"Not speaking out against egregious evils in which one is clearly complicit is a way of destroying one’s soul, & in case of recent slaughter in West Asia, silence from European countries, previously proudly committed to liberal, universalist values, is deafening" drb.ie/blog/selling...
"The Hope and Courage Collective is calling on Coimisiún na Meán to engage with Meta after a new report found that social media platforms are playing a significant role in amplifying anti-Muslim hatred in Ireland" www.irishlegal.com/articles/cal...
Report links social media algorithms to spread of anti-Muslim hatred in IrelandThe Hope and Courage Collective is calling on Coimisiún na Meán to engage with Meta after a new report found that social media platforms are playing a significant role in amplifying anti...www.irishlegal.com"Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says Israeli forces, by moving millions of tons of rubble that belong to Palestinians, are apparently violating a World Court order to preserve criminal evidence" www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...
Israel 'Destroying Crucial Evidence of Genocide' in Gaza: Monitor | Common Dreams"The systematic removal of rubble at this pace conceals the evidence of appalling crimes Israel committed in Gaza, especially those related to genocide, such as summary executions and killing unarmed ...www.commondreams.org"Israeli Forces launched a large-scale military operation in Qalandiya refugee camp north of occupied East Jerusalem, in the early hours of Wednesday, August 5... included curfew, wave of arrests, physical assaults... demolition of properties" breakthroughnews.org/2026/08/06/i...
Israel launches large-scale operation in Qalandia refugee camp - BT NewsThe move came one week after Katz ordered the IOF to take over another Palestinian refugee camp, copying the model of Jenin, Nour Shams, and Tulkarm in the north.breakthroughnews.orgNew report - "Palantir may also be engaged in extensive tax dodging, allowing it to avoid contributing to the public services it profits from" breakthroughnews.org/2026/08/06/p...
Palantir profits from European public services but avoids millions in taxes that fund them, new report shows - BT NewsA new CICTAR-EPSU report finds a USD 14 million tax gap as Palantir books European profits in the US.breakthroughnews.orgNew US counterterrorism strategy identifying 3 major sources of terrorist activities... [includes] “violent left-wing extremists, including anarchists & anti-fascists” excludes far-right terrorism, despite white supremacists/far-right groups carrying out most violent US acts idsa.in/publisher/co...
The 2026 US Counterterrorism Strategy: An Analysis - MP-IDSAThe White House released the ‘U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy’ on 6 May 2026,[1] the first dedicated counterterrorism (CT) strategy since 2018. It represents a fundamental reorientation of US counterte...idsa.in"Hacked emails show Yahav Lichner, a UN official, repeatedly supplied Israeli diplomats with confidential UN reports and private briefings, behaviour expressly prohibted by UN governance. He now directs UNICEF’s Washington office" www.dropsitenews.com/p/for-your-e...
"For Your Eyes Only": Israel’s Mole Inside the United NationsHacked emails show Yahav Lichner, a UN official, repeatedly supplied Israeli diplomats with confidential UN reports and private briefings. He now directs UNICEF’s Washington office.www.dropsitenews.comRobert Kagan, top American hawk, "condemned Trump admin’s botched war in Iran, suggesting in The Atlantic in March that U.S. involvement in the Middle East has been a catalyst of, rather than a prudent response to, Islamic terrorism" responsiblestatecraft.org/robert-kagan...
Robert Kagan: Sometimes US intervention is worth blowbackIn a wide-ranging interview with RS, the hawkish historian talks primacy, neoconservatives, and why he opposes the war in Iranresponsiblestatecraft.org"World Food Programme - child malnutrition in Afghanistan has reached critical levels, with child wasting now widespread and aid shortages forcing clinics to turn away six out of seven women and children who need treatment" www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Afghan child malnutrition surges as aid cuts force clinics to turn families away, WFP saysChild malnutrition in Afghanistan has reached critical levels and aid shortages are forcing health workers to turn away millions of children and mothers — six in seven of those in need — the U.N. Wor...www.reuters.comJeremy Corbyn, On Hiroshima Day: "we remember every single person who was killed by an indefensible act of barbarity. We mourn the human lives underneath the statistical horror of the bomb’s death toll, w/ Nagasaki victims, was more than 200,000 people" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/list...
Listen to the hibakusha this Hiroshima Day – the world doesn’t need more nuclear weaponsLAST year, I travelled to Hiroshima to represent the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament at the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb.morningstaronline.co.ukStory of visit to America in 1955 by Hiroshima Maidens, schoolgirls scarred by nuclear explosions doomsdaymachines.net/p/the-scarre...
The scarred women of HiroshimaThe complicated political and cultural memory of the "Hiroshima Maidens"doomsdaymachines.netAbby Martin, director of the documentary Earth’s Greatest Enemy, about U.S. empire, militarism and environmental destruction, says we aren’t angry enough. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-sa...
ABBY MARTIN: "We are not angry enough".YouTube video by Consortium Newswww.youtube.comPodcast discussing importance of morality & strategy in journalism, with Mark Lee Hunter warning, fringe trend of finding facts to fit one's own bias is rapidly becoming more common in journalism; after left-wing investigation into OCCRP led to attack on USAID www.planetcritical.com/mark-lee-hun...
Journalism in Crisis | Mark Lee HunterHow a left-wing investigation into the OCCRP facilitated Trump and Musk's attack on USAIDwww.planetcritical.com"In UK victory for free speech, David Miller recently won his Employment Appeal Tribunal... under UK equality law. It means that your employer can’t just fire you for criticising Israel and/or arguing that Zionism is a dangerous, extremist ideology" www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/anti-zioni...
Anti-Zionism is now a protected belief in the UKIn a victory for free speech, David Miller recently won his Employment Appeal Tribunal.www.councilestatemedia.uk"Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday again expressed her opposition to the U.S. tariff policy, arguing there are more effective ways to strengthen a regional economy and resolve trade disputes between countries" www.pressenza.com/2026/08/mexi...
Mexican president decries U.S. tariff policyMexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday again expressed her opposition to the U.S. tariff policy, arguing there are more effective ways towww.pressenza.comOECD's Transfer Pricing guidelines allows companies like Shell to juggle assets between sister companies and pay zero taxes www.somo.nl/the-shell-fi...
The Shell Files - SOMOExposing the tax loophole hiding in plain sight that's helping companies avoid corporate tax.www.somo.nlState of play with Trump's billion dollar law suit against the BBC theemptycity.com/blog/2026/08...
Why Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC is not going well for him4th August 2026 How he has fallen into a discovery trap of his own making One point which was emphasised in the litigation department of where I was a junior litigator was to always prepare for tri…theemptycity.com"US Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden released 67-page report, “Looking the Other Way,” accusing Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan & Bank of America of enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking through years of delayed reporting... & recommendations" thedeepdive.ca/wydens-new-r...
Wyden’s New Report Says Wall Street Looked the Other Way on Epstein for Years | the deep diveDeutsche Bank's flagged transactions include payments the report says went to women in Russia and Eastern Europe.thedeepdive.ca4/ "Google, Visa & other monopolists... de facto regulators... have arrogated to themselves power to observe every transaction & block obvious scams. We pay for their failure to take minimal, obvious steps to protect us from scammers who thrive on their platforms" pluralistic.net/2026/08/05/a...
3/ "Organize world's information & make it universally accessible & useful" is mission of a good intermediary; "do absolute minimum to fight fraud" is mission of a formerly good intermediary [Google] with terminal Main Character Syndrome" pluralistic.net/2026/08/05/a...