2022-03-31: News Headlines

Dan Cohen (2022-03-31). Ukraine's Propaganda War: International PR Firms, DC Lobbyists and CIA Cutouts. indybay.org Dan Cohen reveals the network of foreign strategists, Washington DC lobbyists, and intelligence-linked media outlets behind Ukraine's public relations blitz.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-31). "Wiki-Gate": Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him. globalresearch.ca Assange has been the object of an all out smear campaign by those who supported him. The Economist which granted Assange the New Media Award in 2008 intimates that he is an "enemy agent" responsible for "information anarchy … culminating in the destabilization of American democracy"

WSWS (2022-03-30). Canadian workers denounce US-NATO war drive against Russia and Putin's invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org In contrast to the pro-war propaganda pumped out by the corporate-controlled media on a daily basis, working people across Canada have no enthusiasm for the aggressive warmongering of American and Canadian imperialism.

Brittani Banks (2022-03-30). New Book Argues Mandatory Voting Will Fulfill America's Promise of Democracy. independentmediainstitute.org American democracy is facing grave and unprecedented tests in our time, many political pundits, election officials and voting advocates have said. A majority of Republicans believe partisan propaganda that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The angriest pro-Donald Trump partisans have threatened election officials as never before. A new cottage industry of 2020-denying conspiracy theorists …

John Potash (2022-03-30). Do Americans Really Want to Support the Neo-Nazi Filled Western Ukrainian Government? covertactionmagazine.com Due to incessant media propaganda, 74% of Americans support a no-fly zone that could ignite World War III Americans have …

Brittani Banks (2022-03-30). It's Time for Charles Koch to Testify About His Climate Disinformation Campaign. independentmediainstitute.org Click here for photos that you may use to accompany the article (captions and credits can be found in each image's description field). The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry's decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and …

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-03-30). Noam Chomsky: Russia's War Against Ukraine Has Accelerated the Doomsday Clock. truthout.org Since the start of the war in Ukraine, there has been a lot of speculation about Russia's military strategy and President Vladimir Putin's geostrategic aims. Indeed, it is still unclear what Putin wants, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's repeated offers of a face-to-face meeting have been rejected by Moscow, although that could soon change. In the meantime, the destruction of Ukraine continues unabated, while European countries and the United States

Alan Macleod (2022-03-30). Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein Join Over 100 Academics Denouncing The Israel lobby's Attempt To Cancel Lowkey. mintpressnews.com In addition, dozens of prominent Jewish voices have rejected the Israel lobby's attempts to silence Lowkey and signed the letter. These include writer and activist Naomi Klein, Professor Peter Beinart, editor-at-large of Jewish Currents magazine, and journalist and lawyer Glenn Greenwald. A number of prominent Israelis have also endorsed Lowkey, including historians Avi Shlaim and Ilan Pappé, as well as activist Miko Peled.

Ann Brown (2022-03-30). Fact Check: Majority Of America's Homeless Is Black. moguldom.com Every night, an estimated 326,000 homeless people are sheltered in emergency or temporary transitional housing in the U.S., according to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report, released Feb. 4, 2022. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report, which is based on research from 2021, found that 45 percent of people in homeless shelters are …

_____ (2022-03-30). Adams Says He's Kicking Homeless New Yorkers Out Of Their Encampments. popularresistance.org At a fundraiser on Friday, Adams told The New York Times that city agencies would identify the encampments, offer residents homeless outreach services, and then "dismantle" their makeshift shelters — all within a two-week period. On Saturday, a spokesperson for the mayor said the initial sweep has already begun, led by the New York Police Department, as well as the sanitation, social services and parks departments. The task force aims to clear 150 or more makeshift shelters on its first pass, which began on March 18th. | "We are breaking down siloes and working together across government to keep New Yorkers…

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