The effect of fear on the general population, and the ability of politicians to manipulate that fear to advantage, should not be underestimated as a danger to society… Read More Covid-19 and the Political Utility of Fear
Just weeks before the election, the tech giants unite to block access to incriminating reporting about their preferred candidate… Read More Facebook and Twitter Cross a Line Far More Dangerous Than What They Censor
You have to read between the lines to decipher the perfidious plan… Read More Ursula Von Der Leyen Wants to Push a Unified Digital Identity on All EU-citizens
The media’s indifference to Assange’s trial hints at the fact that it is actually doing very little of the sort of journalism that threatens corporate and state interests and that challenges real power… Read More The US Is Using the Guardian to Justify Jailing Assange for Life. Why Is the Paper So Silent?
American prosecutors want to know the judge’s sources before cooperating in an investigation into whether UC Global gave intelligence services sensitive material on the cyber-activist… Read More US Hinders Spanish Probe Into Alleged CIA Ties to Security Firm That Spied on Assange
The enraged, polarized segments of the population are rapidly consolidating as the political center disintegrates… Read More American Bloodlands
The position the U.S. is taking is that they have jurisdiction all over the world and can pursue criminal charges against any journalist anywhere on the planet, whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not.… Read More U.S. War On Journalism – Assange Fights Extradition In British Show Trial
The complex history of how China and the US once embraced each other should inform how the current showdown is tackled… Read More Think ‘Sanctions’ Will Trouble China? You’re Stuck in the Politics of the Past
It’s time to be our own heroes, because those in charge sure won’t be… Read More We Are On Our Own In The Post-Covid World
The Dutch Parliament has landed in an untenable legislative cul-de-sac with its version of the Copyright Directive.… Read More Dutch Law Proposes a Wholesale Jettisoning of Human Rights Considerations in Copyright Enforcement
Big Tech’s reckoning has finally arrived… Read More The Week Big Tech Lost Power
“Why the huge push for counterterrorism ‘fusion centers,’ the DHS militarizing of police departments, and so on? It was never really about ‘the terrorists.’ It was not even about civil unrest. It was always about this moment, when vast crimes might be uncovered by citizens…”
