Carey Wedler

Ron Paul: “We Do Not Really Have Democracy” In America, 2016 Is A Distraction

Former congressman Ron Paul has long been an unabashed critic of American foreign policy, central banking, and corporatism. This election season, the former presidential nominee has consistently, candidly expressed his views on the presidential race, often issuing scathing indictments of the two-party system and the authoritarian tendencies of the candidates in the running. On Monday, […]

Carey Wedler
By Carey Wedler
Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and businessman Donald Trump argue during a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre, Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Former congressman Ron Paul has long been an unabashed critic of American foreign policy, central banking, and corporatism. This election season, the former presidential nominee has consistently, candidly expressed his views on the presidential race, often issuing scathing indictments of the two-party system and the authoritarian tendencies of the

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Why New York Prison Guards Can Get Away With Almost Anything

Though the national conversation on mass incarceration and mistreatment in prisons has rightly focused on corrupt ties between lawmakers and the private prison lobby, the prison guard union in New York wields an impressive amount of power.

Carey Wedler
By Carey Wedler
Prison guards walk down a corridor in the Adjustment Center at at a US prison. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

New York prisons are increasingly notorious for their corruption, brutality, and incompetence. Last year, two convicted murderers escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York. In 2014, a homeless veteran “baked to death” after being left in an overheated cell at Rikers Island. The state’s correctional department has been

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UN Peacekeepers Accused of Rape, Forced Bestiality in Latest Scandal

The Associated Press (AP) reported earlier this week that the U.N. announced it was presented with new allegations of abuse on the part of Burundi, Gabonese, and French troops in the Central African Republic, where the U.N. has operated its peacekeeping mission.

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By Carey Wedler
Mali Attack

(ANTIMEDIA) Over 100 women and girls in the Central African Republic (CAR) have accused U.N. peacekeepers of sexual assault, and three girls claim they were forced by French troops to participate in bestiality. Though some reports are as of yet unconfirmed, the most recent allegations — the most widespread to date in an ongoing, unraveling saga

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Former Nixon Advisor: The War On Drugs Invented To Crush Anti-War And Black Movements

While the justice system still perpetuates racism through the Drug War, it is evident that at least some relics of past authoritarianism are now slowly disintegrating.

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By Carey Wedler
John D. Ehrlichman, former adviser admits the Drug War was intended to disempower anti-war and black rights movements in the 1970s. (AP Photo)

In 1994, a former Nixon policy adviser admitted the War on Drugs was waged not to keep Americans safe, but to crush dissent. According to John Ehrlichman, who served time in prison for his involvement in the Watergate scandal, the Drug War was intended to disempower anti-war and black rights movements in the 1970s. Author Dan Baum wrote in the

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Over 60,000 People Want Bill Clinton Arrested for Violating Election Laws on Super Tuesday

A Change.org petition launched that same evening calls on the state’s attorney general, Maura Healey, to take action against Clinton, though the Secretary of State insists his behavior was lawful.

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By Carey Wedler
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wave to the media after the family leaves Manhattan's Lenox Hill hospital in New York.

(ANTIMEDIA) More than 60,000 people are calling for the arrest and prosecution of former president Bill Clinton, alleging he violated election laws by entering multiple polling stations in Boston and other Massachusetts areas on Tuesday. A Change.org petition launched that same evening calls on the state’s attorney general, Maura Healey, to take

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Saudi Arabia Reduces Poet’s Sentence From Beheading To 800 Lashes

The Saudi ‘justice’ system continues to execute individuals at an alarming rate, earning a designation from Amnesty International as one of “the most prolific executioners in the world.”

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By Carey Wedler
Ashraf Fayadh

A Palestinian poet in Saudi Arabia who was sentenced to death for writing poems and allegedly renouncing Islam has had his punishment reduced. The more lenient sentence, however, amounts to what many still consider cruel and unusual punishment for exercising non-violent speech; the writer now faces eight years in prison and 800 lashes over 16

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Feds Helped Hide Investigation Into HSBC Money Laundering For Drug Cartels

In addition to failing to prosecute clearly criminal behavior that any average American would be imprisoned for committing, from the outset, the DOJ assisted HSBC in keeping its dealings clandestine.

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By Carey Wedler
An HSBC office building is shown here. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

A federal judge ruled last week that the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) will be forced to share a report on its business practices with the public — a decision both the bank and the Department of Justice (DOJ) fought in court to prevent. The report is based on the findings of an ongoing government audit of the bank initiated amid

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