(2020-03-06). Amazon burning in 2019 was bad, but nowhere near as apocalyptic as MSM would have us believe. rt.com 
Despite a media furor over the widespread burning of Amazon rainforest in 2019, the latest analysis by the ESA's Fire CCI project reveals that the total number of fires in the Amazon was only slightly above the long-term average. | Far from the apocalyptic headlines depicted in the mainstream media frenzy, it appears that the Amazon may not be doomed just yet. While there was a small increase year-on-year between 2018 and 2019, the number of fires in relation to the national average over two decades was only slightly up. | Changes in climate conditions, regulations as well pre-existing deforestation and degrad…
(2020-03-06). Of course it's coincidence: Kremlin spokesman denies trolling Erdogan with bronzework of Russo-Turkish war. rt.com 
Some believe the Kremlin wanted to rattle Turkey's President by placing him next to a work of art depicting a crushing Ottoman defeat at the hands of the Russians, but Vladimir Putin's spokesman says it was pure coincidence. | Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Moscow on Thursday to discuss with the Russian President ways to
(2020-03-06). Israel detains six Palestinian travelers from Gaza. imemc.org Israeli authorities have been reportedly detained six Palestinians from Gaza since early 2020. Those arrested are said to be travelers, who were passing through the Israel-controlled Erez checkpoint, north of the Gaza Strip. According to a statement, released on Friday by the Ramallah-based Palestine Center for Detainee Studies, the sixth …
(2020-03-06). All the Devastating Epidemics That Coronavirus is Distracting Us From. counterpunch.org Almost every day the BBC's One-minute World News provides the latest death tally from coronavirus. The short news wrap-up typically covers about three news items only, meaning that for the BBC, the virus has been among the top three most important issues for the world, daily for the last two months. All the other mainstream
(2020-03-06). Fox News Is Spreading Trump's Coronavirus Lies Faster Than the Disease Itself. truthout.org President Trump said that Russian interference in the 2016 election was a hoax perpetrated by the Democrats to destroy his presidency. He claimed his impeachment was a Democratic hoax too and last week he said the coronavirus — or at least media coverage of the coronavirus — was one as well. | None of those were hoaxes. But that doesn't mean hoaxes don't exist. In fact, when it comes to the coronavirus crisis, disinformation, propaganda and hoaxes abound. Ironically, one of the so…
(2020-03-05). 'Epidemic can be contained': WHO chief urges concerted approach against Covid-19 coronavirus. rt.com 
The epidemic of Covid-19 infection spreading around the world from China can be contained and controlled, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, urging a concerted response by all governments. | "We are calling on every country to act with speed, scale and clear-minded determination," the WHO's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at the UN health agency's Geneva headquarters. | Tedros voiced concern that "some countries have either not taken this seriously enough, or have decided there is nothing they can do," Reuters reports. "This is not the time to give up. This is…
(2020-03-05). Who Made Coronavirus? Was It the U.S., Israel or China? globalresearch.ca The most commonly reported mainstream media account of the creation of the Coronavirus suggests that it was derived from an animal borne microorganism found in a wild bat that was consumed by an ethnic Chinese resident of Wuhan. But there …
(2020-03-03). Keep It Simple and Question: Propaganda, Technology, and Coronavirus (COVID-19). dissidentvoice.org My father, a well-educated lawyer with a very sophisticated mind, used to advise me to "keep it simple." By simple he didn't mean simplistic. He meant fundamentally logical and to the point. So I will do that here and stick to some simple realities, now that understanding what is going on in the world has …
(2020-03-02). Fake News, False Democracy and Phony Economics. dissidentvoice.org The growing popularity of an American social democratic presidential candidate who calls himself a democratic socialist has revived every anti-humanity distortion of the past, emanating from the tiny minority ruling our country through its servant class of professionals in media and politics. Newer and more bloody mythologies about supposedly existing socialisms are expanding on the …
(2020-02-27). Headlines for February 27, 2020. democracynow.org Fears of Coronavirus Pandemic Grow as U.S. Cites First "Community Spread" of Pathogen, Trump Blames "Caronavirus" Fears on Democrats and Fake News Reporting, Trump Taps VP Mike Pence, Who's Blamed for Indiana HIV Outbreak, to Lead Coronavirus Response, Gunman Kills 5 at Molson Coors Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Physicians Group Calls U.S. Migrant Family Separations "Torture", U.S. Drops Charge Against Scott Warren, Who Aided Migrants Crossing Desert, House Approves Emmett Till Act to Make Lynching a Federal Hate Crime, Feds Arrest Five Neo-Nazis for Threatening Journalists and Activists, ABC Suspends David Wr…
(2020-02-27). Syrian journalist corrects the record on mainstream media's absurd Idlib coverage. thegrayzone.com Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Syrian journalist Bashar Bazari, who works as a correspondent for HispanTV in Damascus….
(2020-02-21). Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity. fair.org 
There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it. Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causing present and future harms, make them more often part of the problem than the solution.
(2020-02-12). Neo-Confederate Attorney Accused of Mishandling Clients' Money Promoted Online Trolling, Harassment. splcenter.org Harold Ray Crews, attorney and chairman of the North Carolina chapter of the neo-Confederate hate group League of the South, must attend a hearing Feb. 21 to determine whether the state bar association will suspend his law license.