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In threatening to bring democratic accountability to the press and the security services, WikiLeaks exposes their long-standing collusion, writes Jonathan Cook.  By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net During an interview back in 2011, Julian Assange made an acute observation about the role of w

Accuse the U.S. of sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines and it’s called a conspiracy theory. Accuse Russia of doing the exact same thing and it’s called news. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Listen to a reading of this article. The Western political/media class has been dismissin

Mythology of humans’ natural impulse for empathy Warfare has been a plague haunting the human species ever since our evolution to become Homo Sapiens, finally, around 300,000 years ago in Africa. Etymologically, homo means human and sapiens means wise or knowledgeable. One can see that in this 18th century anthropocentric characterization of our species, the […]

By David Tizzard It is natural to be a fan of something or someone, and therefore fandom is sometimes mistakenly assumed to not require study or investigation. Its just something that we all do in our own little way. But fandom is performative. That is, individuals become fans through the performance of fandom. Football fans, opera fans, and K-pop fans will all carry out particular performances relevant to their interest and this kind of performance in turn affects their dress, linguistic choic...