2022-09-07: News Headlines

Ramzy Baroud (2022-09-07). The Road to Fascism: How the War in Ukraine is Changing Europe. dissidentvoice.org As soon as I landed in Rome, I discovered that I was no longer able to access any Russian media whatsoever. Unfortunately, threats by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, that Europe should sever all links with "Russia's propaganda machine" were taken seriously by the Italian government. As a journalist, having access to only …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-06). Ukraine: How British Intelligence Globalized Online Trolling. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Since the conflict in Ukraine began, numerous commentators have drawn attention to the blatant weaponization of social media in service of the proxy war. Legions of users on Facebook, Twitter, and other major platforms, many anonymous and recently registered, have relentlessly propounded pro-intervention, pro-Ukraine propaganda, viciously attacking all those deviating even slightly from established Western…

Andrew Korybko (2022-09-06). "Socio-Economic Suffering": Massive Protests in Prague against EU "Counterproductive Policies" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-09-06). UN backs US propaganda of Chinese abuses against Uyghurs. wsws.org Accusations of the abuse of Uyghurs are a prominent feature of Washington's anti-China campaign as it ramps up its provocations and preparations for war against Beijing.

Danny Haiphong (2022-09-06). The Sickness of the American Left and the Path to Recovery. orinocotribune.com By Danny Haiphong Sep 2, 2022 | Leftists in the United States are suffering from a propaganda-induced delirium. Revolutionary discipline can get us through the winter storm. | The U.S. has entered a dark period. Economic crisis wracks its capitalist system. Military instability and chaos reign supreme over its imperialist ventures. Political illegitimacy worsens by the year, at times by the month. These conditions sound favorable to the growth of revolutionary possibilities within the citadel of imperialism. | But such is not the case at the moment. Discipline and organization are at perhaps their weakest p…

Lee Camp (2022-09-06). The Community Solution to the Climate Crisis. mintpressnews.com The Most Censored News with Lee Camp hosted by comedian/ writer/ raconteur/ provocateur/ saboteur Lee Camp is a twice-weekly look at the most censored stories within corporate media hosted by the new video platform Behind the Headlines — a MintPress video project that is 100% viewer supported. | Camp both brings to light stories that are (intentionally) ignored by the corporate media and digs deeper when the mainstream media only reports on the surface-layer reality. Having been a professional stand-up comic for 20 years, a writer for The Onion, and the host/head writer of Redacted Tonight, Camp is also un…

Michael Fox (2022-09-06). Brazil on Fire Episode 1: Violence and the Culture War. therealnews.com As candidate Jair Bolsonaro neared the presidency in 2018, violence rippled across Brazil, mostly perpetrated by Bolsonaro supporters. Hundreds of threats and attacks, including several killings, were reported in the weeks and months leading up to the election. Bolsonaro's hateful rhetoric and fake news machine spurred on the violence, painting the election as a battle for the soul of the country. Targeting right wing fears over 'family values' and 'security,' Bolsonaro tapped into a growing culture war aimed not at winning a democratic debate, but eliminating opponents. | This episode looks at Bolsonaro's…

Project Censored (2022-09-06). Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival and an Update on Julian Assange. projectcensored.org The latest Project Censored Show features a recording of a panel discussion from this summer's Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival, held in Washington DC. Mickey and Project Censored's Associate Director,…

Rian Overy (2022-09-06). Invasive emphysema treatment may no longer be necessary. healtheuropa.com A randomised, controlled trial comparing two types of emphysema treatment has found a less invasive treatment to be as effective as invasive surgery. The trial compared invasive lung volume surgery and the less invasive bronchoscopic lung volume reduction. The results of the study were presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Barcelona. It …

____ (2022-09-05). Factchecking the Factchecker on Chomsky, Russia and Media Access. transcend.org 30 Aug 2022 – US-based media platforms have made an extraordinary effort to cut Western audiences off from news from a Russian perspective. When social critic Noam Chomsky pointed out how unprecedented this was, Newsweek's "factchecker" (26 Jul 2022) declared his criticism "clearly untrue"—a determination that did more to confirm the ideological strictures of US media than to debunk them.

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