UK censorship gone mad: carrying a sign saying "Fuck the DUP" (a political party) may be a crime.

The troll has nominated people from private weather forecasting companies to heat the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which means they could shut off its public weather forecasting.

Plutocrats plan to use Hurricane Maria as an excuse to grab Puerto Rico's remaining assets.

"Wall Street has encouraged the kind of predatory speculation that doesn’t just bet against the people of Puerto Rico, but rigs the game to make sure they lose."

MI5 has been sabotaging Labour politicians for decades. Now its former chief claims that Labour wants to "destroy democracy".

As usual, the right-wing accuses the left of what the right-wing is doing.

The author has faith that British democracy is strong enough to stop MI5 and other right-wing parts of the state from destroying democracy. I hope he is right, but the greatly increased surveillance capability means it would be easier than it was before.

Al-Shabaab exploded a large bomb in Mogadishu, killing 300 people, mainly civilians.

Al-Shabaab exists because the US decided to destabilize the Islamic Courts Movement government, which brought temporary peace to Somalia.