The designation of the amorphous group antifa as a terrorist organization allows the state to brand all dissidents as supporters of antifa and prosecute them as terrorists.
Hedges Report: We Are All Antifa Now
Category: Terrorism
U.S. Senators Try to Stop Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean
“President Trump has no legal authority to launch strikes or use military force in the Caribbean or elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere,” said Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia.
Hedges Report: Israel, Kirk, & the Coming Repression
Max Blumenthal provides important context on Charlie Kirk’s changing relationship with Israel and tension within the Trump administration in the lead up to his assassination, and discusses the political impact of his death.
9/11 Suit Against Saudi Arabia Can Go to Trial
Information uncovered by plaintiffs undermined F.B.I.’s conclusion that two U.S.-based Saudi officials “unwittingly” helped al-Qaeda hijackers.
Caitlin Johnstone: 21 Questions About Australian Claim of Iran Orchestrating Anti-Semitic Attacks
It’s hard to see how orchestrating anti-Semitic attacks in Australia would advance Iranian interests more than the interests of some other state, like, say, just for example, Israel.
Jonathan Cook: The BBC Helped Kill Anas Al-Sharif
The media are legitimising Israel’s murder of journalists — and they are doing it because they are racist propagandists for a system of Western colonial control in the Middle East.
Craig Murray: Malicious Mischief
The Starmer regime’s failure to defend the Handala along with the mistreatment of the Leonardo 3 in Scotland are both examples of a diseased doctrine of unquestioning U.K. support of Israel.
How Palestine Action Was Banned
The discrepancy between Home Office press briefings and official intelligence reports on the direct-action group raises the prospect of a state-linked disinformation campaign, writes John McEvoy.
American Authoritarianism
Torture, rotating judges and prosecutors and incarceration for a generation without charges or trial are all hallmarks of an authoritarian government, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
UK Media Peddled Iran ‘Link’ to Palestine Action
The Home Office briefed The Times that the direct-action group could be funded by Iran, and then U.K. media kicked into action spreading the story, Mark Curtis reports.