(2021-08-18). Afghanistan: Mirage Of The Good War. popularresistance.org Rarely has there been such an enthusiastic display of international unity as that which greeted the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Support for the war was universal in the chanceries of the West, even before its aims and parameters had been declared. nato governments rushed to assert themselves 'all for one'. Blair jetted round the world, proselytizing the 'doctrine of the international community' and the opportunities for peace-keeping and nation-building in the Hindu Kush. Putin welcomed the extension of American bases along Russia's southern borders. Every mainstream Western party endorsed the war; every med…
(2021-08-18). Facebook Censorship Police Nix Anything Related To New Taliban Government Of Afghanistan. moguldom.com Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan following the July 6 drawdown of U.S. military troops, social media platforms have been struggling with how to handle content about the new government. Anything Taliban-related is becoming a no-no on Facebook. The Taliban is considered by most other governments to be an oppressive regime, especially toward women. A Facebook executive said the …
(2021-08-18). Fact Check: Rep. Barbara Lee Was Only Member Of Congress To Vote No On Military Authorization In Afghanistan. moguldom.com Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA 13th District) was the only member of Congress to vote against the war in Afghanistan and for doing so, she was called a traitor. On Sept. 14, 2001, three days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against the U.S., the California Democrat cast the lone "no" vote against giving President George …
(2021-08-18). Why More Celebrities Don't Speak Out On Israel-Palestine. popularresistance.org The new 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. | Hollywood is not exactly known for being a hotbed of anti-war, anti-imperialist activism. Indeed, so close is the relationship between the national security state and Tinseltown that the Departme…
(2021-08-18). The Palestinian Cause is Neither a Religious nor a Human Rights Cause. orinocotribune.com By Susana Khalil — Aug 15,2021 | The Palestinian cause is political, it is a cause of National Liberation. |
(2021-08-18). Where Best to Ride Out the Climate Apocalypse? The Billionaires' Bunker Fantasies Go Mainstream. counterpunch.org The insanity of our current economic reality is well illustrated by a new, self-serving ideological movement among the super-rich. Their emotional investment in their right to remain immensely wealthy is naturally much stronger than the investment of the rest of us in their staying rich. Which is one reason billionaires are capable of coping with much greater levels of cognitive dissonance when justifying the continuation of the current economic order.
(2021-08-18). Workers take over a Kellogg factory, now known as 'Socialist Kellogg'. mronline.org 
In the worker-controlled Venezuelan Kellogg factory, you see the workers working diligently to make corn flake and sugary cereals in a new package displaying the Venezuelan flag and the words "Together for Venezuela."
(2021-08-18). America's 'Good Cop v. Bad Cop', Fake-'News', Major Media. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Eric Zuesse. | The way it works in America and other 'democratic' regimes is that everything in politics comes down ultimately to two political parties, each of which is owned/controlled by one of the two contending factions of the country's ruling oligarchy (i.e., of the country's billionaires), and different oligarchic families control each one of the various 'news'-media, and use its med…
(2021-08-18). I'm a Louisiana Pediatric Surgeon Watching Kids Suffer From COVID. This Is Real. truthout.org 
I am a simple country surgeon. I take care of children in Louisiana from birth until the hospital tells me they're too old for our colorful walls and stickers. You will see these children when you stroll along New Orleans's French Quarter, playing makeshift drums with their bands in Jackson Square or reaching out for beads along the St. Charles Mardi Gras parade route. You may forget about them after each hurricane fades from the news, but they are here, living, thriving and yearning for a no…
(2021-08-17). The United States, Afghanistan, and the Doctrinal Boundaries of Permissible Reflection. counterpunch.org One of the doctrinal principles behind U.S. corporate-imperial news coverage and commentary and mainstream US politics is that the United States is a fundamentally benevolent force for good facing difficulties created by evil others and challenging situations not of Washington's own making. Debate is permissible on immediate strategy and tactics but is not allowed on these core American Exceptionalist positions. | Hence, while there is contestation in U.S. media and political culture over how to respond to the flood of migrants seeking entrance to the United States on the nation's southern border, there is little…
(2021-08-17). Corporate Media Are Erasing US's Long-Term Culpability for Afghanistan War. truthout.org 
For a time back in the bad old days of Donald Trump, it seemed as if the corporate "news" media had ever so slightly corrected their hard-wired rightward tilt. They were still awful when viewed from a progressive vantage point, and Fox News was going to Fox News no matter what, but as the daily grind of the Trump presidency grew into a roaring existential threat to the country, that media often said what needed saying, providing
(2021-08-17). Selected Articles: Don't Let Them Fool You: Afghanistan Has Been a "Tremendous Success" globalresearch.ca 
By Exposing this uncanny censorship of eminent voices is especially vital to the fate of children and youth, who are being aggressively targeted for low-benefit, sometimes lethal, …
(2021-08-17). Buffett's Business Wire censors China book. workers.org 
Billionaire Warren Buffet's public relations company, Business Wire, has refused to distribute a press release announcing the publication in China of a U.S. book that compares the responses to COVID by capitalist and socialist governments. The headline of the press release referred to the fact that the book, "Capitalism on . . . |
(2021-08-17). Buffet's Business Wire censors China book. workers.org Billionaire Warren Buffet's public relations company, Business Wire, has refused to distribute a press release announcing the publication in China of a U.S. book that compares the responses to COVID by capitalist and socialist governments. The headline of the press release referred to the fact that the book, "Capitalism on . . . |
(2021-08-17). Fact Check: The Continent Of Africa Was Named After A Roman General. moguldom.com The origin of the name Africa has been debated forever, but it's a misconception that the continent was named after Roman general Scipio Africanus, nor is it named after Leo Africanus, a man who came much later. Both of them got their names from Africa and not the other way round. A school of thought …
(2021-08-17). Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib Decry Hindutva Attempts To Distort India's History. orinocotribune.com 
By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya — Aug 13, 2021 | Thapar said that a false narrative is being spread, including through the education system, by India's present authorities, while Habib held that a false history was akin to a disease for the country. | Kolkata: Historians need to carefully examine the new curriculum and textbooks for schools to prevent history from being used as political propaganda, eminent historian Romila Thapar said on Thursday evening while attending an online event to celebrate the 90th birthday of another eminent historian, Irfan Habib. | The event, titled 'In Defence of History', was atten…