2022-02-11: News Headlines

NAT (2022-02-11). Barret Brown on Greenwald and the Intelligence Oligarchy. indybay.org Barret's live Twitter statements about Glenn Greenwald and his conenctions to his work exposing the capture of the public media environment by state and private intelligence and defence industries, as well as fascist social movements.

Revolution Books (2022-02-11). Wednesday 2/16: Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement— We REFUSE to Let the Supreme Court Decimate Abort. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…

The Global Research Team (2022-02-10). Know Your Truth and Stand for It. Let Global Research Help You. globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 crisis has tightened the noose on truth-tellers. Ongoing developments on COVID mandates reinforce the interplay between the Deep State and the Global Elite which dictates the global COVID narrative under the guise of fact-checking. | Independent voices are the …

Ann Brown (2022-02-10). Scholar Gerald Horne Claims Obama's Father Was CIA Asset In Africa. moguldom.com Was former President Barack Obama's father an asset in Africa for the Central Intelligence Agency? Scholar Gerald Horne says the Kenyan-born, U.S.-educated Barack Hussein Obama Sr. did indeed work for the CIA. Dr. Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. He is the author of 17 …

Gerald Horne (2022-02-10). Barack Obama's father identified as CIA asset in U.S. drive to "recolonize" Africa during early days of the Cold War. mronline.org Over the last decade, the U.S. has been quietly expanding its covert intelligence empire in Africa as part of a growing geopolitical rivalry with China.

Alejandro Agustin Ortiz (2022-02-10). The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You've Probably Never Heard Of. aclu.org Over 100 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a series of rulings known as the Insular Cases that still prevent millions of people — overwhelmingly, people of color — from accessing certain constitutional rights and protections. These rulings continue to uphold systemic racism today. | In the Insular Cases, the Supreme Court spoke to whether, and to what extent, the rights and protections guaranteed by the Constitution applied to residents in the then-new territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. In this string of cases decided from 1901 to 1922, the court described the territories…

Ali Abunimah (2022-02-10). Benny Gantz war crimes case will go to Dutch supreme court. electronicintifada.net Ismail Ziada is seeking justice for family members killed in Israel's 2014 attack on Gaza.

Sameena Rahman (2022-02-10). Supreme Court OKs Alabama state government plot against Black voters. liberationnews.org With a slew of high-profile cases the Supreme Court is slated to hear this year, it is increasingly clear that the rightwing justices will use every opportunity to take away key rights won by mass movements and move us backwards to greater inequality.

sputniknews (2022-02-10). How Sarah Palin May Save Defamation Law. sputniknews.com How easy should it be to sue a newspaper or any news outlet for defamation? Thanks to a 1964 Supreme Court decision and the proliferation of constitutionally-dubious "anti-SLAPP" laws, it's virtually impossible for someone who accuses a media company of lying about them to get a trial, much less win a damage award.

Karina Huber (2022-02-10). U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenges to college affirmative action. america.cgtn.com The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced it would hear two cases challenging affirmative action at Harvard and UNC. At issue is the practice of considering race in college admissions. Find out more.

Mohamed Elmaazi (2022-02-10). UK Official Secrets Act Proposals Take Cues From US Espionage Act Cases. shadowproof.com This The United Kingdom's right-wing dominated government is on course to greatly expand its ability to prosecute and jail whistleblowers and journalists through amendments to the country's Official Secrets Acts. | These potential amendments would be the first m…

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