Daily Archives: August 24, 2020

2020-08-24: News Headlines

_____ (2020-08-24). U.S. Govt-Funded Coda Story Smears American Journalists Who Undermine New Cold War Propaganda. strategic-culture.org With backing from the US government's regime-change arm, an Operation Mockingbird-style website called Coda Story is attacking American journalists who have punctured Washington's sensationalist narratives against China. | Ben NORTON | A shadowy neoconservative website called Coda Story has launched a smear campaign against American journalists who challenge new cold war propaganda. But what this publication has not disclosed is that it is funded by the US government, backed by the European Union, linked to the NATO war alliance, and part of a larger network of regime-change outfits that are bankrolled by Western…

Caitlin Johnstone (2020-08-24). To Oppose Power Is To Meet With Hopelessness, But Hopelessness Is An Invitation To Real Power. thealtworld.com You set out, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, charging full speed at the man all set to overthrow the status quo, and then what happens? | You splat headfirst into a solid steel wall. | Your plans fail. | Your heroes capitulate. | Your comrades begin succumbing to propaganda. | You realize that the roots of establishment power stretch far deeper than you'd initially guessed, and that it has strategies in place to ensure its survival that are far more ingenious and effective than you'd ever previously imagined. | And then there she is. Lady Despair, in all her ego-crushing glory. | And then what do you do? | Perh…

Chris Gilbert (2020-08-24). The Spanish State's "Nationalization" of Clinics Resembles Privatization. counterpunch.org We hear it throughout the English-language press, both mainstream and progressive: "The Covid-19 crisis led Spain to nationalize its private clinics!" It would be great if it were true. Moreover, since governments like to say that we are "at war" with the coronavirus, shouldn't a war involve more than just confining people in their houses,

_____ (2020-08-24). Democracy — We've Had the Russia Report, Now Where Is the America Report? strategic-culture.org Rob WOODWARD | The long-awaited Russia report was published with a call for "immediate action" by the government and intelligence services to tackle the threat from just one country — Russia. The reality was that while Russia may have been meddling at the edges of Britain's democracy, America has been actively involved in centrally funding the breakdown of democracy, the rule of law and the British way of life. So where is the America Report? | The Russia Report cited 'open source' studies which pointed to "pro-Brexit or anti-EU stories on RT and Sputnik, and the use of 'bots' and 'trolls', as evidence of R…

RT (2020-08-23). Americans criticizing Biden may be 'unwittingly' spreading 'Kremlin disinformation', top Russiagate peddler warns. rt.com US citizens may "unwittingly" become Russian agents and spread "disinformation" about Joe Biden, Senator Mark Warner has warned, urging the intelligence community to be more vocal and tell the public what to do. | According to the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, one should be particularly vigilant about the Russian trolls, lurking around the social media feeds, as Kremlin is allegedly once again seeking to prop up President Donald Trump and help him secure re-election in November. | Speaking to NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday, the Senator warned that if one is not careful enough, he can…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-08-22). Does the Face Mask Protect You From Covid? Ask Dr. Anthony Fauci. When He Spoke against the Mask, It Was Categorized as "Fake News" globalresearch.ca Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) described as one of the world's leading experts on infectious diseases was until recently categorically against wearing the face mask. | He offered advice and provided specific …

_____ (2020-08-22). Catapulting Russian-Meddling Propaganda. strategic-culture.org The New York Times is leading the full-court press to improve on what it regards as Special Counsel Robert Mueller's weak-kneed effort to blame the Russians for giving us Donald Trump. | Ray MCGOVERN | The fresh orgy of anti-Russian invective in the lickspittle media (LSM) has the feel of fin de siècle. The last four reality-impaired years do seem as though they add up to a century. And no definitive fin is in sight, as long as most people don't know what's going on. | The LSM should be confronted: "At long last have you left no sense of decency?" But who would hear the question — much less any answer? The…

Eds. (2020-08-22). On Facebook banning pages associated with anarchism. mronline.org And the Digital Censorship to Come.

