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Facebook isn’t the only Silicon Valley firm with partisan oversight of what we see: the bipartisan billionaire class and their security state have partnered with tech firms since the dawn of the internet to control the parameters of users’ thinking. by Morgan Artyukhina  Part 7 - FireEye and DRFL FireEye isn’t just some well-meaning cybersecurity startup, though: since 2009, FireEye has collected venture capital funding from In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s investment arm. In a statement at the time, In-Q-Tel said it would maintain a “ strategic partnership ” with FireEye, calling it a “ critical addition to our strategic investment portfolio for security technologies .” Started as In-Q-It in 1999 with CIA seed money, In-Q-Tel’s investment has poured money into firms judged useful to the U.S. intelligence service, such as the failing company Keyhole, which it bought in 2003. Spun off from a video game outfit, Keyhole aimed to stitch together satellite images and aerial photographs of

Αλέξανδρος Ζέρβας Μέρος 3ο - «Συνταγή νίκης» η ριζοσπαστική ατζέντα Την ίδια στιγμή όμως φαίνεται πως στα χρόνια που μεσολάβησαν όλο περισσότεροι ήταν εκείνοι που φαίνεται πως συνειδητοποίησαν πως η πολιτική ατζέντα Σάντερς μπορεί να εγγυηθεί τη νίκη επί του Τραμπ σε πολύ μεγαλύτερο βαθμό από εκείνη των ανθυποψηφίων του στο Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα. Δεν πρέπει να ξεχνάμε πως μιλάμε για μια κοινωνία, όπου πάνω από τους μισούς πολίτες βρίσκονται ενώπιον του φάσματος της ακραίας φτώχειας, των διακρίσεων, της εργασιακής επισφάλειας αλλά και μεγάλων οικονομικών ανισοτήτων.   Με τα εν λόγω φαινόμενα να έχουν διογκωθεί έτι περαιτέρω κατά τη διάρκεια της διακυβέρνησης Τραμπ αιτήματα όπως η φορολόγηση του μεγάλου πλούτου, η διαγραφή μεγάλου μέρους των φοιτητικών δανείων, η επαναφορά της δωρεάν υγειονομικής κάλυψης, η ισχυροποίηση του κοινωνικού κράτους και η προώθηση του «Green Deal» ως νέου μοντέλου βιώσιμης ανάπτυξης μοιάζουν πιο επίκαιρα από ποτέ. Αυτός είναι κι ο λόγος που ο

In testimony before the United Nations Security Council, former OPCW inspection team leader and engineering expert Ian Henderson stated that their investigation in Douma, Syria suggested no chemical attack took place. But their findings were suppressed. by Ben Norton Part 1 A former lead investigator from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has spoken out at the United Nations, stating in no uncertain terms that the scientific evidence suggests there was no gas attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018. The dissenter, Ian Henderson, worked for 12 years at the international watchdog organization, serving as an inspection team leader and engineering expert. Among his most consequential jobs was assisting the international body’s fact-finding mission (FFM) on the ground in Douma. He told a UN Security Council session convened on January 20 by Russia’s delegation that OPCW management had rejected his group’s scientific research, dismissed the team, a

" We don't have a Left party in the United States. The Democratic Party is not a Left party, " the congresswoman said. " The Democratic Party is a center, or a center-conservative, party. " Dear Americans, the Democratic Party as well as the Republican, are purely neoliberal. The Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton have nothing to do with the Left! https://failedevolution.blogspot.com/2016/11/dear-americans-democratic-party-is.html

Brexiteers' puppet Boris Johnson pushes the endo-capitalist war to its limits As Boris Johnson unleashes ultimate threat against Bremain capitalist faction, the British working class is suddenly in front of a unique opportunity Anti-Brexit neoliberal propaganda reaches ridiculous levels, becomes an indirect threat   Mysterious suspect for possible involvement in 9/11 attacks missed and forgotten  Tucker Carlson accidentally promotes one of the most anti-capitalist, real-Left positions! Greece is about to become the blueprint for modern feudalism Bernie disappoints again due to his neocon/Trump position on Venezuela Another false flag operation? The neocon cabal wants to make sure that Trump will stay on the track for war with Iran in his second term Saudis were pushing the US to provide assistance for their military campaigns in Yemen at least since 2009

