(2021-08-11). Taliban's Sweeping Offensive in Afghanistan Was "Inevitable" and Stems from Brutal U.S. War. democracynow.org 
The Taliban have continued to seize territory in Afghanistan as the U.S. completes its withdrawal of ground troops from the country, with the militant group now controlling a majority of Afghanistan's districts and a quarter of provincial capitals. The strength of the Taliban offensive in recent weeks has put the future of Afghanistan's government in doubt. "This kind of a crisis was inevitable whenever the U.S. pulled out, whether it had been 10 years ago, 19 years ago or 10 years from now," says foreign policy scholar Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. "This was rooted in the nature o…
(2021-08-11). The Olympic Medals of a 'Failed State'. orinocotribune.com By CubaSi Editorial Staff — Aug 4, 2021 | Cuba has won seven gold medals in Tokyo Olympics 2020. The performance, so far, outperforms what other nations have ever done. The pride the Cuban people feel for their athletes—winners or not—has nothing to do with the propaganda operation that many enemies of the Revolution attach to the development of sports in the island. | Cuba does not train high performance athletes for ego; we do it as a logical expression of a comprehensive program, which grants citizens with full access to all sports disciplines. No money is needed to study in Cuba's sports scho…
(2021-08-11). How a Network of UK Intel-Linked Operatives Helped Sell Every Alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack. orinocotribune.com 
By Kit Klarenberg — Aug 4, 2021 | While Western media covers up their credibility issues, these pseudo-experts and spooks have helped drive the dirty war on Syria. | A tight-knit cast of characters has sought to destabilize the Syrian government by convincing Syrians, Western citizens, foreign states, and international bodies that the CIA-backed Free Syrian Army is a legitimate, "moderate" alternative, while flooding news across the globe with opposition propaganda. | Its key actors have also played a central part in high-profile chemical weapon deceptions, participating in the attacks' staging, generating m…
(2021-08-11). Filmmaker Oliver Ressler accuses YouTube of censorship after account suspended 'without warning'. zcomm.org Austrian artist who creates political and environmental documentaries believes his videos have been deleted because of their "anti-capitalist content"
(2021-08-11). YouTube suspended channel with my films. zcomm.org What YouTube is engaged in here is outright political censorship. They make use of their de facto monopoly to act as they please.
(2021-08-11). Call in the Khaki: The Australian Defence Force and COVID-19. dissidentvoice.org Towards the latter part of July, Australia's unimaginative Prime Minister Scott Morrison received a request from the police commissioner from the state of New South Wales. It was a query on whether personnel from the Australian Defence Forces might aid in patrolling eight local government areas in Sydney subject to pandemic restrictions. The NSW police …
(2021-08-11). Meet the Censored: Paul Jay. scheerpost.com By Matt Taibbi / Substack This article is out a day late. I was about to hit "send" on Meet the Censored: Paul Jay last night when the YouTube press team, whom I'd contacted for comment, suddenly reversed a series of penalties in a case involving a Canadian broadcaster named Paul Jay. Kudos to the Google/YouTube communications department for taking the time to get to the bottom of Jay's complaint… |
(2021-08-11). Venezuela: Workers Take Over a Kellogg Factory, Now Known as 'Socialist Kellogg'. orinocotribune.com Maracay City, Venezuela — In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, one can see the workers working diligently to make corn flakes and sugary cereals in a new package displaying the Venezuelan flag and the words "Together for Venezuela." They are wearing black caps with red letters that say, "Kellogg made in socialism." | In May of 2018, the Kellogg bosses told the factory workers that they had the weekend off due to maintenance. When the workers arrived the following working day, they were shocked to see a large sign on the factory, "We closed operations in Venezuela." The bosses didn't notify th…
(2021-08-10). Targeting Cuba and China: Disinformation against Communism. dissidentvoice.org 
I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. — Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state on how the United States conducts its business One of the filters in the Propaganda Model propounded by professors Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky is stoking a fear of communism.1 The establishment's anti-communism has never abated …
(2021-08-10). Peter B. Kaufman and Chris Hedges on the Fight to Free Knowledge. scheerpost.com On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges discusses censorship and new digital media with Peter B. Kaufman, author and Program Manager at MIT Learning Center. The rise of new digital technologies that are rapidly supplanting print have conspired not to make knowledge and information more accessible. But harder and harder to obtain. The ability by …
(2021-08-10). Propaganda offensive proclaiming end of UK pandemic wave unravels as COVID case decline ends. wsws.org A drop in COVID infections from the end of July became the occasion for demands that that no mitigating measures be considered going forward.
(2021-08-10). Fact Check: 95% Of Covid Hospitalized Have Underlying Condition, Mostly Insulin Resistance. moguldom.com Severe covid-19 illness has been linked to underlying medical conditions with 95 percent of 540,667 hospitalized patients having at least one underlying medical condition, according to a study by the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC studied 540,667 adults hospitalized with covid-19 in 800 hospitals for a year from March 2020 …
(2021-08-10). Protests against new mandatory COVID-19 regulations across Europe. peoplesdispatch.org Even though protests and propaganda against COVID-19 restrictions were earlier initiated by far-right and corona-sceptic groups, sections of the working class and youth have also starting opposing the new COVID-19 regulations, exhausted by the prolonged crisis and the insensitive policies of neoliberal governments…