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'''Glenn Edward Greenwald''' (born March 6, 1967) is an American lawyer, journalist, columnist and author. As a columnist, Greenwald has written for ''[[Guardian (UK)|The Guardian]]'' and ''Salon'' magazine and writes on [[civil liberties]] and [[national security]] matters. Greenwald is a critic of the [[Obama]] / [[Biden]] [[police state|surveillance state]]. | '''Glenn Edward Greenwald''' (born March 6, 1967) is an American lawyer, journalist, columnist and author. As a columnist, Greenwald has written for ''[[Guardian (UK)|The Guardian]]'' and ''Salon'' magazine and writes on [[civil liberties]] and [[national security]] matters. Greenwald is a critic of the [[Obama]] / [[Biden]] [[police state|surveillance state]]. | ||
| − | Greenwald was a co-founder ''The Intercept'', which he later left claiming, "The same trends of repression, | + | Greenwald was a co-founder ''The Intercept'', which he later left claiming, "The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in [[censorship]] of my own articles."<ref>https://greenwald.substack.com/p/my-resignation-from-the-intercept</ref> |
When the [[Biden junta]] admitted it was [[colluding]] with [[Big Tech]] to censor [[free speech]] and violate the rights of Americans, Greenwald tweeted, "This is the union of corporate and state power, one of the classic hallmarks of [[fascism]].”<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/07/16/government-dictating-what-social-media-bans-is-tyrannical/</ref> | When the [[Biden junta]] admitted it was [[colluding]] with [[Big Tech]] to censor [[free speech]] and violate the rights of Americans, Greenwald tweeted, "This is the union of corporate and state power, one of the classic hallmarks of [[fascism]].”<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/07/16/government-dictating-what-social-media-bans-is-tyrannical/</ref> | ||
Revision as of 07:35, July 20, 2021
Glenn Edward Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American lawyer, journalist, columnist and author. As a columnist, Greenwald has written for The Guardian and Salon magazine and writes on civil liberties and national security matters. Greenwald is a critic of the Obama / Biden surveillance state.
Greenwald was a co-founder The Intercept, which he later left claiming, "The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles."[1]
When the Biden junta admitted it was colluding with Big Tech to censor free speech and violate the rights of Americans, Greenwald tweeted, "This is the union of corporate and state power, one of the classic hallmarks of fascism.”[2]
Criticism
Greenwald was criticized by Trevor Louden and Cliff Kincaid in 2013 for defending Julian Assange of Wikileaks and NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Greenwald has spoken at many Socialist conferences.[3]
Greenwald is gay married and lives in Brazil.[4]
Awards
Greenwald was named by Foreign Policy magazine as being one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013.[5]
References
- ↑ https://greenwald.substack.com/p/my-resignation-from-the-intercept
- ↑ https://nypost.com/2021/07/16/government-dictating-what-social-media-bans-is-tyrannical/
- ↑ http://www.aim.org/aim-column/glenn-greenwald-regularly-attends-marxist-leninist-conferences/
- ↑ http://www.usasurvival.org/home/ck06.11.13.html#axzz4iPTM2g2i (archived link here)
- ↑ The Leading Global Thinkers of 2013. Foreign Policy. Retrieved on 2014-06-29.