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      Dramatic Arrest of Journalist by Belarus Highlights US Targeting of Snowden in 2013

      Dramatic Arrest of Journalist by Belarus Highlights US Targeting of Snowden in 2013

      "Downing aircraft to pursue the arrest of dissidents has always been outrageous," the NSA whistleblower said Monday.

      Kenny Stancil
      May 24, 2021

      While the dramatic arrest of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich by the Belarusian government over the weekend was fiercely condemned worldwide, press freedom advocates on Monday not only called for the reporter's release but also highlighted how the actions taken by Belarus were eerily similar to an effort in 2013 by the U.S. and other Western governments to capture NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

      "Downing aircraft to pursue the arrest of dissidents has always been outrageous... and should be opposed no matter the flag under which it occurs."
      --Edward Snowden

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      We Can Defeat the Corporate Media's War to Snuff Out Independent Journalism

      We Can Defeat the Corporate Media's War to Snuff Out Independent Journalism

      Not only have some journalists become more influential than the papers they write for, but others have abandoned the employee-servant model completely.

      Jonathan Cook
      May 18, 2021

      My talk at the International Festival of Whistleblowing, Dissent and Accountability on May 8. Transcript below.

      I wanted to use this opportunity to talk about my experiences over the past two decades working with new technology as an independent freelance journalist, one who abandoned--or maybe more accurately, was abandoned by--what we usually call the "mainstream" media.

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      'Major Political Crisis' in Brazil as Military Chiefs Quit Amid Bolsonaro Purge of Top Ministers

      'Major Political Crisis' in Brazil as Military Chiefs Quit Amid Bolsonaro Purge of Top Ministers

      A leading opposition figure said the country "can't overcome" Covid-19 with Bolsonaro, because "he is the crisis incarnate."

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 30, 2021

      Brazil's political stability was in doubt Tuesday after the heads of all three military branches resigned following President Jair Bolsonaro's dismissal of his defense minister, one of six Cabinet officials who have recently left or been forced out of an administration whose popularity has plummeted amid soaring Covid-19 deaths in South America's largest nation.

      "We must save Brazil from Covid-19. Brazil will not withstand it if this man continues to govern in this way."
      --Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,
      presidential candidate

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