_____ (2022-05-05). A Statement on Ukraine from the Black Liberation Movement. popularresistance.org The ongoing crisis and war in Ukraine threatens to pull the world into a disastrous nuclear confrontation. Disinformation, lies, and propaganda from the US and other western media are aimed at confusing millions of people inside the US and around the world to view Russia as the aggressor, while hiding the US role in the evolution of this conflict. One major example of this manipulation is that western media has not been honest about the massive role that the US played in facilitating a 2014 coup in Ukraine that overthrew the country's democratically elected president, and funneled support to neo-Nazi forces who w…

scorinoco (2022-05-04). Proxy War in Ukraine is for Western Loans. orinocotribune.com By Dmitri Kovalevich — Apr 30, 2022 | The narrative surrounding the conflict in Ukraine changes according to who is speaking, some of it lacking any substance or rationality. Also, an inevitable indebtedness will afflict Ukraine for decades to come, due the lend-lease program the US approved in April. | For two months now, hostilities have been continuing in Ukraine, which the Russian Federation calls a special operation and Ukraine calls a war, although neither side has formally declared war. | Blinken's propaganda and captured western weapons | In April, according to the statements of the Russian leadersh…

Alan MacLeod (2022-05-04). The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing so Many National Security Agents? orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Apr 29, 2022 | TikTok has become an enormously influential medium that reaches over one billion people worldwide. Having control over its algorithm or content moderation means the ability to set the terms of global debate and decide what people see. And what they don't. | CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA — As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-04). The Left and its Deplorable Role in Ukraine's War. libya360.wordpress.com Juanlu González In 1964, Marcuse warned about the loss of revolutionary capacity in the West due to the triumph of repressive measures implemented by advanced industrial societies to silence any kind of intellectual dissent through the media, advertising, propaganda, and the most unbridled consumerism. At that time, it heralded the birth of the One-Dimensional Man,…

_____ (2022-05-04). How a Decision to Attack North Korea Could be Made and the Role that "Experts" Play. journal-neo.org This author has in previous articles looked at the way lurid fake news stories appear and how incidents are investigated, and this article will look at how key decisions are taken, specifically in terms of the role played by experts. It is commonly assumed that governments are omniscient, and that either the head of state or …

Eva Barlett (2022-05-04). Ukrainian Strike on Donetsk Market Was a Terrorist Act. orinocotribune.com By Eva Bartlett — Apr 30, 2022 | When artillery hit a busy public space in Donetsk, it brought flashbacks of attacks in Gaza and Syria. | If the Donetsk marketplace that was hit by rocket artillery on Thursday, April 28, had been in a city controlled by Kiev, the names and faces of the five civilians killed would be on all major news sites. But because it was another Ukrainian attack on civilians in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the deaths and 23 additional civilians injured will almost certainly go unreported, as has the been the norm during the regime's eight years of the Donbass and Western media'

Alan MacLeod (2022-05-04). The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing so Many National Security Agents? orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Apr 29, 2022 | TikTok has become an enormously influential medium that reaches over one billion people worldwide. Having control over its algorithm or content moderation means the ability to set the terms of global debate and decide what people see. And what they don't. | CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA — As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out of…

scorinoco (2022-05-04). Proxy War in Ukraine is for Western Loans. orinocotribune.com By Dmitri Kovalevich — Apr 30, 2022 | The narrative surrounding the conflict in Ukraine changes according to who is speaking, some of it lacking any substance or rationality. Also, an inevitable indebtedness will afflict Ukraine for decades to come, due the lend-lease program the US approved in April. | For two months now, hostilities have been continuing in Ukraine, which the Russian Federation calls a special operation and Ukraine calls a war, although neither side has formally declared war. | Blinken's propaganda and captured western weapons | In April, according to the statements of the Russian leadersh…

_____ (2022-05-04). How a Decision to Attack North Korea Could be Made and the Role that "Experts" Play. journal-neo.org This author has in previous articles looked at the way lurid fake news stories appear and how incidents are investigated, and this article will look at how key decisions are taken, specifically in terms of the role played by experts. It is commonly assumed that governments are omniscient, and that either the head of state or …

Eva Barlett (2022-05-04). Ukrainian Strike on Donetsk Market Was a Terrorist Act. orinocotribune.com By Eva Bartlett — Apr 30, 2022 | When artillery hit a busy public space in Donetsk, it brought flashbacks of attacks in Gaza and Syria. | If the Donetsk marketplace that was hit by rocket artillery on Thursday, April 28, had been in a city controlled by Kiev, the names and faces of the five civilians killed would be on all major news sites. But because it was another Ukrainian attack on civilians in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the deaths and 23 additional civilians injured will almost certainly go unreported, as has the been the norm during the regime's eight years of the Donbass and Western media'

_____ (2022-05-03). On Venezuela, Only Hawkish 'Dissent' Allowed. popularresistance.org Another NATO war means a media establishment in a propaganda frenzy once again. Corporate media outlets have cheered Washington for throwing fuel to the fire in Ukraine, with some demanding that the administration escalate yet more. Be it through their choice of pundits, or their own reporters haranguing White House officials for not sending enough weaponry, one thing is clear enough: Elite media will only criticize official foreign policy for not being hawkish enough. | When it comes to Venezuela, corporate journalists have historically had little to criticize, given Washington's "maximum pressure" regime-change…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-05-03). From Douma to Xinjiang to Bucha, the U.S. Empire's Atrocity Propaganda is the Same. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea "Humanitarianism" is the weapon that modern U.S. imperialism uses as the cornerstone in its campaigns to destabilize countries and regions. By presenting its violence as a selfless effort to save the people it targets, the empire can not just claim its hands are clean, but pose as heroic. It's a natural evolution from…

WSWS (2022-05-03). "Truce" imposed on Polish air traffic controllers' struggle. wsws.org Polish air traffic controllers are fighting back against the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic being dumped on them—their salaries cut by up to 70 percent, workloads increased, and safety rules undermined.