(2022-12-01). German parliament declares 1930s famine in Ukraine a genocide: Falsification of history in the service of war propaganda. wsws.org The German parliament explicitly places the "Holodomor" on par with the Holocaust and the Nazi crimes against the Soviet Union. With this line of argument, the Bundestag places itself squarely in the tradition of the Ukrainian and international far right.
(2022-12-01). Children's Health Defense Seeks Access to Sworn Depositions in Lawsuit Alleging Feds Colluded with Big Tech to Censor COVID Content. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-01). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".
(2022-11-30). China to enhance prevention, control of invasive alien species. ecns.cn China will enhance its capabilities in preventing and controlling invasive alien species to safeguard agriculture development and biodiversity.
(2022-11-30). Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed. orinocotribune.com By Joe Lauria Nov 24, 2022 | [Joe Lauria gave the original version of this speech at a rally for Julian Assange in Sydney on March 3, 2019. The video of the speech can be watched In his 1971 opinion in the Pentagon Papers case, US Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black wrote: | In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was…
(2022-11-30). Myths About Chinese 'Police State' and Recent Protests Over COVID-19 Measures. orinocotribune.com The recent protests against government measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 infections in China cover the headlines of mainstream Western media. Given the rarity of the event, the opportunity to promote anti-China propaganda was obviously not going to be passed up. | The BBC, for example, argued that the protests are actually more against Xi Jinping's repressive communist government rather than the sanitary measures. What followed was to be expected: a romanticizing of the brave protesters standing up to the "monster" of the Chinese state. | "Across the country, 'want freedom' has become a rallying cry for a g…
(2022-11-30). Census and WaPo at Odds Over Effect of Inflation on Low-Income Families. cepr.net It is getting almost as bad as propaganda from an authoritarian regime. We keep hearing major news outlets tell us that inflation is whacking lower-income families. The Washington Post did it yesterday in an editorial demanding more rate hikes from the Fed to throw people out of work. Lower-income people, like everyone else, are paying …
(2022-11-30). The Washington Post Tells Us Low Income Families Are Especially Hard Hit by Inflation but the Census Bureau Says Their Homeownership Rate is Up: Who to Believe? cepr.net It is getting almost as bad as propaganda from an authoritarian regime. We keep hearing major news outlets tell us that inflation is whacking lower-income families. The Washington Post did it yesterday in an editorial demanding more rate hikes from the Fed to throw people out of work. Lower-income people, like everyone else, are paying …
(2022-11-30). "Rules Based Order": The Mantra of US Propaganda. libya360.wordpress.com Luciano Lago Every day, more fires of war are being created around the world, from Iran to the Caucasus to Ethiopia to Yemen, where the hegemonic superpower seeks to sow chaos to destabilize and overthrow governments and regimes that do not conform to its rules, fomenting riots and civil wars. Meanwhile in Ukraine the conflict…
(2022-11-30). US Officials Concern Troll About World Press Freedoms While Assaulting Them. orinocotribune.com
(2022-11-30). San Francisco City Board Approves Use of Police Robots to Kill Suspects. truthout.org The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted by a margin of 8-3 on Tuesday to grant the city's police department the legal authority to use remotely controlled robots to attack and kill suspects in certain circumstances. The measure was widely condemned by civil liberty and police oversight organizations. City officials and members of the board who voted against the authorization said that the… |
(2022-11-30). Book Review: 'Before Crips' dismantles dominant narrative on gangs. mronline.org For the past several decades, the media has severely manipulated the question of gangs and their socio-economic origins. John C. Quicker and Akil S. Batani-Khalfani's new book, "Before Crips: Fussin', Cussin', and Discussin'" among South Los Angeles Juvenile Gangs, exposes the mainstream stigmas and half-truths surrounding gangs.
(2022-11-29). Lessons Learned from Our Classroom Censorship Win Against Florida's Stop W.O.K.E. Act. aclu.org Earlier this month, a federal judge
(2022-11-29). Abdullah Al-Arian on First Middle East World Cup & Western Media's "Orientalist Outlook" democracynow.org As the 2022 World Cup plays out in Qatar, the first Arab country to host the major sporting event, we speak with history professor Abdullah Al-Arian, who says the international media is projecting an "Orientalist outlook" in its coverage of the games. Al-Arian says despite mainstream discourse, football in the Middle East has historically been used by nationalist movements as "a means of organizing collectively on the basis of achieving their own liberation against colonial rule." His recent New York Times opinion piece is "Why the World Cup Belongs in the Middle East."…
(2022-11-29). China Keeps Aggressively Surrounding Itself With US Bases: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | Facts: | There are Chinese people with real grievances against their government. | The US empire's propaganda machine will spin current protests in China to advance imperial agendas. | Western intelligence agencies will become more and more involved in these protests the longer they go on. | ‚ùñ | It still amazes me how many people who fancy themselves anti-establishment critical thinkers will spend all day mindlessly regurgitating mainstream media lines about China. | I cannot emphasize enough how little respect I have for anyone who parrots US empire…
(2022-11-29). Faced with CUPE propaganda campaign endorsing sellout, Ontario education support workers determined to defeat concessions-filled contract. wsws.org "I was there at the picket lines supporting my co-workers for those two strike days in early November and the anger, resentment, and at times full-blown outrage was on display. Unions missed another opportunity to galvanize that anger and demand a better collective agreement with fair and equitable wages and stronger workplace protections," said a Toronto-based teacher.
(2022-11-29). Pope Francis' War Against Chechens and Buryats. strategic-culture.org Who, beyond Clown Prince Zelensky, is supplying the Argentinian with his mis-information? | Pope Francis is at it again. This time, as reported by Citing an American Jesuit magazine, the state-controlled BBC has Pope Francis, who is also a Jesuit, claiming he has "much information about the cruelty of the [Rus…
(2022-11-29). OMG, a Right-Wing Jerk Can Buy Twitter! Media Concentration Matters. cepr.net It's more than a bit bizarre that until Elon Musk bought Twitter, most policy types apparently did not see a risk that huge platforms like Facebook and Twitter could be controlled by people with a clear political agenda. While just about everyone had some complaints about the moderation of these and other commonly used platforms, …
(2022-11-29). Hablar de las UMAP desde la Cuba de hoy. cubadebate.cu El silencio en torno a elementos históricos de la Revolución Cubana, siendo algunos de ellos poco mencionados y apenas explicados, ha tenido efectos muy negativos. Sobre las Unidades Militares de Apoyo a la Producción (UMAP), como de otros temas, es necesario hablar, investigar, debatir, publicar de forma esclarecedora y crítica en medios de comunicación para fomentar su conocimiento objetivo. No hacerlo permite su utilización como un mero elemento de propaganda.