(2021-06-07). When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship. thenation.com When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship…
(2021-06-07). Review: Third World War. challenge-magazine.org Pierre Marshal reviews the latest reprint of 'Third World War', a storyline written by Pat Mills and Carlos Ezquerra which appeared in the British comic magazine, Crisis. | Oxford-based comics publisher 200AD recently reprinted the second book of 'Third World War' — a story which ran in the magazine 'Crisis' through the late 1980s/early 1990s. The magazine was characterised by an overtly political tone, part of a revival of mature themes in comics which was tragically misinterpreted by a mainstream United States audience as a 'moody superheroes' period. Crisis explained itself through its own dictionary d…
(2021-06-07). Manchin's Effort to Screw His Own Party Is So Monumental, It Shocked Fox News. truthout.org Let me see if I have this straight: The very right to vote is being fed into a meat grinder in several of the GOP-controlled states Donald Trump lost, or almost lost, in 2020. For example, it is now illegal in Georgia to bring water and snacks to people forced to wait hours in line to vote, said lines existing thanks to several other new anti-voter rules that have also been enacted… but Congress can't pass a voter protections bill. | There is an ongoing political crisis in this country over…
(2021-06-07). Trump seizes on "Wuhan lab" lies in North Carolina speech. wsws.org Ex-president Donald Trump appeared as the keynote speaker of the state Republican Party convention in North Carolina Saturday night, embracing the lies against China that have dominated the American corporate media for the past two weeks.
(2021-06-07). Lying Does Not "Nurture" Relationships! Pacifica New Day Fake News Tactics. indybay.org The Pacifica "New Day" faction put out fake news that Jane Fonda had endorsed their corporate bylaw proposal. They were caught in a lie which was answered by the Pacifica Counsel. These tactics have been supported by their KPFA on air hosts who have used their names and credibility to put out fake news. | They also engaged in red baiting tactics by charging that Pacifica has been taken over by the Green Party and Workers World Party.
(2021-06-06). Users Blast Twitter For Double Standards After It Declares Access to Open Internet 'Human Right'. sputniknews.com Twitter made the statement on access to a "free and open Internet" being an "essential human right" even as it faces accusations of hypocrisy and censorship after it banned former US President Donald Trump and other prominent conservative figures.
(2021-06-06). Ellsberg Blows The Whistle Again. popularresistance.org Unbeknownst to most of us, Dan Ellsberg secretly copied another explosive report when he copied the Pentagon Papers fifty years ago. The second classified study documented how close the U.S. came to starting a nuclear war with China in 1958. The NYTimes reports: "When Communist Chinese forces began shelling islands controlled by Taiwan in 1958, the United States rushed to back up its ally with military force — including drawing up plans to carry out nuclear strikes on mainland China, according to an apparently still-classified document that sheds new light on how dangerous that crisis was." | Ellsberg has p…
(2021-06-06). Tech Giants Help Israel Muzzle Palestinians. dissidentvoice.org Israel's caretaker prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, sought to shut down all use of the popular video-sharing app TikTok in Israel last month. The attempt to censor TikTok, details of which emerged last weekend, is one of a number of reported attempts by Israel to control social media content during last month's military assault on the …