Monthly Archives: May 2021

2021-05-27: News Headlines

Aidan Jonah (2021-05-27). Recently Detained Belarussian neo-Nazi "Journalist" Protasevich Served in Canadian Backed neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. orinocotribune.com By Aidan Jonah — May 25, 2021 | Update: Purported "journalist" Protasevich confirmed beyond a doubt to be a neo-Nazi who fought with Canadian backed Azov Battalion for a year. | Belarusian "journalist" Raman Protasevich has come into the news after being arrested by Belarusian police on May 23. Protasevich has been described as a brave journalist fighting for democracy, the typical description of suspicious figures salivated over by mainstream media. | Notably, the Belarussian government argues that "The Ryanair plane made an emergency landing due to a bomb threat on 23 May in Minsk, which later turned out t…

WSWS (2021-05-27). Educators denounce banning of WSWS writer Evan Blake from "Badass Teachers" Facebook group. wsws.org The censorship of Blake has continued, provoking opposition among educators and school workers.

Darren Byler (2021-05-27). From Xinjiang to Mississippi: Terror Capitalism, Labour and Surveillance. zcomm.org In both Xinjiang and elsewhere, the labour of populations controlled by surveillance infrastructure is devalued and becomes a source of heightened exploitation…

John Feffer (2021-05-27). They're Not Conservatives, They're Extremists. juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) — By mislabelling the radical members of the Republican Party "conservative," the mainstream media gives them a veneer of respectability. By John Feffer | May 26, 2021 The House Freedom Caucus is routinely described as conservative, by its members, by the mainstream media, by Wikipedia. The caucus, which draws …

Mark Gruenberg (2021-05-26). Israeli bombardment of Gaza builds support for U.S. aid restrictions. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Even though its bombardment was stopped by an Egyptian-brokered and U.S.-pressured ceasefire, the Israeli government-ordered 11-day offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza has built momentum for restrictions on U.S. foreign aid to Israel. But though a mainstream lawmaker, Rep. Betty McCollum, DFL-Minn., has lined up 22 cosponsors for her legislation, HR2590, it still faces an …

David Sheen (2021-05-26). How a fascist party brought into Israel's parliament by Netanyahu helped him start the war he wanted. thegrayzone.com After Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu paved its way into Israel's parliament, the fascist Jewish Power party sparked anti-Palestinian pogroms, giving him a pretext to attack Gaza The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect, ending eleven days of mutual bombardment that resulted in the deaths of some two hundred and fifty Palestinians, ten Israelis and three Asian workers, mainstream Israeli commentators piled on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of launching the war for his own …

Media Lens (2021-05-26). "The Savage Punishment Of Gaza": Israel's Latest Assault On Palestine's Open Prison. dissidentvoice.org Recent media coverage of Israel and Palestine, not least by BBC News, has been full of the usual deceptive propaganda tropes: Israel is 'responding' or 'reacting' to Palestinian 'provocation' and 'escalation'; Palestinian rockets 'killed' Israelis, but Palestinians 'have died' from unnamed causes; Israel has 'armed forces' and 'security forces', but Hamas has 'militants'. And, as …

Melvin Goodman (2021-05-26). Loosening the Tie to Israel. counterpunch.org After bombing over a thousand targets in Gaza, where genuine strategic targets are few and far between, even Israeli leaders decided that the backlash from killing Palestinian children was too much to bear. Nevertheless, the mainstream media is giving credit to President Joe Biden for arranging a cease fire between Israel and Gaza that was determined by conditions on the ground and not humanitarian concerns.

WSWS (2021-05-26). Sri Lankan government imposes censorship as experts warn of coronavirus surge. wsws.org President Rajapakse has warned state officials not to make any unauthorised media statements about COVID-19, fearing it could provoke opposition against the government's criminal response.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2021-05-26). Podcast Ep 37: How the corporate media suppresses Palestine. electronicintifada.net Journalist Greg Shupak analyzes mainstream news and its routine defense of Israeli violence.

