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Major Mask Maker 3M Found To Have Harmed 200,000 Troops

3M (Aearo) gave the troops earplugs that they knew failed to plug the ear — which is, like, their one job. So 160,000 former troops have hearing loss or tinnitus.

Lee Camp
Par Lee Camp
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Once upon a time, there was a company called 3M. You might recall that name because everybody loved them when they made a billion face masks during the pandemic. Remember at the beginning everybody was like, “Where are we gonna get enough face masks?! We need roughly a quadrillion and the entire U.S. only has... seven. What are we gonna do?” So

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Why Resistance Matters: Palestinians are Challenging Israel’s Unilateralism, Dominance

Israeli politics has historically been predicated on the need for further colonialism, strengthening the Jewish identity of the state at the expense of Palestinians, and the constant quest for war. Recent events suggest that these factors are no longer controlled by Israel alone.

Ramzy Baroud
Par Ramzy Baroud

Until recently, Israeli politics did not matter to Palestinians. Though the Palestinian people maintained their political agency under the most demoralizing conditions, their collective action rarely influenced outcomes in Israel, partly due to the massive discrepancy of power between the two sides. Now that Israelis are embarking on their fifth

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La plupart des organisations de « vérification des faits » utilisées par Facebook en Ukraine sont directement financées par Washington

À la lumière de l'invasion de l'Ukraine par la Russie, une guerre de l'information aussi acharnée que les combats au sol a éclaté, et Meta (nom officiel de Facebook) a annoncé qu'il s'était associé à neuf organisations pour l'aider à trier les faits de la fiction.

Alan Macleod
Par Alan Macleod
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Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground

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Top Recruits Refuse to Work for Google or Amazon Over Involvement in Israeli War Crimes

While just over a year old, Google and Amazon have not addressed the Workers Against Nimbus and #NoTechForApartheid campaigns publicly, but the activist network has had success in cutting the corporations’ power —  even if only slightly.

Jessica Buxbaum
Par Jessica Buxbaum

As Google and Amazon employees fight back against the tech giants’ Israeli military contract, college graduates have also joined the resistance. Amid Israel’s assault on Gaza and occupied East Jerusalem in May 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google signed a $1.22 billion contract to provide cloud technology to Israel’s public sector and its

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Viral Star Audrey White on Confronting Keir Starmer, a Life of Activism

UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer hit the headlines last week after footage of him being accosted by activist Audrey White went viral. White joins lowkey to talk Starmer, Labour, and the future of UK politics.

Lowkey
Par Lowkey

The MintPress podcast, “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know – including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light

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