(2021-02-03). Hezbollah fires missiles at Israeli drone over southern Lebanon. middleeasteye.net 
Hezbollah fires missiles at Israeli drone over southern Lebanon | Lebanese security sources say the anti-aircraft missiles failed to hit target, which returned to Israel | Wed, 02/03/2021 – 14: 35 | Naqura, south of the Lebanese city of Tyre, which is controlled by the United Nations peacekeeping force (Unifil), on the border with Israel (AFP) | Anti-aircraft missiles were fired at an Isra…
(2021-02-03). The global struggle for bodily autonomy. mronline.org 
The example of Sparta is an interesting precedent for the way in which people's bodies have been controlled and utilized beyond their consent throughout history. The control of our bodies presupposes capitalism, but capitalism in turn has entrenched it.
(2021-02-03). Examining The Ethics & Implications Of Twitter's Censorship Policy In India. thealtworld.com Twitter caused a stir by complying with the Indian government's request to temporarily "withhold" access to dozens of accounts for users within the country in response to claims that they were "inciting violence" during the ongoing farmers' protests, which prompts some very important ethical questions that have a few disturbing implications for the freedoms of speech and assembly in Western-style democracies across the world. | Everyone across the world is talking about social media censorship after former US President Trump was deplatformed last month by the world's largest companies in this sphere following the…
(2021-02-03). Examining The Ethics & Implications Of Twitter's Censorship Policy In India. oneworld.press Twitter caused a stir by complying with the Indian government's request to temporarily "withhold" access to dozens of accounts for users within the country in response to claims that they were "inciting violence" during the ongoing farmers' protests, which prompts some very important ethical questions that have a few disturbing implications for the freedoms of speech and assembly in Western-style democracies across the world.
(2021-02-03). Examining The Ethics & Implications Of Twitter's Censorship Policy In India. oneworld.press Twitter caused a stir by complying with the Indian government's request to temporarily "withhold" access to dozens of accounts for users within the country in response to claims that they were "inciting violence" during the ongoing farmers' protests, which prompts some very important ethical questions that have a few disturbing implications for the freedoms of speech and assembly in Western-style democracies across the world.
(2021-02-02). Gamestop and the Game That Never Stops! counterpunch.org This past week a video game company in trouble, Gamestop, became the center of media attention. Day traders had driven up the company's stock price by thousands of percent in just one day. The mainstream media narrative was the 'small guy' investor challenged the big boys of finance who had bet Gamestop stock price would
(2021-02-02). Regime Journalists Mobilize to Ban Competition. And Your Free Speech. anti-empire.com 
"Like many of the other proponents of controlled speech mentioned here, Bazelon's writing has a detectable winking quality to it: Don't worry, dear reader, YOU'RE not the one who's going to be censored. THEY are. In fact, the censorship, so-called, won't even be that bad. You'll hardly notice it." | "One thing that people might not immediately recognize when they hear scary-sounding words like "censorship" is that the act of controlling other people's speech can be gratifying, a psychic net-positive for those who dream of a purified information space."The new enemy is no longer "disinformation" but "misinformatio…
(2021-02-02). GameStop's last stand? Reddit-fueled stock boom winds down as much-memed stock dips below $100. rt.com 
After a fierce tug-of-war between hedge funds and amateur traders drove the share price of video game retailer GameStop through the roof, squeezing billions of dollars out of big-time investors, the price is beginning to sink. | GameStop (GME) dropped as much as 60 percent on Tuesday, dipping below $100 as the Wall Street and mainstream media measures aimed at 'stabilizing' the frenzied trading of the past week began kicking in. Retail traders have been unable to use the popular app Robinhood to trade GME and a handful of other hot stocks, giving the hedge funds who played the villain in the story a chance to…
(2021-02-02). New York Times calls for MINISTRY OF TRUTH, urging Biden to appoint a 'REALITY CZAR' to head up fight against 'misinformation'. rt.com 
Striving to silence voices with which the mainstream media disagrees, the New York Times has urged President Joe Biden to appoint a "reality czar" to lead the fight against "disinformation and domestic extremism." | And yes, George Orwell fans, America's supposed newspaper of record used the phrase
(2021-02-02). On Sunday Shows, the Only Biden 'Promise' That Matters Is Compromise. commondreams.org Democrats rode to victory in Georgia on a clear promise to give people $2,000 checks if they were given control of the Senate. But to hear corporate media tell it, the more important promise—and the only one they will hold him accountable for—is one Biden never even made. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-02-02). In Victory for Public Health, Federal Judge Scraps Trump's Polluter-Friendly 'Censored Science' Rule. commondreams.org "Science matters again, and it will again guide how to best protect people from dangerous pollution and toxic chemicals." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-02-02). Biden Appoints Warmongers. popularresistance.org The corporate media has focused on Biden's promise to overturn many of former-President Trump's policies. But Biden pledged throughout his campaign to make "no substantial change" — and his foreign policy appointments show he meant that. Despite the media talk of justice, new policy and diversity, behind the scenes the same old U.S. militarist policies are being reinforced through Biden's cabinet choices and their direct ties to industry-funded think tanks and military contractors. | Biden's cabinet nominations follow the failed imperialist policies of the Trump, Obama, Bush Jr., Clinton and Bush Sr. admini…
