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A new trove of documents obtained by The Grayzone through freedom of information (FOI) requests provide unprecedented insight into Britain’s little-known military and intelligence censorship board. The contents lay bare how the secretive Defence and Security Media Advisory (DSMA) Committee censors the output of British journalists, while categorizing independent media as “extremist” for publishing “embarrassing” stories. The body imposes what are known as D-Notices, gag-orders systematically suppressing information available to the public.
Tribal IDs Are Federally Recognized; ICE Agents Are Ignoring Them
December 1, 2025
Levi Rickert, Native News Online.
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Detention, ICE, Legal System, Native Americans
During last year’s Idaho election, a Republican state senator lost his composure when a candidate forum turned to the topic of racism.
Trish Carter-Goodheart, a Democratic candidate and citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, spoke plainly: Racism and discrimination remain real and persistent in Idaho, pointing to the state’s history of white supremacist enclaves in northern Idaho.
The senator denied any racism existed. When the conversation hit a nerve, he abruptly stormed out, shouting to Carter-Goodheart, “Why don’t you go back to where you came from?”
Interfering In The Interference: Trump, WOLA And Honduran Elections
November 30, 2025
Adrienne Pine, Popular Resistance.
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Democracy, Elections, Honduras, Imperialism, US Intervention
Trump’s surprise promise to pardon convicted drug trafficker and former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández on the eve of today’s Honduran presidential election, in combination with his directive to Hondurans earlier in the week that they vote for Hernández-allied candidate Nasry Asfura Zablah have interfered with the carefully planned interference already underway in Washington.
While Trump prefers the brutish approach that succeeded in keeping his friend Milei in control in the recent Argentinian election, other Washington actors have long maintained a different approach to regime change of coordinated messaging between politicians and organizations across the political spectrum to give the appearance of an unbiased shared concern based in human rights and democracy.
Trump Pardons Convicted Narco-Trafficking Politician
November 30, 2025
Wyatt Reed, The Grayzone.
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Coups, Donald Trump, Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, Narcotrafficking, Presidential Pardon, US Imperialism
On November 28, US President Donald Trump Trump declared he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was sentenced to 45 years in a New York prison in 2024 for his role in helping smuggle 400 tons of cocaine into the US in a drug-running scheme linked to the Sinaloa cartel. Hernandez, Trump wrote, had been “treated very harshly and unfairly.”
While Hernandez was President of Honduras, he initiated contracts worth over half a million dollars with Republican lobbying firm BGR Group, after his brother, Tony, was sentenced to life in prison for cocaine smuggling.
Two Peace Prizes: Nobel Legitimizes War While US Peace Prize Honors Resistance
November 30, 2025
Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance.
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History, Nobel Peace Prize, US Peace Memorial Foundation, Wars and Militarism
The Nobel Peace Prize was established in 1901. In the decades that followed, Mahatma Gandhi emerged as the international symbol of world peace for resistance to the dominant imperialism of his time – the British Empire. He was never recognized by the Nobel Committee.
The Nobel Committee has honored figures ranging from the admirable Martin Luther King Jr. to the war criminal Henry Kissinger. Barack Obama received the prize after less than nine months in office, a “premature canonization” for not being George W. Bush. He then used his acceptance speech to justify US military invention.
Trump Attempts To ‘Close’ Venezuela’s Airspace With Imaginary Decree
November 30, 2025
Orinoco Tribune.
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Donald Trump, No Fly Zone, Regime Change, United Nations Security Council (UNSC), US Imperialism, Venezuela
In a bizarre social media post on Saturday, November 29, US President Donald Trump issued a warning amid escalating military action and pressure on Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro: “To all airlines, pilots, drug dealers and human traffickers, please consider the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety.”
This unprecedented attempt at an air blockade is another step in the escalating aggression that Washington is carrying out against Venezuela. However, experts in international law emphasize that Trump does not have the authority to close the airspace of another sovereign country, as that power belongs solely to the state that exercises sovereignty over its territory or to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
What Defeat Looks Like
November 30, 2025
Stefan Moore, Consortium News.
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Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Wars and Militarism
European leaders are in panic mode. They are scrambling to ensure that Trump’s 28-point peace plan that they believe favours Russia can be revised to give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an equal say alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This is delusional thinking. Whether or not Zelensky and his U.S./NATO allies, who have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into this conflict care to accept it, Russia is the indisputable victor in this terrible 14-year war, beginning with the 2014 Ukrainian civil war, which Russia entered in 2022.
Moscow will call the shots when it finally ends. As in Potsdam at the end of WWII, the only path forward now is working out the terms of defeat.
Milei Launches ‘Isaac Accords’ To Expand Israeli Influence
November 30, 2025
News Desk, The Cradle.
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Argentina, Isaac Accords, Israel, Javier Milei, Latin America
Argentinian President Javier Milei formally launched the Isaac Accords on 29 November, a new initiative aimed at strengthening political, economic, and cultural cooperation between Israel and Latin America.
