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New Research Finds CIA Used Black Americans as Drugs Experiment Guinea Pigs
11 August 2022 @ 2:58 pm
A new study exposes a hitherto wholly unknown dimension of MKULTRA; Black Americans were disproportionately targeted by the CIA.
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Without Palestine, There is No Arab Unity: Why Normalization with Israel Will Fail
10 August 2022 @ 4:27 pm
American politicians, who are constantly angling for quick political victories on behalf of Israel in the Middle East, do not understand or simply do not care that marginalizing Palestine and incorporating Israel into the Arab body politic is not simply unethical but also a major destabilizing factor in an already unstable region.
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“Under a Virtual Siege” – Activists Demand PayPal Offer its Services to Palestinians
10 August 2022 @ 3:03 pm
“You've got this two-pronged effort to both isolate the Palestinians and to normalize and weave the settlers into the international communities, a community of nations. And the problem is that organizations or companies like PayPal, ... unwittingly, are absolutely party to that.” -- Lara Friedman
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Intelligence Services Interference in British Democracy, with Kit Klarenberg
10 August 2022 @ 2:17 pm
Lowkey and Kit Klarenberg examine the evidence of possible interference in the political system to achieve the removal of Boris Johnson from power.
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A New Third Party Just Launched – It’s The Same Washington Rot With A Different Name
9 August 2022 @ 2:31 pm
Finally, xenophobes and war hawks have a party where they can really express themselves. If only there had been other parties doing that before.
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The Growing Movement to Liberate Julian Assange, with John Shipton
8 August 2022 @ 4:43 pm
Watchdog host Lowkey explores the growing movement to free Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and is joined by Assange's father John Shipton, to do so.
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The Intricate Fight For Africa: The Legacy of the Soviet Union vs Western Colonialism
8 August 2022 @ 2:43 pm
Considering the West’s harrowing colonial past, and Russia’s historic association with various liberation movements on the continent, many African states, intelligentsias, and ordinary people are eager to break free from the grip of western hegemony.
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Israeli Company and UN Human Rights Violator Energix Under Scrutiny for Environmental Violations in US
4 August 2022 @ 3:21 pm
In 2020, the UN designated Israeli company Energix as a violator of human rights, today the company is rapidly expanding into the United States.
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Major Mask Maker 3M Found To Have Harmed 200,000 Troops
4 August 2022 @ 2:08 pm
3M (Aearo) gave the troops earplugs that they knew failed to plug the ear — which is, like, their one job. So 160,000 former troops have hearing loss or tinnitus.
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Why Resistance Matters: Palestinians are Challenging Israel’s Unilateralism, Dominance
3 August 2022 @ 4:12 pm
Israeli politics has historically been predicated on the need for further colonialism, strengthening the Jewish identity of the state at the expense of Palestinians, and the constant quest for war. Recent events suggest that these factors are no longer controlled by Israel alone.
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