The ADL has gone from a civil rights organization to a pro-Israel antisemitism tollbooth
Noah Shachtman
According to Puck, Live Nation execs say they're willing to work with Kanye again ... if the "Heil Hitler" rapper cuts a deal with the Anti-Defamation League.
Apr 14, 2026 at 12:56 PM
A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel
Podcast Episode · The New Yorker Radio Hour · April 17 · 39m
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Press Release · Keep the Internet free
On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, through OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control – the authority responsible for managing and enforcing economic and financial sanctions) sanctioned Autistici/Inventati (A/I), an Italian collective that has been providing digital infrastructure – email, hosting, mailing lists, chat, videoconferencing, streaming, and services related to privacy and anonymity – to movements and activists since 2001. Washington designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), alleging that it has provided financial, material or technological support to terrorism and to organizations already subjected to sanctions. A/I rejects the allegations and declares that its activities consist in providing tools for digital self-defence and infrastructure for the freedom of communication.
Press Release · Keep the Internet free
On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, through OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control – the authority responsible for managing and enforcing economic and financial sanctions) sanctioned Autistici/Inventati (A/I), an Italian collective that has been providing digital infrastructure – email, hosting, mailing lists, chat, videoconferencing and other privacy-friendly online services – to movements and activists since 2001. Washington designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), alleging that it has provided financial, material or technological support to terrorism and to organizations already subjected to sanctions. A/I rejects the allegations and declares that its activities consist in providing tools for digital self-defence and infrastructure for the freedom of communication.
The Money Still Has No Address, But Now It Has a History
Day four of a saga I keep saying I'll stop covering. Quick recap for anyone joining late: Macklemore said "Free Palestine" at two MetLife shows, got dropped...
NYT: Boycott, Divest, Unsubscribe — WRITERS AGAINST THE WAR ON GAZA
The New York Times is not unique among media outlets in manufacturing consent for war, for exploitation, for genocide. It is, rather, exemplary. The Times’ reputation for liberalism, for rigor, for non-partisan independence is precisely what makes it so dangerous, because it hides what it really is: a publication that exists to serve the interests of U.S. imperialism.
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Autistici/Inventati: "We need 1,000 more infrastructures of dissent to be born" - Freedom News
Interview with the Italian digital collective, de-banked and shut down after US “terrorist” designation ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ On the 26 Au…
'We won't be silenced': Meta removes Instagram accounts of pro-Palestine advocacy group
Pro-Palestinian activists have complained of suppression of speech since the war on Gaza began on 7 October
https://purgepalantir.com/
It is an unaccountable behemoth vacuuming up our data to use in everything from denial management for health insurance companies to unjust deportations to lethal and extrajudicial drone strikes in Palestine and beyond.
Google subsidizing hate group’s anti-trans and anti-diversity ads
Google’s Ad Grants program subsidizes advertisements by the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Do No Harm, including sponsored search results for the group’s so-called “Detransitioner Bill of Rights,” according to a search of Google’s ad transparency data.1 Do No Harm’s model policy, the “Detransitioner Bill of Rights,” wrongly suggests that gender-affirming healthcare can “contribute” to distress among […]
The Anti-Democratic Origins of the ADL and AJC
The history of the ADL and AJC reveals that they were created to consolidate the power of wealthy men and stifle the grassroots left.
Keep the Internet free
On August 26, 2026, the United States placed the Italian collective Autistici/Inventati on its terrorism sanctions list, accusing it of providing online services to violent groups. Since 2001 the collective has offered free email, hosting and other tools to activists, and it rejects the accusations entirely. Two days later its website disappeared from the internet — not because the machines were switched off, but because the address that leads people to them stopped working.
Thanks to California, a news site (or other business) now has to let you cancel your subscription online
Power to the people (who hate talking on phones).
25 years after 9/11, our definition of terrorism continues to expand : Code Switch
In the 25 years since 9/11, we've seen the definition of terrorism expand. The Trump administration has called more and more groups “terrorists,” from “narco-terrorists” in Ecuador to people who protest ICE to the entire Democratic party. This week, our conversation with Saher Selod, an expert on the surveillance of Muslims, about the effects of the war on terror after 9/11, and historian Alex Lubin about how the word “terrorist” has been used to enact violence and surveillance.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.
