Daily Archives: April 15, 2021

2021-04-15: News Headlines

Mark Taliano (2021-04-15). False Perception Fabrication Inc. globalresearch.ca Mainstream Everything can create a pandemic out of anything, even out …

Caitlin Johnstone (2021-04-15). Media Concern Trolling About Afghanistan Withdrawal Again. orinocotribune.com Caitlin Johnstone — Apr 11, 2021 | " "Concerns are mounting from bipartisan US lawmakers and Afghan women's rights activists that the hard-won gains for women and civil society in Afghanistan could be lost if the United States makes a precipitous withdrawal from the country," CNN tells us. | What follows is yet another concern-trolling empire blog about why US troops need to stay in Afghanistan, joining recent others geared toward the same end lik…

Staff (2021-04-15). Network of Private and Public Pharmacies Already Has Carvativir for Sale. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, April 14, Venezuelan Minister for National Commerce, Eneida Laya, informed about the beginning of the commercial sale of the antiviral Carvativir, and that people will be able to purchase up to 4 units in different public and private pharmacies nationwide. | "On the instructions of President Nicolás Maduro, Carvativir is distributed in all the private pharmacy chains in the country, as well as in the public network. Sales of the drug are controlled. The purchase limit is 4 units per person and there is a data record when making the purchase in order to prevent possible resale," said Laya. | Variou…

Dan Cohen (2021-04-15). NED-Funded Uyghur Separatist Network and CAIR Director Rally Around Cold War Propaganda. mintpressnews.com At a March 30 demonstration at the Chinese Embassy, the U.S.-funded Uyghur Separatist Network was joined by prominent Muslim figures. "Behind The Headlines" correspondent Dan Cohen spoke to participants and examined their claims.

Shawgi Tell (2021-04-15). Public Funds For Charter Schools Is Socially Irresponsible. dissidentvoice.org Public money comes from the new value workers produce. It does not come from somewhere else. This value is presently controlled not by those who produce it but by the financial oligarchy and its state. When socially-produced wealth is not controlled by those who actually produce it, endless problems arise. There is no way for …

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David Swanson (2021-04-15). The Brutes Haven't All Been Exterminated. counterpunch.org Sometimes I struggle to explain why none of the endless wars can ever be ended. Are they just too profitable? Is the propaganda self-fulfilling and self-believing? Is the bureaucratic inertia that powerful? No combination of semi-rational motivations ever seems sufficient. But here's a potentially relevant fact: there are still people alive in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria,

Rainer Shea (2021-04-15). Anti-Chinese Propaganda is About Fortifying a US Empire in Crisis & Preparing for War. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Apr 11, 2021 | In his The conquest of the Ukraine and other areas of the Soviet Union would necessitate war against the Soviet Union, and this war had to be prepared well in advance. To this end the Nazi propaganda ministry, headed by Goebbels, began a campaign around a supposed genocide committed by the Bolsheviks in the Ukraine, a dreadful period of catastrophic famine deliberately provoked by Stalin in order…

VINS (2021-04-14). Domestic Violence Cases on Rise for LGBTQ+ Community during COVID Pandemic. projectcensored.org COVID-19 has led to hardships as individuals and households deal with lost jobs, social isolation, and the stresses of sheltering in place. A panel discussion presented by Boston University's Sexual…

Anonymous669 (2021-04-14). Russian Forces Return To Syria's Tell Rifaat After Temporary Withdrawal (Video, Photos). southfront.org Sergei Novikov/TASS | Russian forces have returned to the northern Syrian town of Tell Rifaat and its surroundings, which are controlled by Kurdish forces, after a widely-reported withdrawal. | On April 13, the withdrawal of Russian Military Police units was reported by the Hawar News Agency. According to the agency, the units withdrew from Tell Rifaat as well as from the nearby areas of Sherawa and Ksht'ar. | Later, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Syrian Arab Army and Iranian-backed…

