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Citizenfour: Inside Story of NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Captured in New Film by Laura Poitras
“At this stage I can offer nothing more than my word. I am a senior government employee in the intelligence community. I hope you understand that contacting you is extremely high risk … This will not be a waste of… Read More ›
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Headlines for October 23, 2014
2 Dead in Attack on Canadian War Memorial, Parliament Report: U.S. Airstrikes in Syria Killed 32 Civilians Pentagon Confirms Islamic State Got U.S. Arms Drop 4 Blackwater Operatives Found Guilty in Nisoor Massacre WHO: True Ebola Death Toll May Be… Read More ›
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Noam Chomsky at United Nations: It Would Be Nice if the United States Lived up to International Law
After world-renowned scholar Noam Chomsky gave a major address on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the hall of the United Nations General Assembly last week, Amy Goodman interviewed the world-renowned linguist and dissident before an audience of 800 people. Chomsky spoke… Read More ›
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In U.N. Speech, Noam Chomsky Blasts United States for Supporting Israel, Blocking Palestinian State
As U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces plans to set up an investigation into the attacks on United Nations facilities during Israel’s recent assault on the Gaza Strip, we broadcast the speech of world-renowned political dissident Noam Chomsky, who recently spoke… Read More ›
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Headlines for October 22, 2014
Video Appears to Show U.S. Arms Airdrop in ISIS Hands U.N. Warns ISIS Assault on Yazidis May Be “Attempted Genocide” WHO Plans Large-Scale Ebola Vaccine Trials for January U.S. Imposes Ebola Restrictions on Travelers from West Africa U.S. Cameraperson, Spanish… Read More ›
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Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks Out from Jail on New Pennsylvania Law Silencing Prisoners
Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is set to sign into law a bill critics say will trample the free speech rights of prisoners. Last week, lawmakers openly said they passed the legislation as a way to target one of the… Read More ›
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Former U.N. Special Rapporteur Richard Falk on the Legitimacy of Hope in the Palestinian Struggle
On Monday, the Israeli government made a rare appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Committee, but its delegation refused to acknowledge responsibility for the conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, occupied by Israel for nearly half a… Read More ›
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After Ignoring ISIS Assault on Kobani, U.S. Launches Major Strikes & Arms Turkey’s Kurdish Foes
Earlier this month, Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States would not act to prevent the Islamic State from seizing Kobani because the Syrian Kurdish town was not a “strategic objective.” But as news cameras on the Turkish-Syrian… Read More ›
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Headlines for October 21, 2014
Cuba Sends 91 More Health Workers to West Africa, Offers to Work with U.S. on Ebola CDC Unveils New Health Worker Protocols for Ebola U.S. Continues Bombardment of ISIS Near Kobani Indonesia Inaugurates Joko Widodo as President Australian Police Drop… Read More ›