(2021-02-02). Gamestop—And the Game That Never Stops! popularresistance.org This past week a video game company in trouble, Gamestop, became the center of media attention. Day traders had driven up the company's stock price by thousands of percent in just one day. The mainstream media narrative was the 'small guy' investor challenged the big boys of finance who had bet Gamestop stock price would contract, not rise sharply. The little investor, so the story goes, initially won big but Gamestop's stock price escalation was stopped in its tracks by coordinated forces of Wall St., as trading was abruptly halted later in the day in the midst of the run-up. But that narrative, that media spin,…
(2021-02-02). Giants: The Global Power Elite — Rebroadcast. projectcensored.org Although a new administration has taken office in Washington, the administrators of the world's wealth have not changed. Project Censored presents a rebroadcast of "Giants: The Global Power Elite." Project…
(2021-02-02). White or Wealth Supremacy? realprogressives.org The Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 authorized the dissemination of US state department propaganda to foreign nations deemed a threat to American democracy. This act has been a useful tool for intelligence operatives who have repeatedly sought to stamp out populist revolutions in countries with access to valuable natural resources. Through the spread of propaganda and the arming of US aligned insurgency groups, the US has been able to foment confusion and discord in foreign populations resulting in unwinnable political battles, power struggles and weak leadership representing the working people's interests. In the pow…
(2021-02-01). Revolution Isn't Microsurgery, It's A Long Road Trip. thealtworld.com Every day it seems like there's more sectarian fighting within the online left than the day before. | Maybe it's because lockdowns and social distancing have largely cut us off from in-person interactions. Maybe it's because generations of government psyops geared at stopping socialism and activist groups have left us all paranoid and hostile. Maybe it's because of increased infiltration and propaganda as a dying empire approaches crunch time. Maybe we just tend to be a bit more neurotic than other ideological groups. Maybe it's a mixture. | It feels like a state of paralysis. Someone will suggest some possible w…
(2021-02-01). "At First I Thought it Was a Joke": Academic Media Censorship Conference Censored by YouTube. mintpressnews.com The entire video record of the conference — estimated at around 24 hours of material — was mysteriously disappeared from YouTube say conference organizers.
(2021-02-01). Emmy Butlin and Maxine Walker of the UK Committee to Defend Julian Assange oppose Facebook censorship of the Socialist Equality Party/IYSSE. wsws.org The WSWS has been sent letters from Emmy Butlin and Maxine Walker, of the Committee to Defend Julian Assange (JADC) in opposition to the censorship of the World Socialist Web Site and Socialist Equality Parties by Facebook.
(2021-02-01). Pro-Biden Propaganda. "White Washed By the Democratic Party, A Very Dangerous President" globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The Democratic Party and its corporate media have already white-washed Biden, …
(2021-02-01). White House press secretary Psaki finally CIRCLES BACK after trolling from 'conservative Twitter' over repetitive promise. rt.com 
White House Press Secretary Jen Paski has claimed she doesn't spend "a lot of time" thinking about Donald Trump's absence on social media, but she did turn heads by acknowledging criticism of her from "conservative Twitter." | Psaki addressed a number of issues with the press during a Monday gathering at the White House, but the comment that appeared to stick out most was one directed at what she deemed "conservative Twitter." | "I often note I'm going to circle back, I hate to disappoint conservative Twitter, but I am going to circle back on a number of things," she said before answering a few questions that…
(2021-02-01). NY Times' Pseudo-Expert Worked For Far-Right Cult Falun Gong's Publicity Arm. popularresistance.org The New York Times published a factually challenged op-ed accusing China of committing "genocide" against its Uighur minority. The article sourced its spurious accusations to a right-wing operative who insists his research is part of a divine "mission" against Beijing that is "led by God." | The author of the New York Times op-ed, Amelia Pang, happens to be a former employee of the Epoch Times, a far-right propaganda arm of a fanatical anti-China cult called Falun Gong. The extremist group preaches that race-mixing, homosexuality, feminism, and science are Satanic plots, and reveres Donald Trump as a God-like fig…
(2021-02-01). Post Workers Suspended After Refusing To Deliver Epoch Times. popularresistance.org Ramiro Sepulveda, one of the suspended postal workers, told CBC News he objects to the insinuations in some of the paper's past coverage of the origins of the coronavirus, which the paper calls "the CCP virus." | "I'm not for censorship. I'm not against freedom of speech," he said. "What my thing is, is there is no disclaimer stating that this was theory." | He says he went straight to his supervisor when he saw the free editions that were set to be delivered earlier this month. | "I said, 'That Epoch Times, I'm not delivering it. It goes against everything I believe in.'" | The second worker, Linying Su, who was…
(2021-02-01). Global Research vs Online Censorship: Help Us Reach New Readers. globalresearch.ca Over the past 12 months, independent media —including Global Research— has felt the sting of increased online censorship, in the form of a crackdown on news that challenges official government narratives. While our core readership has remained (thank you!), an …
(2021-02-01). Will More Police-State Arrangements Foster Democracy? dissidentvoice.org The events of January 6, 2021 in Washington D.C. were historic and will be analyzed for some time to come. Many were rattled and shaken to their core by what unfolded that day in the nation's capital. Others were excited, relieved, and hopeful. Since then, all sorts of disinformation, confusion, and illusions have filled mainstream …
(2021-01-31). String of car bombs kills 20 people in Turkish-held north Syria. middleeasteye.net 
String of car bombs kills 20 people in Turkish-held north Syria | The attacks left at least 14 civilians dead, including four children, and scores wounded | Sun, 01/31/2021 – 14: 18 | Rescue workers extinguish a fire caused by an explosion in the town of Azaz, in rebel-controlled northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province, on 31 January 2021 (AFP) | Three car bombs killed at least 20 people…