(2021-10-29). Being a child in Yemen is the stuff of nightmares: The Forty-Third Newsletter (2021). mronline.org 
Since February 2021, the military forces of Ansar Allah have made a push to capture the central town of Marib, which is not only at the epicentre of Yemen's modest oil refining project but is also one of the few parts of the country still controlled by President Hadi.
(2021-10-29). Billionaire Political Meddlers, Disinformation Agents Launch 'Good Information Inc.'. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, billionaires Reid Hoffman and George Soros launched Good Information Inc., a "public benefit corporation" to serve as a conduit of funds to newsrooms that "cut through the echo chambers with fact-based information." On its website, Good Information further describes itself as a "civic incubator" aimed at fostering and financially backing projects that "counter disinformation where it spreads by increasing the flow of good information online." | But more than merely providing an alternative to bad information through their own reporting, the company suggests that censorship is also on the menu: "We bel…
(2021-10-29). Fact Check: 90 Percent Of Our Brains Develop Between 0 And Age 5. moguldom.com From birth to age 5, a child's brain develops more rapidly than at any other time in life, making experiences in the early years critical to development and growth. At birth, a child's brain is about a quarter of the size of the average adult brain. Astoundingly, it doubles in size in the first year …
(2021-10-29). Panopticon: How Mainstream Academia Normalized Mass Imprisonment. strategic-culture.org 
The panopticon of the Smart City is a system set up so that free citizens police, interrogate, and report on each other. | Academia, with its woke newspeak, is a god-awful thing. Only through the complete destruction of language can actually fascist policies, which threaten to eradicate humanity, be passed off as progressive, even social-democratic. Our aim is to build upon our previous chapters to show that these were not intellectual fishing expeditions — we're here with the receipts. | Jeremy Bentham's horrific theory and model of the Panopticon is openly presented as a 'positive vision of the future' wh…
(2021-10-29). Turkey Shells Two Settlements In Aleppo Province In Preparation For Hostilities. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Turkish military opened fire on the settlements of Ein Dakna and Biiluniya in the north of Aleppo province, the Kurdish ANHA news agency reported."The Turkish army and the mercenaries controlled by them fired shells and rockets at the settlements of Ein Dakna and Biiluniya on Thursday evening. Dozens <...> exploded in these settlements," the agency reported. | According to him, the Syrians retaliated from the MLRS on the positions of the militants in the area of …
(2021-10-28). Report: Latinos Still Severely Underrepresented in Mainstream Media. latinorebels.com While the headline may not surprise anyone, a new report commissioned by the Latino Donor Collaborative reveals just how absent Latinos are in TV, film, journalism, and other mainstream media.
(2021-10-28). Texas Senate Committee Investigates School Libraries' Books on Racism and Sexuality. sputniknews.com The news has caused anger and indignation among Democratic lawmakers as well as teachers, who accused the committee of attempting to whitewash US history and censor the voices of people of colour. The probe comes a month after the Lone Star State passed legislation that restricts how teachers can discuss racism in schools.
(2021-10-28). Bad Times for the First Amendment. strategic-culture.org By Peter VAN BUREN | The very big picture is bad. Progressives woke up one morning to realize they controlled the media. People who thought like them made our movies, TV shows, and most importantly, owned the greatest propaganda tool ever invented, social media. They could significantly influence not only which breakfast cereal America liked best, but also which candidate America should vote for. | And none of it fell under the First Amendment. That old saw only protects people from government censorship, not corporate censorship or propaganda. The Founders never conceived we the people would want to have our med…
(2021-10-28). Fact Check: 30 Percent Of White College Applicants Lie About Being Person Of Color. moguldom.com There continues to be a pushback against affirmative action in college admissions with some states prohibiting the inclusion of any consideration of race in the admissions process. Yet some white college applicants are pretending to be Black or another race to gain entry or improve their financial aid odds. A recent survey by Intelligent, an online …
(2021-10-28). New French Information Doctrine Militarizes Social Media. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageNew Paris' guidelines on information warfare and control of fake news reveal an interest in the militarization of social media. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | More and more, the virtual world becomes a real battleground, where rival world powers face each other and seek to secure their interests. Like land, sea, air and outer space, the cybernetic field is a new type of territory where military occupation is essential for the national defense of each state. However, some world powers, mainly Western ones, have used t…
(2021-10-28). UK government and media mount disinformation campaign claiming pandemic is nearly over. wsws.org In pursuit of their favoured herd immunity policy, the media have been pumping out propaganda claiming that with cases down for several days in a row, this vindicates the government's policy of abandoning all measures to fight the virus.