Colin Todhunter (2022-08-11). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Staff (2022-08-10). Intelectuales, políticos, artistas y otras personalidades piden a Biden el fin de las sanciones contra Cuba. cubadebate.cu Roger Waters, Cornel West, Judith Butler, Noam Chomsky, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jeremy Corbyn, Rev. Liz Theoharis, Seun Kuti, Vijay Prashad, entre otras personalidades, pidieron el fin de las sanciones a Cuba en una carta abierta dirigida al presidente estadounidense Joe Biden, fechada el martes 9 de agosto, publicada en letcubalive.info/.

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-10). Fact Check: 36% Of Americans Earning $2 K Or More Live Paycheck To Paycheck. moguldom.com With inflation driving up the cost of almost everything, workers in all income levels — including those who make more than $2 ,000 a year — report they are living paycheck to paycheck and devoting almost all their salaries to expenses with little or nothing left at the end of the month. Paycheck to paycheck generally …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-08-10). Manufacturing Consent: How the United States Has Penetrated South African Media. libya360.wordpress.com Ajit Singh, Roscoe Palm In recent weeks, South African public discourse has been focused on concerns about alleged Chinese influence in the country's media landscape. However, these conversations have tended to overlook the already existing spheres of influence within South African media. Politically motivated sponsorship of prominent South African media outlets by the United States dates…

Staff (2022-08-10). The Media Love The Terrible Economy Story: Marketplace Radio Edition. cepr.net Both the Washington Post and Marketplace radio have effectively turned reality on its head to tell their terrible economy story about a statistic that actually suggests a good economy.

Editor (2022-08-10). The Chris Hedges Report Podcast: John Kiriakou on Why the CIA Needs to be Abolished. scheerpost.com Click | Chris HedgesChris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief for the paper. He…

Staff (2022-08-10). Intelectuales, políticos, artistas y otras personalidades piden a Biden el fin de las sanciones contra Cuba. cubadebate.cu Roger Waters, Cornel West, Judith Butler, Noam Chomsky, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Jeremy Corbyn, Rev. Liz Theoharis, Seun Kuti, Vijay Prashad, entre otras personalidades, pidieron el fin de las sanciones a Cuba en una carta abierta dirigida al presidente estadounidense Joe Biden, fechada el martes 9 de agosto, publicada en letcubalive.info/.

Staff (2022-08-10). "Bogus Charge": FBI Raids African People's Socialist Party; Group Dismisses Russian Influence Claims. democracynow.org Leaders of the African People's Socialist Party say the FBI carried out a violent raid on its properties with flash grenades and drones early Friday morning in Missouri and Florida. The pan-Africanist group has been a longtime advocate for reparations for slavery and a vocal critic of U.S. foreign policy. The raid appears to be connected to a separate indictment of a Russian man accused of using U.S.-based groups to spread Russian propaganda and tampering with U.S. elections. We speak with Omali Yeshitela, chair of the African People's Socialist Party, who describes how he was zip-tied while his home…

Editor (2022-08-10). The Chris Hedges Report Podcast: John Kiriakou on Why the CIA Needs to be Abolished. scheerpost.com Click | Chris HedgesChris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief for the paper. He…

Staff (2022-08-09). Medvedev compared Zelensky's words with Hitler's ideas. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) — The statements of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on holding the entire Russian population responsible for the special military operation sound like Adolf Hitler's ideas, Dmitry Medvedev said.

Shane Quinn (2022-08-09). The Rapid Postwar Increase of America's Nuclear Arsenal. Churning out Nukes "Like Sausages" globalresearch.ca Hitler had, as early as June 1942, decided against the development of an atomic bomb — on both racial and pragmatic grounds. By the summer of 1944, Allied intelligence accounts were flowing in that a Nazi atomic bomb was non-existent.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-09). Video: Hollywood's Pro-Soviet Propaganda vs. The "Russia Probe" globalresearch.ca

Derrick Broze (2022-08-09). Recently Released Emails Provide More Evidence of Big Tech-Government Collusion. thelastamericanvagabond.com Emails released as part of several open records requests and lawsuits provide a behind-the-scenes look at the level of collaboration between the U.S. government and Big Tech companies — including targeting The Last American Vagabond's Twitter account. In July 2021, former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged that the White House was working with

Deweylaura (2022-08-09). What's wrong with capitalism? The Supreme Court, for starters. cpusa.org Get out the trumpets. Roll out the drums. David Brooks has just announced that he was wrong about . . . capitalism! In an op-ed prompted by a New York Times "assignment" in which columnists were asked to write about what they were wrong about, Brooks said that he didn't see the "inequalities" being …

____ (2022-08-09). Asian Games-themed airplane unveiled in Hangzhou. ecns.cn The Asian Games Hangzhou 2022-themed airplane was unveiled on Monday. The plane features artwork themed around the Asian Games, including slogans and mascots.

