Claire Bernish

Claire Bernish ​is an activist and journalist who focuses on government and corporate corruption, freedom of speech, censorship, law enforcement accountability, and human rights. Her work can be seen on TheFreeThoughtProject.com, theAntiMedia.org, and multiple other outlets. Follow Claire on Twitter @Subversive_Pen or connect on Facebook Claire S Bernish or through her page here.

Why The Mainstream Media Is Silent About The Trans-Pacific Partnership

While it might seem remiss, if not wholly irresponsible, for such an expansive international trade agreement to escape the mainstream media’s attention, the omission wasn’t unintentional.

Claire Bernish
By Claire Bernish
Delegates protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership on convention floor (AP Photo)

After two years with nary a mention from the mainstream press, the corporate windfall otherwise known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) finally earned some, albeit still inadequate, attention. Considering a New York Times poll from June 2015, which found an alarming 78 percent of respondents had no substantial knowledge of the looming

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Officer Faces Discipline Over Comments About Racist Policing

Officer Freddie Vincent wrote on social media, among other things, that white police officers are “looking for a reason to kill a black man.”

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By Claire Bernish

Amid highly strained relations between police and civilians around the country, a Cincinnati Police officer has come under fire — and may face disciplinary action — for posts online attempting honest conversation about racism inside the nation’s law enforcement departments. Officer Freddie Vincent wrote on social media, among other things, that

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Erdogan Purges 60,000 Positions After Failed Coup, Shifting Turkey Into Totalitarianism

Erdogan’s purge took a dark turn when the Erdoğan government moved beyond ferreting out coup supporters in the military. Soldiers, police, judges, civil servants, teachers, and others—over 60,000 people so far—have been suspended, terminated, or detained, and a putatively temporary prohibition on international travel for all academics is now in effect.

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By Claire Bernish

(ANTIMEDIA) Turkey — A totalitarian crackdown of epic proportions is underway in Turkey following a failed military coup attempt—itself the subject of conjecture across social and news media to have presented the prime opportunity for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to consolidate power by purging dissenters. But that purge took a dark turn when

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North Carolina Bans Public Access To Police Body Cam, Dash Cam Footage

Known as the “Law Enforcement Recordings/No Public Record” law, introduced as HB 972, the contentious legislation goes into effect on October 1 this year.

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By Claire Bernish
A Police body camera is displayed at a news conference

As if holding police accountable for acts of brutality, killings, and other wrongdoing weren’t difficult enough already, one state just made the effort significantly more cumbersome — by banning public accessibility to footage recorded by police. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed the law, which says all footage — dash camera video, body cam

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US Refuses To Charge HSBC Because It Could Hurt The Financial System

As it turns out, the rumors were true — HSBC escaped prosecution for money laundering because the behemoth bank was “too big to jail.”

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By Claire Bernish
This is a Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 file photo of a pedestrian passes a branch of HSBC bank in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

A U.S. Congressional report, entitled “Too Big to Jail: Inside the Obama Justice Department’s Decision Not to Hold Wall Street Accountable,” found officials in the U.K. applied the economic threat warning of “market turmoil” to ensure HSBC wouldn’t be subject to prosecution for rather serious allegations. Among a multitude of other findings,

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Man Who Filmed Video Of Alton Sterling Killing Arrested

Though filming police is not a crime provided you do not interfere and maintain a safe distance from whatever is occurring, those who do film — and, apparently, those who post such video to social media — have faced backlash from authorities before.

Claire Bernish
By Claire Bernish
Arthur Baines signs "RIP Big Dogg" on a folding table that Alton Sterling used to sell homemade music CDs outside the convenience store, Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAik-EvI3o In what appears to be an act of retaliation, the man who helped make viral video footage of the shooting death by police of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge was arrested just 24 hours later for what appear to be fabricated charges. Sterling’s killing by police — and a second fatal shooting less

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ISIS Just Proved It Has Nothing to Do With Islam

The most recent series of attacks in Turkey and Saudi Arabia prove ISIS terrorists aren’t Muslims. Here’s what they really are:

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By Claire Bernish
Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades display the ISIS flag during a protest, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. (AP Photo)

(ANTIMEDIA) United States — While the terrorist group known as the Islamic State (or ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh) might be a formidable and abhorrent foe, one mischaracterization of these terrorists — repeated far too often by politicians and many in the media — must be put to rest. The Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam — no matter what the group

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