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Officer Jeronimo Yanez (pictured), the cop who shot Philando Castile Wednesday night during a traffic stop, has claimed he was reacting to the man's gun - not his race

Officer Who Killed Philando Castile Charged With Manslaughter

Archives for novembre 2016

DAPL Construction On Hold Pending Further Review And Tribal Consultation

“The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation’s dispossessions of lands, the importance of Lake Oahe to the Tribe, our government-to-government relationship, and the statute governing easements through government property.”

Jeremiah Jones
Par Jeremiah Jones
Demonstrators against the Dakota Access oil pipeline hold a ceremony at the main protest camp Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

Citing historical injustices, environmental uncertainties and other factors, the U.S. Department of the Army is holding off on easements under the Missouri River for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and halting construction pending further review, reports ICTMN. “The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in

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US May Become Embroiled In Saudi Arabia’s Yemen War Crimes Inquiries

Nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed since early 2015 and an estimated 60 percent of them died in airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition, the U.N. says.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
A young boy who lost his leg in the Yemen war uses a prosthetic limb at a government-run rehabilitation center in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 5, 2016. Yemen's conflict pits the government, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, against Shiite rebels known as Houthis allied with a former president. Yemen's war has killed at least 6,200 civilians and injured tens of thousands of Yemenis, and 2.4 million people have been displaced, according to U.N. figures. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Noting that Saudi Arabia is deliberately targeting civilians in Yemen, killing huge amounts of innocent civilians, bombing economic infrastructure and committing myriad war crimes is no longer particularly controversial, some 20 months into an extremely ugly invasion. Legal experts, including Columbia University professor Gabor Rona, are

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MSM Publishes ‘Fake News’ List To Discredit Alt-Media, Control Public Perception

The CNN logo is shown here. (Photo Martin Oeser/dapd) Make no mistake — a concerted effort by the mainstream corporate media is underway to undermine those who express peaceful dissent. A seemingly blatant attempt to discredit the alternative media by lumping independent publishers into a contrived category of ‘fake news’ has begun. Do not misunderstand […]

Matt Agorist
Par Matt Agorist
medicare for all

Make no mistake — a concerted effort by the mainstream corporate media is underway to undermine those who express peaceful dissent. A seemingly blatant attempt to discredit the alternative media by lumping independent publishers into a contrived category of ‘fake news’ has begun. Do not misunderstand this warning as a denial that fake news sites

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‘This Is Not A Game’: Sanders-Inspired Movement Mobilizes Against Trump

Galvanized by Donald Trump, progressives inspired by Bernie Sanders’ presidential run are organizing on all levels to take on the looming right-wing administration

Nika Knight
Par Nika Knight
Protesters hold banners during a rally outside the CNN studios, in opposition to President-elect Donald Trump, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov .13, 2016. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The progressive supporters who fueled Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) presidential campaign are mounting a resistance on all levels to President-elect Donald Trump's impending right-wing administration, bringing Sanders and his progressive colleagues, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D.-Mass.), into the spotlight. "I think what they have to

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Titanpointe: The NSA’s Spy Hub In New York, Hidden In Plain Sight

An investigation by The Intercept indicates mysterious New York City skyscraper is one of the most important NSA surveillance sites on U.S. soil — a covert monitoring hub that is used to tap into phone calls, faxes, and internet data

Ryan Gallagher
Henrik Moltke
Par Ryan Gallagher
Et Henrik Moltke
The AT&T Long Lines Building houses an international telephone exchange - but does it also contain something more? (Google Street View)

They called it Project X. It was an unusually audacious, highly sensitive assignment: to build a massive skyscraper, capable of withstanding an atomic blast, in the middle of New York City. It would have no windows, 29 floors with three basement levels, and enough food to last 1,500 people two weeks in the event of a catastrophe. But the

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US: War Crimes Investigation Over Afghan Torture ‘Inappropriate’

The US is facing four ICC probes in four different nations that are ICC members, all related to CIA torture.

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
A composite showing some of the torture images from US military, among 198 photographs released in February. Photograph: Department of Defense

The US State Department has issued a statement criticizing the International Criminal Court (ICC) for yesterday‘s report indicating that an ongoing preliminary probe had found considerable evidence of US war crimes in Afghanistan, centering on torture of detainees by the CIA and US troops. The State Department insisted it was “inappropriate” of

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