(2021-01-20). Italian Doctors Sanctioned for Raising Questions About COVID Vaccine. anti-empire.com 
An Italian doctors association has warned or disciplined 10 medics for promoting anti-vaccination propaganda and is considering sanctions against three others who are accused of downplaying the gravity of covid-19. | This comes amid growing concern that public scepticism over covid-19 vaccines could undermine Europe's fight against the coronavirus pandemic. | Antonio Magi, president of the Ordine dei Medici di Roma (Rome Doctors Guild), said that inquiries into 10 medics accused of unwarranted criticism of vaccinations had been completed, with punishments ranging from warnings to two month suspensions. The other…
(2021-01-20). Parler Back Online Thanks to Servers in Russia. anti-empire.com 
Parler, the social network popular with The network vanished from the internet after it was
(2021-01-20). John Marshall And Nolan Higdon. projectcensored.org Mickey's first guest is veteran technology entrepreneur John Marshall. In his new book "Free is Bad: How the Free Web Hurt Privacy, Truth and Democracy," he contends that internet users' expectation that everything online should be provided free has been a disservice to themselves and to society, because it makes advertisers, not internet users, the real customers of the tech firms. In the second half of the show, History and Media Studies lecturer Nolan Higdon returns to the program for a discussion about what the January 6 events at the U.S. Capitol means for the media and for the country. They reference their…
(2021-01-20). War Propaganda: The Cult of Militarism. globalresearch.ca This is the second of two posts about war propaganda, and the last of four posts about propaganda more generally. | "War will exist until the distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige as the warrior …
(2021-01-19). Glenn Greenwald on the Biden Administration and Expanding Censorship. scheerpost.com On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges talks to Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald about the incoming Biden administration and what it will mean for a country in crisis, ravaged by a pandemic it cannot control, hostage to corporate power and bifurcated into warring factions. Glenn Greenwald is the author of several bestsellers, including How …
(2021-01-19). The Unwelcome Return of the Real Purveyors of Violence. globalresearch.ca With the mainstream media still obsessing about the January 6th "violent coup attempt" at the US Capitol Building, the incoming Biden Administration looks to be chock full of actual purveyors of violent coups. Don't look to the mainstream media to …
(2021-01-19). A Slanted Narrative on Slanted Journalism. counterpunch.org 
One out of three adult Americans have no trust in our mass media, according to a September 2020 Gallup poll. Sharyl Attkisson attempts to explain why in her new book, "Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism." Attkisson argues that we live in an Orwellian news environment: The major
(2021-01-19). The Rosenberg Orphans And The Power Of Radical History. popularresistance.org The Left would go crazy over Jewish American dissidents Abel and Anne Meeropol if they were alive today. Their tale is a radical epic so poignant that one wonders where the 10-part miniseries is. It covers a range of contemporary themes: children separated from parents, the political persecution of dissidents, and social justice warriors doing battle against a racist, xenophobic, increasingly fascistic America. | It's a story so fantastical, and containing so many celebrated names, that it's hard to believe it hasn't stuck better into the mainstream. Then again, a tale involving judicial executions on fake charge…
(2021-01-19). The Basic Principles of War Propaganda: The US Lies About Every War. globalresearch.ca "In war, truth is the first casualty" (Aeschylus(1)) | A Very Brief History of War Propaganda | Propaganda as a science really got under way during World War 1 (WW1). The British and the German governments both brainwashed their populations into believing …
(2021-01-19). Mexico: Morena Party Opposes Censorship Against AMLO. telesurenglish.net The National Renovation Movement (MORENA) party will challenge a decision by the National Electoral Institute (INE) which prohibited Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) from expressing judgments on the June federal elections during his morning press conferences. | RELATED: | "It is an excess against freedom of expression and his right to give his opinion on issues of national importance," MORENA l…
(2021-01-18). What 'Democracy' Is Under Attack? Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com To stop the exacerbation of Trumpism the talking heads are recommending internet censorship, regulations on media, new domestic terror laws, literally anything they can possibly think of except changing the conditions which gave rise to Trumpism. | ‚ùñ | The most imminent threat to US democracy is not Russia, nor fascist insurrectionists, but the fact that US democracy is entirely fictional. | Saying US democracy is being threatened is like saying Grinches are a critically endangered species. | ‚ùñ | The previous president intervened in the primary to appoint his right-hand…
(2021-01-18). 'No One Can Censor Reality': Human Rights Group Pushes Back After Israel Retaliates Against 'Apartheid' Label. commondreams.org "Israel cannot be considered a democracy, for it works to advance and perpetuate the supremacy of one group of people, Jews, over another, Palestinians." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-01-18). Toxic Sludge Is Good for You — Corporate Propaganda and Public Relations. globalresearch.ca This is the second in a series of 4 posts about propaganda. The title of the previous post is 'You are Surrounded by Propaganda'. The title of this post is taken from the book of the same name by John …
(2021-01-18). The Tories using extremist platform Parler. truepublica.org.uk Analysts from the London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) said that Parler had become a platform where the ideas of mainstream Conservative MPs coalesced with those of political extremists. Milo Comerford, senior policy manager at ISD, said: "By positioning themselves as a safe haven for free speech, platforms like Parler attracted a motley crew of ultra-libertarians, …
(2021-01-18). Medvedev To Americans: 'Only You Can Put Aside Your National Selfishness'! oneworld.press Former Russian President, Prime Minister, and current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev published a scathing analysis over the weekend about America's electoral system, the dystopian censorship role that Big Tech has appointed itself to play in the country's political process, and the global consequences of the resultant turmoil, which concludes with the exhortation that "only Americans themselves can decide whether to put aside their national selfishness and launch the voting system reform, and, consequently, the reform of political life, or not."