019

Source : Thinkerview, Youtube, 07-01-2019

Source : Deutsche Welle, 17-12-2019

L’initiative des législateurs américains fait partie d’un effort pour contrer l’influence russe en Europe, mais les législateurs européens ont déclaré que les États-Unis devraient s’occuper de leurs propres affaires.

Source : Global Climat, Johan Lorck, 23-01-2020

Le Protocole de Montréal, un accord international signé en 1987 pour empêcher les chlorofluorocarbones (CFC) de détruire la couche d’ozone, a peut-être été le premier traité international à ralentir le réchauffement climatique.

People in 43 US Cities Are Drinking Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Their Tap Water, Tests Show (Chris)

From BuzzFeed News: “[Environmental Working Group study co-author Sydney] Evans said the group was surprised to see the chemicals turn up in cities as varied as Miami, New Orleans, and Philadelphia.

Iraq’s parliament voted last month to expel the U.S. troops who have been occupying the country for nearly twenty years. However, the United States government has refused to comply with the order and has threatened harsh sanctions if they are forced to leave.

Today, President Donald Trump, in the middle of an impeachment trial, is defending his own political “right to life.” He addressed abortion protesters at their annual “March for  Life” event in Washington, becoming the first president to do so in person. 

In the latest major revelation contradicting the White House and Pentagon significantly downplayed casualty count regarding the Jan.8 Iranian ballistic missile attack on Ayn al-Asad airbase in Iraq, The New York Times is reporting that a total of 34 American soldiers have been diagnosed with serious head injuries ranging from concussion to traumatic brain injury.

The Wuhan coronavirus—now called 2019-nCoV—is spreading rapidly at an alarming rate. There are an estimated 900 cases and 26 deaths in China alone in addition to confirmed patients in at least 9 countries with several potential cases inside the United States.

46 million people in China are now under quarantine!

The post Whoa! Chinese Virus Spread Quickly And Joe Rogan Jumped On The Bernie Wagon? appeared first on We Are Change.

No Palestinian leadership would accept such a plan. But that’s not the point.

Charges dropped after demand factory disclose arms ties to Israeli military.

Violating resolution, human rights chief keeps settlement database buried.

Gary Sick was there when the US-Iran relationship quite literally blew up.

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Source : Russia Today France, Interdit d’Interdire, 22-01-2019

Frédéric Taddeï reçoit :

– Bruno Pomart, ancien policier du Raid

– Thibault de Montbrial, avocat au Barreau de Paris, président du centre de réflexion sur la sécurité intérieure et membre du conseil scientifique de l’école de guerre

Source : Bloomberg, Anurag Kotoky, 28-12-2019

Logiciel utilisé lors du rassemblement de Modi pour identifier les manifestants réguliers

Initialement la police avait acquis cet outil pour retrouver les enfants disparus

Source : The News York Times, Comité de Rédaction, 21-12-2019

C’est un crime fédéral d’ouvrir un courrier indésirable qui est adressé à quelqu’un d’autre. Écouter la ligne téléphonique de quelqu’un d’autre sans une ordonnance de la cour peut aussi être un crime fédéral.

Source : The Times of Israel, Sam Sokol, 02-01-2020

Les ambassadeurs des deux pays dénoncent la glorification des nationalistes ukrainiens du temps de guerre « qui ont encouragé… le nettoyage ethnique » des Juifs et des Polonais

Welcome back to the 20s!

The post The Important Things You Should Know About China’s Deadly Coronavirus appeared first on We Are Change.

Inside Hundreds of Surveillance Experiments Along the US-Mexico Border (Chris)

The author writes, “Dozens of defense contractors are testing out new surveillance technologies along the US-Mexico border. By examining thousands of broadcast licenses filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the scale of this activity comes into view.

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late suspected double spy Robert Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein’s accused madam, has reportedly been hacked.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Maxwell maintained a secret email server and failed to secure it.

'Rainbow Over Kolonaki' follows Talinka's acclaimed 2017 debut. The band defies boundaries, creating a natural continuum between folk, jazz, tango and early music. The unusual choice of instruments and combination of personalities create an amalgam of past and present, East and West…

Yet another dangerous incident has played out between American and Russian forces operating in Syria in what appears a series of standoffs near key oil installations since Saturday. “This is the third incident that occurred within a week,” one local reporter told VOA in an alarming report.

The United Nations on Wednesday called for a far-reaching investigation into allegations that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hacked Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s cell phone, enabling him to extract data from the device and potentially blackmail Bezos.

French president claims it is racist to oppose Israel’s racist state ideology.

Times are good for Garrett Camp. Even though Uber, the company he co-founded, has yet to turn a profit, he bought a Beverly Hills mansion for over $70 million last July, beating the previous home sales record in Los Angeles’s wealthiest neighborhood.

Source : Truthdig, Chris Hedges, 15-12-2019

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Source : Consortium News, As`ad AbuKhalil, 18-12-2019

Un démocrate à la Maison Blanche pourrait facilement engager les États-Unis dans plus de conflits et de guerres régionales, écrit As`ad AbuKhalil.

Source : Consortium News, Arnold R. Isaacs, 06-12-2019

Arnold R. Isaacs rend compte d’un symposium organisé par le Commandement des opérations spéciales des États-Unis sur un sujet qui demeure controversé au sein de l’armée, mais qui commence à être reconnu.

