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Archives for April 2020

Imagining a Department of Actual Defense in a Time of Coronavirus

The microscopic little coronavirus is showing once again the failure and limitations of militarism in addressing the pressing issues facing humanity.

David Swanson
By David Swanson
coronavirus Army Feature photo

(DavidSwanson.org) -- When a few thousand people were murdered on September 11, 2001, I was actually stupid enough – I kid you not – to imagine that the general public would conclude that because massive military forces, nuclear arsenals, and foreign bases had done nothing to prevent and much to provoke those crimes, the U.S. government would need

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Inmates at Privately-Run ICE Camp Go on Hunger Strike Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, Deteriorating Conditions

ICA Farmville already has a reputation for overcrowding and poor sanitation. Last year the private ICE prison was hit with an outbreak of mumps, a classic disease of overcrowding and poor sanitation.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
ICE Detention Center

Amidst a COVID-19 outbreak, around 100 detained migrants at a private, for-profit prison in Farmville, VA, have collectively gone on hunger strike, demanding their release on medical and humane grounds. That is according to Sanctuary DMV, a volunteer organization helping immigrants in the Washington, D.C. area. Phone lines to the dorms have been

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US Leads Global Wave of Nations Stealing, Seizing and Diverting Coronavirus Equipment

Governments have resorted to seizing, diverting, outbidding and outright stealing equipment from each other in a desperate bid to stem the tide of the coronavirus epidemic.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Coronavirus equipment Feature photo

There were dramatic scenes at an airport in Shanghai, China, as U.S. agents hijacked a plane full of lifesaving equipment, including 60 million masks, bound for coronavirus-stricken France. While the plane was on the tarmac, American agents managed to bribe locals into diverting the plane to the United States, plying them with cash. The story

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John Whitehead: The Attack on Civil Liberties in the Age of COVID-19

In an exclusive for MintPress, constitutional attorney John Whitehead warns that the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to bring the American Police State out into the open on a scale we’ve not seen before.

John Whitehead
By John Whitehead
coronavirus civil liberties Feature photo

You can always count on the government to take advantage of a crisis, legitimate or manufactured. This coronavirus pandemic is no exception. Not only are the federal and state governments unraveling the constitutional fabric of the nation with lockdown mandates that are sending the economy into a tailspin and wreaking havoc with our

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New Reports Place Israel Among World’s 25 “Declining Democracies”

Both Freedom House and V-DEM’s Annual Democracy Report shows Israel is experiencing a precipitous decline in democracy. Thought that would hardly be surprising to the 2 million Arab citizens that live there.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Israel Democracy Feature photo

Tunisia is the Middle East’s greatest success story, according to the findings of the V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019. One of the world’s most regarded annual reports on democracy and good governance, the V-Dem Report is produced by the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.  While Tunisians can be

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Coronavirus Aid for Regime Change: Washington’s 13 Point Plan for Venezuela

Washington’s demands include expelling all Cuban personal, including doctors fighting COVID-19, and handing power over to the US-backed opposition.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Venezuela Coronavirus Feature photo

The State Department released what it called its “democratic transition framework for Venezuela” yesterday; a 13-point plan for the removal of Nicolas Maduro and a radical overhaul of the country’s political system. The principal and most fundamental change Washington proposes is to “restore all powers to the National Assembly,” the one branch of

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