Daily Archives: November 27, 2019

2019-11-27: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-11-27). Global Warming and the Ozone Layer: What's More Dangerous, CO2 or Nuclear War? globalresearch.ca Prof. Max Gluckman (1911-1975) showed how ritualized forms of rebellion against those in power "through a controlled expression of hostility" ultimately leads to the reinforcement of the established structures of authority. Is that not what is happening today? The movement against capitalism is funded and supported by capitalism.

Emily Apple (2019-11-27). The letter from a rabbi that won't make the front pages of most of the mainstream media. thecanary.co Following the Chief Rabbi's comments and Jeremy Corbyn's interview with Andrew Neil, allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party have once again dominated the mainstream media.But there's one letter from a rabbi that probably won't make headlines in most o…

Emily Apple (2019-11-27). Paul Mason's brutal takedown of the UK media explains the state of today's front pages. thecanary.co The state of the UK media was on full display on 27 November. Following the Chief Rabbi's comments and Jeremy Corbyn's interview with Andrew Neil, this is a snapshot of how the press responded: www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2019… 300w, ww

The Canary (2019-11-27). Corbyn says documents show NHS is 'on the table' in trade talks with US. thecanary.co Labour has accused the Conservatives of negotiating a secret trade deal with the US to open up the NHS to American pharmaceutical companies. | Jeremy Corbyn said they had obtained uncensored government documents showing talks were at a "very advanced stage". | He said the 451 pages covered six rounds of negotiations — taking place in Washington and London — starting in July 2107 to "just a few months ago". | Speaking at a news conference in London, the Labour leader said the papers gave the lie to Boris Johnson's claims that the NHS would not be part of any trade talks. | "The uncensored documents lea…

Alan Macleod (2019-11-27). Tucker Carlson is the Only Mainstream Pundit Properly Covering OPCW Bombshell. mintpressnews.com That Tucker Carlson is one of the few pundits willing to report on a bombshell revelation about a chemical attack in Syria, may say more about the state of the corporate press than it does about Carlson's character.

C.J. Atkins (2019-11-26). Let Them Tremble: Author Tony Pecinovsky discusses new book on CPUSA. peoplesworld.org Many mainstream historians concluded long ago that the Communist Party USA, which was the predominant left organization in the United States during the years of the Great Depression and World War II, basically died out after the Red Scare. The end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union just reinforced that …

Andrew Butler (2019-11-26). This election will be a battle of ideas and information. thecanary.co The billionaire-owned mainstream media have worked tirelessly to smear Jeremy Corbyn and support the establishment. To win this election, we need a strong well funded independent media to hold power to account. Please support our work today! | By Andrew Butler

RT (2019-11-26). Fox's Tucker Carlson questions Douma 'chemical attack proof' and roots for Russia on air. Off with his head, cry MSM. rt.com Fox News host Tucker Carlson has crossed an MSM Rubicon and questioned the Douma "gas attack" fraud on air, bringing up the OPCW whistleblower. Then he "rooted for Russia" over Ukraine. Was it a "betrayal," or epic truth-trolling? | Carlson boldly went where no mainstream TV host had gone before, unpacking the explosive story of April 2018's Douma "chemical weapons attack." While the "attack" was attributed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by an altered report from the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons, two whistleblowers within the group accused it of omitting evidence to craft a misleadi…

RT (2019-11-26). 'Vultures' already subpoenaed by Schiff: Trump trolls media & Democrats at traditional turkey pardoning ceremony. rt.com While "pardoning" a turkey ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, US President Donald Trump got in a few jabs at the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry and the media. | Two turkeys, named Bread and Butter, were presented to the president on Tuesday at the White House Rose Garden, and Butter received the traditional presidential pardon. With the ceremony itself being tongue-in-cheek, Trump used it to needle the impeachment inquiry, led by House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff (D-California). | Bread and Butter "have already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff's basement on Thursday," he said. "It see…

Emily Apple (2019-11-26). There's one crucial sentence missing from the mainstream media's coverage of the Chief Rabbi's comments. thecanary.co Antisemitism in the Labour Party is dominating the headlines again after the Chief Rabbi decided to intervene in the election. Ephraim Mirvis described the antisemitism 'crisis' in the Times: A new poison — sanctioned from the top — has taken root in the Labour Party. | Mirvis further claimed that: It is not my place to tell any person how they should vote. I regret being in this situation at all. I…

Joshua Cho (2019-11-26). Media Wonder: Why Can't Venezuela Be More Like Bolivia? fair.org Western corporate media outlets have often cried foul when foreign elections don't go the way the US empire wants them to, and find roundabout ways to label the violent attempts by vocal right-wing minorities to use military forces to overthrow leftist governments as "protests" rather than coups (FAIR.org, 5/16/18, 5/1/19). But it's still rare to see them blatantly call for a right-wing coup without a hint of…

