2019-07-26: News Headlines

Jason Hirthler (2019-07-26). Vote Blue for Better Wage Slavery. counterpunch.org Democrats of all stripes continue to funnel workers into dead-end reformism Some night soon, after you've finished clanging your pots and pans in the streets, calling for regime change in Washington, take a stroll through your local chain bookstore. If you look in the right places, you'll find quality reading, of political, literary, and spiritual More

Dave Lindorff (2019-07-26). Corporate Media's Trashing of Bernie Sanders Starts Anew. counterpunch.org In 2016, we learned that the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton Campaign, even before the primary season began, conspired to sabotage the campaign of her leading opponent for the presidential nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). The conspiracy, that ranged from obtaining campaign debate questions in advance for Clinton and front-loading primaries in states More

T.J. Coles (2019-07-26). The Tragic Inevitability of Boris Johnson PM. counterpunch.org Boris Johnson (BoJo) is an MP for Uxbridge. Born into wealth and privilege, the millionaire once described his £250,000 a year salary as a columnist for The Telegraph as "chicken feed." In his role as Brussels correspondent, he spread what one Telegraph editor described as fake news about the European Union. More

WSWS (2019-07-26). Big business, academia and the state team up to launch "Cyber NYC" spy program. wsws.org A $100 million "cybersecurity" initiative has been launched to develop New York City as a center of internet censorship and spying.

Mark Taliano (2019-07-25). Imperial Duplicity and Mass Murder. globalresearch.ca A staple of Western war propaganda is what Prof. John McMurtry calls "Reverse Projection". The U.S. Empire, for example, projects its own crimes against prey nations. | So, it projects the lie that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is a "brutal …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-07-25). Alleging Censorship and Condemning Outsized Power, Tulsi Gabbard Sues Google for 'Threat to Free Speech, Fair Elections, and Democracy'. commondreams.org Arguing that Google's total control over internet searches presents a danger to democracy, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard filed a lawsuit in California against the tech giant on Thursday over its alleged censorship of her campaign. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Futher Column, By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer (2019-07-25). Trolling Trump 101 . commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Ed Sykes (2019-07-24). May launches one final attack on Corbyn at her last PMQs, but it totally backfires. thecanary.co Theresa May threw one last jab at Jeremy Corbyn during her final Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on 24 July. But it failed to land. | Propaganda to the last moment: | The outgoing prime minister accused Corbyn of using "fake news and fake information" at PMQs. | Corbyn has shared numerous statistics in parliament since becoming the leader of the Labour Party. And 24 July was no different. Holding May to a…

Yves Engler (2019-07-23). Trudeau's "America First" Policy. dissidentvoice.org Wouldn't you think the corporate media would be interested in the US embassy's reaction to the appointment of a new Canadian foreign minister? Especially if that reaction was to claim Ottawa had decided to adopt an "America First" foreign policy? Wouldn't some big newspaper or TV station, dedicated to telling the truth about what our …

Lucas Koerner (2019-07-23). Western Media Losing Enthusiasm for Failing Coup in Venezuela. fair.org When previously unknown Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaidó stood up in an East Caracas plaza and declared himself "interim president" of the South American country, Western corporate media were ebullient. | In those heady early days, corporate journalists could scarcely conceal their love affair with the 35-year-old politician, whom they likened to Barack Obama (CNN, 2/7/19) and described as a "freedom fighter" (Fox Business, 1/29/19)…

ACLU (2019-07-22). Arkansas Wants to Make Sure You Know 'Almonds Don't Lactate'. aclu.org An Arkansas law censoring plant-based products isn't just absurd and unnecessary, it's unconstitutional. | The state of Arkansas thinks you're confused about whether a veggie burger comes from a cow. In fact, it thinks you're so confused that it passed a law making it illegal for companies to use words like "meat," "roast," and "sausage" to describe products that are not made from animals. Under the law, it doesn't matter if those words are modified by "vegan…

Media Lens (2019-07-22). The Campaign To Stop Corbyn: Smears, Racism And Censorship. dissidentvoice.org The greatest fear of those holding the most power and wealth is that they will lose their exalted position in the world. They will resist any changes to the grossly unequal and unjust class structure that causes grievous damage to so many people; and to the planet itself. Even the threat of real change must …

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-18). Venezuela: Trump Diverts Central America Aid to Guaido as EU Threatens More Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com Guaido's team is receiving over $40 million to fund salaries, travel, training, propaganda and technical assistance.

John Perry (2019-07-16). A year after Nicaragua coup attempt, the media's regime-change deceptions are still unraveling. thegrayzone.com Corporate media outlets blamed Nicaragua's government for a deadly arson attack during the 2018 coup attempt, but new information raises…

Ben Norton (2019-07-10). The Guardian publishes, then censors Jewish open letter defending smeared pro-Corbyn Labour MP Chris Williamson. thegrayzone.com Britain's leading newspaper The Guardian, which has relentlessly attacked Jeremy Corbyn and his leftist allies, published but then quickly removed…