(2022-06-08). It's Showtime in Ukraine! dissidentvoice.org Let our bleeding proxy negotiate a settlement, NOW. Since early January, the corporate media have been proving their loyalty and their usefulness to the US foreign policy establishment. With faultless show-business efficiency, they manufactured an international political superstar, at least in Europe and the English speaking world. Vladimir Zelensky appeared on media screens, seemingly everywhere, …
(2022-06-08). Ukraine Not Giving US Much Information About Its Operations Against Russia. news.antiwar.com The New York Times Current and former officials told the Times that US intelligence agencies have a far better picture of Russia's military operations than Ukraine's. Even in high-level talks with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, Ukrainian officials have only shared their strategic goals, not their operational plans. | Washington has such little information on…
(2022-06-08). West's Media U-Turn in Ukraine as Reality Sets In. libya360.wordpress.com The Western media is now preparing their audiences for the disappointing reality of Ukraine's loss on the battlefield. In order to do so, they are shifting the blame onto Ukraine and their apparent ability to conceal the truth from Western intelligence agencies, Western politicians, and the Western media itself. Reference: Washington Post — Ukraine's position…
(2022-06-08). The Peace Question and Imperialism. dissidentvoice.org The war in Ukraine is a propaganda war, with all of the belligerents, sponsors, and their allies churning out — through an abjectly subservient media — masses of lies and disinformation. In this regard, they resemble other wars, but with an added dose of shamelessness. For that reason, it is difficult to discern how the …
(2022-06-08). CIA-Backed Terrorism, "Humanitarian" NGOs, & the Cycle of War Propaganda. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer SheaWithin Washington's current disinformation campaign targeting Russia, there are a series of traits which reflect a pattern. A pattern that becomes visible when one has studied the cycle of imperialist propaganda long enough. In the 21st century, where sanctions, online narratives, and a dynamic of reignited great-power competition define how imperialism operates, this cycle…
(2022-06-08). The 9th Summit of the Americas, Another Nail in the Coffin of Monroe Doctrine. orinocotribune.com With the exclusion of some countries from the 9th Summit of the Americas, the demise of the US global hegemony is advancing slowly, but steadily. | A few hours before the inauguration of the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, the Biden administration had not yet been able to publish its guest list for the event. | This is the second time the US is hosting the Summit, the first time was the first Summit held in Miami back in 1994. The objectives proposed for this ninth edition of the Summit are to focus on the creation of a regional agreement on migration and the formulation of a post COVID-…
(2022-06-08). Squelching dissent on both sides of the Atlantic. dissidentvoice.org The current repression of dissent in Germany is startlingly similar to that in North America. In 2019 as the virus started to spread, the government ordered drastic measures against it. Several distinguished doctors and professors, including an MD who was a former member of parliament, asked the government for evidence and explanations justifying these measures. …
(2022-06-08). Educating Journalists about Canada's Propaganda System an Eyeopener. dissidentvoice.org Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. —Noam Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda, April 1, 1997 Propaganda isn't a euphemism for how the other side controls information. Nor is it simply about jailing journalists or shuttering media outlets. A serious discussion of the matter must look …
(2022-06-08). South African Christian Pastor Found Guilty Of Treason, Wanted To Poison Water and Use Biological Weapons Against Blacks. moguldom.com South African Christian Pastor Harry Knoesen was found guilty on June 6o of plotting to overthrow the government and to kill thousands of Black people in the country. Knoesen, 61, is a leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement, was found guilty of high treason, incitement to carry out violence, and recruiting people to commit …
(2022-06-08). Top Reparations Scholar Dr. Sandy Darity: White Support For Reparations Has Dramatically Increased from 4% to 30%. moguldom.com New York City-based community activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, recently noted on Twitter that a majority of white Americans do not support cash reparations for Black Americans. "Did you know that 65% of Americans oppose cash reparations to Black people (according to a 2021 Washington Post poll)?" Sharpton tweeted, …
(2022-06-08). Catholic Church and University of Arizona Denied Apache Beliefs, Desecrated Mount Graham. indybay.org The New York Times article fails to document the role of Cardinal Sodano and the University of Arizona in denying the Apaches' sacred way of life and constructing a telescope on sacred Mount Graham…
(2022-06-08). Wednesday 6/8: On the Field, Off the Streets: Resourcing Community Peace in East Bay. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-06-08). CDC links hepatitis A outbreak to organic strawberries: Learn about the virus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Organic strawberries have been linked to a multistate hepatitis A outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says a dozen people have been made ill by the strawberries in California, Minnesota and North Dakota. Hepatitis A outbreaks have become more widespread in the U.S. These outbreaks originate from food contamination and person-to-person transmission. "Hepatitis A is a highly contagious virus that can cause infection and inflammation in the liver," says Dr. Stacey Rizza, an infectious…
(2022-06-08). The AFL-CIO, US Foreign Policy and Worker to Worker Solidarity. indybay.org There will be a international education conference in Philadelphia on the collaboration between the AFL-CIO, the CIA, AID and the National Endowment For Democracy around the world. The AFL-CIO and it's "Solidarity Center" which receives $75 million a year from NED has been involved in supporting rightwing corporate unions around the world and helping to overthrow governments that are opposed to US imperialist policies of privatization, deregulation and union busting around the world.