Whitney Webb on how mass surveillance and the military industrial complex are beginning to coalesce in unprecedented ways under the Trump Administration.
Hedges Report: Construction of the Surveillance State
Category: Commentary
Jonathan Cook: A Tale of Two Chants
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wanted punk band Bob Vylan prosecuted for chanting “Death to the IDF!” Now he’s bullying police to let Israeli football thugs into the U.K. to chant “Death to the Arabs!”
Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Trump
Democrats may be denouncing the current assaults on social programs, writes Norman Solomon. But three decades ago Bill Clinton’s embrace of the private sector began clearing the path for Trump’s wrecking crew.
‘No Kings’ & the Lure of Spectacle
The anti-Trump demonstration was a classic astroturf operation organized by Democratic Party operatives, writes Margaret Kimberley. Real political action is different.
Due Process & Trump-Ordered Murder
After a hitch in the administration’s speedboat-killing operations, there are now living plaintiffs with standing to challenge the president’s authority, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Patrick Lawrence: Against Chutzpah
The Israeli prison guards who tormented Greta Thunberg and her colleagues on the Global Sumud Flotilla knew the world was watching and wanted the world to watch.
WATCH: All Eyes on Gaza
As part of his Australia tour, Chris Hedges joined Antoinette Lattouf & Ahmed Alabadla in Sydney to discuss the media, genocide and Western complicity.
Craig Murray: 36-Minute Trials & No Jury
Watching 2,000 upstanding citizens, most of them elderly and many infirm, hustled through this mass-injustice process will be a defining moment in the U.K.’s headlong slide into fascism.
Chris Hedges: The Speech a Press Club Banned
The National Press Club of Australia in Canberra canceled an engagement with journalist Chris Hedges after it was announced on its website. Hedges delivered the banned speech on Monday in Sydney.
Trump Admits Complicity in Genocide
In his speech to the Knesset, Trump told Netanyahu: “We make the best weapons in the world, and we’ve got a lot of them. And we’ve given a lot to Israel … [And] you used them well,” writes Marjorie Cohn.