The sustained protests are part of a larger trend against austerity and endless war. by Justin Podur The protests that started with the national strike called by Colombia's central union on November 21 to protest pension reforms and the broken promises of the peace accords have persisted for two months and grown into a protest against the whole establishment. And the protests have continued into the new year and show no signs of stopping. The end of the decade has seemed to bring an unstoppable march of the right wing in Latin America as elsewhere. The 2016 coup in Brazil that ended with fascist Jair Bolsonaro in power, the 2019 coup in Bolivia, the continuously rolling coup in Venezuela, all showcased the ruthlessness of the U.S. in disposing of left-wing governments in the region.  Right-wing victories at the ballot box occurred in Chile in 2017 and in Colombia in 2018, where the electorate rejected the left-wing Gustavo Petro and embraced Iván Duque, a protege o

On Tuesday, a federal prosecutor in Brazil announced a denunciation of American journalist and Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald related to his work on a series of stories published on The Intercept and The Intercept Brasil .  The denunciation is a criminal complaint that would open the door to further judicial proceedings. It alleges that Greenwald “ directly assisted, encouraged and guided ” individuals who reportedly obtained access to online chats used by prosecutors and others involved in Operation Car Wash, a yearslong, sprawling anti-corruption investigation that roiled Brazilian politics. The denunciation will now go before a judge who can approve or deny the request for charges. The Intercept and Greenwald both released statements Tuesday decrying the federal prosecutor’s accusation as an attack on Brazil’s free press in line with recent abuses by the government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.  Abuses committed by Justice Minister Sergio Moro when h

Wednesday, January 22 marks the day that Jeanine Añez is set to stand down as “interim” President of Bolivia, beginning the process for fresh elections set for May 3. Añez came to power in November, following a U.S.-backed coup that deposed the Movement to Socialism’s (MAS) Evo Morales. However, she is certainly not acting as if she intends to relinquish her power, let alone move towards new elections. Instead, she has sent the military, replete with tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, into the capital cities of all nine departments of the country. MintPress News ’ Ollie Vargas was on the scene in the center of the capital La Paz, where he filmed hundreds of armed soldiers performing drills outside the Cathedral of St. Francis and dozens of military vehicles circling the city, sirens on and guns drawn. “ The purpose of that is to intimidate people ahead of possible protests against the coup on the 22nd of January…This was a show of force saying you are not going to be abl

by George Galloway Part 1 Whoever replaces outgoing BBC Director General Tony Hall, be sure that establishment interests will be in safe hands. But multiple scandals the broadcaster has been involved in damaged it quite possibly beyond repair. The next director general of the BBC will be formally appointed by Sir David Clementi, educated at Winchester, Oxford and Harvard, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, chair of insurance giant Prudential, a former director of Rio Tinto Zinc, chair of Virgin Money and CEO of Kleinwort Benson. His grandfather was the governor of Hong Kong. Be sure then that the interests of the establishment are in safe hands. But in truth, the new DG will be picked by another public-school Eton-and-Oxford blue-blood, Boris Johnson. For the BBC is a “state broadcaster,” just as much as the other “state broadcasters” in the world at whom they like to look down their noses. The government of the day appoints the guiding hands at the BBC who

Brazil’s extreme Bolsonaro government backed an attack on Venezuela in a plot to overthrow its elected president. The shocking terror operation has received no coverage in mainstream US media. by Ben Norton Part 2 - Trilogy: 3 planned attacks on Venezuela, with help from foreign countries With the support of neighboring right-wing countries, Venezuelan military defectors planned to launch three military uprisings against the Venezuelan government on or around Christmas Eve, according to O Globo . The official name of the operation was Trilogia (Trilogy). One attack targeted Venezuela’s Bolívar state on the southeastern border with Brazil; a second attack was planned as an amphibious invasion; and a third was to take place near Colombia’s border. Two of these three planned attacks failed, as only one of the groups carried out the orders as planned. Brazil-backed insurgents crossed into Venezuelan territory and, on December 22, attacked the 513 Selva Mariano Montilla i