Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-20). Western News Media Exist To Administer Propaganda. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The single most overlooked and under-appreciated aspect of our society is the way domestic propaganda is used to shape the way mainstream westerners perceive and think about their world. | Typically the only time you…

_____ (2023-05-20). Climate Breakdown, Extinction and 'The Most Stupid Boast'. strategic-culture.org Journalists are filtered by the elite-serving propaganda system such that 'difficult', 'crusading', 'awkward', 'firebrand' reporters are usually identified and stifled from clambering beyond a few lowly rungs of the career ladder. Or, if they manage not to be 'let go' by their employer early on, they learn to conform to generally unspoken rules on behaving as a 'responsible' media professional. One such key characteristic is to rarely challenge state-corporate power, or only within carefully circumscribed limits.

Editor (2023-05-19). Why is AOC Parroting Nuclear Industry Propaganda? scheerpost.com By Linda Pentz Gunter / CounterPunch Note: During a visit to Japan, including to the destroyed Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant site, US Representative, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an outspoken Democrat from Queens, New York, made a series of Instagram posts. Despite being loaded with errors of fact and science, her pronouncements were seized upon by the nuclear power …

Anonymous669 (2023-05-20). Syrian Army Repels Attack From U.S.-Held Al-Tanf Area. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Syrian government forces repelled an attack that was launched from the southeastern area of al-Tanf that is controlled by the United States-led coalition and its proxies, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, announced on May 18. "At 11: 30 p.m. Moscow time on May 18, 2023, servicemen from an outpost of the 134th armored brigade of the Syrian armed forces spotted a group of militants driving three pi…

WSWS (2023-05-19). Montana bans TikTok: Anti-China hysteria and the attack on democratic rights. wsws.org In a major new milestone in the bipartisan effort to censor the internet and undermine the freedom of speech in America, the state of Montana signed into law a ban on the distribution of the TikTok social media app Wednesday.

a guest author (2023-05-18). The reaction from those who erect the walls. workers.org Missouri prison authorities censor Workers World We thought readers of Workers World would like to see an example of the frequent censorship notifications we get from prison administrators. Our reaction and how you can take action, below. Dear Workers World: The Missouri Department of Corrections has reviewed material sent . . . |

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-05-18). Buena Fe band receives full support in Spain. plenglish.com Madrid, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of people today expressed their solidarity and full support for the Buena Fe Cuban music group, whose tour in Spain has been cut short due to harassment, violence and censorship by the enemies of the Revolution.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-18). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

Editor (2023-05-19). Why is AOC Parroting Nuclear Industry Propaganda? scheerpost.com By Linda Pentz Gunter / CounterPunch Note: During a visit to Japan, including to the destroyed Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant site, US Representative, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an outspoken Democrat from Queens, New York, made a series of Instagram posts. Despite being loaded with errors of fact and science, her pronouncements were seized upon by the nuclear power …

Ann Brown (2023-05-19). Former Clayton County Sheriff Takes Private Plane To Start Time In Penitentiary. moguldom.com Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill in Georgia was convicted of violating the civil rights of six detainees in the Clayton County Jail in 2022. And on May 15, he posted a video to his Facebook page showing him strolling onto a private jet to apparently head to FCI Forrest City Low in Forrest City, …

Anonymous669 (2023-05-19). Civilian Killed, Two Kurdish Fighters Wounded In Turkish Drone Strike On Northern Syria. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On May 18, two Turkish drone strikes hit the northern Syrian village of Kharoufiyah, which is held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). | Kharoufiyah is located near the town of Manbij in the northern Aleppo countryside. Manbij is one of the largest Arab urban centers controlled by the SDF and a known stronghold of the Kurdish-led group. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based pro-opposition monitoring group, said tha…

Matthew Daly (2023-05-18). EPA rule would force clean-up of toxic coal ash dumped in landfills, ponds near power plants. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is strengthening a rule aimed at controlling and cleaning up toxic waste from coal-fired power plants. A proposal announced Wednesday would for the first time require safe management of so-called coal ash dumped in hundreds of older landfills, "legacy" ponds, and other inactive sites that currently are unregulated …