Alan MacLeod (2022-08-08). Most of the "Fact-checking" Organizations Facebook Uses in Ukraine Are Directly Funded by Washington. orinocotribune.com By Alan Mcleod — Aug 2, 2022 | Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the US government, either through the US Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). | In light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted, and Meta (Facebook's official name) announced it had

Contributing Writers (2022-08-08). Countering War Propaganda of the dirty war on Syria/ A selection of social media infographics, 2012 2017, By Prof. Tim Anderson. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: and-CWP-1.pdf (counter-hegemonic-studies.site)https://counter-hegemonic-studies.site/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/and-CWP-1.pdf READ MORE: Voices From Syria Power Point Presentation Mark Taliano…

_____ (2022-08-08). Kim Jong-un's Military Rhetoric. journal-neo.org On July 27, 2022, the leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, delivered a speech at a solemn event dedicated to the end of the Korean War of 19 -1953. For the modern DPRK, this is one of the most significant holidays, somewhat similar to the Russian Victory Day, since the war was one of the bloodiest …

Editor (2022-08-08). The Chris Hedges Report: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / | We are not a good and virtuous nation. God does not bless us above other nations. Victory is not assured. War is not noble and uplifting. The clash between the reality of combat and the Disneyfied version of combat consumed by the public, one that propels many young men and women into war, creates not only dissonance and moral injury, but an existential crisis—one that combat veterans, at least those who are self-reflective, must cope with for the r…

Andrew Perez (2022-08-08). Emails Raise Questions About WashPost Fact Checker. levernews.com üí°You won't find critical stories like this one covered in corporate media. For us to be able to do more of this reporting, especially as we work to expose corruption in the lead-up to the 2022 midterm elections,

____ (2022-08-09). Asian Games-themed airplane unveiled in Hangzhou. ecns.cn The Asian Games Hangzhou 2022-themed airplane was unveiled on Monday. The plane features artwork themed around the Asian Games, including slogans and mascots.

Alan MacLeod (2022-08-08). Most of the "Fact-checking" Organizations Facebook Uses in Ukraine Are Directly Funded by Washington. orinocotribune.com By Alan Mcleod — Aug 2, 2022 | Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the US government, either through the US Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). | In light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted, and Meta (Facebook's official name) announced it had

_____ (2022-08-08). Kim Jong-un's Military Rhetoric. journal-neo.org On July 27, 2022, the leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, delivered a speech at a solemn event dedicated to the end of the Korean War of 19 -1953. For the modern DPRK, this is one of the most significant holidays, somewhat similar to the Russian Victory Day, since the war was one of the bloodiest …

Editor (2022-08-08). The Chris Hedges Report: Soldiers Speak Out Against America's Misguided Wars. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / | We are not a good and virtuous nation. God does not bless us above other nations. Victory is not assured. War is not noble and uplifting. The clash between the reality of combat and the Disneyfied version of combat consumed by the public, one that propels many young men and women into war, creates not only dissonance and moral injury, but an existential crisis—one that combat veterans, at least those who are self-reflective, must cope with for the r…

Fight Back (2022-08-08). On Hiroshima anniversary, Minneapolis says no to nuclear war. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 75 people rallied on August 6 to commemorate the deadly U.S. atomic bombings of Japan during World War II and to call for an end to U.S. wars and provocations that threaten nuclear war in the present. Activists lined busy Lake Street with signs and banners while chanting anti-war slogans and delivering speeches. | 77 years earlier, on August 6, 1945, the U.S. warplane Enola Gay detonated a nuclear bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, on August 9, U.S. forces detonated another nuclear bomb over Nagasaki. Comprising the only uses in history of nuclear weapons in an ar…

WSWS (2022-08-08). CDC, Reuters suppress warnings about airborne transmission of monkeypox. wsws.org In a "fact check" article published by Reuters, the news outlet claims that social media posts exposing unexplained changes made in late May to the CDC's guidelines on monkeypox, are "missing the context" of the changes.

