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09Dec/22

What is the Reichsbürger movement accused of trying to overthrow the German government?

December 9, 2022PoliticsAftermath of the Holocaust, Alternative for Germany, Antisemitism, Articles, Austria, Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, Claire Burchett, Creative Commons, France, Germany, Heinrich XIII, Holocaust denial, Holocaust studies, Irredentism, Kaiser Wilhelm, Kaiser Wilhelm II, king's college london, Namibia, Neo-Nazism, Poland, Political ideologies, Politics, Reichsbürgerbewegung, Russia, Switzerland, The Holocaust, United Kingdom, United States, West Germany, Wilhelm IIadmin

Claire Burchett, King’s College London

Police have arrested 25 people accused of planning to overthrow the German government in a series of raids across the country.

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17Oct/22

Surveillance tech is weaponry

October 17, 2022SecurityAndrés Manuel López Obrador, Antonio Guterres, China, El Salvador, Espionage, Geneva, Guterres, Hungary, Jordan, Mexico, NSO Group, Obrador, Pegasus, Poland, Prevention, Privacy, Rand Hammoud, Security, Spyware, Surveillance, Thailand, Thomson Reuters Foundationadmin

By Rand Hammoud, Surveillance Campaigner, Access Now

Surveillance technology is weaponry – it targets, tracks, invades, and decimates – and its unbridled use is a far-reaching, destructive violation of human rights. It is an assault rifle in the sustained global offensive on civic space, and we need a global moratorium on its export, sale, transfer, servicing, and use. Continue reading →

26Aug/22

The inside story of the CIA v Russia – from cold war conspiracy to ‘black’ propaganda in Ukraine

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In the early 1990s, Senator Patrick Moynihan campaigned for the abolition of the CIA. The brilliant campaigner thought the US Department of State should take over its intelligence functions. For him, the age of secrecy was over.

In a New York Times opinion piece, Moynihan wrote:

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