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TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Israel sentenced Palestinian writer and poet Dareen Tatour to five months in prison on Tuesday after convicting her of “inciting violence” over a poem she posted on social media that prosecutors claimed urged violence against the occupation. Nazareth magistrates’ court in May found Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, guilty over the poem “Resist, My Read More…
Last week, US State Department officials met with Taliban leaders in Qatar. At the request of the Taliban, the US-backed Afghan government was not invited. The officials discussed ceasefires and an end to the war. Meanwhile, the US inspector general charged with monitoring US spending on Afghanistan reconstruction has reported that since 2008, the US Read More…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/30/18). It is so important for each of us to continue to call out Read More…
The United States government has never allowed independent governments in Latin America. Every time people elect a government that represents them instead of US economic interests, Washington overthrows the elected government. Marine General Smedley Butler told us this as have many others. There is no doubt about it. Currently Washington is trying to overthrow the governments of Read More…
Is the United States preparing to attack Iran? On Friday, Defense Secretary James Mattis dismissed this idea as “fiction,” back when the sources were in the Australian military. Yet other US officials have since been quoted as saying the attack is still being considered. The pretext for this war appears to be the ongoing Yemen War. Read More…
Finally, a journalist for a mainstream UK media outlet is methodically tracking weapons shipment serial numbers and English-language paperwork recovered from al-Qaeda groups in Syria, and he’s literally showing up at arms factories and questioning arms dealers, including officials at the Saudi Embassy in London, asking: why are your weapons in the hands of terrorists? Veteran Middle East war Read More…