Jonathan Cook (2022-08-08). How the Pentagon Dictates Hollywood Storylines. "War Propaganda Passed off as Entertainment" globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-08-08). "Russian Propaganda" Just Means Disobedience. transcend.org 6 Aug 2022 – It is not good that propaganda is shoved into our minds manufacturing consent for dangerous escalations between the world's two greatest nuclear powers while anyone who opposes any part of it is dismissed as a Russian propagandist or a useful idiot of the Kremlin.

Arnold Oliver (2022-08-08). Hacking the Political Lexicon: They aren't Conspiracy Theories, they're Disinformation Plots. juancole.com Tiffin, Ohio (- Special to Informed Comment) Some time ago, several millennia in fact, a wise man known as Confucius admonished the Chinese people to "call things by their proper names" in order to better perceive and grapple with reality, and to avoid disorder. It is said that he was among the first to …

Alan MacLeod (2022-08-08). Most of the "Fact-checking" Organizations Facebook Uses in Ukraine Are Directly Funded by Washington. orinocotribune.com By Alan Mcleod — Aug 2, 2022 | Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the US government, either through the US Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). | In light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted, and Meta (Facebook's official name) announced it had

Fight Back (2022-08-08). On Hiroshima anniversary, Minneapolis says no to nuclear war. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 75 people rallied on August 6 to commemorate the deadly U.S. atomic bombings of Japan during World War II and to call for an end to U.S. wars and provocations that threaten nuclear war in the present. Activists lined busy Lake Street with signs and banners while chanting anti-war slogans and delivering speeches. | 77 years earlier, on August 6, 1945, the U.S. warplane Enola Gay detonated a nuclear bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, on August 9, U.S. forces detonated another nuclear bomb over Nagasaki. Comprising the only uses in history of nuclear weapons in an ar…

WSWS (2022-08-08). CDC, Reuters suppress warnings about airborne transmission of monkeypox. wsws.org In a "fact check" article published by Reuters, the news outlet claims that social media posts exposing unexplained changes made in late May to the CDC's guidelines on monkeypox, are "missing the context" of the changes.

____ (2022-08-08). "Russian Propaganda" Just Means Disobedience. transcend.org 6 Aug 2022 – It is not good that propaganda is shoved into our minds manufacturing consent for dangerous escalations between the world's two greatest nuclear powers while anyone who opposes any part of it is dismissed as a Russian propagandist or a useful idiot of the Kremlin.

Arnold Oliver (2022-08-08). Hacking the Political Lexicon: They aren't Conspiracy Theories, they're Disinformation Plots. juancole.com Tiffin, Ohio (- Special to Informed Comment) Some time ago, several millennia in fact, a wise man known as Confucius admonished the Chinese people to "call things by their proper names" in order to better perceive and grapple with reality, and to avoid disorder. It is said that he was among the first to …

DLI (2022-08-07). US acted as self-appointed Judge & Executioner in murder of al Qaeda chief. indybay.org In the latest drone killing of alleged al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the US government acted as a self-appointed Judge and Executioner, without ever presenting any evidence to any international judicial body.

Roger Annis (2022-08-06). Shedding Light on Who, Exactly, is Responsible for the War in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com On July 7, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR.org) published an article by Gregory Shupak analyzing the hypocrisy of U.S. corporate media in its reporting of Ukraine, specifically the differing treatment by Western media of the situations in Donbas compared to that of the Serbian-Albanian territory of Kosovo. The article was titled, "Media support 'self-determination' …

Editor (2022-08-06). To the New York Times "We Thought We Knew Ye" scheerpost.com From By In 1980 we produced a report titled How to Appraise and Improve Your Daily Newspaper: A Manual for Readers, authored by David Bollier, one of our precocious interns, who had just graduated from Amherst and went on to…

Steve Collins (2022-08-06). [Correspondence] Funding to treat malnutrition: a need for greater transparency. thelancet.com The Editors1 highlight the gap between the humanitarian need to treat millions of children with severe acute malnutrition and the amount of funding available. However, I fear that focusing solely on supply-side issues misses a major problem in the cost-effective use of funding. An example is the UN's adherence to the non-evidence-based stipulation that ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) must contain at least % of its protein from dairy. This 2007 stipulation corresponded to the only recipe available at the time.

