NED’s history should lead to it being renamed the “National Endowment for Attacking Democracy,” as journalist Stephen Kinzer suggests.
If the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Is Subverting Democracy—Why Aren’t Some of the Left Media Calling It Out?
Tag: Julian Assange
Human Rights Watch Charges Russia But Not America With War-Censorship
Was the Hacking of Ottawa Trucker Convoy Donors a US-Canadian Intelligence Operation?

Aubrey Cottle, the hacker claiming credit for stealing convoy donor info, has boasted of work with the FBI and Canadian law enforcement. The data was published by DDoSecrets, an anti-Wikileaks non-profit which has targeted states in the crosshairs of US intelligence.
Was the Hacking of Ottawa Trucker Convoy Donors a US-Canadian Intelligence Operation?
Interestingly, WikiLeaks has been accused of the same thing.
The New Domestic Terrorist: The Government’s War on Thought Crimes and Truth-Tellers

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WHICH SPEAKS IN A LANGUAGE OF FORCE, IS AFRAID OF ITS CITIZENRY.
What we are dealing with is a government so power-hungry, paranoid and afraid of losing its stranglehold on power that it is conspiring to wage war on anyone who dares to challenge its authority.
The New Domestic Terrorist: The Government’s War on Thought Crimes and Truth-Tellers
UK Official Secrets Act Proposals Take Cues From US Espionage Act Cases
The United Kingdom’s right-wing dominated government is on course to greatly expand its ability to prosecute and jail whistleblowers and journalists through amendments to the country’s Official Secrets Acts.
UK Official Secrets Act Proposals Take Cues From US Espionage Act Cases
Endless War is the Empire’s Last Dance
Opposing Beijing Olympics Human Rights Watch Echoes Anti-China Extremists & Debunked Claims.
Counterpunch: The Rule of Law Must Finally Evolve Into the Rule of Justice

BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS JANUARY 14, 2022
Many politicians, academics, media pundits are wont of invoking the “rule of law”, a “rules-based international order”, “values diplomacy” etc. But what do all these benevolent-sounding slogans actually mean in practice? Who makes the rules, who interprets them, who enforces them? What transparency and accountability accompany these noble pledges?
Counterpunch: The Rule of Law Must Finally Evolve Into the Rule of Justice
The Brahmins of Democracy: Communists vs. Patriotic Socialists
Michael Millerman goes over the article:
The Brahmins of Democracy: Communists vs. Patriotic Socialists.

Previously:
Resolution for 2022: Dare to Build Your Own Opinions and Then Defend Them!
BY: ALFRED DE ZAYAS
Anyone who has followed the political culture in the US, Canada, UK, EU over the past twenty years must have realized that a war on epistemology, on truth, on semantics is going on. We witness the hijacking of concepts like democracy, freedom, peace, patriotism, human rights — and their instrumentalization for domestic and geopolitical purposes. We observe a process of language destruction not unlike what Orwell foresaw in his sadly visionary book 1984. “Newspeak” is not the future, it is now, hic et nunc. We recognize it in the jargon of political correctness, the language and practice of the “cancel culture”.
COUNTERPUNCH: Resolution for 2022: Dare to Build Your Own Opinions and Then Defend Them!
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