Tag: WorldNews

The legal team representing high-powered insurers Lloyd’s and Arch says that since the Nord Stream explosions were “more likely than not to have been inflicted by… a government,” they have no responsibility to pay for damages to the pipelines. To succeed with that defense, the companies will presumably be compelled to prove, in court, who carried out those attacks.  British insurers are arguing that they have no obligation to honor their coverage of the Nord Stream pipelines, which were blown […] The post UK insurers refuse to pay Nord Stream because blasts were ‘government’ backed first appeared on The Grayzone. The post UK insurers refuse to pay Nord Stream because blasts were ‘government’ backed appeared first on

The notoriously intelligence-friendly social media network appears to have imposed a ban on posting a recent report by Kit Klarenberg, and is automatically restricting users who re-publish his work. Multiple Facebook users have reported being banned, or having their posts censored, after sharing an investigation by The Grayzone’s Kit Klarenberg into CIA and MI6 involvement in the creation of ISIS. Readers who post links to the piece on the social network find themselves frozen out of their accounts, on the […] The post Facebook designates Grayzone journalist Kit Klarenberg a ‘dangerous individual’ first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Facebook designates Grayzone journalist Kit Klarenberg a ‘dangerous individual’ appeared first on

Nicaraguan lawyer and diplomat Carlos Argüello Gómez speaks to The Grayzone about his case against the German government for its facilitation of Israel’s genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip, its potentially historic implications, and its similarities to the successful case he argued for the ICJ in 1986 which brought massive penalties against the United States for its illegal dirty war on Nicaragua at the time. A full transcript follows.   Max Blumenthal: Why did Nicaragua feel compelled to bring this […] The post VIDEO: Nicaragua takes on Germany over Gaza genocide- an interview with Carlos Argüello Gómez first appeared on The Grayzone. The post VIDEO: Nicaragua takes on Germany over Gaza genocide- an interview

Jeremy Loffredo visits the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, where a community of Armenian Christians dating back to the 4th century face displacement at the hands of a shadowy Israeli corporation called Xana Capital and the violent settlers it uses as hired muscle. The post VIDEO: Armenian Christians under siege by Israel first appeared on The Grayzone. The post VIDEO: Armenian Christians under siege by Israel appeared first on The Grayzone.

A uniquely Ukrainian strain of Neo-Nazism is spreading throughout Europe, which openly advocates violence against minorities while seeking new recruits. With Kiev’s army collapsing and a narrative of Western betrayal gaining currency, the horror inflicted on residents of Donbas for a decade could very soon be coming to a city near you. Centuria, an ultra-violent Ukrainian Neo-Nazi faction, has cemented itself in six cities across Germany, and is seeking to expand its local presence. According to Junge Welt, a Berlin-based […] The post Meet Centuria, Ukraine’s Western-trained neo-Nazi army first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Meet Centuria, Ukraine’s Western-trained neo-Nazi army appeared first on The Grayz

After years of accusing Russia of using food as a weapon in its conflict with Ukraine, State Department “culinary ambassador” José Andrés is working with the Israeli government to supplant UNRWA as the main supplier of aid to northern Gaza. State Department-linked Spanish celebrity chef José Andrés has emerged as the US government’s preferred conduit for aid to enter Gaza, following the Biden administration’s decision to suspend funding to the enclave’s main supplier of food, aid and education, the UNRWA. […] The post US State Dept’s favorite celebrity chef builds Gaza aid dock with stolen rubble first appeared on The Grayzone. The post US State Dept’s favorite celebrity chef builds Gaza aid dock with stolen rubble appeared fir

Cochav Elkayam-Levy, the Israeli lawyer at the center of the campaign accusing Hamas of systematic sexual violence on October 7, now stands accused by Israeli media of scamming donors and spreading misinformation. The allegations appeared just days after Elkayam-Levy received the prestigious Israel Prize. As the founder of the so-called Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children, Israel lawyer Cochav Elkayam Levy has been a go-to source for Western media organizations pushing the narrative that […] The post Israeli propagandist behind Hamas ‘mass rape’ narrative exposed as grifter, fraud first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Israeli propagandist behind Hamas ‘mass rape’ narrative exposed as grifter, f

Top secret papers reviewed by The Grayzone reveal Tony Blair demanded strikes on civilian targets in Yugoslavia days before NATO attacked them. While the UK military acknowledged a NATO strike on Hotel Jugoslavia would mean inflicting “some civilian casualties,” it insisted the deaths were “worth the cost.” Declassified British Ministry of Defence (MOD) files reviewed by The Grayzone reveal that officials in London conspired to embroil US troops in a secret plan to occupy Yugoslavia and “topple” President Slobodan Milosevic […] The post Kosovo War at 25: Blair’s secret invasion plot to ‘topple Milosevic’ revealed first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Kosovo War at 25: Blair’s secret invasion plot to ‘topple Mil

A week from the 13th anniversary of the US-backed Syrian dirty war, the American Coalition for Syria held its annual day of advocacy in Washington DC. I went undercover into meetings with Senate policy advisors and witnessed the lobby’s cynical campaign to starve Syria into submission. On the morning of March 7, as the US Capitol teemed with lobbyists securing earmarks ahead of appropriations week and activists decrying the Gaza genocide, one special interest group on the Hill stood out. […] The post Inside the anti-Syria lobby’s Capitol Hill push for more starvation sanctions first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Inside the anti-Syria lobby’s Capitol Hill push for more starvation sanctions appeared first on

Following years of pressure from Israel lobbyists and British spooks, I was finally banned by Twitter/X. What does my removal say about Elon Musk, who flaunts his opposition to censorship, while promising to build an “everything app” where you could lose access to banking and messaging for violating dubious speech codes?  On February 17, I was suspended from Twitter/X without warning. The cause was mass-reporting by Zionist activists I’d offended. My removal was justified on the basis that I violated […] The post I was banned from Elon’s ‘free speech’ X app for offending power first appeared on The Grayzone. The post I was banned from Elon’s ‘free speech’ X app for offending power appeared first on

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Columbia law professor David Pozen recalls the controversy provoked by early anti-drug laws and the hope inspired by subsequent legal assaults on prohibition.

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Did Elizabeth Warren help cause hundreds of layoffs in Massachusetts?

London's Metropolitan Police Service has apologized for threatening to arrest a Jewish man at a pro-Palestinian protest. Video showed police officers telling Gideon Falter that his "quite openly Jewish" appearance risked provoking the protesters and threatening to arrest him for "causing a breach of the peace" if he didn't leave the area. After the video…

Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney. Read more in this piece at ScotusBlog by Ronald Mann. The question concerns the standard for injunctions sought by the NLRB. Here is a note from the forthcoming edition of Ames, Chafee, and Re on Remedies, my casebook with Emily Sherwin: NOTE ON…

The Eighth Amendment provides little, if any, protection for the homeless. But courts can help them by striking down exclusionary zoning, which is the major cause of housing shortages that lead to homelessness.

From the Daily Caller: Biden is set to travel to the city on Thursday to promote the CHIPS and Science Act and announce a grant delivered by the legislation, according to CNY Central News. The president opted not to delay the trip following the loss Syracuse Police Officer Michael Jensen and Onondaga County Lt. Sheriff's Deputy Michael…

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Angela Prichard was murdered after Bellevue police officers repeatedly refused to enforce a restraining order against her abusive husband.