WSWS (2022-08-06). Amnesty International report exposes Ukraine's violations of international law, deliberate use of civilians as human shields. wsws.org The report has dealt a significant blow to the relentless war propaganda in the media and has provoked a hysterical response by the Ukrainian government.

Editor (2022-08-06). To the New York Times "We Thought We Knew Ye" scheerpost.com From By In 1980 we produced a report titled How to Appraise and Improve Your Daily Newspaper: A Manual for Readers, authored by David Bollier, one of our precocious interns, who had just graduated from Amherst and went on to…

DLI (2022-08-06). US acted as self-appointed Judge & Executioner in murder of al Qaeda chief. indybay.org In the latest drone killing of alleged al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the US government acted as a self-appointed Judge and Executioner, without ever presenting any evidence to any international judicial body.

Eferrari10 (2022-08-06). Venezuela Gold Case: Queen Elizabeth Recognizes Maduro, Reveals Central Bank President (+Letters). orinocotribune.com This Friday, August 5, the Venezuelan government presented diplomatic letters signed by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed to President Nicolás Maduro, in which the Queen recognizes Maduro as the head of state and government of Venezuela. These letters will be used as evidence by the Venezuelan government to demand access to the 31 tons of gold that remain seized in the Bank of England, reported financial news agency The president of the Cent…

Steve Collins (2022-08-06). [Correspondence] Funding to treat malnutrition: a need for greater transparency. thelancet.com The Editors1 highlight the gap between the humanitarian need to treat millions of children with severe acute malnutrition and the amount of funding available. However, I fear that focusing solely on supply-side issues misses a major problem in the cost-effective use of funding. An example is the UN's adherence to the non-evidence-based stipulation that ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) must contain at least % of its protein from dairy. This 2007 stipulation corresponded to the only recipe available at the time.

WSWS (2022-08-06). Amnesty International report exposes Ukraine's violations of international law, deliberate use of civilians as human shields. wsws.org The report has dealt a significant blow to the relentless war propaganda in the media and has provoked a hysterical response by the Ukrainian government.

Steve Collins (2022-08-06). [Correspondence] Funding to treat malnutrition: a need for greater transparency. thelancet.com The Editors1 highlight the gap between the humanitarian need to treat millions of children with severe acute malnutrition and the amount of funding available. However, I fear that focusing solely on supply-side issues misses a major problem in the cost-effective use of funding. An example is the UN's adherence to the non-evidence-based stipulation that ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) must contain at least % of its protein from dairy. This 2007 stipulation corresponded to the only recipe available at the time.

Jenny Pierson (2022-08-05). How Alex Jones Helped Enrich the Global Elites He Railed Against. independentmediainstitute.org Alex Jones' decades-long career of serving up conspiracy theories cloaked in lies and violent rhetoric may be coming to an end as a jury has just awarded $4 million in damages to the parents of a 6-year-old killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. For years, Jones fueled speculation that a horrific mass shooting resulting in …

_____ (2022-08-05). The People in Hiroshima Didn't Expect it Either. popularresistance.org When New York City recently released a grotesque "public service announcement" video explaining that you should stay indoors during a nuclear war, the corporate media reaction was principally not outrage at the acceptance of such a fate or the stupidity of telling people "You've got this!" as if they could survive the apocalypse by cocooning with Netflix, but rather mockery of the very idea that a nuclear war might happen. U.S. polling on people's top concerns find 1% of people most concerned about the climate and 0% most concerned about nuclear war. | Yet, the U.S. just illegally put nukes into a 6th nation (and…

Ann Brown (2022-08-05). Fact Check: Huey P Newton Ordered A Hit On Kwame Ture (Formerly Stokely Carmichael). moguldom.com Two of the biggest figures in the Black power movement of the late 1960s were Huey P. Newton and Kwame Ture (who was formerly known as Stokely Carmichael). Ideally, two great forces working together would only push the movement forward. But the U.S. government went behind the scenes to spread mistrust among Black activists. The …

