Daily Archives: June 19, 2021

2021-06-19: News Headlines

Media Lens (2021-06-19). "That Is Actually Bollocks": 20 Propaganda Horrors From 20 Years of Media Lens (Part 2). dissidentvoice.org 11. The BBC On The Saintly Motives For Waging War On Iraq And Libya In focusing on the grim future in April, US vice president, Kamala Harris, surely revealed far more than she intended about the grim past: 'For years and generations, wars have been fought over oil. In a short matter of time, they …

_____ (2021-06-19). The Culture Of Vehicular Attacks: On The Murder Of Deona Marie Erickson. popularresistance.org On June 13, a driver attacked a demonstration in Minneapolis, killing Deona Marie Erickson. This is the result of years of right-wing efforts to normalize—and even legalize—vehicular attacks. Now the corporate media has ceased to prioritize covering them, paving the way for more killings. In dialogue with our comrades at It's Going Down and on the ground in Minneapolis, we have prepared the following reflections on the implications of this. | Shortly before midnight on June 13, while demonstrators gathered at Lake Street and Girard Avenue to protest the murder of Winston Smith by sheriff's deputies an…

Loren Hall (2021-06-19). The Dangerous Lie of 'Tax-To-Spend'. realprogressives.org When you consider the worst ramifications of the most insidious myths of mainstream economic theory, arguably the very worst, most damaging one is the 'tax-to-spend' myth.

_____ (2021-06-19). With Bezos at the Helm, Democracy Dies at the Washington Post Editorial Board. popularresistance.org In the Soviet Union, everybody was aware that the media was controlled by the state. But in a corporate state like the U.S., a veneer of independence is still maintained, although trust in the media has been plummeting for years.

David Giesen (2021-06-19). Friday 6/18: Will Juneteenth go mainstreamed into oblivion? indybay.org ZOOM: zoom.us/j/95970820640?pwd=cHNYeTQyQktHNm…

_____ (2021-06-19). Myths & Facts about genocide: What's happening in Xinjiang, China. popularresistance.org The Biden Administration has chosen to echo the same propaganda claims against China that were made by Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Both the Trump & Biden administration are charging the Chinese government with the crime of genocide against a minority people, the Uighurs, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region in western China. This campaign coincides with an economic war with China, which includes tariffs and sanctions. It also comes as the Pentagon has announced a new military doctrine which prioritizes and prepares the United States with a war on China.

Derek Sloan (2021-06-18). Video: Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccine: Report on Health Whistleblowers. Canadian MP Derek Sloan. globalresearch.ca Independent MP Derek Sloan holds a news conference on Parliament Hill to raise concerns about the alleged censorship of doctors and scientists as well as medical information related to vaccines. | The Ontario MP has been critical of lockdowns that have …

Global Research News (2021-06-18). Medical Censorship and The Harms of Lockdowns: Testimony of Ontario Medical Doctors. globalresearch.ca An Exclusive Interview of Three Frontline Canadian Physicians "Freedom of expression is enshrined in our Constitution, and is imperative in a free and democratic society, as it underpins other human rights, such as the freedoms of thought, conscience, association and …

teleSUR (2021-06-18). Brazil's Senators Ask Social Networks To Censor Bolsonaro. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Senate committee investigating the management of the COVID-19 pandemic will ask Facebook and YouTube to remove statements by President Jair Bolsonaro that threaten public health. | RELATED: | This decision happened the day after the far-right politician said that contracting the virus is a more effective decision than getting vaccinated. | "Everyone who got the virus is vaccinated even more effective than those who…

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2021-06-18). Why Democracies in G7 & NATO Should Reject U.S. Leadership. counterpunch.org The world has been treated to successive spectacles of national leaders gathering at a G7 Summit in Cornwall and a NATO Summit in Brussels. The U.S. corporate media have portrayed these summits as chances for President Biden to rally the leaders of the world's democratic nations in a coordinated response to the most serious problems

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2021-06-18). Andrew Perez on the Filibuster. fair.org James Stewart filibustering in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. | This week on CounterSpin: NBC News recently The statement is remarkable for the painful mockery it makes of Democrats' and corporate media's stubborn insistence that the most important value is "bipartisanship," Democrats and Republicans getting along—over and against majorities of the US…

Anonymous349 (2021-06-18). "There Is A Serious Possibility China Will Occupy A Taiwanese Island" southfront.org ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | Mainstream media outlets have once again fueling rumors about the incoming 'Chinese invasion of Taiwan' amid the developing economic and diplomatic tensions between China and the United States. | "There is now a serious possibility that China seeks to occupy one of the outer islands," a Sydney-based d…

Anonymous103 (2021-06-18). SouthFront Is Rising From Ashes. southfront.org | Last month was critical for SouthFront! | The Washington establishment has made every effort to demolish SouthFront. Almost all US-controlled banks and payment systems suspended SF ac…

teleSUR (2021-06-18). March for the Freedom of the Saharawi People Arrives in Madrid. telesurenglish.net On Friday, human rights defenders and social activists from Catalonia, the Basque Country, Cantabria, and Aragon arrived at Madrid's Puerta del Sol Square to demand the independence of Western Sahara, which is controlled by Moroccan Armed Forces. | RELATED: | The columns of the march came after traveling over 440 kilometers over Spain, as a citizen response to Morocco's violation of the ceasefire in the Guerguerat area, a Unit…

David Giesen (2021-06-18). Friday 6/18: Will Juneteenth go mainstreamed into oblivion? indybay.org ZOOM: zoom.us/j/95970820640?pwd=cHNYeTQyQktHNm…

Rachel M. Cohen (2021-06-18). School Privatization Lobby Places Fake News on Local Stations. zcomm.org With Ed Newsfeed, the Betsy DeVos-funded American Federation for Children distributes syndicated content to TV stations. They run it as news…

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