(2023-06-03). Support builds for IYSSE anti-war Toronto meeting in face of right-wing censorship campaign. wsws.org Workers and young people have spoken out powerfully in defence of the IYSSE's right to hold its anti-war meeting in opposition to the threats and intimidation from the far-right UCC and its allies within the Canadian state.
(2023-06-02). Stop the state-led censorship of opponents of the US/NATO war against Russia! Defend the IYSSE's Toronto June 4 meeting! wsws.org The open intervention of a government minister in the campaign to shut down an antiwar meeting organized by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Toronto marks a new stage in the efforts of ruling elites around the world to censor opponents of imperialist war.
(2023-06-01). They Censored at the Behest of the White House: Alleged "Anti-Vaccine Disinformation on Social Media Platforms" globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-01). Far-Right Ukrainian Canadian Congress Urges Trudeau Government to Censor Anti-war Meetings and Activists. strategic-culture.org By James CLAYTON | The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) is holding a meeting in Montreal this Thursday evening titled "The war in Ukraine and how to stop it." The meeting details are as follows: | Montreal: Thursday, April 13, at 6: 30 p.m. | Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Pavillon Hubert-Aquin, local A-2835 (2e étage) | 400 Sainte-Catherine Est, H2L 2C5 (Near Métro Berri-UQAM) | * * * | The far-right nationalist Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) is pressing the federal government to censor and suppress anti-war meetings and actions on the basis of the fraudulent smear they co…
(2023-06-02). Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action. fair.org 
CounterSpin230602.mp3 NBC ( This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media have never been the right place to look for thoughtful, inclusive consideration of affirmative action. For them it's an "issue," a political football, rather than a long effort to address the real historical and ongoing discrimination against non-white, non-male people in multiple aspects of US life. | But when it comes to the role that anti-discrimination, pro-equity efforts have had on Asian-A…
(2023-06-01). Fake News Alert: Did President Maduro's Security Attack a Journalist in Brazil? orinocotribune.com 
A new fake news operation was launched on some social media platforms by local and international far-right outlets regarding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's visit to Brazil, when a journalist working for said outlets falsely spread the idea that President Maduro's security team supposedly attacked a Brazilian journalist. | The event was reported this Tuesday night, May 30, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília—the building housing the Brazilian Foreign Ministry—at the end of the Summit of South American Presidents, called for by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. At the end of the summ…
(2023-06-01). Raising the Price: Martin Amis and the Post-9/11 Cataclysm. dissidentvoice.org 
The death of novelist and essayist Martin Amis on 19 May triggered a 'mainstream' wave, not just of admiration, but of adoration. It is clear from the obituaries that Amis died with his reputation intact and untarnished. In tweeting a link to his obituary for the Guardian, the Independent's former literary editor Boyd Tonkin captured …
(2023-06-02). Ukrainian Counteroffensive Increasingly Discredited. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageEven among Ukrainian journalists, there is criticism of Kiev's propaganda. | Written by In the midst of the catastrophic situation of the Ukrainian armed forces, which are more and more losing territory and relying solely on terrorism as a combat tool, it is inevitable that the potential of the so-called "spring counteroffensive" be questioned. Weste…
(2023-06-02). Shanghai Disneyland to enact ban on wagons. ecns.cn Shanghai Disneyland Resort will ban wagons and other types of carriers including large strollers, carts, stroller suitcases and trailers starting on June 30, the resort announced on May 31.
(2023-06-02). Honduras: Psychological Operations Against Xiomara Castro's Government. orinocotribune.com By Ricardo Arturo Salgado — May 29, 2023 | The right-wing wars in Latin America are waged—to a great extent—in the minds of people, especially those who still think they are part of the privileged class, despite the fact that neoliberalism is gradually making them lose purchasing power. Psychological operations, whose spearheads are in the media and social networks, have been relentless against the progressive government of President Xiomara Castro since the very day she took office. | In Honduras, private media constitutes 98% of all media, and the number of troll and bot farms created by the na…
(2023-06-01). 38 Members of Congressional Progressive Caucus Vote Against Debt Ceiling Bill. truthout.org Nearly 40 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus broke with the majority of their House Democratic colleagues late Wednesday to vote against the debt ceiling agreement negotiated by President Joe Biden and Republican leaders. The legislation, which would lift the debt ceiling until January 2025 and enact painful caps on non-military federal spending, passed the GOP-controlled House by a… |