Anonymous103 (2022-08-05). French Volunteer Suggests Bucha Tragedy Was A False Flag. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageEvidence points that there was no Russian participation in the Bucha incident. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, researcher in Social Sciences at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant. | Since footage of the Bucha tragedy emerged, Russian officials have repeatedly claimed that Moscow forces had no part in the alleged massacre. Reports by journalists and analysis by experts on several occasions showed that the evidence pointed to the existence of a false flag operati…

____ (2022-08-04). Why China objects to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. ecns.cn In response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's op-ed on The Washington Post entitled "Why I'm leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan", Ambassador Qin Gang published an article entitled "Why China objects to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan" on The Washington Post on August 4, 2022.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-05). Atomic bomb has no place in Iran's defense doctrine: AEOI. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 05 (MNA) — The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said Iran abides by the NPT and has never felt the need for a nuclear military program.

DLI (2022-08-05). US acted as self-appointed Judge & Executioner in murder of al Qaeda chief. indybay.org In the latest drone killing of alleged al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the US government acted as a self-appointed Judge and Executioner, without ever presenting any evidence to any international judicial body.

Deweylaura (2022-08-05). We need solutions, not slogans. cpusa.org A recent article in the New York Times, "Relief Eludes Many Renters as Fed Raises Interest Rates," bemoans the current conundrum facing workers with regards to housing. According to realtor websites such as ApartmentList and Zillow, rental prices soared 17.5% between 2018 and January 2022. Harder hit, of course, are young people, single parents, …

____ (2022-08-04). Why China objects to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. ecns.cn In response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's op-ed on The Washington Post entitled "Why I'm leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan", Ambassador Qin Gang published an article entitled "Why China objects to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan" on The Washington Post on August 4, 2022.

Infobrics (2022-08-04). French volunteer suggests Bucha tragedy was a false flag. infobrics.org Evidence points that there was no Russian participation in the Bucha incident.

DLI (2022-08-04). US acted as self-appointed Judge & Executioner in murder of al Qaeda chief. indybay.org In the latest drone killing of alleged al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the US government acted as a self-appointed Judge and Executioner, without ever presenting any evidence to any international judicial body.

____ (2022-08-04). Americans living in "backsliding" democracy: Washington Post. ecns.cn As voting rights are "being restricted" and freedom is "under siege," Americans are living in a "backsliding" democracy, a recent opinion piece by The Washington Post said.

_____ (2022-08-03). Most 'Fact-Checking' Organizations Facebook Uses In Ukraine Are Funded By Washington. popularresistance.org Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). | In light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted, and Meta (Facebook's official name) announced it had partnered with nine organizations to help it sort fact from fiction for Ukrainian, Russian and other Eastern European users. These nine organizations are: StopFake, VoxCheck, Fact Check Georgia, Demagog,…

Ann Brown (2022-08-03). Jim Clyburn Claimed Kamala Harris Becoming VP Proves America Isn't Racist, Now He Says America Is Moving In Direction Of Hitlerism. moguldom.com Veteran Democrat Congressman Jim Clyburn once agreed with Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) that the appointment of former senator Kamala Harris as the first Black vice president of the U.S. proves America isn't racist. "I agree with him on that. I don't think a racist country would have elected Barack Obama as President, or Kamala Harris …

DLI (2022-08-04). US acted as self-appointed Judge & Executioner in murder of al Qaeda chief. indybay.org In the latest drone killing of alleged al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the US government acted as a self-appointed Judge and Executioner, without ever presenting any evidence to any international judicial body.

_____ (2022-08-03). Most 'Fact-Checking' Organizations Facebook Uses In Ukraine Are Funded By Washington. popularresistance.org Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). | In light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted, and Meta (Facebook's official name) announced it had partnered with nine organizations to help it sort fact from fiction for Ukrainian, Russian and other Eastern European users. These nine organizations are: StopFake, VoxCheck, Fact Check Georgia, Demagog,…

Ann Brown (2022-08-03). Jim Clyburn Claimed Kamala Harris Becoming VP Proves America Isn't Racist, Now He Says America Is Moving In Direction Of Hitlerism. moguldom.com Veteran Democrat Congressman Jim Clyburn once agreed with Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) that the appointment of former senator Kamala Harris as the first Black vice president of the U.S. proves America isn't racist. "I agree with him on that. I don't think a racist country would have elected Barack Obama as President, or Kamala Harris …

