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November 10, 2026

In praise of les étudiants

Source: Patrick Lawrence on Substack If the streets of France have something important to tell us now, it is that the liberal-authoritarian, ‘centrist’ model is…

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Government Censorship Media Power, Ownership & Funding News Abroad

November 9, 2026

“Full-on Truman Show”: former State Dept. official exposes USAID’s censorship machine in Brazil

Source: Tyler Durden on ZeroHedge Former State Department official Mike Benz laid out USAID's sweeping involvement in Brazil's political and institutional landscape, detailing a network…

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Government Censorship Media Power, Ownership & Funding Press Freedom

November 9, 2026

Trump’s war on free speech is expanding across America

Source: Anthony L. Fisher on MS NOW Two crooks fighting over spoils, but still. The Trump Censorship Industrial Complex is very real. It is chilling…

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Europe News Abroad Protest, Dissent & Political Repression War

November 8, 2026

Books or bombs? France’s student revolt vs. NATO’s spending push

Source: Medea Benjamin on MintPress News The Students' struggle comes at a moment when France faces mounting pressure to cut public spending while dramatically increasing…

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Foreign Policy Government Censorship War, Foreign Policy & Information Control

November 7, 2026

How to make permanent war irreversible

Source: Un-Diplomatic on Substack The US state is fusing with the permanent war economy. Military Keynesianism was always a way of sneaking a poison pill…

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Foreign Policy Government Censorship Protest, Dissent & Political Repression

November 7, 2026

U.S. sanctions ICC, undermining international law & obstructing justice

Source: Defending Rights & Dissent The Treasury Dept. announced today that the United States is imposing sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, in…

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November 6, 2026

Press freedom, civil liberties groups demand Congress stop targeting of BreakThrough News

Source: BreakThrough News on ScheerPost A coalition of press freedom and civil liberties organizations is calling on the House Ways and Means Committee to abandon…

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Europe Foreign Policy News Abroad

November 6, 2026

International Criminal Court, its senior officials awarded 2026 EU Sakharov Prize

Source: Beyza Binnur Donmez on Anadolu Agency The EU responds to the Trump administration's sanctions and provocations. The parliament highlighted the ICC investigations, prosecutions, trials,…

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November 5, 2026

NATO country detains, expels popular Russian military blogger

Source: Glenn Greenwald on X At some point, center-left and center-right parties in "the democratic world" -- along with the establishment power centers that own…

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Government Censorship Press Freedom

November 4, 2026

BreakThrough News persecuted by Congress for journalism

Source: Rania Khalek on X Congress is threatening to individually subpoena Breakthrough News employees if they don't forfeit their first amendment rights. All because they…

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Middle East News Abroad Press Freedom War, Foreign Policy & Information Control

November 2, 2026

The US never tried to help Jeremy Loffredo

Source: Ana Kasparian on X The Biden administration knew that an American journalist was kidnapped and interrogated by the Israelis for doing his job and…

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October 24, 2026

Egypt detains entire newsroom of leading fact-checking platform over ‘fake news’ allegations

Source: MEE staff on Middle East Eye Reporters Without Borders denounces the arrests as the 'first' to target all staff of a media organisation, while…

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In praise of les étudiants

“Full-on Truman Show”: former State Dept. official exposes USAID’s censorship machine in Brazil

Trump’s war on free speech is expanding across America

Books or bombs? France’s student revolt vs. NATO’s spending push

How to make permanent war irreversible

U.S. sanctions ICC, undermining international law & obstructing justice

Press freedom, civil liberties groups demand Congress stop targeting of BreakThrough News

International Criminal Court, its senior officials awarded 2026 EU Sakharov Prize

NATO country detains, expels popular Russian military blogger

BreakThrough News persecuted by Congress for journalism

The US never tried to help Jeremy Loffredo

Egypt detains entire newsroom of leading fact-checking platform over ‘fake news’ allegations

Media Platform Roundup

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

Giving up on the Russia narrative?

The essence of fascism

California Is building an internet of age checks and identity gates

Over 60,000 arrested in ‘chilling curb of free speech’

Camila Lourdes Galarza: the highest honor in journalism