WSWS (2022-06-09). Top Gun: Maverick—War propaganda built to order for the United States military. wsws.org The United States military has mobilized its war propaganda machine in Hollywood to produce the sequel to 1986's Top Gun, about fighter pilots in the US Navy.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-06-08). U.S. COVID response: War and profiteering remains the priority. mronline.org The death toll in the U.S. due to COVID-19 has crossed 1 million. The richest country in the world has stumbled in controlling the pandemic and the poorest have suffered the most.

WSWS (2022-06-08). Pay disputes spread among UK refuse workers. wsws.org The disputes are meeting an aggressive response from the ruling class, with police attacks on pickets and a bitter propaganda campaign against any pay claims.

Dave Clennon (2022-06-08). It's Showtime in Ukraine! dissidentvoice.org Let our bleeding proxy negotiate a settlement, NOW. Since early January, the corporate media have been proving their loyalty and their usefulness to the US foreign policy establishment. With faultless show-business efficiency, they manufactured an international political superstar, at least in Europe and the English speaking world. Vladimir Zelensky appeared on media screens, seemingly everywhere, …

Greg Godels (2022-06-08). The Peace Question and Imperialism. dissidentvoice.org The war in Ukraine is a propaganda war, with all of the belligerents, sponsors, and their allies churning out — through an abjectly subservient media — masses of lies and disinformation. In this regard, they resemble other wars, but with an added dose of shamelessness. For that reason, it is difficult to discern how the …

Staff (2022-06-08). "Intensify the Search": Journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous Expert Bruno Pereira Missing in Brazil. democracynow.org British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira have still not been found, after being reported missing Sunday in one of Brazil's most remote areas of the Amazon. The pair were traveling across the region to interview Indigenous leaders patrolling the area for illegal miners and fishers for Phillips's upcoming book. "We know that they had been receiving threats. We know that there are other people who are being threatened in this territory," says Ana Alfinito, Brazil legal adviser for Amazon Watch. Alfinito also explains how Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has system…

Yves Engler (2022-06-08). Educating Journalists about Canada's Propaganda System an Eyeopener. dissidentvoice.org Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. —Noam Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda, April 1, 1997 Propaganda isn't a euphemism for how the other side controls information. Nor is it simply about jailing journalists or shuttering media outlets. A serious discussion of the matter must look …