(2019-11-17). Two Views of the City's Ambush of the Phoenix (Deseire Memorial Survival) Camp Behind Ross. indybay.org Mainstream media have distorted and omitted various facts about the Friday morning November 15th police assault on the survival camp sending dozens into the bushes, streets, and neighborhoods for the winter. Camp Phoenix sheltered more than 60 people, many of them disabled and elderly, assisting with cooking, storage, and sanitation facilities and free access to its residents. The double sided flyer posted here attempts to correct false City claims echoed by the media.
(2019-11-16). Activists in UK inflate GIANT BREAST in front of Facebook HQ to protest nipple censorship. rt.com 
Dozens of women showed up in front of Facebook's London HQ to inflate a giant breast featuring a realistic nipple. It was in protest of the social network's censorship of photos of breast cancer survivors with nipple tattoos. | The protest was spearheaded by tattoo artist Vicky Martin, who specializes in 3D tattoos of areolas. Women who underwent a mastectomy as part of breast cancer treatment are her primary customers. However, Facebook's content policy, which forbids images of naked female breasts, disallows Martin's clients to share the results of her work on the social network. | At least that's the sig…
(2019-11-16). Roger Stone conviction affirms he lied about having connections with WikiLeaks. wsws.org The conviction of Roger Stone on all seven federal offenses shows, contrary to the fabrications in the corporate media, that he lied about having a relationship with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.
(2019-11-15). Corporate Media Whitewashes Its Role in Lula's Imprisonment. truthdig.com The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals processes have been exhausted. Within 24 hours, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was released to an adoring crowd of hundreds of union members and social movement activists who had maintained a camp outside the police station where he was held, shouting "good morning," "good afternoon" and "good night" to him for 580 consecutive days. | The Supreme Court had previously ruled, on April 5, 2018[md…
(2019-11-15). UNF SDS says 'No Nazis at UNF' again. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL – The University of North Florida's (UNF) chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a banner drop on November 13, condemning recent Neo-Nazi propaganda that has been posted around campus. The hand-written banner read, "Neo-Nazis not welcome here." | On November 5, UNF's student newspaper released an article of students finding multiple Neo-Nazi flyers around campus that read, "It's ok to genocide subhumans" and "The struggle never ends. Join the F.K.D." FKD stands for Feuerkrieg Division, a splinter group of the paramilitary extremist group, Atomwaffen Division which has been linked…
(2019-11-15). Here's why you can't trust a thing you read about this election in the mainstream press. thecanary.co 
If you needed a clear example of biased reporting in our media, you won't find a much clearer one than this. The same policy, the same newspaper, two totally different stories.The Express train to nowhere: According to the Express, a £10 minimum wage would tear our economy apart. It's basically communism. Also according to the Express, a £10.50 minimum wage would be the best thing to ever happen to our nation. So how come we can't possibly afford a £10 minimum wage, but we absolutely can afford a £10.50 minimum wage? Well, the latter was proposed by the Tories: | Blatant example of…
(2019-11-15). The Bolivian coup is not a coup—because U.S. wanted it to happen. mronline.org 
Army generals appearing on television to demand the resignation and arrest of an elected civilian head of state seems like a textbook example of a coup. And yet that is certainly not how corporate media are presenting the weekend's events in Bolivia. | Source
(2019-11-15). The OPCW and Douma: Chemical Weapons Watchdog Accused of Evidence-Tampering by Its Own Inspectors. counterpunch.org 
Claims that President Bashar al-Assad's forces have used chemical weapons are almost as old as the Syrian civil war itself. They have produced strong reactions, and none more so than in the case of the alleged attack in April last year on the opposition-controlled area of Douma near Damascus in which 43 people are said More
(2019-11-14). Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent. mintpressnews.com 
| | It's an open secret. The deep state is wo…
(2019-11-13). Anti-semitism bandwagon rolled out again. dissidentvoice.org 
For a few months over the summer the British corporate media largely lost interest in smearing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as an anti-semite. Maybe they had begun to worry that the constant drum-beat of the past three years was deadening the public's sensitivity to such claims. But an election is now weeks away, and the …
(2019-11-12). Marco Rubio blames 'Putin's disinformation' for coverage of Bolivia coup that he doesn't like. rt.com 
Eager to find some way to implicate Russia in Bolivia's political crisis and control of the US narrative, Republican senator Marco Rubio branded any skeptical coverage of events as an example of how "Putin uses disinformation." | Rubio, an early and avid supporter of protests that ousted former Bolivian President Evo Morales this week, tweeted that those wishing to understand Russian disinformation should "study current coverage" of Bolivia. | In Rubio's world, Russia has created "fake news" on Bolivia and is spreading it via a "vast network of outlets" and "social media actors" before it is "echoed in mainstr…
(2019-11-12). Pompeo's Iran Nuclear Lies Exposed Using Clear Evidence & The JCPOA Document Itself. thelastamericanvagabond.com Mike Pompeo continues to lead the propaganda push to get the public panicking about an Iran "nuclear breakout" even when all evidence shows that Iran is nowhere near capable of being a nuclear threat. Of course many other countries have far more robust nuclear programs, but because it's Iran we have to come together as …
(2019-11-10). Revealed: Breathalyzer Test Is "Fake Science" — What's NOT Fake Today? thelastamericanvagabond.com So much of what we are confronted with in the mainstream media and from government sources is fake. So much so, that the question should be: what is NOT fake? Apparently, the science behind the much-touted breathalyzer used by police to nab drunk drivers ALSO can be added to the list of fakery. Given how …
(2019-11-08). Is 'OK Boomer' the 'New N-Word,' or Are Millennials Still Destroying Everything? – How media coverage of intergenerational divides obscures class conflict. fair.org 
Dividing generations? That's our job, say corporate media (NBC, 11/7/19). | In recent times, media have taken a great interest in highlighting and even generating intergenerational fighting. One example is the focus on the "OK boomer" meme, a witty two-word comeback gaining popularity on the internet. "OK boomer" is a pithy, cutting retort millennials (those born between 1981—96) and Generation Z (those "Zoomers" born even later than 1996) give to those born during the baby boom (1946—64).
(2019-11-08). Private Equity Firms are Modern Day Vampires Sucking the Lifeblood Out of Our Society. therealnews.com 
Deadspin is the latest victim of private equity. Labor writer and activist Kim Kelly warns us that these 21st century "private equity vampires" have to be controlled.
(2019-11-05). League of the South Resorts to Video Stunts as Membership Declines. splcenter.org The League of the South made a 25-second propaganda video over the weekend at the memorial of a civil rights icon in an apparent attempt to attract members to its neo-Confederate ideology.