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-05-26). 47 Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Explain, Cease Censorship of Israel Critics. commondreams.org "Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram are often Palestinian protestors' and residents' only tools to share information to keep each other safe in the face of repression by the Israeli government and police, and during attacks on civilians." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Staff (2021-05-26). Rashida Tlaib Demands That Social Media Companies Stop Censoring Palestinians. truthout.org Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has written a letter to social media companies asking that they stop removing and suspending posts and users from their platforms for spreading information about Israeli violence against Palestinians. | The letter to Facebook, Twitter and ByteDance, which owns TikTok, asks the companies to answer a series of questions on their methodologies for removing certain posts and highlights a double standard in censorship of Palestinians online. | "I write with urgent…

Eds. (2021-05-26). A mainstream outlet accepted my pitch on what media refuses to say about U.S. empire—then refused to let me say it. mronline.org A mainstream academic outlet called The Conversation green-lighted my article on foreign policy issues Western media refuses to discuss. With the piece ready to go live, everything went horribly wrong. | May 26, 2021…

Staff (2021-05-26). Friday May 28: Panel on Alternative Media: Coordination, Cooperation & Socialism (Orinoco Tribune 2 Ω-Year-Anniversary). orinocotribune.com Orinoco Tribune is celebrating 30 months of existence with a panel to discuss alternative media, its importance and the need for better coordination and cooperation in the battle against mainstream media (MSM). | Alternative media outlets and writers have been proliferating in recent years, and a significant number of them are counter-hegemonic, anti-imperialist and socialist. This is a positive phenomenon, but there is sometimes more competition than cooperation among these new information options. | In this panel we hope to address the issue from a constructive perspective, taking into consideration the fact th…

Staff (2021-05-26). This Friday 28th: Panel on Alternative Media: Coordination, Cooperation & Socialism (Orinoco Tribune 2 Ω-Year-Anniversary). orinocotribune.com Orinoco Tribune is celebrating 30 months of existence with a panel to discuss alternative media, its importance and the need for better coordination and cooperation in the battle against mainstream media (MSM). | Alternative media outlets and writers have been proliferating in recent years, and a significant number of them are counter-hegemonic, anti-imperialist and socialist. This is a positive phenomenon, but there is sometimes more competition than cooperation among these new information options. | In this panel we hope to address the issue from a constructive perspective, taking into consideration the fact th…

Megan Redshaw (2021-05-26). Bombshell Video, Leaked Documents Detail How Facebook Censors Vaccine Facts When They Don't Fit CDC, Big Pharma Narrative. globalresearch.ca Investigative journalist James …

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2021-05-27: Social Media Postees

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Educators denounce banning of WSWS writer Evan Blake from "Badass Teachers" Facebook group
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
The censorship of Blake has continued, provoking opposition among educators and school workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/27/bats…

Recently Detained Belarussian neo-Nazi "Journalist" Protasevich Served in Canadian Backed neo-Nazi Azov Battalion
Aidan Jonah | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
By Aidan Jonah — May 25, 2021 | Update: Purported "journalist" Protasevich confirmed beyond a doubt to be a neo-Nazi who fought with Canadian backed Azov Battalion for a year. | Belarusian "journalist" Raman Protasevich has come into the news after being arrested by Belarusian police on May 23. Protasevich has been described as a brave journalist fighting for democracy, the typical description of suspicious figures salivated over by mainstream media. | Notably, the Belarussian government argues that "The Ryanair plane made an emergency landing due to a bomb threat on 23 May in Minsk, which later turned out t…
orinocotribune.com/recently-detained-bel…

They're Not Conservatives, They're Extremists
John Feffer | juancole.com | 2021-05-27
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) — By mislabelling the radical members of the Republican Party "conservative," the mainstream media gives them a veneer of respectability. By John Feffer | May 26, 2021 The House Freedom Caucus is routinely described as conservative, by its members, by the mainstream media, by Wikipedia. The caucus, which draws …
juancole.com/2021/05/theyre-conservative…

From Xinjiang to Mississippi: Terror Capitalism, Labour and Surveillance
Darren Byler | zcomm.org | 2021-05-27
In both Xinjiang and elsewhere, the labour of populations controlled by surveillance infrastructure is devalued and becomes a source of heightened exploitation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/from-xinjiang-to-m…

Loosening the Tie to Israel
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
After bombing over a thousand targets in Gaza, where genuine strategic targets are few and far between, even Israeli leaders decided that the backlash from killing Palestinian children was too much to bear. Nevertheless, the mainstream media is giving credit to President Joe Biden for arranging a cease fire between Israel and Gaza that was determined by conditions on the ground and not humanitarian concerns.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/loosening-th…

The US Isn't an Israel Puppet, Israel Isn't a US Puppet: It's One Empire
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-26
By Caitlin Johnstone — May 23, 2021 | Nearly 200,000 protesters attended a pro-Palestine demonstration in Central London on Saturday afternoon, another clear sign that support for Palestinian rights is becoming increasingly mainstream and the imperialists are losing control of the Israel narrative. | The real consequence of this is that people will begin losing trust in t…
orinocotribune.com/the-us-isnt-an-israel…

