(2020-11-22). Facebook Censorship and the Atlantic Council. globalresearch.ca What very few people know is that Facebook was officially partnering with the Atlantic Council in the form of an "election partnership […] to prevent [their] service from being abused during elections." Indeed, the US midterm elections are only a couple of weeks away, so the Atlantic Council and its Digital Forensic Research Lab are now going at it with full force,…
(2020-11-21). New York Times Job Listing Shows How Western Propaganda Operates. strategic-culture.org Caitlin JOHNSTONE | People who are only just beginning to research what's wrong with the world often hold an assumption that mainstream news reporters are just knowingly propagandizing people all the time. That they sit around scheming up ways to deceive their audiences into supporting war, oligarchy and oppression for the benefit of their plutocratic masters. | Once you've learned a bit more you realize it's not quite happening that way. Most mainstream news reporters are not really witting propagandists—those are to be found more in plutocrat-funded think tanks and other narrative management firms, and in…
(2020-11-20). Is there life after coronavirus? China proved pandemic can be controlled. peoplesworld.org 
TORONTO—Nine months ago, in early February, People's World interviewed Lupin, a 26-year-old man from Wuhan, China. At the time, his hometown was the epicenter of what scientists were still calling the "novel coronavirus," a pneumonia-like illness which soon sparked a pandemic that engulfed the entire world. Lupin was working overseas in Canada but had returned …
(2020-11-20). People's World takes sides. Yours. peoplesworld.org 
Dear People's World readers: First things first…THANK YOU! Thank you for reading People's World and the news we bring you from a worker's point of view. Thank you for reading People's World to find information and analysis the mainstream media doesn't cover. And thank you for giving us at People's World the freedom to …
(2020-11-20). PTA Claims That Parler is 'Dangerous' For Children as Users Flock to Alternate Media. sputniknews.com As conservative figures increasingly report acts of censorship by large platforms, alternate social media website Parler has begun to make significant inroads in the virtual information environment.
(2020-11-20). K-9 attacks: The new (old) face of police brutality. therealnews.com 
Indiana mother Jennifer Fleming speaks out about the brutal and excessive police dog attack on her 19-year-old daughter, and calls for police to rethink how these animals and their handlers are trained.
(2020-11-20). Thomas Frank: Don't Believe Anything You Were Told About Populism. scheerpost.com The word "populism" gets a bad rap these days as corporate media warns of its alleged dangers and President Barack Obama goes so far as to blame Sarah Palin for its recent rise. But, according to Thomas Frank, the founding editor of The Baffler and author of What's the Matter with Kansas and his new book, The People, No, a detailed account about the history of populism in the United States… |
(2020-11-19). 'Bullying' inquiry into British Home Secretary Priti Patel finds she broke ministerial code — reports. rt.com 
An inquiry into allegations that the UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel bullied staff has found that she broke the ministerial code, sources told the UK's mainstream media on Thursday. | A Cabinet Office inquiry was launched nine months ago after senior civil servant Sir Philip Rutnam quit the Home Office in February and alleged that Patel "created fear" in the department. | Rutnam is suing for unfair dismissal, while Patel denies allegations of bullying. | Also on rt.com | |
(2020-11-19). Growing support among workers for shutdown of nonessential production as US death toll tops 250,000. wsws.org Anger among workers is boiling over as corporations keep operating even though COVID-19 infections are spreading uncontrollably throughout factories and other workplaces.
(2020-11-18). The Dead and Those about to Die: Climate Protests and the Corporate Media. dissidentvoice.org 
The Roman poet Horace famously declared: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. Wilfred Owen, the great English poet of the First World War, described this phrase as 'the old Lie' in his famous war poem, 'Dulce et decorum est'. Patriotism so often means 'honouring' …
(2020-11-18). Right-wing trolls launch Stop the Steal PAC to cash in on election lies. salon.com "Donate" button disappeared from the group's website amid alleged grift and self-dealing — so now there's a PAC…
