(2023-09-29). Sydney's Macquarie University doubles down on its political censorship of the IYSSE. wsws.org The university is simply ignoring the preponderance of evidence against its original decision, highlighting that this is a case of open political censorship of the IYSSE—the only socialist, anti-war club on campus.
(2023-09-29). "I Am Not Now, Nor Have I Ever Been": Musings on Communism and Anti-Communism. counterpunch.org March 2024 will be the seventieth anniversary of Edward R. Murrow's 1954 See It Now program that kicked McCarthy's butt all over the TV screen. Murrow ended with these words: "The actions of the junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his. He didn't create this situation of fear; he merely exploited it — and rather successfully." My father woke me that evening—I was 12—to tell me about Murrow's blast and to predict McCarthy's downfall. He would indeed be censored by his…
(2023-09-28). The Rising Political Battle Over Censorship. projectcensored.org Da'Taeveyon Daniels, Youth Honorary Chair, Banned Books Week, 2023 Special Guest Writer for Project Censored's Dispatches on Media and Politics In the land of the free and the home of…
(2023-09-29). How Canada Emerged as a Haven for Nazi War Criminals. libya360.wordpress.com Roger Jordan Government House Leader Karina Gould (left) and House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota (right) embrace Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian former member of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS. Standing behind Hunka in the middle is his son Martin. [Photo: @karinagould] WSWS Editorial Note: Aided by the corporate media, Canada's political establishment is trying to claim that…
(2023-09-29). Canadian establishment doubles down on its efforts to "move on" from parliament's hailing of Ukrainian Nazi SS veteran. wsws.org Canada's political establishment and corporate media are now desperately seeking to move on from any discussion, let alone serious probing, of how Canada's parliament came to give a hero's welcome to a 98-year-old Ukrainian veteran of the Nazi Waffen-SS, Yaroslav Hunka.
(2023-09-30). Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Wilkoff BL, Filippatos G, Leclercq C, et al. Adaptive versus conventional cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with heart failure (AdaptResponse): a global, prospective, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2023; 402: 1147—57—In figure 4 of this Article, the colours representing the Conventional CRT group (dark blue) and the Adaptive CRT, LVp ‚â•85% group (light blue) have been transposed in the line graph so that they now match the correct legend label. This correction has been made to the online version as of Sept 28, 2023, and the printed version is correct.
(2023-09-29). Elon Musk: US Immigration Needs to Be Smoothed Out, Flow of People Stopped. sputnikglobe.com UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik), Lenka White – Entrepreneur Elon Musk, while reporting from Texas' border, said that immigration needs to be improved and the uncontrolled inflow of people should be disabled.
(2023-09-29). Russian commandos use newest anti-sniper robot in special operation in Ukraine — source. tass.com The remote-controlled Sosna-N scans an area for optical devices such as sniper rifle scopes, binoculars, or anti-tank missile targeting systems…
(2023-09-28). GOP Holds Biden Impeachment Hearing Days Before Deadline to Keep Government Open. truthout.org With a government shutdown just two days away, the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee on Thursday launched its first hearing as part of the GOP's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, a probe that campaigners and the White House have dismissed as a sham. Brett Edkins, managing director of policy and political affairs at the progressive advocacy group Stand Up America… |
(2023-09-28). Russia develops AI for simultaneous control of drones. plenglish.com Moscow, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) Russian researchers created an Artificial Intelligence (AI) capable of controlling up to 500,000 drones at the same time, the non-profit organization National Technology Initiative Platform reported.
(2023-09-28). Paradoxes of Democracy: Elections Take Place in Russian-Controlled Parts of Ukraine While Authoritarian Rule Prevails in Kiev-Controlled Regions. orinocotribune.com By Dmitri Kovalevich — Sep 26, 2023 | The Ukrainian authorities even before the 2014 coup were always very wary of any referendum initiatives or even polls addressing 'uncomfortable' issues of language, culture, economic or social policies. | On September 10, elections to regional and municipal assemblies were held across the Russian Federation. For the first time, they were held under Russian law in the two Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk which formally became part of the Russian Federation in February 2022. Elections also took place in the two 'new territories', as they are called in Russia, of th…
(2023-09-29). Malaysia turns up the heat on slot machine operators, with senior executives questioned in anti-graft probe. channelnewsasia.com Industry executives estimate close to roughly 300 legal slot machine establishments nationwide with each premise operating at least 15 machines, which are controlled by privately held companies.