(2022-06-27). Through the Month of May, Three Times More Tourists Than Last Year Arrived in Cuba. orinocotribune.com By Liz Conde Sánchez — Jun 23 | In 2020, tourism in the country declined to a level last seen in 1996, when the landmark first million international visitors arrived, and in 2021 only 356,453 vacationers visited | After a precipitous decline caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other international issues, the Cuban tourism sector is recovering, and evidence of the rebirth is the number of visitors who have arrived through the month of May: 1,070,3 , three times more than this period in 2021. | The news was announced by tourism expert, José Luis Perelló, during the XV International Seminar on Journalism and T…
(2022-06-26). The Fantasy Of Fanaticism. popularresistance.org For a moment in time, it looked as if reality had managed to finally carve its way through the dense fog of propaganda-driven misinformation that had dominated Western media coverage of Russia's "Special Military Operation" in Ukraine. | In a stunning admission, Oleksandr Danylyuk, a former senior adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and Intelligence Services, noted that the optimism that existed in Ukraine following Russia's decision to terminate "Phase One" of the SMO (a major military feint toward Kiev), and begin "Phase Two" (the liberation of the Donbass), was no longer warranted. "The strategies and…
(2022-06-26). Scott Ritter: The Fantasy of Fanaticism. scheerpost.com 
Main square of Severodonetsk, Ukraine, February 2018. (Visem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons) | By Scott Ritter / For a moment in time, it looked as if reality had managed to finally carve its way through the dense fog of propaganda-driven misinformation that had dominated Western media coverage of Russia's "Special Military Operation" in Ukraine. | In a stunning admission, Oleksandr Danylyuk, a former senior adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and Intelligence Services, noted that the optimi…
(2022-06-26). CIA, European Commandos Operating on the Ground in Ukraine: NYT. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reports CIA officers are in Kiev to pass intelligence to Ukrainian officials, and special operations forces from several allied countries are training Ukrainian troops near the battlefield. The covert operations in Ukraine are a part of a significant effort by Western governments to weaken Russia. Citing unnamed current and former officials, …
(2022-06-26). Miscarriage Of Justice Catalyzed A Movement Led By Asian Americans. popularresistance.org Vincent Chin was beaten to death in Detroit in June 1982, by two white auto workers who reportedly said it was because of him that they had lost their jobs. At the time, listeners may recall, Japan was being widely blamed for the collapse of the Detroit auto industry. Chin was Chinese-American. | Elite media, as reflected by the New York Times, didn't seem to come around to the story until April 1983, with reporting on the protests emanating from Detroit's Asian-American community about the dismissive legal response to the murder.
(2022-06-26). NYT Hypes NYC Police Spending, Buries School Cuts. scheerpost.com 
By Ari Paul / FAIR The New York Times (6/10/22) reported on NYC Mayor Eric Adams' first budget agreement, saying it "excludes…proposals to significantly increase staffing levels at the city's jails…[and] increase the Police Department's budget." This is the culmination of a fierce debate, the Times told readers, between a mayor with "politically moderate roots" and a progressive city …
(2022-06-25). 'Not a Justification but a Provocation': Chomsky on the Root Causes of the Russia-Ukraine War. commondreams.org Chomsky believes that the main 'background' of this war, a factor that is missing in mainstream media coverage, is "NATO expansion."