2019-09-03: News Headlines

Steven Singer (2019-09-03). Inside Bill Gates' Hubris: Propaganda to Make America Neoliberal Again. commondreams.org You want to decode Bill's brain? Look at his family's wealth. Look at his upbringing. Look at his medical records. (Credit: flickr / cc / world economic forum) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

James Wright (2019-09-03). Tony Blair is concern trolling you. Centrists do not fear a general election because of Brexit. thecanary.co Tony Blair and the centrists are essentially concern trolling the Labour leadership, its supporters, and anyone who wants to see the back of the Conservatives. They say that a general election is Boris Johnson's "elephant trap" for Labour. | But in reality, the centrists don't want an election because they fear Jeremy Corbyn winning. | General election now: | Blair's position is utterly…

WSWS (2019-09-02). Take forward the fight to free Julian Assange! wsws.org Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning are the victims of a monstrous criminal conspiracy, involving the most powerful governments in the world, the intelligence agencies and the corporate media.

Staff (2019-08-27). Corporate Media Bias Against Sanders Is Structural, Not a Conspiracy. therealnews.com What the United States needs is a real discussion about the systematic structural bias against politicians and political movements that question corporate control over the news, say RootsAction.org founders Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon…

ACLU (2019-08-27). New Resource Tool Sheds Light on Government's Prepublication Review System. aclu.org Millions of current and former government employees are subjected to this far-reaching censorship system. | This piece was originally published in Just Security. | For more than three years, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University have been litigating a series of Freedom of Information Act requests relating to "prepublication review." Under this far-reaching censorship system, millions of current and former government employees, con…

Mnar Muhawesh (2019-08-26). Breaking The Media Blackout on the Imprisonment of Julian Assange. mintpressnews.com The same media that has spent years dragging Assange's name through the mud is now engaging in a blackout on his treatment. If you are waiting for corporate media pundits to defend freedom of the press, you're going to be disappointed.

Staff (2019-08-26). "The Situation Was Very Bad": Feminist Activist Kavita Krishnan on What She Saw in Kashmir. democracynow.org In Kashmir, residents have entered their fourth week of a severe lockdown after India revoked the special status of the Indian-controlled part of the Muslim-majority territory. On August 5, India imposed a curfew and cut off all communications to the region. More than 4,000 people, including many political leaders, have been detained, while local residents report facing increasing shortages of food and medicine. Over the weekend, India blocked a delegation of Indian opposition politicians from visiting Kashmir, including Rahul Gandhi, the former president of the Indian National Congress. India's actions have led…

Mark Fiore (2019-08-23). The Chosen One's Economy. progressive.org "Elitist numbers. Fake news. Upside-down arrows. Don't believe the signs of weakness!"

Rick Sterling (2019-08-23). NPR Mocks Cancer Survivor in Drumbeat of Syria Propaganda. mintpressnews.com While NPR snorts about Asma Assad "sporting a chic blonde pixie cut", Lilly Martin points out that she was recently bald while fighting for her life.

Michael Edison Hayden (2019-08-06). U.S. State Department Official Involved in White Nationalist Movement, Hatewatch Determines. splcenter.org A U.S. State Department official oversaw the Washington, D.C.-area chapter of a white nationalist organization, hosted white nationalists at his home and published white nationalist propaganda online, Hatewatch has determined.

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-18). Venezuela: Trump Diverts Central America Aid to Guaido as EU Threatens More Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com Guaido's team is receiving over $40 million to fund salaries, travel, training, propaganda and technical assistance.