Breach of Belle Fourche pipeline highlights the potential for spills that could taint drinking water, an issue at the core of the Dakota Access pipeline protest. Electronic monitoring equipment failed to detect … Continue reading Pipeline rupture spews oil into creek 150 miles from Standing Rock

Journalists, researchers, university professors etc. have been quietly or unofficially “subsidized” for years… But who would have thought that official governments (of the US and the EU), would so quickly move forward  into … Continue reading A bill to end free speech & the freedom of information 

The US saw declines in math performance while remaining flat in reading and science. The US didn’t even crack the top 10, which shows that, as a country, the United States needs … Continue reading The latest ranking of top countries in math, reading, and science is out — and the US didn’t crack the top 10

I have watched incredulous as the CIA’s blatant lie has grown and grown as a media story – blatant because the CIA has made no attempt whatsoever to substantiate it. There is … Continue reading The CIA’s Absence of Conviction – Craig Murray

There are many obvious reasons for skepticism about anonymous press leaks regarding Russia, but they are no match for partisan needs. We’ve seen leaks from anonymous sources within the CIA touting all … Continue reading Anonymous Leaks to the WashPost About the CIA’s Russia Beliefs Are No Substitute for Evidence

“‘Truth’ is being redefined as whatever the U.S. government, NATO and other Western interests say is true. Disagreement with the West’s “group thinks,” no matter how fact-based the dissent is, becomes ‘fake … Continue reading “Fake News” Versus Mainstream Media

Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it. Great article. Shows the true danger of trying to label certain news as “Fake News” and whose really … Continue reading A Clinton Fan Manufactured Fake News That MSNBC Personalities Spread to Discredit WikiLeaks Docs

In Italy, it is the Millennials who voted NO! 81 percent of voters between eighteen and thirty-four voted No and Yes won only among voters older than fifty-three Source: Democracy Against Neoliberalism | … Continue reading Democracy Against Neoliberalism 

“Fear, intimidation and vandalism are not a legitimate form of political expression,” said state Sen. Doug Ericksen. Obviously aimed at protests like the recent North Dakota Pipeline. This proposed law is a … Continue reading Washington Republican proposes charging protestors with ‘economic terrorism’

Wait. Did a New York Times columnist just imply he was part of the “dissent?” Dis-sent? Remember that the NYT sold the Iraq war in 2003? And remember NYT’s own mea culpa … Continue reading A Warning for Americans From a Member of Pussy Riot – The New York Times

It is not a final victory, and there is much to fear from pipeline investor Donald Trump, but much will come of this gathering and its vision, tactics and power Nor sure … Continue reading The light from Standing Rock: beautiful struggle shows the power of protest

This year has certainly been a series of unexpected events. How did we get here? How did we not see this coming? Where do we go from here? These are all relevant … Continue reading A Series of… Unexpected Events