Monthly Archives: October 2022

2022-10-16: News Headlines

_____ (2022-10-16). Trump Calls For Peace In Ukraine. popularresistance.org Since the U.S. sponsored coup in Ukraine in 2014, taking a stand against the plan by the U.S. to use Ukraine as a weapon of war against Russia was a perilous stance for pro-peace and anti-imperialist forces. What made opposition especially difficult was that the plan was being executed by the administration of Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama with the full support of the right-wing neoliberal establishment that controlled and still controls the U.S. state. | But, while it was a challenge to oppose the many criminal adventures of the Obama administration, the return of that administration to power under Joe B…

Carlos Martinez (2022-10-15). Manufacturing Consent for the Containment and Encirclement of China. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Oct 12, 2022 | "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." — Malcolm X | The Western media is waging a systematic and ferocious propaganda war against China. In the court of Western public opinion, China stands accused of an array of terrifying crimes: conducting a genocide against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang; wiping out democracy in Hong Kong; militarising the South China Sea; attempting to impose colonial control over Taiwan; carrying out a land grab in Africa; preventing Tibe…

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2022-10-15). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".

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2022-10-13: News Headlines

Staff (2022-10-13). JCDecaux, World's Largest Outdoor Advertising Company, Censors Peace, Promotes War. davidswanson.org

Labor Video Project (2022-10-13). South Africa National Dockers Strike With RTUSA JV Dube, David Hemson & Namibia Workers. indybay.org Dock workers in South Africa have gone on a national strike against the state controlled Transnet. They are fighting for major wage increases and against privatization of the ports being pushed by the ANC government.

_____ (2022-10-12). A Guide To Decolonize Language In Conservation. popularresistance.org Scientific evidence shows that Indigenous people understand and manage their environment better than anyone else: 80% of Earth's biodiversity can be found in Indigenous territories. The best way to protect biodiversity is therefore to respect the land rights of Indigenous peoples — the best conservationists. | Nevertheless, the mainstream conservation model today is still, just as in colonial times, "Fortress Conservation": a model that creates militarized Protected Areas accessible only to the wealthy on the lands of Indigenous peoples. This "conservation" is destroying the land and lives of Indigenous peo…

_____ (2022-10-12). Manufacturing Consent For The Containment Of China. popularresistance.org The Western media is waging a systematic and ferocious propaganda war against China. In the court of Western public opinion, China stands accused of an array of terrifying crimes: conducting a genocide against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang; wiping out democracy in Hong Kong; militarising the South China Sea; attempting to impose colonial control over Taiwan; carrying out a land grab in Africa; preventing Tibetans and Inner Mongolians from speaking their languages; spying on the good peoples of the democratic world; and more. | Australian scholar Roland Boer has characterised these accusations as "atrocity propaganda…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-10-12). Manufacturing Consent for the Containment and Encirclement of China. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez The following detailed article by Carlos Martinez explores the escalating propaganda war being waged by the imperialist powers against China. Carlos notes that "propaganda wars can also be war propaganda", and that the torrent of anti-China slander has a clear purpose of manufacturing broad public consent for the US-led New Cold War. Carlos…

Dana Sanchez (2022-10-12). Fact Check: Container Shipping Prices From China To LA Have Collapsed From $20K To $3K. moguldom.com In a sign that a global recession may be coming, the cost to ship containers from China to the West Coast of the U.S. has undergone "extraordinary hemorrhaging," with spot rates halving in the four weeks ending Oct. 7 alone. Freight rates have been falling for months as global trade slows due to reduced demand …

Anonymous103 (2022-10-12). US Politician Gabbard Leaves Democratic Party As It's "Elitist Cabal Of Warmongers" southfront.org Click to see full-size imageThere is a deep crisis in the US political system, which under Biden has certainly prioritised war and provocation instead of overcoming major economic issues. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Former legislator Tulsi Gabbard said, when announcing that she is no longer a member of the United States Democratic Party, that her former political party is controlled by an "elitist cabal of warmongers" who are hostile to the American people."I can…

Staff (2022-10-12). Borders constantly controlled by Army Ground Force: commander. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) — Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari said that his forces have access to the latest technology, adding the country's borders are constantly monitored.

Staff (2022-10-12). Sobre un texto (orweliano) de øartistas e intelectuales? cubadebate.cu Los llamados "adjetivos disuasivos" son palabras y expresiones que por su contundencia y negativismo no admiten réplica ni razonamiento lógico -lo mismo que cuando te arrojan piedras-; y, en consecuencia, excluyen cualquier matiz y forma de trámite inteligente. Son propios de la propaganda y la desinformación mediática: politiquería, por así decirlo; de modo que es muy perturbador verlos como recurso lingàºístico constante en quien se autodenomina intelectual.

WSWS (2022-10-11). After rejection of BMWED contract: Fight against union sabotage! Prepare a strike before the midterm elections! wsws.org BMWED members have not only voted against a contract but the entire state-controlled, pro-business framework in which the union apparatus is embedded. It is a vote of no confidence in the union negotiators and expresses the determination of workers to launch a national strike to bring the carriers and their government backers to their knees.

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