Emily Apple (2019-11-25). Tory candidate who wants forced labour camps is busted trying to manufacture fake news. thecanary.co The Tory candidate who hit the headlines for espousing forced labour camps has hit the news again. This time, it's for deliberately trying to manipulate the media to make him seem popular on the doorstep. In other words, he was trying to create fake news. | Lee Anderson is running in the Tory/Labour marginal seat of Ashfield, in the East Midlands. Labour narrowly won the seat in 2017 by just over 400 votes. But Anderson's dirty tactics should provide yet another reason why no one…

Stuart Munckton (2019-11-25). Challenging the toxic myths behind our age of discontent. greenleft.org.au books Leah CowanIssue 1247 AustraliaNovember 25, 2019We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent
| By Nesrine Malik
| Orion, 2019
| 288 pages | As a writer and editor on race, gender and state violence, I am no stranger to infestations of right-wing trolls in my social media mentions. Consequently, it…

Julie Hollar (2019-11-22). False Equivalence in the Age of Trump. fair.org Even in the Trump era, corporate media, forever insistent on an "objective" approach that always hears out "both sides," continue to exhibit a dangerous blindness to their own biases. | In "In Primetime, Two Versions of Impeachment for a Divided Nation" ( 11/16/19), the New York Times' Michael Grynbaum offered "a glimpse at the country's divided political reality"

Max Blumenthal (2019-11-22). CIA helped shape 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' series into bigoted Venezuela regime change fantasy. thegrayzone.com Analysis by researcher Tom Secker reveals how Amazon's regime change fantasy "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" was shaped by CIA and…

Julie Hollar (2019-11-20). Sanders' Plan to Fight Global Climate Disaster Too Ambitious, Says NYT. fair.org When Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his $16.3 trillion climate plan, corporate media were quick to throw cold water on it, arguing that the Democratic presidential candidate's plan was too expensive, and logistically and politically impossible (FAIR.org, 9/6/19). As Sanders fleshed out his plan in more detail, the media pushback continued: "Sanders' Climate Ambitions Thrill Supporters, but Experts Aren't Impressed," annou…

Activist Post (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 …

Activist Post (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 …

Hatewatch Staff (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.

2019-11-27: Social Media Postees

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Global Warming and the Ozone Layer: What's More Dangerous, CO2 or Nuclear War?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Prof. Max Gluckman (1911-1975) showed how ritualized forms of rebellion against those in power "through a controlled expression of hostility" ultimately leads to the reinforcement of the established structures of authority. Is that not what is happening today? The movement against capitalism is funded and supported by capitalism.
globalresearch.ca/global-warming-and-the…

Tucker Carlson is the Only Mainstream Pundit Properly Covering OPCW Bombshell
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-27
That Tucker Carlson is one of the few pundits willing to report on a bombshell revelation about a chemical attack in Syria, may say more about the state of the corporate press than it does about Carlson's character.
mintpressnews.com/tucker-carlson-bombshe…

The letter from a rabbi that won't make the front pages of most of the mainstream media
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-11-27
Following the Chief Rabbi's comments and Jeremy Corbyn's interview with Andrew Neil, allegations of antisemitism in the Labour Party have once again dominated the mainstream media.But there's one letter from a rabbi that probably won't make headlines in most o…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/11/27/the-letter-from-a-rabbi-that-wont-make-the-front-pages-of-most-of-the-mainstream-media/

Labour's Jennie Formby demolishes anti-Corbyn propaganda with a powerful counterattack
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-27
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis says that Labour Party action to stamp out antisemitism is "a mendacious fiction". But Labour general secretary Jennie Formby has hit bac…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/11/27/labours-jennie-formby-demolishes-anti-corbyn-propaganda-with-a-powerful-counterattack/

Corbyn says documents show NHS is 'on the table' in trade talks with US
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-27
Labour has accused the Conservatives of negotiating a secret trade deal with the US to open up the NHS to American pharmaceutical companies. | Jeremy Corbyn said they had obtained uncensored government documents showing talks were at a "very advanced stage". | He said the 451 pages covered six rounds of negotiations — taking place in Washington and London — starting in July 2107 to "just a few months ago". | Speaking at a news conference in London, the Labour leader said the papers gave the lie to Boris Johnson's claims that the NHS would not be part of any trade talks. | "The uncensored documents lea…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/27/corbyn-says-documents-show-nhs-is-on-the-table-in-trade-talks-with-us/

Media Wonder: Why Can't Venezuela Be More Like Bolivia?
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-11-26
Western corporate media outlets have often cried foul when foreign elections don't go the way the US empire wants them to, and find roundabout ways to label the violent attempts by vocal right-wing minorities to use military forces to overthrow leftist governments as "protests" rather than coups (FAIR.org, 5/16/18, 5/1/19). But it's still rare to see them blatantly call for a right-wing coup without a hint of…
fair.org/home/media-wonder-why-cant-vene…

