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Did Bernie Sanders Just Go Full Establishment?

While some Bernie supporters came to the slow and painful realisation that there are no saviours, others took to Twitter and accused him of being a quasi-socialist warmonger and brutal imperialist.

Michaela Whitton | AntiMedia
Par Michaela Whitton | AntiMedia
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally in Laramie, Wyo., Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Sanders won the Democratic presidential primary in Wisconsin Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Comments made by Bernie Sanders this week may just have blindsided and disillusioned swathes of his support base. Some of those with higher expectations of the ‘peacenik’ candidate breathed a collective sigh of disappointment after he endorsed Obama’s extrajudicial drone assassination program. At the same time, the Democratic candidate backed

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‘Unpredictable’ Trump Sends Mixed Foreign Policy Signals

Though Trump insists his goal was not war, he also says he “will not hesitate to deploy military force,” saying America will “only fight to win,” and vowing “victory with a capital V.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pauses during while speaking at a rally in Millington, Tenn. Tough talk about torture is a guaranteed applause line for Donald Trump on the GOP presidential stump. Trump has repeatedly advocated waterboarding, an enhanced interrogation technique that simulates the feeling of drowning. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

In his latest attempt to answer the myriad questions about where his foreign policy stands, Republican front-runner Donald Trump gave a long foreign-policy speech blasting the previous policies of Bush and Obama/Clinton, laying out some of the same broad comments made in the past, reiterating his opposition to the Iraq War and insisting America

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Report: Human Rights, Freedom, Democracy Under Threat In Europe

The EU is facing huge challenges when it comes to freedom, migration, terrorism and human rights, according to the latest report by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Sputnik News
Par Sputnik News
A protester with a red nose poses in front of a police cordon at the Greek-Turkish border at the Greek village of Kastanies on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. Police blocked the protesters from reaching the border post. The demonstrators held two days of rallies in the border area to demand that the government ease border transit restrictions after dozens more refugees and migrants drowned this week which crossing from Turkey to the Greek islands. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

In a report released by Thorbjørn Jagland, Europe is facing major threats to democracy and human rights. Secretary General Jagland said in the report that Europe is currently struggling with many serious challenges, which include terrorism, migration and conflict. "This is being successfully exploited by nationalists and populists in many

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Taking Page From Israel War Tactics, US Military Employs Controversial ‘Roof Knocking’

Tactic criticized by UN commission used « extensively » during Israel’s deadly 2014 bombing of Gaza.

Andrea Germanos
Par Andrea Germanos
Mideast Israel Palestinians Photo Gallery

An Israeli tactic deemed "ineffective" at preventing civilian causalities by a United Nations commission has now been adopted by the United States in its fight against ISIS, according to a U.S. military official. Air Force Maj. Peter Gersten, the deputy commander for operations and intelligence for the U.S.-led coalition, explained at a press

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Man Accused Of Brutal Rampage At New York Mosque Released From Jail

One member of the mosque pleaded with police for protection: “Please take care of this issue seriously, for the sake of harmony and peace in our community.”

MintPress News Desk
Par MintPress News Desk
NY Mosque Attack

QUEENS, New York --- A man accused of a brutal attack on a New York Islamic center has been granted “supervised release” while awaiting trial. Witnesses to the April 19 incident say Mike Voyard entered the Jamaica Muslim Center in Queens, New York, during afternoon prayers and declared himself to be the Prophet Muhammad. Mohammad Rahman, the

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WikiLeaks’ On Panama Papers: ‘Everything Censored By Default’

“[I]t is threat to all to erect this as the ‘responsible’ way for media to behave,” a WikiLeaks representative declared on Twitter.

Kit O'Connell
Par Kit O'Connell
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy to addresses waiting supporters and media in London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.

AUSTIN, Texas --- WikiLeaks took to Twitter to criticize what the organization describes as the continued “censorship” of the Panama Papers archive by the organizations and reporters who control the contents of the leak.  The massive archive of 2.6 terabytes of financial data leaked from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca is controlled by

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