Steve Topple (2020-08-22). Dear Guardian journos: Johnson's not just 'workshy'. He sums up class privilege in how we define hard work. thecanary.co Boris Johnson's been on holiday, in case you missed it. Much of the mainstream media has quite rightly been up in arms. But a Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!: | The outrage from all sides over the PM's holiday in Scotland…

WSWS (2020-08-22). Facebook censors anti-fascist and anarchist groups, falsely linking them with extreme-right violence. wsws.org Facebook has adopted positions put forward by the Trump administration and US Justice Department targeting left-wing opposition in the latest expansion of its political censorship regime.

yenisafak (2020-08-22). US House takes on Postal reforms seen as threat to mail-in ballots. yenisafak.com The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Saturday on providing the cash-strapped Postal Service with $25 billion and block policies that have stirred concerns about mail-in balloting ahead of the Nov. 3 election.The Democratic-led chamber is widely expected to pass the bill, dubbed the "Delivering for America Act," at a rare Saturday session called by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the congressional August recess. But it is unlikely to be taken up in the Republican-controlled Senate.With mail-in voting expected to surge during the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump has alarmed De…

Joseph Scalia III (2020-08-21). Return to Leopold: Dare We Speak Up for Yellowstone? counterpunch.org The watchword defending what's come to be called the "collaboration and compromise" model of conservation is "practical." When confronted with its abandonment of the land ethic and conservation aesthetic that Aldo Leopold bequeathed us in the 1940's, the mainstream and best-funded conservation community defends its approach by pointing out the obvious, that the world has

RT (2020-08-21). As Democrats deliver 4-point poll boost to TRUMP, media spin says convention bounce 'not the point'. rt.com While the mainstream media have sought to downplay the impact of 2020 party conventions, polls showing President Donald Trump surging ahead as the Democrats held their virtual rally have them both stumped and spinning. | "Don't be surprised if Biden doesn't get a convention bounce in the polls. That's not the point," declared an early Friday headline in the Washington Post. Post-convention surges are hard when the country is polarized and the parties "stage theirs back to back, as they will this year," argued opinion writer Karen Tumulty. | | © Twitter/screenshot | Except both things were just as true i…

_____ (2020-08-21). U.S. Judge Urges Supreme Court to End U.S. Police State It Imposes. strategic-culture.org This article reports important news-events that are not being reported in America's mainstream news-media and that are crucial for understanding both the murder of George Floyd and the current U.S. Presidential contest: | A black U.S. District Court Judge in Mississippi — one of America's most bigoted-against-Blacks states — issued on August 4th a

Fight Back (2020-08-21). Rockets hit U.S. base in Syria. fightbacknews.org According to Iran's authoritative FARS News Agency, several rockets exploded on Tuesday, August 18 at a U.S. military base north of Syria's Deir Ezzur province. The base is located near the Conoco oil field controlled by American troops. | "This is the first-ever attack on one of the 12 military facilities, created by the United States since 2015 in Syria's provinces of al-Hasakah, Raqqa and Deir Ezzur. U.S. forces, together with Kurdish groups, control oil-rich areas on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, including the oil fields of Al-Omar, Tanak, Al-Jafra and Conoco, which accounted for 80% of all oil pro…

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective (2020-08-21). On Facebook Banning Anarchist and Antifascist Pages & the Digital Censorship to Come. indybay.org Today Facebook deleted a variety of far-Right militia and Qanon accounts along with anarchist and antifascist pages, including It's Going Down and CrimethInc. The following is a joint statement in response.

Paul Craig Roberts (2020-08-20). A Kystallnacht For White Americans? thealtworld.com Those who are working overtime to delegitimize white Americans have coined a term that they use as a weapon—"white privilege." The propaganda is that being white is a racial privilege that elevates white Americans above other Americans and enables white people to oppress blacks. It doesn't strike those who use the term as a weapon that these same "racist white people" are the ones who elected Obama president and put Kamala Harris in the Senate. | "White privilege" conveys the idea that white people have impunity. They can abuse, even kill, people of color without consequence. Yet, it is white officer Chauvi…