There's one crucial sentence missing from the mainstream media's coverage of the Chief Rabbi's comments
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-11-26
Antisemitism in the Labour Party is dominating the headlines again after the Chief Rabbi decided to intervene in the election. Ephraim Mirvis described the antisemitism 'crisis' in the Times: A new poison — sanctioned from the top — has taken root in the Labour Party. | Mirvis further claimed that: It is not my place to tell any person how they should vote. I regret being in this situation at all. I…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/11/26/theres-one-crucial-sentence-missing-from-the-mainstream-medias-coverage-of-the-chief-rabbis-comments/

Let Them Tremble: Author Tony Pecinovsky discusses new book on CPUSA
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-26
Many mainstream historians concluded long ago that the Communist Party USA, which was the predominant left organization in the United States during the years of the Great Depression and World War II, basically died out after the Red Scare. The end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union just reinforced that …
peoplesworld.org/article/let-them-trembl…

This election will be a battle of ideas and information
Andrew Butler | thecanary.co | 2019-11-26
The billionaire-owned mainstream media have worked tirelessly to smear Jeremy Corbyn and support the establishment. To win this election, we need a strong well funded independent media to hold power to account. Please support our work today! | By Andrew Butler…
thecanary.co/video/2019/11/26/support-the-canary/

Fox's Tucker Carlson questions Douma 'chemical attack proof' and roots for Russia on air. Off with his head, cry MSM
rt.com | 2019-11-26
Fox News host Tucker Carlson has crossed an MSM Rubicon and questioned the Douma "gas attack" fraud on air, bringing up the OPCW whistleblower. Then he "rooted for Russia" over Ukraine. Was it a "betrayal," or epic truth-trolling? | Carlson boldly went where no mainstream TV host had gone before, unpacking the explosive story of April 2018's Douma "chemical weapons attack." While the "attack" was attributed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by an altered report from the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons, two whistleblowers within the group accused it of omitting evidence to craft a misleadi…
rt.com/usa/474372-tucker-carlson-syria-r…

'Vultures' already subpoenaed by Schiff: Trump trolls media & Democrats at traditional turkey pardoning ceremony
rt.com | 2019-11-26
While "pardoning" a turkey ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, US President Donald Trump got in a few jabs at the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry and the media. | Two turkeys, named Bread and Butter, were presented to the president on Tuesday at the White House Rose Garden, and Butter received the traditional presidential pardon. With the ceremony itself being tongue-in-cheek, Trump used it to needle the impeachment inquiry, led by House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff (D-California). | Bread and Butter "have already received subpoenas to appear in Adam Schiff's basement on Thursday," he said. "It see…
rt.com/usa/474396-trump-turkey-pardon-im…

Tory candidate who wants forced labour camps is busted trying to manufacture fake news
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-11-25
The Tory candidate who hit the headlines for espousing forced labour camps has hit the news again. This time, it's for deliberately trying to manipulate the media to make him seem popular on the doorstep. In other words, he was trying to create fake news. | Lee Anderson is running in the Tory/Labour marginal seat of Ashfield, in the East Midlands. Labour narrowly won the seat in 2017 by just over 400 votes. But Anderson's dirty tactics should provide yet another reason why no one…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/25/tory-candidate-who-wants-forced-labour-camps-is-busted-trying-to-manufacture-fake-news/

Challenging the toxic myths behind our age of discontent
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-25
books Leah CowanIssue 1247 AustraliaNovember 25, 2019We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent | By Nesrine Malik | Orion, 2019 | 288 pages | As a writer and editor on race, gender and state violence, I am no stranger to infestations of right-wing trolls in my social media mentions. Consequently, it…
greenleft.org.au/content/challenging-toxic-myths-behind-our-age-discontent

CIA helped shape 'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' series into bigoted Venezuela regime change fantasy
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-22
Analysis by researcher Tom Secker reveals how Amazon's regime change fantasy "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" was shaped by CIA and…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/22/tom-clancy-ja…

False Equivalence in the Age of Trump
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-11-22
Even in the Trump era, corporate media, forever insistent on an "objective" approach that always hears out "both sides," continue to exhibit a dangerous blindness to their own biases. | In "In Primetime, Two Versions of Impeachment for a Divided Nation" ( 11/16/19), the New York Times' Michael Grynbaum offered "a glimpse at the country's divided political reality"
fair.org/home/false-equivalence-in-the-a…

Sanders' Plan to Fight Global Climate Disaster Too Ambitious, Says NYT
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-11-20
When Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his $16.3 trillion climate plan, corporate media were quick to throw cold water on it, arguing that the Democratic presidential candidate's plan was too expensive, and logistically and politically impossible (FAIR.org, 9/6/19). As Sanders fleshed out his plan in more detail, the media pushback continued: "Sanders' Climate Ambitions Thrill Supporters, but Experts Aren't Impressed," annou…
fair.org/home/sanders-plan-to-fight-glob…

Pompeo's Iran Nuclear Lies Exposed Using Clear Evidence & The JCPOA Document Itself
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-12
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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/pom…

Revealed: Breathalyzer Test Is "Fake Science" — What's NOT Fake Today?
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-10
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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/rev…

League of the South Resorts to Video Stunts as Membership Declines
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-11-05
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.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/05/leagu…