How a fascist party brought into Israel's parliament by Netanyahu helped him start the war he wanted
David Sheen | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
After Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu paved its way into Israel's parliament, the fascist Jewish Power party sparked anti-Palestinian pogroms, giving him a pretext to attack Gaza. The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect, ending 11 days of mutual bombardment that resulted in the deaths of some 250 Palestinians, 10 Israelis, and three Asian workers, mainstream Israeli commentators piled on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of launching the war for his own personal benefit. The …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/fascist-party…

Friday May 28: Panel on Alternative Media: Coordination, Cooperation & Socialism (Orinoco Tribune 2 Ω-Year-Anniversary)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-26
Orinoco Tribune is celebrating 30 months of existence with a panel to discuss alternative media, its importance and the need for better coordination and cooperation in the battle against mainstream media (MSM). | Alternative media outlets and writers have been proliferating in recent years, and a significant number of them are counter-hegemonic, anti-imperialist and socialist. This is a positive phenomenon, but there is sometimes more competition than cooperation among these new information options. | In this panel we hope to address the issue from a constructive perspective, taking into consideration the fact th…
orinocotribune.com/this-friday-28th-pane…

This Friday 28th: Panel on Alternative Media: Coordination, Cooperation & Socialism (Orinoco Tribune 2 Ω-Year-Anniversary)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-26
Orinoco Tribune is celebrating 30 months of existence with a panel to discuss alternative media, its importance and the need for better coordination and cooperation in the battle against mainstream media (MSM). | Alternative media outlets and writers have been proliferating in recent years, and a significant number of them are counter-hegemonic, anti-imperialist and socialist. This is a positive phenomenon, but there is sometimes more competition than cooperation among these new information options. | In this panel we hope to address the issue from a constructive perspective, taking into consideration the fact th…
orinocotribune.com/this-friday-28th-pane…

Podcast Ep 37: How the corporate media suppresses Palestine
Nora Barrows-Friedman | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-26
Journalist Greg Shupak analyzes mainstream news and its routine defense of Israeli violence.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrow…

47 Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Explain, Cease Censorship of Israel Critics
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram are often Palestinian protestors' and residents' only tools to share information to keep each other safe in the face of repression by the Israeli government and police, and during attacks on civilians." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2021/05/26/47-advo…

"The Savage Punishment Of Gaza": Israel's Latest Assault On Palestine's Open Prison
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-26
Recent media coverage of Israel and Palestine, not least by BBC News, has been full of the usual deceptive propaganda tropes: Israel is 'responding' or 'reacting' to Palestinian 'provocation' and 'escalation'; Palestinian rockets 'killed' Israelis, but Palestinians 'have died' from unnamed causes; Israel has 'armed forces' and 'security forces', but Hamas has 'militants'. And, as …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/the-savage-pu…

Israeli bombardment of Gaza builds support for U.S. aid restrictions
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-26
WASHINGTON–Even though its bombardment was stopped by an Egyptian-brokered and U.S.-pressured ceasefire, the Israeli government-ordered 11-day offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza has built momentum for restrictions on U.S. foreign aid to Israel. But though a mainstream lawmaker, Rep. Betty McCollum, DFL-Minn., has lined up 22 cosponsors for her legislation, HR2590, it still faces an …
peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-bombard…

Rashida Tlaib Demands That Social Media Companies Stop Censoring Palestinians
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-26
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has written a letter to social media companies asking that they stop removing and suspending posts and users from their platforms for spreading information about Israeli violence against Palestinians. | The letter to Facebook, Twitter and ByteDance, which owns TikTok, asks the companies to answer a series of questions on their methodologies for removing certain posts and highlights a double standard in censorship of Palestinians online. | "I write with urgent…
truthout.org/articles/rashida-tlaib-dema…

A mainstream outlet accepted my pitch on what media refuses to say about U.S. empire–then refused to let me say it
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-05-26
A mainstream academic outlet called The Conversation green-lighted my article on foreign policy issues Western media refuses to discuss. With the piece ready to go live, everything went horribly wrong. | May 26, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/05/26/a-mainstream-out…

They're Not Conservatives, They're Extremists
RobertAlvarez | ips-dc.org | 2021-05-26
The House Freedom Caucus is routinely described as conservative, by its members, by the mainstream media, by Wikipedia. The caucus, which draws together 45 Republican Party members of the House of Representatives, is…
ips-dc.org/theyre-not-conservatives-they…

Bombshell Video, Leaked Documents Detail How Facebook Censors Vaccine Facts When They Don't Fit CDC, Big Pharma Narrative
Megan Redshaw | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
Investigative journalist James …
globalresearch.ca/bombshell-video-leaked…

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