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Debunked myth that Saddam created ISIS continues to be spread by Iraq War-supporting scholars like Amatzia Baram

Cheerleaders for the illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq are now claiming Saddam created ISIS. Scholars say they're wrong

Ben Norton Monday, May 2, 2016 11:58 AM UTC 0
News Amatzia Baram, Foreign Affairs

E.U. forcing refugees into “concentration camps” as economic crisis fuels far-right, warns Greek ex-finance minister

Yanis Varoufakis says Europe could help refugees, but instead forces Greece to "intern" and treat them inhumanely

Ben Norton Friday, Apr 29, 2016 10:27 PM UTC 0
News E.U, Europe, Fascism, Greece, Racism

“Ponzi austerity” scheme imposed by E.U. and U.S. bleeds Greece dry on behalf of banks, says ex-finance minister

"Greece is being trampled upon" says economist Yanis Varoufakis, while bankers rake in billions and poverty grows

Ben Norton Friday, Apr 29, 2016 9:30 PM UTC 0
News democracy now, Greece

Trump and Cruz aides worked for Guatemalan tycoon who wanted TV broadcasts of executions, report says

Aides Tim Clark and Ron Nehring were paid to advise right-wing Guatemalan presidential candidate Manuel Baldizón

Ben Norton Friday, Apr 29, 2016 5:20 PM UTC 0
Elections Chile, Donald Trump

“Conspiracy theorist” in panda suit shot after allegedly threatening to bomb Baltimore Fox affiliate if it wouldn’t cover his story

He demanded Fox put him on air to discuss his government conspiracy. Police did not kill the man, who is white

Ben Norton Thursday, Apr 28, 2016 9:45 PM UTC 0
Media Baltimore, Fox

Ban all Middle Easterners, but not Israelis — says GOP Senate candidate in Florida

Many media reports failed to highlight that Carlos Beruff made an exception for Israel while one-upping Trump

Ben Norton Thursday, Apr 28, 2016 6:35 PM UTC 0
News Carlos Beruff, Donald Trump

After bombing Libya into chaos, NATO plans blockade to bar refugees from Europe, with U.S. help

Rights experts say NATO is likely violating international law and Western leaders' justifications are deceptive

Ben Norton Thursday, Apr 28, 2016 5:19 PM UTC 0
News European Union

Snowden jokes “everybody at NSA just stopped working” to watch new trailer for Oliver Stone film

The NSA whistleblower himself joked on Twitter about the upcoming thriller "Snowden"

Ben Norton Wednesday, Apr 27, 2016 7:30 PM UTC 0
Entertainment Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald

Journalist resigns after being barred from writing about Las Vegas newspaper’s right-wing billionaire owner Sheldon Adelson

John L. Smith, latest to leave Las Vegas Review-Journal, blasts "blowhard billionaires and their political toadies"

Ben Norton Wednesday, Apr 27, 2016 5:39 PM UTC 0
Media John L. Smith

Democrats, this is why you need to fear Hillary Clinton: The NY Times is absolutely right — she’s a bigger hawk than the Republicans

"Clinton is the last true hawk left in the" race, more belligerent than Cruz and Trump, the New York Times says

Ben Norton Wednesday, Apr 27, 2016 2:59 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump

Bill Clinton’s shameful legacy on immigration: “Terrible” laws he signed “rip apart” families and authorize unjust detention, Human Rights Watch says

Rights group says 1996 laws created a system of mass detention and abuse for refugees and migrants

Ben Norton Wednesday, Apr 27, 2016 9:56 AM UTC 0
Elections Bill Clinton

A progressive in name only: Charles Koch joins a long list of right-wingers who have lauded Hillary Clinton

It's not just that some conservatives fear Donald Trump; many have been supporting Hillary for years

Ben Norton Tuesday, Apr 26, 2016 6:35 PM UTC 0
Elections Charles Koch, Dick Cheney

83% of senators call for boosting exorbitant U.S. aid to Israel; Bernie Sanders one of 17 who didn’t

Israel already gets $3 billion per year, 53 percent of U.S. foreign military financing, but 83 senators want more

Ben Norton Monday, Apr 25, 2016 7:10 PM UTC 0
News Bernie Sanders, Israel, Palestine

What’s Hillary waiting for? 80 days after promising “I will look into it,” Clinton still has not released her paid speeches to Wall Street

IWillLookIntoIt.com has been tracking how long it's been since Hillary pledged to "look into" releasing transcripts

Ben Norton Monday, Apr 25, 2016 4:58 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton

Oligarchs handing control of Brazil to corporate elites in slow-moving “coup,” critics say, as U.S. accused of quietly helping

According to Glenn Greenwald, Brazilian oligarchs are trying to remove "from power a moderately left-wing gov't"

