(2022-08-16). China imposes sanctions on seven Taiwanese officials: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) — China has said it is blacklisting seven Taiwan officials over their alleged support for the self-ruled island's independence.
(2022-08-16). What must be done to save public education. greenleft.org.au The crisis in public education will not be solved by pitting teachers against each other or by outsourcing responsibility for graduates' jobs. Mary Merkenich argues for greater funding for smaller classes and more teachers on fair wages.
(2022-08-16). UC Using CIA Methods at People's Park. indybay.org In 1975 The Church Committee discovered Operation Mockingbird a CIA program which attempted to manipulate domestic American news media for propaganda purposes. Almost years later U.C. is using the same technique to destroy Peoples Park.
(2022-08-15). New Polls Show Almost No One Trusts Our Media Anymore. mintpressnews.com Gone are the days when the CIA secretly infiltrated American newsrooms, craftily tricking people into believing U.S. government propaganda was the real news. Nowadays, they never keep it a secret that they run the media.
(2022-08-15). Is the Ukrainian War on its Own People Now Over? journal-neo.org 
My former neighbour in the US wrote to me, tongue in cheek, a few days ago. "I was told the Ukrainian civil war is over and Russia won because the Azov Battalion was wiped out. There is a total media blackout in the US, and worse than that — so much disinformation before and how …
(2022-08-15). War Propaganda about Ukraine Starting to Wear Thin. transcend.org 13 Aug 2022 – More and More Are Seeing Through the Lies – Amnesty International confirms the inconvenient truths, which many independent journalists and political observers already knew.
(2022-08-15). Russia-Ukraine-USA/NATO: From Politics to Propaganda. transcend.org This article focus on the official narrative by NATO, especially the US, which explains the war in terms of madman Putin taking the unprovoked decision to invade Ukraine. This narrative effectively camouflages the geopolitics of the war, especially the role of the US and NATO and the possibility of negotiating peace.
(2022-08-15). A Military Rich in Dollars, Poor in People: And our Frayed Social Safety Net. juancole.com 
Andrea Mazzarino | ( Tomdispatch.com) The American military is now having trouble recruiting enough soldiers. According to the New York Times, its ranks are short thousands of entry-level troops and it's on track to face the worst recruitment crisis since the Vietnam War ended, not long after the draft was eliminated. Mind you, …
(2022-08-15). (Castellano) Rusia-Ucrania-Estados Unidos/OTAN: De la política a la propaganda. transcend.org Este artículo se centra en la narrativa oficial de la OTAN, especialmente de los EE. UU., que explica la guerra en términos de que el loco Putin tomó la decisión no provocada de invadir Ucrania. Esta narrativa camufla efectivamente la geopolítica de la guerra, especialmente el papel de EE. UU. y la OTAN y la posibilidad de negociar la paz.
(2022-08-15). Facebook 'Appallingly Failed' to Detect Election Misinformation in Brazil, Says Democracy Watchdog. commondreams.org "The disinformation that Facebook allows on its platform feeds into the 'stop the steal' narrative in Brazil—a growing tactic intended to set the stage for contesting the election."
(2022-08-14). A Military Rich in Dollars, Poor in People. tomdispatch.com The American military is now having trouble recruiting enough soldiers. According to the New York Times, its ranks are short thousands of entry-level troops and it's on track to face the worst recruitment crisis since the Vietnam War ended, not long after the draft was eliminated. Mind you, it's not that the military doesn't have the resources for recruitment drives. Nearly every political figure in Washington, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, invariably agrees on endlessly adding to the Pentagon's already staggering budget. In fact, it's nearly the only thing they…