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October 19, 2026

Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows a hole in the idea of a “free press“

Source: Jonathan Cook on Substack When the establishment media deals with issues in which the West’s war industries are most heavily invested, it happily jettisons…

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October 19, 2026

Giving up on the Russia narrative?

Source: 1g0r.B0hm on X— Last week, this would have been considered a “Russian talking point” Most of the “OMG! The Russians are coming” hysteria is…

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October 18, 2026

Julian Assange on X: Canada bans Russia Today

Source: Julian Assange on X— Canada has now cut all access to Russia Today, the Russian News service. Canada now joins the EU in denying…

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Europe Foreign Policy News Abroad War

October 18, 2026

BreakThrough News: fighting the draft in Germany

Source: BreakThrough News on X— Students across Germany walked out of classes Friday, joining a nationwide school strike against against mandatory military screenings in preparation…

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Foreign Policy Protest, Dissent & Political Repression War, Foreign Policy & Information Control

October 17, 2026

Craig Murray: losing my religion

Source: Craig Murray— Craig Murray is finally disillusioned. I feel that the rather pleasant world I grew up in has been replaced by something much…

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Europe Government Censorship News Abroad Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity

October 16, 2026

EU Council advances chat control 2.0 scanning proposal

Source: Ken Macon on Reclaim The Net — The proposed fix keeps the machinery of mass scanning very much alive. EU’s Council is again pushing for…

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Europe News Abroad War

October 16, 2026

German students strike against conscription

Source: Ana Vračar on Savage Minds— Great, now German students are Russian agents. While authorities insist military recruitment remains voluntary, students have warned of a…

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Privacy Laws Surveillance, Privacy & Digital Identity

October 15, 2026

Federal privacy law highly unlikely in 2026, leaving states to continue setting their own rules

Source: Keely Quinlan on Statescoop— "Other priorities,” indeed... Over the next two years, several new state privacy laws and amendments will take effect, expanding requirements…

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Europe Foreign Policy News Abroad War

October 14, 2026

With a harsh winter ahead, Ukraine is trapped in NATO’s fever dream

Source: Aaron Maté — Then, if they are free enough to think for themselves, US citizens will ask: What have we really achieved? Instead of…

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Foreign Policy War

October 14, 2026

No Russian narratives allowed

Source: Pepijn van Houwelingen on X — Criticism from experts would be “pro-Russian disinformation,” and governments want to avoid “getting caught up in such frames.”…

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Europe News Abroad Protest, Dissent & Political Repression War

October 13, 2026

DD Geopolitics: the citizens have more sense than their leaders

Source: DD Geopolitics on X — Germany prepares for war with Russia. Berlin police begin violently arresting citizens as thousands protest against the introduction of…

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