Ben Norton Monday, Apr 25, 2016 3:03 PM UTC 0
News Brazil, Glenn Greenwald

Lawmakers launch bipartisan effort to restrict U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, citing war crimes in Yemen

Congressmen in both chambers introduced legislation to halt U.S. air-to-ground munitions sales to the monarchy

Ben Norton Monday, Apr 25, 2016 11:57 AM UTC 0
News 9/11, al qaeda, Chris Murphy

“Defining political issue of our time”: NYU grad student union overwhelmingly votes to boycott Israel over violations of Palestinian human rights

NYU Graduate Student Organizing Committee is first private university labor union to support BDS, as movement grows

Ben Norton Friday, Apr 22, 2016 6:26 PM UTC 0
News bds

Bernie Sanders is right: Even U.S. State Department says Israel used disproportionate violence in Gaza

The U.S. government joins the U.N. and rights groups in confirming that Israel used indiscriminate force in Gaza

Ben Norton Friday, Apr 22, 2016 1:15 PM UTC 0
News Bernie Sanders, Gaza, Israel

Prince, the activist: The times he blasted Wall Street, Freddie Gray’s death, “enslavement” to Warner Bros. and the corrupt status quo

Prince wasn't known for political activism, but when he did his message came across in a way only he could deliver

Ben Norton Thursday, Apr 21, 2016 7:50 PM UTC 0
Entertainment black lives matter, Cornel West

Fk Sanders, says Clinton aide, bragging “We kicked his a” after massive voter purges and irregularities in NY primary

Hillary staffer gloated to Politico reporter after beating Bernie in NY, amid accusations of voting problems

Ben Norton Wednesday, Apr 20, 2016 8:45 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton

1,240 arrested in past week as “Democracy Spring” movement against money in politics spreads throughout U.S.

Activists carried out one of the biggest acts of civil disobedience in recent history—yet got little media coverage

Ben Norton Wednesday, Apr 20, 2016 6:58 PM UTC 0
News Citizens United

Yes, Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat — and Hillary represents the very worst of the party

Sanders has exposed just how reactionary and corrupt the Democratic Party is—while Clinton wants things to carry on

Ben Norton Wednesday, Apr 20, 2016 12:30 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders

3.2 million shut out in NYC: Listen to Board of Elections tell resident “You cannot vote today being an independent”

27% of New Yorkers can't vote in today's primary. Hear Election Board say it openly, dismissing court order option VIDEO

Ben Norton Tuesday, Apr 19, 2016 9:00 PM UTC 0
Elections

“Iraq all over again”: Al-Qaeda is winner of U.S.-backed Saudi war in Yemen, says renowned journalist

Al-Qaeda now controls 340 miles of Yemen, reports Patrick Cockburn, as the War on Terror makes extremism even worse

Ben Norton Tuesday, Apr 19, 2016 5:42 PM UTC 0
News al qaeda, AQAP, Patrick Cockburn

No end to the horror: Afghan casualties and displacement at record high while Europe deports refugees and U.S. war drags on

Nearly 2,000 Afghan civilians killed or wounded in first quarter of 2016, while refugees fleeing violence sent back

Ben Norton Tuesday, Apr 19, 2016 11:58 AM UTC 0
News Afghanistan, Afghanistan War

As students sit-in demanding Columbia University divest from fossil fuels, Bernie Sanders shows support

Columbia divestment activists have held a five-day protest and face threats of suspension as Sanders tweets support

Ben Norton Monday, Apr 18, 2016 8:15 PM UTC 0
Sustainability Climate Protest

Hillary Clinton “goysplains” to Bernie Sanders in Passover article, accusing him of betraying his people by criticizing Israel

Hillary published a condescending piece on The Times of Israel condemning Bernie for promising neutrality on Israel

Ben Norton Monday, Apr 18, 2016 6:41 PM UTC 0
Elections Anti-Semitism, Bernie Sanders

U.S. acknowledges Israel’s unlawful killings, excessive force, torture, discrimination against Palestinians

Summary of lengthy U.S. State Department report detailing human rights violations in Israel & occupied territories

Ben Norton Monday, Apr 18, 2016 11:59 AM UTC 0
News Israel, Palestine, Torture

Sanders is changing the discourse on the Israel-Palestine conflict, while Clinton is as extreme as Netanyahu

The Brooklyn debate is a watershed moment. Bernie is pushing back against pro-Israel bias; Hillary is embracing it

Ben Norton Saturday, Apr 16, 2016 10:29 AM UTC 0
News Bernie Sanders, Elections 2016

Hillary Clinton’s extreme hawkishness is based on sheer fantasy: Like a true neocon, she’s deluding herself over her foreign policy disasters

In the Brooklyn debate, Hillary peddled lies to defend U.S. policy in Libya & Syria. Bernie condemned regime change

Ben Norton Friday, Apr 15, 2016 5:00 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Elections 2016

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