(2020-11-02). Journalist Robert Fisk dies aged 74. thecanary.co British journalist Robert Fisk has died aged 74 after a short illness, his employer The Independent has announced. | Fisk was one of the best known Middle East correspondents who spent his career reporting from the region and won accolades for challenging mainstream narratives. | Fisk died on Sunday at a hospital in Dublin, shortly after he was taken there after falling ill at his home in the Irish capital. | The Independent, where he had worked since 1989, described him as the most celebrated journalist of his era. | "Fearless, uncompromising, determined and utterly committed to uncovering the truth and reality…
(2020-11-02). Saudi Arabia 'censored' criticism by top economist during T20 summit. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi Arabia 'censored' criticism by top economist during T20 summit | Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz criticised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi | Mon, 11/02/2020 – 11: 15 | Joseph Stiglitz shed light on human rights violations in Saudi Arabia during his virtual participation at the Think 20 summit hosted by Riyadh (Screengrab) | Saudi Arabia censored a speech gi…
(2020-11-02). Why Is the Corporate Media Predicting a "Dark Winter"? globalresearch.ca Earlier this week I reported how a mere 6 companies control almost everything we see in the corporate media. On the corporate news networks, it is common to use "doctors" to get a specific message across to the public, by …
(2020-11-02). Right-wing propagandists in Germany promote "herd immunity" wsws.org The deadly policies of the German government, sending workers back into workplaces and pupils into schools in the midst of the pandemic, are accompanied by a reactionary propaganda campaign by politicians and the media.
(2020-11-02). Freedom of Speech on the Internet is all but Extinct: Facebook's New "Free Speech Court" Is Anything but Independent. globalresearch.ca Freedom of speech on the Internet is all but extinct, and on the eve of the 2020 US elections, a de facto "free speech court" is going to make sure it never comes back. On Facebook at least. | ***…
(2020-11-02). Why Critical Media Literacy is an Essential Component of Media Education. projectcensored.org October 26 through 30 was Media Literacy Week. Media scholar Nolan Higdon joined Mickey to explain why critical media literacy is an essential component of media education. Notes: This program…
(2020-11-02). Nuclear Education: America's Secret Plan to Create a Fake Iranian Nuclear Program (censored/suppressed). thealtworld.com Today's delve into the world of nuclear secrets begins with a short discussion of the "trial that never happened," or as some are aware, the trial of a CIA officer going on in Virginia today. "If a trial isn't reported, does jail time for a phony crime inconvenience one quite as much?" | From Politico: Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a highly unusual public appearance Thursday — taking the witness stand for the prosecution in a criminal case against a former CIA officer on trial for leaking details of a top-secret spy program. | Former CIA case officer, Jeffrey Sterling, a man who knew of Ame…
(2020-11-01). Late actor Sean Connery embroiled in ANOTHER liberal controversy after Trump tweets story claiming iconic Scot 'helped' him. rt.com 
President Trump tweeted his condolences for Sean Connery's family, saying he was "a tough character" who'd once helped him secure property planning in Scotland. But it only reignited the woke bashing of the "wife-beating" star. | "The legendary actor, 007 Sean Connery, has past [sic] on to even greener fairways," Trump tweeted on Sunday, a day after the actor's death at 90. | "He was quite a guy, and a tough character. I was having a very hard time getting approvals for a big development in Scotland when Sean stepped in and shouted, 'Let him build the damn thing,'" the president continued. | He said Connery's…
(2020-11-01). Greenwald's Intercept Resignation Exposes The Rot In All Mass Media. strategic-culture.org 
Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Journalist Glenn Greenwald has made major waves throughout mainstream and alternative media by Greenwald says he resigned because Intercept editors refused to let him publish
(2020-11-01). US Elections: Neither party is offering anything, not even to their own base. peoplesdispatch.org Eugene Puryear from Breakthrough News spoke to Peoples Dispatch about crucial factors that will play a major role in the upcoming elections, but are not being sufficiently highlighted by the mainstream media.
