2022-02-02: News Headlines

Margaret Kimberley (2022-02-02). Ukraine and U.S. war propaganda. mronline.org The corporate media always carry water for the state, and they are never more dangerous than when the nation is on a war footing. Right now the United States government is sending weapons to Ukraine.

Margaret Kimberley (2022-02-02). Ukraine and US War Propaganda. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley — Jan 26, 2022 | The 2014 U.S. sponsored coup against the elected government of Ukraine must be the starting point for any discussion of the current crisis. That crisis has been manufactured by Joe Biden, who was the Obama administration point person in using Ukraine as a means of destabilizing Russia. | The corporate media always carry water for the state, and they are never more dangerous than when the nation is on a war footing. Right now the United States government is sending weapons to Ukraine. One wouldn't know that because of constant references to "lethal aid." The euphemisms a…

WSWS (2022-02-02). International Viewpoint supports war propaganda against Russia. wsws.org Under the misleading title "Time for International Anti-War Solidarity," unnamed "Ukrainian socialists" called on the "international left" to "condemn the imperialist policies of the Russian government."

Editor (2022-02-02). Greenwald: The Pressure Campaign on Spotify to Remove Joe Rogan Reveals the Religion of Liberals: Censorship. scheerpost.com Joe Rogan interviews Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Aug. 6, 2019, roughly six months before he endorsed the Vermont independent for president. | By Glenn Greenwald / American liberals are obsessed with finding ways to silence and censor their adversaries. Every week, if not every day, they have new targets they want de-platformed, banned, silenced, and otherwise prevented from speaking or being heard (by "liberals," I mean the term of self-description used by th…

Kevin Mwanza (2022-02-02). Fact Check: 80% Of NFTs Created With The OpenSea Free Minting Tool Are Plagiarized, Fake Or Spam. moguldom.com The booming NFT art market could have been built on fakes and plagiarized content. More than 80 percent of the NFTs created on the OpenSea free minting tool either counterfeits or spam, according to OpenSea — a peer-to-peer marketplace, supposedly, for rare digital items and crypto collectibles. NFTs or nonfungible tokens are cryptographically unique digital …

WSWS (2022-02-02). California single-payer health care plan dead on arrival, as Democrats abandon bill they campaigned on. wsws.org Assemblyman Ash Kalra declined to put the bill before a vote in the 11th hour, stating later that "It became clear we did not have the votes," in the Democratic Party-controlled legislature.

Staff (2022-02-02). The Silencing of Black & Queer Voices: George M. Johnson on 15-State Ban of "All Boys Aren't Blue" democracynow.org School districts and Republican-controlled state legislatures are rapidly intensifying efforts to ban certain books about race, colonialism, sex and gender identity from public classrooms and libraries. The wave of book bans — with more than 70 educational gag order bills being introduced in legislatures over the past month alone — have been largely led by right-wing groups funded by Charles Koch. We're joined by author George M. Johnson to talk about their award-winning memoir-manifesto "All Boys Aren't Blue," which deals with homophobia, transphobia and racism and has been targeted for removal in at…

Project Censored (2022-02-01). Cal State Poly, Pomona Professor Accused of Anti-Semitism. projectcensored.org By Mischa Geracoulis Jaime Scholnick, a Los Angeles-based artist and adjunct professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is under pressure from university administration as a result of unfounded accusations…

Project Censored (2022-02-01). Cal State Poly, Pomona Professor Threatened with "Cancellation" on False Charges of Anti-Semitism. projectcensored.org By Mischa Geracoulis Jaime Scholnick, a Los Angeles-based artist and adjunct professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona may lose her teaching position as a result of unfounded accusations of "anti-Semitism" by a…

Project Censored (2022-02-01). Eleanor Goldfield and Nolan Higdon Return to the Program. projectcensored.org Journalist and filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield returns to the program to address several topics in media and world events, including the ongoing scandal of Julian Assange's imprisonment, the folly of the…

Eleanor J. Bader (2022-02-01). As the Right Censors Public Libraries, Families Are Forming Banned Book Clubs. truthout.org In October 2021, Texas Rep. Matt Krause, Republican chair of the House General Investigation Committee,

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-01). 4 things to know about the hounding of Julian Assange. peoplesdispatch.org Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has spent over 1000 days in prison, much of which was without any standing charges against him. Today the threat of extradition to the US where he would face heavy prosecution under the espionage act, continues to loom. In this video, we take a look at some of the most important facets of his case that mainstream media overlooked in the past year, which point to the deep injustices committed against the journalist, publisher, and truth teller. The persecution of Assange has serious implications for press freedom not just in the US or the UK, but around the world.

Brittani Banks (2022-02-01). Meet the Trio Who May Have Figured Out How to Save American Democracy. independentmediainstitute.org Three retired election auditors in Arizona foiled the Cyber Ninjas scam—and may have created a template for how to protect elections in 2022 and 2024. By Steven Rosenfeld Since the 2020 election, Donald Trump and his allies have produced no evidence that Joe Biden's victory was illegitimate despite their dozens of failed lawsuits, shrill propaganda, …

deweylaura (2022-02-01). Marxist IQ: Black History Month. cpusa.org February is Black History Month. This month is of great importance, as the forces of racism and reaction, led by the Republican Party, are attempting to make Black history once more invisible in the history of the United States. Today we see in Republican-controlled states legislation banning the teaching of critical race theory in …

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-02-01). Inflation Policies Must Deal With Impact of Rising Food Prices on the Poor. truthout.org Consumer prices in 2021 rose 7 percent over the past year, making this the largest rise in consumer prices over a 12-month period since 1982. Why are prices rising, especially global food prices? Is the current inflationary episode related to the pandemic? Is aggressive monetary policy the main inflation culprit? And how does inflation affect the world, and the poor in particular? Can it be controlled? | Alastair Smith, an international expert on issues of global sustainable development, seeks…

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