(2021-05-05). Facebook reverses censorship of WSWS article debunking "Wuhan Lab" conspiracy theory. indybay.org On Friday, Facebook notified users that it had wrongly censored them for posting a WSWS article debunking the false claim that COVID-19 was released from a Chinese lab.
(2021-05-05). The Leaked Zarif Tape: What Western Media Heard and What He Actually Said. mintpressnews.com 
Western regime change evangelists, mainstream media, radlib analysts, and Persian native informant media all heard the anti-Iran and anti-Russia echoes they wanted to hear in the leaked Zarif tape, but as Navid Zarrinnal asserts, there is more to the story.
(2021-05-05). High vaccination rate is key to future course of COVID-19 pandemic, Mayo Clinic computer modeling shows. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Mayo Clinic data scientists who developed highly accurate computer modeling to predict trends for COVID-19 cases nationwide have new research that shows how important a high rate of vaccination is to reducing case numbers and controlling the pandemic. Vaccination is making a striking difference in Minnesota and keeping the current level of positive cases …
(2021-05-05). Corporate Media Keep "Confirming" the Same False Story. scheerpost.com Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0] By Glenn Greenwald / Substack One of the primary plagues of corporate journalism, which I have documented more times than I can count, just reared its ugly head again to deceive millions of people with fake news. When one large news outlet publishes a false story based on whispers from anonymous security state agents with the CIA or FBI, other news outlets quickly… |
(2021-05-05). Boris Johnson's Lies Don't Harm Him Because the UK's Political System Is More Corrupt than He Is. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Britain's corporate media …
(2021-05-05). Australia must stop beating the drums of war against China. greenleft.org.au Federal ministers have been brazenly beating the war drums in the latest round of verbal aggression against China, escalating the government's anti-China propaganda to a dangerous new level, argues Peter Boyle.
(2021-05-04). Facebook reverses censorship of WSWS article debunking "Wuhan Lab" conspiracy theory. indybay.org On Friday, Facebook notified users that it had wrongly censored them for posting a WSWS article debunking the false claim that COVID-19 was released from a Chinese lab.
(2021-05-04). Between the Lines: Congressional Report Finds US Sanctions to Blame for Venezuela Crisis. mintpressnews.com 
If the U.S. government's propaganda is correct that the current crisis is due to Maduro's mismanagement and corruption, then illegal and inhumane sanctions would not be needed to dislodge the "regime."
(2021-05-04). Algorithm Manipulation is the Only Thing Keeping Mainstream Media Alive. theantimedia.com If not for algorithm manipulation, the mainstream media would have been replaced by independent media years ago.
(2021-05-04). High vaccination rate is key to future course of COVID-19 pandemic, Mayo Clinic computer modeling shows. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Mayo Clinic data scientists who developed highly accurate computer modeling to predict trends for COVID-19 cases nationwide have new research that shows how important a high rate of vaccination is to reducing case numbers and controlling the pandemic. Vaccination is making a striking difference in Minnesota and keeping the current level of positive cases …
(2021-05-04). As Rich Countries Hoard Vaccines, India and Other Developing Nations Face Uncontrolled Covid Spread. commondreams.org "India is in crisis… We must work to save lives everywhere," said U.S. Rep. Cori Bush. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-05-04). "Exterminate All the Brutes": Filmmaker Raoul Peck Explores Colonialism & Origins of White Supremacy. democracynow.org 
A new four-part documentary series, "Exterminate All the Brutes," delves deeply into the legacy of European colonialism from the Americas to Africa. It has been described as an unflinching narrative of genocide and exploitation, beginning with the colonizing of Indigenous land that is now called the United States. The documentary series seeks to counter "the type of lies, the type of propaganda, the type of abuse, that we have been subject to all of these years," says director and Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck. "We have the means to tell the real story, and that's exactly what I decided to do," Peck says. "Ev…
(2021-05-04). Epic New Documentary Series Exposes Brutality of European Colonialism Worldwide. truthout.org 
Image Credit: Courtesy HBO | A new four-part documentary series, Exterminate All the Brutes, delves deeply into the legacy of European colonialism from the Americas to Africa. It has been described as an unflinching narrative of genocide and exploitation, beginning with the colonizing of Indigenous land that is now called the United States. The documentary series seeks to counter "the type of lies, the type of propaganda, the type of abuse, that we have been subject to all of these years," sa…
(2021-05-04). Socialist Rhetorical and Dialectical Communication: Overcoming Brainwashing, Propaganda, Entertainment. dissidentvoice.org 
Orientation How effective is the socialist left at winning over people in public meetings who are not already socialists? I would think that being socialists would make the people practicing socialism very good at being social. How true is this? There are two purposes in this article. One is to identify the similarities and differences …
(2021-05-04). Russian Foreign Ministry's Cosy Fight For Freedom Of Speech. southfront.org 
ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | On March 3, the Russian Foreign Ministry released In the statement, the foreign ministry expressed its "concern" over the "politically motivated restrictive activity of Internet platforms that arbitrarily censor [opinions and content] using opaque content moderatio…
(2021-05-04). SouthFront Is a Crowdfunded Endeavour. southfront.org 
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(2021-05-04). Colombia: Senators Submit Motion Against Defense Minister. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday afternoon, Colombians took to the streets to reject Ivan Duque ¥s government and denounce police brutality as the international community is denouncing the violence against the demonstrators. | RELATED: | Senator Wilson Arias submitted a censorship motion to Congress, demanding the resignation of Defense Minister Diego Molano. There have been reported 1443 police brutality cases, at least 31 killin…
(2021-05-04). Silicon Valley Algorithm Manipulation Is the Only Thing Keeping Mainstream Media Alive. strategic-culture.org All the algorithm stacking by the dominant news distribution giants Google and Facebook also ensures that mainstream platforms and reporters will have far more followers than indie media on platforms like Twitter, since an article that has been artificially amplified will receive far more views and therefore far more clicks on their social media information.
(2021-05-04). Signal Trolls Facebook by Showing How Data Is Collected for Targeted Advertising. commondreams.org As Facebook plans to roll back WhatsApp's vaunted privacy protections, competitor Signal trolls the social media giant with a tongue-in-cheek "targeted ad." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
