Daily Archives: May 8, 2023

2023-05-08: News Headlines

Project Censored (2023-05-08). Demanding Accountability From Chevron with Steven Donzinger and the Struggle of Frontline Community Journalists with Matilda Bliss and Veronica Coit. projectcensored.org On this week's Project Censored Show, Eleanor Goldfield recently spoke attorney Steven Donziger — the man caught in the crosshairs of one of the largest corporations in the world, Chevron…

JANET (2023-05-08). Sudan: Popular movement demands civilian rule. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto May 2, 2023 April 30 ‚àí Reports from Sudan's largest seaport, Port Sudan, located on the Red Sea, describe a chaotic scene of thousands of migrant workers and their families attempting to leave the country in order to escape a conflict between two military factions fighting for control of the government. Sudan borders seven other African countries and the Red Sea. The Blue Nile and White Nile rivers meet in its capital, Khartoum. The corporate media in Europe and the United States confine their coverage to describing the suffering of civilians and the numbers killed. Their…

Ann Brown (2023-05-08). Fact Check: Investigator Eunice Hunton Carter Played Key Role in Taking Down Mob Pioneer Lucky Luciano. moguldom.com Charles "Lucky" Luciano was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He was also the first official boss of the modern Genovese crime family. And it was a Black female investigator named Eunice Hunton Carter who helped bring Luciano, the most important Mafia crime boss in New York City at the time, …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-05-08). Killing Our Way to the Truth. transcend.org War is minimally questioned — taken for granted — in the mainstream consciousness, or what I would call the consensus groupthink, which is quietly structured into mainstream reporting. Conflict between nations instantly summons the possibility of war; that's just the way it is, no matter the certainty of "collateral damage."

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-08). Lula calls for Assange's release in London, reiterating calls by leaders globally. peoplesdispatch.org Speaking to journalists in London, Brazil's Lula pulled no punches when criticizing the mainstream media's lack of organized efforts to defend Assange and demand his freedom…

Staff (2023-05-08). The Coronation Not Seen on TV: Anti-Monarchists Arrested; Slavery & Colonization Reparations Demanded. democracynow.org Police in England arrested at least 52 people Saturday around the coronation of King Charles, including numerous anti-monarchy activists who say they were detained before they even started protesting. Charles and his wife Camilla were crowned king and queen in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey that is expected to cost over £100 million, or about $125 million USD, taking place against the backdrop of a severe cost-of-living crisis in the U.K. Despite growing disinterest in the monarchy, criticism of the institution has been very "muted" in the mainstream U.K. media, says Priya Gopal, Cambrid…


Editor (2023-05-07). Bono Is Doing Illustrations For The Atlantic Now, Because Everything's Fake And Stupid. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / CaitlinJohnstone.com So U2 singer Bono is literally just doing illustrations for the imperialist propaganda rag The Atlantic now, because that's the sort of thing that happens in a dystopian civilization during the death throes of a globe-spanning empire. A Washington Post article titled "Bono likes to sketch Atlantic covers, so the …

Julia Conley (2023-05-08). Iowa becomes second GOP-controlled state this year to pass repeal of child labor protections. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Along with passing

_____ (2023-05-07). Assassination Bid on Putin to Provoke Furious Escalation… for Whom? strategic-culture.org The longer the Kiev regime survives, the worse the danger persists for Russia from uncontrolled instability on its border. | Just as the Western public is growing increasingly skeptical of the U.S.-led proxy war against Russia and the insane military and financial aid being pumped to prop up the corrupt Kiev regime, we then see a daring assassination drone attack on the Kremlin. | Russia called it an act of terrorism to kill President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has also


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