sputnikglobe (2023-08-25). What's Behind EU's Censorship of Social Media & Search Engines? sputnikglobe.com The European Commission (EC) has stepped up pressure on online platforms under the pretext of creating "a safer digital space" free from "disinformation." Does the EC consider itself a gatekeeper of truth?

WSWS (2023-08-25). End political censorship at Macquarie University! Affiliate the IYSSE! wsws.org "The refusal to affiliate the IYSSE… sets a dangerous precedent for further attacks on freedom of speech in which management has carte blanche over which clubs can and can't be formed and is not answerable to the student body for its decisions."

Global Research News (2023-08-25). Selected Articles: "Canary in a COVID World: How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World" globalresearch.ca By The inspired editors of this fascinating collection have managed to gain the confidence and cooperation of 34 thought leaders who …

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis (2023-08-25). Cop watchers are being targeted by police, but they're not going down without a fight. therealnews.com A recent article in The Washington Post highlighting the growth of cop watcher YouTube channels provided a rare mainstream spotlight on a movement that's developed entirely outside of elite institutions. But for all The Washington Post got right, a lot was missed as well. Police Accountability Report sits down with popular YouTube cop watchers The Battousai and James Freeman to discuss the state of cop watching today and how the police are trying to make the practice illegal. | Pre-Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham, Adam Coley, Cameron Granadino | Studio Production: Adam Coley, Cameron Granadino |

Ramzy Baroud, Counter Punch. (2023-08-25). Is Western Media's Perception Of Africa Racist? popularresistance.org Racism goes beyond the use of certain words or the discriminatory practices of everyday life. It is also about political perceptions, intellectual depictions, and collective relationships. | Consider the way that Africa is currently portrayed in the news. | From a political viewpoint, Africa is seen as a totality, and not in a positive way, as in a united Africa. | For example, mainstream Western media coverage of the US-Africa Summit, held in Washington last December, presented all of Africa as poor and desperate. The continent, one can glean from headlines, was also willing to pawn its political position in the…

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-25). How America's 'News'-Media Sell Propaganda Instead of Journalism. theduran.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-25). Understanding "Dictatorship" Beyond Propaganda. libya360.wordpress.com Erica Caines Since the proxy war in Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022, subsequent geopolitical shifts have created a situation for a restructuring towards a multipolar world. The distractions created by capitalist media have heightened confusion around how to discuss current geopolitical events. Despite the illusion of a free and fair press, as political scientist and…

TASS (2023-08-26). Air raid alert lifted in Kiev and seven Ukrainian regions. tass.com Air raid sirens sounded about 30 minutes earlier today in Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions, as well as in Kyiv-controlled territories of the Donetsk People's Republic…

FP Staff (2023-08-26). Ukraine says it hit Russian military base in annexed Crimea. firstpost.com Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency said on Friday a Ukrainian drone attack had hit a Russian military base deep inside annexed Crimea, while residents reported casualties, explosions and a road closure. | Early on Friday, Russia reported one of the biggest coordinated Ukrainian air raids yet over Russian-controlled territory but said air defence systems had downed all 42 drones attacking Crimea before they could hit their targets. | Ukrainian intelligence officials said the attack struck Russia's 126th Coastal Defence Brigade based in Perevalnoye, a town more than 200 km (120 miles) from Ukraine-controlle…

TASS (2023-08-25). Rebels in Niger give French ambassador two days to leave country. tass.com According to the media, the ambassador did not show up at the rebel-controlled foreign ministry when summoned…

Eleanor J. Bader (2023-08-22). Howard Zinn at 101: Needed Now More Than Ever. progressive.org As the right continues to push legislation censoring the teaching of United States history, Howard Zinn's 101st birthday on August 24 reminds us that education is a necessary stepping stone to change.

Peter Handel (2023-08-22). We Need a New Deal for Community College in the Wake of the Pandemic. truthout.org The pandemic changed our lives and society in ways that we continue to grapple with. For teachers, the shifts in their daily lives were nothing short of seismic. In Going Remote: A Teacher's Journey (The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press, May 16, 2023, Paperback & Kindle), Adam Bessie, a long-time community college English professor in the San Francisco Bay Area, teams up with illustrator… |

Rebekah Barnett (2023-08-22). Australia's Misinfo Bill Paves Way for Massive Censorship. globalresearch.ca

Gavin OReilly (2023-08-23). Cyber Attacks against Independent Media, Censorship and Double Standards. globalresearch.ca

Marco Fernandes, People's Dispatch. (2023-08-22). Can BRICS Lead A Wave Of Assertion From The Global South? popularresistance.org In recent days, a series of articles in the mainstream Western media have clearly demonstrated the concern of Western powers about the possible growth of the BRICS bloc, which over 20 more countries are interested in joining. Reuters, citing anonymous sources in the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, said that Brasilia would oppose the expansion and that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not attend the summit. A couple of days after the Reuters article, Brazilian President Lula da Silva was emphatic in reaffirming his position in favor of expansion, and sources denied rumors that Modi would skip the meeting.

John Pilger (2023-08-22). Silencing the Lambs. How Propaganda Works. globalresearch.ca

Michael F. Brown (2023-08-22). PragerU brings pro-Israel propaganda to Florida schools. electronicintifada.net DeSantis is keen to sanitize history from anti-Black race massacres in the US to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

Staff (2023-08-22). Milwaukee, August 26, 2023: U.S. Hands Off Niger! — Stop AFRICOM! — U.S. & EU Imperialism Out of Africa! wibailoutpeople.org All imperialists: Hands off Niger! | 920 N Water Street, Dontre Hamilton Park (Red Arrow Park) — 12 NOON | Event by The U.S. and France are threatening military intervention on Niger to re-install their puppet, neo-colonial government. | The people of Niger are tired of U.S. and EU controlling their resources and military occupation. The demands of the people of Niger are clear; no to military interve…