Totalitarianism
Intelligence agency gathers US smartphone location data without warrants, memo says
By Chris Mills Rodrigo
01/22/21
Analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) have purchased databases of U.S. smartphone location data in recent years without a warrant,...
Big Tech Critics Alarmed at Direction of Biden Antitrust Personnel
Renata Hesse, who has worked for Google and Amazon, is the leading candidate to run the Justice Department’s antitrust division.
By David Dayen, Ryan Grim
January...
Trump lost: long live Trumpism!
by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
More than one week after the dramatic events in the United States, a lot of confusion reigns on what really happened, but...
Big Brother in Disguise: The Rise of a New, Technological World...
By John W. Whitehead
December 15, 2020
“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard,...
On Mandel and ‚Capitalist Breakdown‘ – some remarks
By Klaus Dräger
George Kerevan pays tribute to the great Marxist thinker Ernest Mandel, who died some 25 years ago in 1995 – and rightly...
Google’s ‘experiment’ hiding Australian news just shows its inordinate power
By Belinda Barnet
Jan. 14, 2021
In the midst of a global pandemic and an unprecedented misinformation glut, Google has decided to hide some Australian news...
‘Holding our breath’: Will Biden keep his promise and shut Guantanamo...
President-elect is expected to close prison camp before its 20th anniversary next year, analysts say
By Sheren Khalel
13 January 2021
There are few who are expected...
US Counterintelligence Chief Calls for ‘Accountability’ by Police, Security for Capitol...
by Morgan Artyukhina
Jan.12, 2021
More than a dozen members of the US Capitol Police force have been suspended or are being investigated for alleged...
Donald Trump’s Twitter ban is ‘problematic,’ says Angela Merkel
Jan. 12, 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel considers US President Donald Trump's eviction from Twitter by the company "problematic," her spokesman said on Monday.
Twitter permanently...