Infobrics (2022-08-03). Beijing reminds Taiwan of its power through blockade disguised as military exercise. infobrics.org China's "final warning" rhetoric revives Cold War stereotypes…

_____ (2022-08-02). NATO-Backed Network Of Syria Dirty War Propagandists Identified. popularresistance.org On June 10th, The Guardian's Mark Townsend published an article headlined "Russia-backed network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified." ("Russia-backed" has since been removed). | The article is based on what Townsend calls a "new analysis" that "reveals" a "network more than two dozen conspiracy theorists, frequently backed by a coordinated Russian campaign." This network, Townsend claims, is "focused on the denial or distortion of facts about the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons and on attacking the findings of the world's foremost chemical weapons watchdog," the Organization for the Prohibition of C…

Project Censored (2022-08-02). Elite Lapdogs Always Welcome in the Corporate Media. projectcensored.org By Nolan Higdon The return of Chris Cuomo to television is the latest reminder that there is little accountability to speak of in corporate news media. Chris was ousted at…

Infobrics (2022-08-03). Beijing reminds Taiwan of its power through blockade disguised as military exercise. infobrics.org China's "final warning" rhetoric revives Cold War stereotypes…

DLI (2022-08-03). US acted as self-appointed Judge & Executioner in murder of al Qaeda chief. indybay.org In the latest drone killing of alleged al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the US government acted as a self-appointed Judge and Executioner, without ever presenting any evidence to any international judicial body.

_____ (2022-08-02). NATO-Backed Network Of Syria Dirty War Propagandists Identified. popularresistance.org On June 10th, The Guardian's Mark Townsend published an article headlined "Russia-backed network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified." ("Russia-backed" has since been removed). | The article is based on what Townsend calls a "new analysis" that "reveals" a "network more than two dozen conspiracy theorists, frequently backed by a coordinated Russian campaign." This network, Townsend claims, is "focused on the denial or distortion of facts about the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons and on attacking the findings of the world's foremost chemical weapons watchdog," the Organization for the Prohibition of C…

Editor (2022-08-02). Polls show almost no one trusts U.S. media, after decades of war propaganda and lies. mronline.org The CIA has long manipulated the media, spreading disinformation to justify U.S. wars. Today just 11% of North Americans trust television news.

Project Censored (2022-08-02). Elite Lapdogs Always Welcome in the Corporate Media. projectcensored.org By Nolan Higdon The return of Chris Cuomo to television is the latest reminder that there is little accountability to speak of in corporate news media. Chris was ousted at…

Julia Conley (2022-08-02). Anti-Choice Forces Push Disinformation as Kansas Votes on Abortion Rights. commondreams.org "The truth is that voting yes opens the door to a total ban on abortion," said one reproductive rights advocate.

____ (2022-08-01). 'This Is a War of Propaganda'. transcend.org 10 Jul 2022 – John Pilger on Ukraine and Assange: 20 minutes of truth… and a pretty sweet ending.

Fight Back (2022-08-01). No, the economy is not in a recession (yet). fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On July 29, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released their report on Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter of the year, April to June. GDP went down at a 0.9% annual rate. This followed a decline of 1.6% in GDP in the first three months of the year. | This led to an outcry among Republicans, reinforced by many articles in the corporate media, that a recession had begun. Republican leaders immediately showed their lack of basic economic sense, saying that the American people were already feeling the pain of recession. In fact, the pain that American workers and small businesspeople are feeli…

Margaret Kimberley (2022-08-01). Celebrating Revolution in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberly — Jul 20, 2022 | Genuine peoples holidays are hard to come by in the US But in Nicaragua the ongoing revolutionary process is widely celebrated. | Holidays in the United States celebrate awful events such as the settler colonists declaring independence from Britain so that they might take indigenous lands and protect slavery. There is also Thanksgiving, the commemoration of genocide turned into a day when Americans should think grateful thoughts before spending more than they can afford in order to celebrate Christmas. Christmas is ostensibly a religious holiday but is rarely treated as…

____ (2022-08-01). 'This Is a War of Propaganda'. transcend.org 10 Jul 2022 – John Pilger on Ukraine and Assange: 20 minutes of truth… and a pretty sweet ending.