Source : The Times of Israel, Efraim Zuroff, 06-12-2019

Notre livre sur la politique de la Lituanie visant à minimiser ses atrocités et sa complicité dans l’Holocauste a inspiré une œuvre spectaculaire de critique sociale

D’après la pièce de théâtre basée sur notre livre, Mūsiškiai. (Arvydas Gudas)

A stunning new report on global inequality shows that the world’s 2,153 billionaires have now amassed more wealth than half the planet’s population. 

Nixon-era commerce secretary and Watergate figure Maurice Stans never knew it, but he provided the Republican senators now trying President Donald Trump with what we might call an operating principle: “I don’t want to know, and you don’t want to know.”  

Israeli prime minister using Holocaust conference to recruit world leaders in its campaign against the court.

What the hell is going on?!

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Reports: Flooding Risks Could Devalue Florida Real Estate (Reader Steve)

The author writes, “Flooding due to climate change-related sea level rising, the erosion of natural barriers and long-periods of rain pose substantial economic risks to Florida, particularly to the value of South Florida real estate, according to two new reports released last wee

Aziz Maraka sharply criticized for concert in Palestinian town in Israel.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, accusing the former Secretary of State of defamation for remarks characterizing the Democratic presidential candidate as a Russian asset.

After years of being neglected as an issue, election integrity is finally being covered by major media outlets and, therefore, is on the minds of voters. In light of the growing assault on voting rights and democracy ahead of this year’s election, this awareness is crucial.

Source : Street Press, Christophe-Cécil Garnier, 21-01-2020

Photos, vidéos, messageries (même chiffrées), géoloc… Que vous le vouliez ou non, bientôt les policiers et gendarmes pourront fouiller votre téléphone pendant les gardes à vue. Enquête sur un système de surveillance à la frontière de la légalité.

Source : Consortium News, Joe Lauria, 02-01-2020

Les craintes d’une guerre majeure au Moyen-Orient ont explosé jeudi soir avec l’assassinat par les États-Unis du deuxième homme sans doute le plus puissant d’Iran.

L’assassinat par les États-Unis du commandant du Corps des gardiens de la révolution iraniens, le général Qassim Soleimani, à l’aéroport de Bagdad, jeudi soir, a accru les craintes qu’une guerre de grande ampleur entre l’Iran et les États-Unis n’éclate au Moyen-Orient.

Source : Tribune de Genève, Christophe Bourdoiseau, 22-09-2019

Les bas salaires progressent fortement en Allemagne. Plus d’un retraité sur cinq vivra sous le seuil de pauvreté dans 20 ans

«Les retraités sont de plus en plus nombreux à venir chez nous», déplore la directrice de la soupe populaire de Berlin.

Journalist Glenn Greenwald has been charged by the Bolsonaro government in Brazil with the same prosecutorial angle used by the US to target WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Per The New York Times:

Citing intercepted messages between Mr. Greenwald and the hackers, prosecutors say the journalist played a “clear role in facilitating the commission of a crime.”

After months of teasing the public about the possibility of a last-minute presidential run – or emerging as the Democratic Party’s would-be savior during a brokered convention – Hillary Clinton must have finally decided that politics isn’t her game.

RICHMOND — The thousands of gun rights activists who filled Virginia’s state capitol grounds on Monday describe themselves as “Second Amendment patriots” eager to defend democracy.

Education is compulsory and a right, but thousands of children do not attend school.

The FBI shamefully took to Twitter Monday with a message that aimed to honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Critics urged the FBI to “sit this one out,” pointing to its history of spying on civil rights leader and trying to convince MLK to kill himself.

ICE, Judges Deny Protections for Disabled Immigrants in Custody (Reader Steve)

The author writes, “Lawyers representing undocumented immigrants detained by ICE allege that courts and government authorities under the Trump administration are not complying with a federal court order that protects mentally disabled immigrants in California, Arizona and W

Even from afar, the fires and resulting devastation in Australia seem incomprehensible. But the pictures and videos we see pale in comparison to what it is like on the ground. 

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Document places anti-racist and environmental groups on list alongside Nazis.

Nous sommes heureux de vous présenter aujourd’hui la deuxième vidéo de notre série documentaire« UkraineGate – Des faits qui dérangent ».

Notre enquête a débuté au printemps 2019. Elle traite du conflit entre Joe Biden et Donald Trump, qui vient de conduire ce dernier devant le Sénat pour un procès en destitution. La presse française en ayant peu parlé, et la presse américaine en ayant mal parlé, nous apportons ainsi notre pierre à la recherche de la vérité sur les agissements de l’administration Obama.

After major protests hit multiple cities across Iran in November following a drastic government slash in gasoline subsidies which quickly turned anti-regime, broad internet outages were reported — some lasting as long as a week or more nationwide — following Tehran authorities ordering the blockage of external access.

A leading Arabic-language newspaper in Kuwait reported yesterday that 16 US servicemen were transferred to a US military hospital in Kuwait following Iran’s retaliatory missile attack against the Ain Al-Assad Air Base in Iraq earlier this month. Some of the casualties were suffering from severe burns and others had shrapnel wounds. The Iranian air strikes targeted two sites in response to the US assassination of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on 3 January.

A few Oklahoma state senators want to offer residents “Make America Great Again”-themed license plates, a move that could violate campaign finance laws. Welcome to 2020… it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Israeli court throws shield of secrecy over Amnesty lawsuit.