The United Kingdom’s Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain’s next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of “extreme neoliberal policies,” says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution. Monbiot also warns Truss will undermine the country’s model public health system and labor rights for organizing workers.
New U.K. PM Liz Truss Has “Extreme Neoliberal” Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record
Tag: Drug Trafficking
The American Colony of Thailand
President Harry S. Truman helped transform the wartime OSS into a permanent government department known as the CIA in 1947. Without massive American wartime budgets, the newly established CIA wanted other sources of funding, and the opium trade could help. As a result, the CIA quickly organized its first coup by overthrowing the government of Thailand. It used profits from the opium trade to bribe Thai generals to transform Thailand into an American colony whose army was expanded and equipped to provide troops for American military adventures.
The American Colony of Thailand via Tales of the American Empire
Related Videos and Links:
Read More »DW: Ukraine foreign fighters accuse commander of abuses
The English-language Ukrainian The Kyiv Independent newspaper recently published its research about the International Legion, a volunteer group in Ukraine founded by initiative of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fight against Russian forces. The paper targets a section of the legion affiliated with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Reconnaissance Department that performs special tasks on the front line in the fight against the Russian invasion.
Ukraine foreign fighters accuse commander of abuses
Venezuela opposition leader Guaido in “informal” meetings with Colombia’s govt
CARACAS – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido has held “informal meetings” with members of newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s government, he said on Friday.
Venezuela opposition leader Guaido in “informal” meetings with Colombia’s govt
Related:
Argentine Judge Orders The Theft of Venezuela’s EMTRASUR Plane at US Request
Who Is Judge Federico Villena, Hijacker of Venezuela’s EMTRASUR Plane in Argentina?
The Dark Alliance: Gary Webb’s Incendiary 1996 SJ Mercury News Exposé
Venezuela to ‘Rebuild Fellowship’ with Petro Gov’t in Colombia
Petro called for Latin American governments to leave aside their political differences and work toward regional integration.
Venezuela to ‘Rebuild Fellowship’ with Petro Gov’t in Colombia
Related:
Venezuela and Colombia Hold High-Level Bilateral Meeting As Normalization Advances
Venezuela Seeks to Reestablish Military Relations With Colombia, Says Minister
Kosovo planning to attack Serbs – Belgrade
Aleksandar Vucic has urged Pristina and Western powers to avoid conflict, but vowed to use force if Serbs are persecuted
Kosovo planning to attack Serbs – Belgrade
Related:
Kosovo army plans to attack northern Serbia at midnight – Serbian President Vucic
NATO seeks to punish Belgrade’s Ukraine War policy by arming Kosovo
Big Tech Keeps Withholding Data that Could Help Solve Assassination of Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco
RIO DE JANEIRO – Four-plus years after the assassination of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco (38), social media giant Facebook has yet to provide investigators with the full stored data of Internet users who visited her social media account prior to the double homicide.
Big Tech Keeps Withholding Data that Could Help Solve Assassination of Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco
Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy + Social Media Is a Tool of the CIA
It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform’s 2.9 billion active users see and what they don’t see.
Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy
Related:
[2011] Social Media Is a Tool of the CIA. Seriously.
Google is already helping the government write, and rewrite, history. Here, from its transparency report, are some stats on the amount of information it has either given to the government or wiped from the web based on requests by U.S. agencies:
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
You must be logged in to post a comment.