Milei announced the initiative following a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, who visited Buenos Aires on Saturday as part of a regional diplomatic tour.
The Isaac Accords are being promoted in partnership with Washington and are modeled after the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and several Arab countries, including the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco.
Black Student Unions Are Under Pressure
November 30, 2025
Antar A Tichavakunda, Counter Punch.
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Black Student Unions, Higher Education, Student Activism, Trump Administration
Black student unions have been a vital part of many Black college students’ lives for more than 60 years. But since 2024, Black student unions have lost their institutional support, campus space and funding with the rise of anti-diversity, equity and inclusion laws in Utah and Alabama.
Black student unions now face a new wave of pressure, as more than 400 colleges and universities under the Trump administration have rebranded or eliminated programs and centers that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
Amy Lieberman, education editor at The Conversation U.S., spoke with Antar A. Tichavakunda, a scholar of race and higher education, to better understand what Black student unions are and how they influence Black students’ experiences in higher education.
The Neocon-Realist War Over Ukraine
November 29, 2025
Ray McGovern, Consortium News.
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Donald Trump, European Union (EU), Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Wars and Militarism
Donald Trump made some revealing remarks to the media as he flew to Florida for Thanksgiving on Wednesday. Asked if he thought Ukraine is being asked to give too much land to Russia in his proposal to end the war, Trump responded:
“It’s clearly up to the Russians. It’s moving in one direction. … That’s land that over the next couple of months might be gotten by Russia anyway. So, do you want to fight and loose another 50,000 or 60,000 people? Or do something now? They are negotiating; they are trying to get it done.”
That’s the same realistic approach Trump’s new special envoy to Ukraine, U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, took with the Ukrainians and Europe’s so-called “coalition of the willing” during a visit to Kiev earlier this week.
Gaza ‘Stabilization Force’ Fails To Launch; Nations Unwilling To Commit
November 29, 2025
News Desk, The Cradle.
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Gaza, Gaza International Stabilization Force (ISF), Israel, Palestine, Peace Plan
The White House is having difficulty launching its so-called Gaza International Stabilization Force (ISF), as countries that previously expressed willingness to deploy troops to the project now seek to distance themselves from it, according to a 29 November report in the Washington Post.
The ISF “is struggling to get off the ground as countries considered likely to contribute soldiers have grown wary” over concerns their soldiers may be required to use force against Palestinians.
Indonesia had stated it would send 20,000 peacekeeping troops. However, officials in Jakarta speaking with the US news outlet said they now plan to provide a much smaller contingent of about 1,200.
Illegal Orders, Liberal Hypocrisy, And Fake Outrage
November 28, 2025
Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report.
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Democrats, Liberal Hypocrisy, Venezuela, Wars and Militarism
A group of six United States senators and members of congress recently released a 90-second video in which they assert that members of the military can and in fact should refuse to carry out orders that are illegal. Article 92 in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) states that lawful orders must be obeyed and unlawful orders should not be carried out. While the assertion should not be controversial, the question of what is lawful or unlawful is not always clear. Military service personnel are at great personal risk should they attempt to make the distinction themselves.
Putin ‘Optimistic’ On US Peace Plan, Calls Zelensky ‘Illegitimate’
November 28, 2025
News Desk, The Cradle.
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Peace Negotiations, Russia, Russia–Ukraine war, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on 27 November that the Kremlin generally agrees that the 28-point US peace plan for Ukraine could form a basis for an agreement, while at the same time calling Ukraine's leadership illegitimate.
“In general, we agree that this could be the basis for future agreements,” he said while speaking to reporters at the conclusion of a visit to Kyrgyzstan.
“It would be impolite of me to talk about any final options now, as there aren't any. But some things are fundamental,” Putin said.
Study: Gender-Affirming Care Lowers Suicide Risk For Trans Kids
A newly published study reveals that a certain kind of gender-affirming care for transgender kids and young adults likely lowers rates of suicidality among those populations.
The study, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, examined 432 patients between the ages of 12 and 20 years old who received treatment at an unnamed Midwestern academic medical center. Patients who were set to receive gender-affirming care filled out Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) surveys prior to receiving hormone therapy (HT) treatment, then repeated the questionnaire at future visits.
Nicaragua Tourism ‘Steals The Spotlight,’ Earning Punitive Measures From US
November 28, 2025
Becca Renk Foster, Popular Resistance.
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Migration, Nicaragua, Tourism, US Retaliation
“Nicaragua Steals the Spotlight in Global Tourism Fairs,” read a headline in Travel and Tour World on 15 November, highlighting Nicaragua’s performance at recent industry events in the United Kingdom, China, Germany, and Canada.
“Nicaragua is rapidly becoming one of the most talked-about destinations for international tourists,” the article gushed.
Two days later on 17 November, the United States Embassy in Nicaragua announced new visa restrictions on representatives of Nicaraguan transportation companies, travel agencies, and tour operators. In a statement, the embassy claimed those affected had been “identified as knowingly facilitating illegal immigration to the United States.”