The portrayal of Democratic candidates in the debates is not the positive picture, especially with a prevalence of less left-leaning ideas permeating the public consciousness. This is the general argument made by The Nation, who continue that the trust we place...
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The Guardian publishes, then censors Jewish open letter defending smeared pro-Corbyn Labour MP Chris Williamson
The Grayzone Britain’s leading newspaper The Guardian has censored an open letter published by prominent Jewish intellectuals, writers, and activists that defended leftist Labour Party Member of Parliament Chris Williamson from “anti-Semitism” smears. The Guardian...
We Are All Repressors: A Potential Key to Ending the Empire
The Ghion Journal In the opening to a piece published here on The Ghion Journal a few weeks ago, The Noir Detective, Julian Assange and What Comes Next, I mentioned how important the keeping of secrets is to empires (and most authoritarian societies, for that...
From surveilling citizens to surveilling journalists
The ever increasing surveillance state we live in is something many either choose to ignore or pay no mind because they are not the ones being targeted. For many others, that is not an option, and as the Nation reports, the ways in which the US government is...
From Venezuela to Abortion
When people in the US think of 2016, the most noteworthy event that pops out is the general election of that year, but what most don't know about is the peace treaty that was signed in Columbia, nor the lack of peace it actually brought the people of Columbia....
From revolution to climate change
While the most modern forms of international intrigue we hear about comes from fears that Trump is a Russian puppet, a tale of real espionage has been going on. Dealing with the North Korean embassy in Spain, the Nation reports of an case involving Korean...
From the Democratic primary to the war in Yemen
As the buildup to the Democratic primary continues chugging along, many Democratic candidates are trying to find ways to reach out to Trump voters and win them to the Democrats, and the candidates, side. This is part of the reason why Bernie Sanders went on Fox...
From presidential elections to humanitarian aid
While the Democratic primary is still a year away, that has not stopped candidates from campaigning, nor has it stopped those candidates from being attacked either. In one such instance, Bernie Sanders was chastised by the Center for American Progress for the...
From Elections to Dictators
The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) has announced this year’s Izzy Award “for outstanding achievement in independent media." Laura Flanders provided progressive and internationalist perspectives to American audiences; Dave Lindorff uncovered the...
From Ocasio-Cortez to Duterte
Labor strikes tend be to a contentious issue with any country, where you have the rights of workers to fair working conditions on one side, and the need to keep a business afloat and profitable on the other. In Britain, they have had many strikes in their history,...