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Tag Archives: Daniel Ellsberg
A Land Uncharted: the Persecution of Julian Assange
By Kenn Orphan Source: CounterPunch “The freedom of the press is not safe. It’s over. And I think our republic is in its last days, because unauthorized disclosures of this kind are the lifeblood of a republic.” – Daniel Ellsberg The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war
Tagged Authoritarianism, Chelsea Manning, Daniel Ellsberg, Democratic Party, empire, fascism, geopolitics, Hillary Clinton, imperialism, Internet Freedom, Julian Assange, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, police state, press freedom, surveillance state, war, war crimes, whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
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Julian Assange’s life is in danger
By Eric London Source: WSWS.org Following Thursday’s arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, the governments of the US, Britain and Ecuador are engaged in a conspiracy to facilitate the whistleblower’s extraordinary rendition to the US. Julian Assange’s life … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, internet freedom, Law, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war
Tagged Britain, Charles Schumer, Chelsea Manning, civil liberties, corporate media, Daniel Ellsberg, Ecuador, empire, free speech, geopolitics, imperialism, Internet Freedom, Joe Manchin, Journalism, Julian Assange, MSM, press freedom, The Espionage Act, US Department of Justice, whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
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Book Review: The Doomsday Machine
By Alex Cox Source: Lobster Magazine Until recently I only knew Daniel Ellsberg as the whistleblower who made the Pentagon Papers public, and for his peace campaigning over the years. I had no idea that prior to releasing a trove … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, media, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, society, State Crime, Technology, war
Tagged Alex Cox, Daniel Ellsberg, NATO, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, RAND, Russia, SIOP, Strategic Air Command, The Doomsday Machine, World War 3
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Our Protected, Predatory Oligarchy: Dirty Secrets, Dirty Lies
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds If you want to understand why the status quo is unraveling, start by examining the feudal structure of our society, politics and economy. The revelations coming to light about Hollywood Oligarch Harvey … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Empire, History, Inequality, Law, media, news, propaganda, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime, Whistleblowers
Tagged Bill Clinton, Corruption, Daniel Ellsberg, Establishment, George Orwell, Harvey Weinstein, hollywood, Injustice, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Power Elites, propaganda, Serfs, Status Quo
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The Misguided ‘Vault 7’ Whodunit
By Jesselyn Radack Source: Expose Facts It is the leakiest of times in the Executive Branch. Last week, Wikileaks published a massive and, by all accounts genuine, trove of documents revealing that the CIA has been stockpiling, and lost control … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Hackers, History, media, news, NSA, propaganda, Social Control, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology, Whistleblowers
Tagged Apple, Chelsea Manning, CIA, Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, Espionage Act, Google, hacking, John Kiriakou, Julian Assange, Michael V. Haden, NSA, Samsung, Smartphones, surveillance state, Thomas Drake, Vault 7, whisteblowers, WikiLeaks
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