(2020-10-31). From a wealthy socialite to an Israeli Govt censor, Facebook's new "Free Speech Court" is anything but independent. mronline.org 
Freedom of speech on the Internet is all but extinct, and on the eve of the 2020 U.S. elections, a de facto "free speech court" is going to make sure it never comes back. On Facebook at least.
(2020-10-31). Biden And Trump Agree Far More Than They Disagree. popularresistance.org With the U.S. presidential elections slated for next Tuesday November 3rd, unprecedented numbers of voters have already cast their ballot. Despite a polarized electorate deeply divided on issues from police brutality to COVID-19, for many voters commited to preventing four more years of Trump, the two major candidates prove far more similar than presented in mainstream media. | To shed light on some of these dyanmics in this crucial election for the hemisphere, we spoke with Adrienne Pine, professor of medical anthropology at American University, member of the Embassy Protection Collective, and author of the rece…
(2020-10-30). Greenwald: My Resignation from The Intercept. scheerpost.com By Glenn Greenwald / Reposted with permission from the author's site Today I sent my intention to resign from The Intercept, the news outlet I co-founded in 2013 with Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras, as well as from its parent company First Look Media. The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept's editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I… |
(2020-10-30). Why I'm Voting Green in 2020. globalresearch.ca Author's note: Kevin and I worked on this article together right before his untimely passing on September 6. I met Kevin during Ralph Nader's 2004 presidential campaign. Throughout the years since, I appreciated seeing his anti-imperialist and eco-socialist arguments strengthen …
(2020-10-30). Will Trump Surprise Pollsters and Hostile Media by Defeating Biden? globalresearch.ca The NYT is notably unrelenting in pushing fake news of Russian US election meddling to help Biden defeat Trump. | Despite claiming otherwise, the US intelligence community has no evidence suggesting foreign interference in the US election process this year or …
(2020-10-30). Democracy is Colorful, Not Colorblind. counterpunch.org 
Many white Americans believe racism is about individual relationships: how they think about and treat individual persons of color. Here racism is individualized and interpersonalized, which obscures its historical, institutional and White-controlled dimensions including its power base. Black friends and acquaintances, no matter how genuine the relationships, may serve to cloud rather than clarify the
(2020-10-30). The Knives Come Out as Greenwald Splits From the Intercept Citing Censorship. mintpressnews.com 
Funded by a billionaire oligarch and increasingly seen as a mouthpiece for the neoliberal establishment, The Intercept suffered its biggest blow yet with the very public departure of Greenwald.
(2020-10-30). Selected Articles: The 'Very, Very Bad Look' of Remdesivir. globalresearch.ca 
By Whatever the lesser evil outcome of the ruling class owned and controlled exercise of the present moment, we need immediate action on …
(2020-10-30). Nine COVID Facts: A Pandemic of Fearmongering and Ignorance. globalresearch.ca Ever since the alleged pandemic erupted this past March the mainstream media has spewed a non-stop stream of misinformation that appears to be laser focused on generating maximum fear among the citizenry. But the facts and the science simply don't …
(2020-10-30). Western Sanctions a Failure of Diplomacy — What Lies Beneath. strategic-culture.org Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) once remarked that "assassination is the extreme form of censorship". The satirist might add that so too are "sanctions" as a form of censorship. | Hardly a week goes by, it seems, when there is not some new round of sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and its allies in the European Union. This debased ritual has been going on for six years since the Western powers backed a violent coup d'état in Ukraine in 2014, and yet they have continued to blame Russia for that conflict. | In addition to ironical allegations about Russia interfering in Ukraine, oth…
(2020-10-30). Labour Suspends Corbyn, Europe Locks Down, US Told Vote or Die. sputniknews.com After four years of pretending to care about non-center voices, US mainstream media is eager for the good old days.
(2020-10-30). 'Truly Sociopathic Behavior': After Mother Beaten by Philly Cops, Fraternal Order of Police Use Photo of Terrified Toddler as Propaganda. commondreams.org The conduct of Philadelphia police officers and their national union on Thursday amounted to what one journalist called "an extraordinary mix of police violence and disinformation," after it was revealed that officers beat a young mother and then used her toddler's image in pro-police propaganda. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