Aaron Maté (2022-08-01). NATO-backed network of Syria dirty war propagandists identified. thegrayzone.com Defaming journalism on the OPCW's Syria cover-up scandal, The Guardian and its NATO-funded sources out themselves as the real "network of conspiracy theorists." On June 10th, The Guardian's Mark Townsend published an article headlined "Russia-backed network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified." ("Russia-backed" has since been removed). The article is based on what Townsend calls a "new analysis" that "reveals" a "network more than two dozen conspiracy theorists, frequently backed by a coordinated Russian campaign." This network, Townsend claims, is "focused …

Editor (2022-08-01). What the U.S. government and The New York Times have quietly agreed not to tell you about Ukraine. mronline.org Today, men like Danyial al-Takbir, a neo-Nazi, former ISIS member and convicted mass murderer, rapist (several of his victims were raped until dead) and arsonist stand at the vanguard of a war planned for seven decades. This is the true legacy of the OUN, from its roots as Holocaust perpetrators and CIA assassins to its return as the butchers of Donbas.

Fight Back (2022-08-01). No, the economy is not in a recession (yet). fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On July 29, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released their report on Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter of the year, April to June. GDP went down at a 0.9% annual rate. This followed a decline of 1.6% in GDP in the first three months of the year. | This led to an outcry among Republicans, reinforced by many articles in the corporate media, that a recession had begun. Republican leaders immediately showed their lack of basic economic sense, saying that the American people were already feeling the pain of recession. In fact, the pain that American workers and small businesspeople are feeli…

TeleSUR (2022-08-01). The United States, an Empire of Mass Surveillance. telesurenglish.net For decades, the United States has conducted indiscriminate mass surveillance of its citizens, as well as of foreign governments, companies and individuals. Various surveillance projects implemented by Washington have been unveiled one after another in recent years, exposing more evidence of America's pervasive and ubiquitous surveillance of the world. | RELATED: | SURVEILLANCE ON DOMESTIC SOIL: | According to a recent report by George…

TeleSUR (2022-08-01). Hate Mob Incite Violence Against Caravan for Cuba in Miami. telesurenglish.net Cuban-American professor Carlos Lazo, leader of the Bridges of Love solidarity movement, denounced the provocations on a live broadcast on social media, which took place in the streets of Coral Gables, a city near Miami. | From Miami, Cuban-American professor Carlos Lazo #PuentesDeAmor called for this to be another day of struggle, but also of light and solidarity.

Repost (2022-08-01). SA New Frame's demise shines a light on China-aligned unions, parties and disinformation. indybay.org The closure of South Africa journal New Frame has exposed a web of connections between US multi-millionaire Roy Singham, NUMSA and the Chinese government as well as other publications supporting China.

____ (2022-08-01). Ambassador Zheng Zeguang: Decoupling with China will be disastrous for UK businesses. ecns.cn Ambassador Zheng Zeguang (@AmbZhengZeguang) pointed out in a Tweet that anti-China rhetoric by UK politicians is creating uncertainties &unease in UK business community, thus heaping more pressure upon rocketing cost of living here.

_____ (2022-07-31). Almost No One Trusts US Media, After Decades Of War Propaganda And Lies. popularresistance.org Very few people in the United States trust the mainstream corporate media. This is confirmed by a July survey from the major polling firm Gallup, which found that just 11% of North Americans trust television news, and a mere 16% have confidence in newspapers. | It's quite easy to understand why. The US media apparatus has repeatedly shown itself over decades to be completely unreliable and highly politicized. | The corporate media's treachery has been especially clear in the demonstrably false stories it disseminated to try to justify the US wars on Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria. | This disgraceful…

_____ (2022-07-31). Condemn The FBI Raids In St Louis, MO And St Petersburg, FL! popularresistance.org On the morning of Friday, July 29th, the FBI conducted raids at multiple locations, including the Uhuru House in St. Petersburg, Florida, the private residence of Omali Yeshitela in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as the Uhuru Solidarity Center, also in St. Louis. The FBI employed flashbang grenades and handcuffed Yeshitela and his wife while the house was raided. The FBI says that the raids are connected to the federal indictment of a Russian man, Aleksandr Ionov, alleging that he has been working to spread "Russian propaganda" in the United States. | The Committee to Stop FBI Repression and the National Alliance A…