Lockdowns in Third World Result in Starvation, Police Assaults
By Janet Phelan A number of developing countries which have initiated “Stay at Home” orders are now experiencing hunger and starvation deaths, as well as…
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Did John Bolton and Hillary Clinton Enable the Corona Crisis?
By Janet Phelan In May of 2001, six months before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the anthrax letters (Amerithrax) in the US,…
Book Burnings in the Digital Age: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and now….Poetry?
By Janet Phelan “Where books are burned, in the end people will be burned” — Heinrich Heine, German poet A recent article in the Washington…
Justice in the Time of Corona
By Janet Phelan “I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time…
Media Watch: Groundbreaking UN Torture Report Shunned by Mainstream
By Janet Phelan The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, has issued a report which gives official acknowledgement—possibly for the first time—to aspects…
Facebook Hits C****vir*s Articles with a Sledgehammer
By Janet Phelan Articles from mainstream publications and vetted online venues are now apparently being removed from Facebook for simply mentioning the coronavirus. As of…
Is Covid-19 “The Big One” Or Just A “Dry Run?”
By Janet Phelan Let’s face facts. As viruses go, the coronavirus is likely a dud. Its mortality rate is extremely low, though its contagion factor…
Action Alert: Freedom at Risk Through Surveillance Reauthorization Bill
By Janet Phelan It may be time to dust off your telephone and reassert your rights. At this writing, any remnant of your freedom and…
As the New Virus Spreads, Some Important Things to Remember
By Janet Phelan We’ve been expecting the Big One for some time now. As far as pandemics go, the Big One has been alluded to…
Shadowy Watchlisting Council Has Control Over Your Legal Rights — And It Does Not Really Exist
By Janet Phelan By all commonly accepted standards, the Watchlisting Advisory Council (WLAC) does not exist. It has no physical offices, no employees and was…
An Open Letter to Glenn Greenwald on the Occasion of his Release from Charges
Op-Ed by Janet Phelan Mr. Greenwald, Those of us watching the attacks on the press were acutely aware of the implications of the charges levied…
Israel and Iran in Dead Heat Weapons Race
By Janet Phelan Israel is developing a laser weapons defense system that may end up neutralizing most of her airborne security threats. The Iron Beam,…
A Plan for Peace or a Recipe for War? Trump Unveils his Israel-Palestine Peace Plan
By Janet Phelan Trump has unveiled his “Deal of the Century,” a “peace plan” for Israel and Palestine which some commentators are calling “a recipe…
After Declaring Terrorist Watchlist Unconstitutional, Judge Backpedals
By Janet Phelan In a widely reported decision last September, Federal Judge Anthony Trenga declared that the Terrorist Watchlist was unconstitutional. Now, however, Judge Trenga…