Daily Archives: September 5, 2023

2023-09-05: News Headlines

Pete McGinnis (2023-09-04). Docs Offer Glimpse Inside "Censorship Industrial Complex" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-09-04). Gofundme, defunded — The Grayzone live. youtube.com Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed explain how the attempted sabotage of The Grayzone's fundraiser fits into the wider spectrum of online censorship, and discuss events from Ukraine to Gabon, and a very revealing fascist rally outside Disneyland..

Lowkey (2023-09-05). Understanding the Niger Coup, with David Hundeyin. mintpressnews.com The MintPress podcast, "The Watchdog," hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know — including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. "The Watchdog" goes against the grain by casting a light on stories largely ignored by the mainstream, corporate media. | | The world holds its breath. Last month, the Nigerien military overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, decl…

Caitlin Johnstone, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-09-05). US Officials Boasting About How Much The Ukraine War Serves US Interests. popularresistance.org One of the most glaring plot holes in the official mainstream narrative on Ukraine is the way US officials keep openly boasting that this supposedly unprovoked war which the US is only backing out of the goodness of its heart just so happens to serve US interests tremendously. | In a recent article for the Connecticut Post, Senator Richard Blumenthal assured Americans that "we're getting our money's worth on our Ukraine investment." | "For less than 3 percent of our nation's military budget, we've enabled Ukraine to degrade Russia's military strength by half," writes Blumenthal. "We've united NATO and caused the…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-09-04). U.S. officials keep boasting about how much the Ukraine war serves U.S. interests. mronline.org One of the most glaring plot holes in the official mainstream narrative on Ukraine is the way US officials keep openly boasting that this supposedly unprovoked war which the U.S. is only backing out of the goodness of its heart just so happens to serve U.S. interests tremendously.

Dr. Harriet Fraad Richard D. Wolff (2023-09-04). Twenty-First Century Socialism: What It Will Become and Why. counterpunch.org The real left is not the caricature crafted by the U.S. right. Alongside parallel right-wing political formations abroad, that caricature tries hard to revive and recycle Cold War demonizations no matter how far-fetched. Nor is the real left what Democratic Party leaders and their foreign counterparts try hard to dismiss as tiny and politically irrelevant (except when electoral campaigns flirt with "progressive" proposals to get votes). The real left in the United States and beyond are the millions who at least vaguely understand that the whole system (including its mainstream right and left) is the core problem.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-09-05). Access Journalism At Its Most Pernicious- Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | New York Times editors A lot of propaganda emphasis goes int…

Punnya Kalapurakkel, Next City. (2023-09-05). Dorchester Food Co-Op Is Here To Shake Up Boston's Food Ecosystem. popularresistance.org Stroll down the intersection of Bowdown and Topliff Streets in Boston and you'll see the shiny automated doors of the brand new Dorchester Food Co-op, where a few friendly faces are adding some finishing touches to the space before it opens to the public in the coming weeks. | The worker- and community-owned grocery store, which aims to increase access to nutritious and culturally relevant food, is a project over a decade in the making. As Next City reported during last year's groundbreaking ceremony, the co-op is the result of more than 10 years of organizing around investors and gathering the funds to make a dr…

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