freedom of speech

authoritarian regimes, Dictatorship, freedom of speech, Google, Google filtering, Google indexing, propaganda June 1, 2019

New York Times adds to apparatus of a totalitarian state

For those left in the United States who believe a free press is the ultimate bulwark of democracy, Eric Nagourney’s article in the New York…

2016 U.S. Presidential election, Baltasar Garzón, Barack Obama, CIA, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, extrajudicial execution, freedom of speech, History, human rights, Intelligence, propaganda, Spain, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Military, United Kingdom, war crimes

When and how did America lose her soul?

authoritarian regimes, Crimea, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, freedom of speech, human rights, International Law, Iran, Lebanon, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, syria, Taliban, Trump and Putin, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin

Keeping Track of Trump’s Foreign Policy: From the Kerch Strait to Russian sanctions, Khashoggi, Syria, and Afghanistan

authoritarian regimes, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, extrajudicial execution, freedom of speech, human rights, Intelligence, International Law, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Torture, Turkey

Khashoggi Affair: Murder most foul!

Donald Trump, freedom of speech, International Law, Rule of Law, Russia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, United States, Vladimir Putin

The Putin-Trump threat takes a menacing turn–Michael McFaul and Bill Browder

2016 U.S. Presidential election, coverage of foreign events, Donald Trump, elections, European Union, France, freedom of speech, History, human rights, International Law, propaganda, Russia, Vladimir Putin

Two of top three candidates in French presidential primary are friendly to Russia

2016 U.S. Presidential election, CIA, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Culture and Communication, Donald Trump, elections, freedom of speech, Intelligence, International Law, propaganda, Russia, syria, U.N. Charter, Ukraine, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin, war crimes

The Trump Paradox: “Making America Great Again” without the values that have made America great

Barack Obama, Crimea, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, Nicaragua, Russia, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, Venezuela, Venezuela, Vladimir Putin

With Obama having checked out, U.S. foreign policy is on auto pilot—“Do nothing”

Barack Obama, Deutschland, Dictatorship, European Union, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, International Law, religious belief, television, Turkey, United States

Erdogan’s accelerating auto coup d’etat in Turkey (updated September 17, 2016)

freedom of speech, History, human rights, International Law, U.N. Charter, United States July 4, 2016

July 4, 1776, and the expanding struggle for freedom, some 230 years on

The United States of America is an enduring democracy, born 230 years ago with the Declaration of Independence which we celebrate today. To understand the…

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