Articles by Niles Niemuth

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As Pandemic Death Toll Approaches 200,000, American Oligarchs Celebrate Their Wealth
Niles Niemuth | WSWS - TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Sep 2020

12 Sep 2020 – According to Forbes’ list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, the super-rich now possess $3.2 trillion, enough to pay for an entire year of public education, health care, nutrition and disaster relief for millions of people.

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(Français) De nouveaux documents de WikiLeaks démentent les mensonges sur une attaque chimique en Syrie en 2018
Niles Niemuth | WSWS, Investig’Action – TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Dec 2019

19 Déc 2019 – Des documents publiés par WikiLeaks le 15 décembre confirment l’existence d’une dissidence importante au sein de l’Organisation pour l’interdiction des armes chimiques (OIAC), l’organisme mondial de surveillance des armes chimiques. Les différences concernent la rédaction d’un rapport public sur l’attaque présumée du 7 avril 2018 à Douma, en Syrie, qui aurait tué 49 personnes et blessées jusqu’à 650.

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Global Military Spending at Record $1.7 Trillion
Niles Niemuth | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 May 2018

4 May 2018 – Global military spending hit a record of more than $1.7 trillion in 2017, the highest level since the Cold War, according to figures published yesterday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The report gives some idea of the scale of the squandering of resources for destructive ends.

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Google’s Eric Schmidt Admits Political Censorship of Search Results
Niles Niemuth | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Nov 2017

22 Nov 2017 – Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, confirmed this weekend that the world’s largest Internet company is, in close coordination with the state, manipulating search results to censor sites critical of the US government.

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New Google Algorithm Restricts Access to Left-Wing, Progressive Web Sites
Andre Damon and Niles Niemuth | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service, 31 Jul 2017

27 Jul 2017 – In the three months since Internet monopoly Google announced plans to keep users from accessing “fake news,” the global traffic rankings of a broad range of left-wing, progressive, anti-war and democratic rights organizations have fallen significantly.

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US Ramps Up Bombing Campaign In Yemen
Niles Niemuth | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Mar 2017

The multi-day bombardment was the heaviest so far in the undeclared US war in Yemen, which has killed or injured more than 1,700 people, including hundreds of women and children, since 2009. According to a tally maintained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the US has carried out a least 390 attacks in the last eight years.

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