A who’s who of the U.K. radical left over the past half century was infiltrated by “spycops,” reports Asa Winstanley, who has personal involvement with this story.
Britain’s Secret Political Police
Category: Human Rights
Biden Continues US Indifference to Palestinian Suffering
James Zogby finds Washington, in the past few weeks, giving Israel the usual green light to behave with impunity.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Poison in Prison
A private food service company “accidentally” sold dog food to feed prisoners mis-marked as “ground beef for tacos.” There was no punishment for the company or its executives.
COVID-19: Head of WHO Calls for Patent Waivers to Halt Pandemic
The chief of the global health agency speaks out against vaccine monopolies.
MLK & Fred Hampton Versus J Edgar Hoover
James DiEugenio tracks the FBI boss and his renegade violence against any sign of a Black Messiah through two current films.
What Mourning the Fragility of US Democracy Gets Wrong
Despite the tradition of presenting itself as exceptional, the country looks a lot like the other struggling democracies, writes Alasdair S. Roberts.
The Filibuster Was Grounded in Slavery & Now Threatens All Life
Today it’s a convenient shield for cowardly senators to avoid going on the record about their opposition to popular legislation, writes Thom Hartmann.
Your Privileges Are Not Universal
Formal democracies retain their constitutions and their laws, their elections and their public hearings – all part of the panoply of modern democracies. They fail, however, to actually listen to the suffering of the people, writes Vijay Prashad.
13 Years Was Too Long for Shell’s Victims in Nigeria
Justice has finally prevailed, writes Donald Pols. But this should have been a clear-cut case.
Chris Hedges: Battling White Supremacy in the Ring
Chris Hedges reviews Gerald Horne’s book, The Bittersweet Science, on racism, racketeering and the political economy of boxing.