Anonymous669 (2021-04-14). Russian Forces Return To Syria's Tell Rifaat After Temporary Withdraw (Video, Photos). southfront.org Sergei Novikov/TASS | Russian forces have returned to the northern Syrian town of Tell Rifaat and its surroundings, which are controlled by Kurdish forces, after a widely-reported withdrawal. | On April 13, the withdrawal of Russian Military Police units was reported by the Hawar News Agency. According to the agency, the units withdrew from Tell Rifaat as well as from the nearby areas of Sherawa and Ksht'ar. | Later, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the Syrian Arab Army and Iranian-backed…

Jonathan Cook (2021-04-14). The News Media Offers Wall-to-Wall Propaganda Every Day. We Only Notice When a Royal Dies. counterpunch.org A few lessons to be learnt from the wall-to-wall coverage of Prince Philip's death in the British media: 1. There is absolutely no commercial reason for the media to have dedicated so much time and space to the Prince's death. The main commercial channel ITV, which needs eyeballs on its programmes to generate income from

VINS (2021-04-14). COVID-19's Never-ending Struggles for Women of Color. projectcensored.org An August 2020 report by Simone Soublet for Women's eNews reveals how COVID-19 has negatively impacted women of color. Hauntingly, COVID-19 continues to take millions of lives around the world—especially,…

VINS (2021-04-14). Fracking Continues in California. projectcensored.org A joint investigation by ProPublica and The Desert Sun shows that California state regulators have allowed over two dozen inland oil spills—"surface expressions" caused by fracking—to occur despite a ban on the practice in 2019. Despite being fined by regulators, oil companies continue to profit from oil that is refined, sold, and shipped around the country, while toxic fumes, deadly temperatures, and wastewater make sites dangerous for workers and local habitats. Janet Wilson and Lylla Younes report that some slower-seeping spills, exempted by state regulators, have spilled "a combined 20 million gal…

VINS (2021-04-14). "Colonizing the Atmosphere": How Rich, Western Nations Drive the Climate Crisis. projectcensored.org Writing for In These Times, Sarah Lazare lays out how countries in the so-called Global North (the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Japan) are creating a…

VINS (2021-04-14). DC Protests Catalyze PATRIOT Act-Style Domestic Terrorism Bill. projectcensored.org Almost twenty years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the January 6th protests that many establishment US news outlets called an 'insurrection' shed new light on previously drafted domestic terrorism legislation….

VINS (2021-04-14). Reporting Demonstrates Multiple Links Between White Supremacists and Police. projectcensored.org Sworn police officers take an oath to protect and serve. Recent independent news reports have drawn attention to the growing number of white supremacists and white nationalists infiltrating local law…

VINS (2021-04-14). Dataminr Introduces Racial Bias, Stereotypes in Policing of Social Media. projectcensored.org In an October 2020 article published by the Intercept, Sam Biddle reported on racial bias at Dataminr, a New York company that monitors Twitter for "suspicious activity" that it reports…

VINS (2021-04-14). US Empire: A Dying Superpower Using NATO as its Financial Bandaging. projectcensored.org The United States has been a superpower for decades, but new information suggests that US empire is in decline, Scott Ritter reported for OpEdNews. At a February 2021 meeting of…

VINS (2021-04-14). Ag Gagged!: How the FBI Tried to Get a Pork Industry Whistleblower to Squeal on Animal Rights Groups. projectcensored.org In June 2020, an executive at the pork giant Iowa Select Farms introduced former company truck driver Lucas Walker to an FBI agent who asked him to inform on the…

VINS (2021-04-14). Activists Call Out Legacy of Racism and Sexism in Forced Sterilization. projectcensored.org During the 20th century, approximately 60,000 people in 32 states were sterilized without their consent. As reports from The Conversation and YES! Magazine document, forced sterilization continues in the US…

VINS (2021-04-14). New Wave of Independent News Sources Demonetized by Google-Owned YouTube. projectcensored.org In February 2021 independent news sources such as Progressive Soapbox, The Convo Couch, and others were demonetized by YouTube, the latest instances in a history of YouTube penalizing independent and…

VINS (2021-04-14). The Rise of Islamophobia in France. projectcensored.org In November 2020, French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron established a new initiative titled "Islamist separatism," which aims to monitor Muslim communities in France under the guise of preventing terrorism. The…

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