Yesterday’s verdict in the Mark Duggan case has sent shockwaves of anger and disbelief in communities across the UK. Ceasefire’s Adam Elliott-Cooper argues the case epitomises the enduring nature of systematic and institutional...
This will be the year of the intrusive, oppressive state. Obviously, this will not much distinguish it from 2013, 2012 or 2011. But still: fundamental issues of government and its reach into our lives are now bubbling away as never before, and may...
Whistleblower Edward Snowden was taken for a ride by con artists in the service of the US and UK intelligence agencies. Under the cover of “independent journalism”, the scammers conned him out of his trove of secret NSA files, hustled him from...
Since 2008 Old-Thinker News has been covering the rapidly advancing Internet of Things (IoT). According to CIA chief David Patraeus the IoT will have a monumental impact on “clandestine tradecraft.” Consumer appliances are now becoming activated...
The Home Office’s increasingly tough anti-immigration campaigns do not seem to have been held back by the response to the so-called ‘racist vans’, with news emerging of texts accusing British citizens of being illegal immigrants....
A former child protection officer says British police had threatened him to stop his investigations into child abuse by high-profile MPs in 1990. Chris Fay said he was threatened with a gun to his head to avoid probing allegations surrounding Elm...
Monsanto, the agricultural biotech giant, also responsible for manufacturing multiple pesticides that have been linked to numerous human ailments has announced the acquisition of the Climate Corporation. It’s a climate data research company that...
UK energy regulator Ofgem has today confirmed that British Gas is misleading customers on Smart Meters. Following an initial complaint to Ofgem by SSM supporter Chris Jones, and his relentless pressure over two months for a response, Ofgem replied...
Once again, the United Nations’ General Assembly meeting in New York City has become a forum for calls for drug reform. Leaders from Latin America took the opportunity this week to criticize drug prohibition and challenge the world body to...
The US National Security Agency spied on civil rights leader Martin Luther King and boxer Muhammad Ali during the height of the Vietnam War protests, according to declassified documents revealed Wednesday. The documents showed the NSA tracked King...