MEE staff (2024-08-14). Jordan using cybercrime laws 'against pro-Palestine' sentiment, Amnesty says. middleeasteye.net Jordan using cybercrime laws 'against pro-Palestine' sentiment, Amnesty says | Violations under the law include 'spreading fake news', 'provoking strife' and 'contempt for religions' | Wed, 08/14/2024 – 11: 07 | Protesters in Amman, Jordan, carry placards honouring slain Palestinian figures on 9 August 2024 (Reuters/Alaa…

WSWS (2024-08-14). Charli XCX's Brat: Superficial posturing instead of genuine opposition. wsws.org The hyper-produced pop singer postures, unconvincingly, as an "anti-mainstream" pop superstar, seething with resentment at a music industry establishment dominated by essentially lifeless and manufactured trash.

Kit Klarenberg (2024-08-14). Internal crisis rocked Balkan media network run by UK intel, leaked emails show. thegrayzone.com A prominent propaganda outlet in the Balkans, which is directly overseen by a British government agency that Reuters once labeled "an influential soft-power extension of UK foreign policy," appears to be on the brink of collapse after a major schism between staff members and leadership. Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone reveal a "deep crisis" has engulfed the Western-created and funded Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), which threatens to tear the organization apart. A flagship propaganda platform in the arsenal …

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2024-08-14). Dangers and Lessons from the Perennial Israeli-Palestinian War: The Big Picture of Propaganda and False Flag Operations. globalresearch.ca

presstv.ir (2024-08-14). Four missiles fired from Iraq at US military base in Syria. presstv.ir Resistance forces have fired four missiles from Iraq targeting the US military base in the Washington-controlled Conoco gas field in eastern Syria.

Roger D. Harris, Peter Bolton, Popular Resistance. (2024-08-11). Media Coverage of Venezuela's Election Normalizes US Interference. popularresistance.org Corporate media's coverage of Venezuela's July 28 presidential election is akin to an investigation of a homicide that is focused not with identifying the murderer but with an unpaid parking ticket of the victim. Likewise, the media has shifted the narrative into the minutia of electoral procedures, ignoring the much larger issue of US interference in the internal affairs of another sovereign county. | Nowhere in the corporate media is there even an inkling that US-imposed regime-change activities in Venezuela or elsewhere might violate some basic principles. | Ours is a homeland where the likes of George Clooney…

guest author (2024-08-10). Venezuela: A report on a new victory. workers.org Workers World is publishing, unmodified, several statements from anti-imperialist media to show the breadth of support for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and opposition to the lies of the U.S. government and the corporate media. Author Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein is a Venezuelan consultant and international analyst. Translation: John Catalinotto. July . . . |

People's Dispatch. (2024-08-11). US-Based Activists Mobilize To Say Hands Off Venezuela! popularresistance.org On August 9, as a part of an international call to action issued by ALBA Movimientos, the Simon Bolivar Institute, the Assembly of Caribbean Peoples, and the International Peoples' Assembly to support Venezuela against US and mainstream media support for the attempted coup against President Nicolas Maduro, dozens of activists gathered in front of the New York Times building in New York City. The newspaper is notorious for backing undemocratic coups in Venezuela. | Since the election of Maduro, the New York Times has joined the US government and right-wing governments across Latin America in openly questioning Ven…

People's Dispatch. (2024-08-10). People's Movements Worldwide Launch Campaign Of Solidarity With Venezuela. popularresistance.org On August 9, the ALBA Movimientos, a platform of social and political movements from across the Americas and the Caribbean, the International Peoples' Assembly, the Simon Bolivar Institute, and the Assembly of Caribbean Peoples, launched a campaign titled: "For Democracy and Sovereignty: Hands Off Venezuela!" The campaign comes in the aftermath of Venezuela's presidential election and a wave of seemingly coordinated attacks from right-wing political actors, mainstream media, and US and its allies. | The launch document states that, for several months, a media campaign has been created to question the legitimacy o…

Ryan Cristián (2024-08-10). David Knight Interview — Fighting For Objectivity In a Partisan World Gone Mad. thelastamericanvagabond.com Joining me today is independent journalist David Knight, here to discuss the suffocating rise of partisan mania that always precedes a presidential (s)election, and how objectivity is always the first casualty. We discuss the two party illusion and the rise of the mainstream alternative media (also known as MAMs) as well as many of its

MEE correspondent (2024-08-10). Iranian press review: Execution of 2022 anti-establishment protester sparks outrage. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Execution of 2022 anti-establishment protester sparks outrage | Meanwhile, expert says Iran faces challenges in retaliating against Israel, Tehran says the New York Times acts as a propaganda tool for Israel, and industries experience financial setbacks due to power shortages | Sat, 08…

yalensis (2024-08-11). Ukraine War Day #900: NATO Invades Russia. awfulavalanche.wordpress.com Dear Readers: | In its 1,000 year history Russia has been invaded quite a lot of times. For this reason, Russian rulers (at least the wise ones) always placed much emphasis on fortifying and controlling the border areas. For example, Tsar Ivan Grozny, who put together the basic architecture of the centralized Empire, had designated four major border cities: Smolensk, Pskov, Novgorod, and Kazan. The first three were assigned to keep out Poles and Swedes; and the latter, Crimean Tatars. To govern these border towns, the Tsar appointed four Dukes of high-ranking nobility who also served in his privy council. Thes…

The Independent (2024-08-11). KITEEZI TRAGEDY: Museveni orders UPDF to join rescue. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the UPDF Special Forces to assist in the rescue at Kiteezi landfill that collapsed and killed unknown numbers of people. He also directed the State House Comptroller to financially assist the families of those who died with Sh.5million per person and Sh.1 million per …