Dave DeCamp (2022-09-20). Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping review of how it conducts clandestine information warfare after social media sites removed fake accounts that were suspected of being linked to the US military, The Washington Post reported on Monday. A report published last month by research groups Graphika and the Stanford Internet Observatory detailed the activity of …

WSWS (2022-09-20). A conversation with film historian Max Alvarez about Hollywood blacklist victim, actress Marsha Hunt (1917—2022): "The entertainment industry hierarchy is … more acquiescent than ever" wsws.org Hunt was one of last surviving victims of the Hollywood blacklist of the late 1940s and early 19 s. Never a Communist Party member, she nonetheless became identified with opposition to the vicious witch-hunting in the film industry.

____ (2022-09-19). Revealed: US & EU Plans to Plunder Ukraine. transcend.org 8 Sep 2022 – Lee Camp has evidence that the most powerful people in the world have been planning to plunder the Ukrainian economy since at least 2017. The West's favorite form of diplomacy is to use conditional loans to dismantle struggling governments and sell their assets to the rich.

Staff (2022-09-19). US sanctions 3 Iranian airlines cargo planes over Russia link. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — The US Department of Commerce announced on Monday that it has blacklisted three Boeing 747 aircraft belonging to Iranian airlines that provide cargo services to Russia.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-19). Fear and Misinformation Dominate Discourses of Brazilian Right. orinocotribune.com By Zoe Alexandra Sep 13, 2022 | In the lead-up to the general elections in Brazil, the far-right has intensified its campaign of hysteria and fear-mongering instead of providing concrete solutions to the crises affecting the people | Brazil is less than a month away from historic elections. Over 156 million Brazilians will go to the polls on October 2 to cast their vote for the president of the republic, State governors, 27 senators, 513 federal deputies, and State and district deputies. The elections take place amid an acute political, economic, and social crisis in the country. The past several years h…

Aditi Ramaswami (2022-09-19). ELECTION INSIDER: Who's Buying The Midterms? levernews.com As we rapidly approach the country's November midterm elections, corporate media seems uninterested in one of the biggest threats to democracy: Billionaires and Big Business using huge sums of money to try to secretly buy elections on both sides of the aisle.Increasingly, a small handful of donors hold outsized influence in American elections, thanks in large part to the Supreme Court's 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which gave wealthy donors and special interest groups license to spend unlimited cash on elections. This year is no exception.We know little to nothing about some o…

Dean Baker (2022-09-19). NYT Spreads Myths on Inflation. cepr.net There is a common myth that Germany's hyperinflation led to the collapse of democracy in Germany and the rise of Hitler. That is a nice story for pushing the inflation hawks' agenda, but it doesn't correspond to reality. | The hyperinflation had

WSWS (2022-09-19). The 1619 Project and the New York Times' glorification of the monarchy. wsws.org In its adulation of Queen Elizabeth and all the pageantry of the British monarchy, the newspaper responsible for publishing the 1619 Project has entangled itself in many layers of contradictions.

____ (2022-09-19). Imposed Insanity — Royalty, Propaganda and the Coming Catastrophe. transcend.org 14 Sep 2022 – If every journalist, politician and priest is currently expressing devotion to Britain's deceased monarch, it is not because she 'served' her country for 70 years. The powerful interests that determine Britain's political and media agenda are not sentimentalists; they do not impose 'managed democracy' as a kind of game. Propaganda blitzes are always pragmatic.

Staff (2022-09-19). The New York Times denuncia que 97 congresistas de EEUU están involucrados en comercio injusto de activos financieros. cubadebate.cu "A lo largo del período de tres años, más de 3 700 transacciones reportadas por legisladores de ambos partidos plantearon posibles conflictos entre sus responsabilidades públicas y las finanzas privadas", enfatizaron los autores de la publicación en el diario The New York Times.

____ (2022-09-18). (W. E. Talk) Understood or Smeared: China's Bifurcated Image. ecns.cn The research report "Xinjiang: Understanding the Complexity and Constructing Peace," jointly published by several Italian think tanks, recently sparked international attention. This report's significance may lie in that it not only shows the world the real China but also that people are becoming more and more aware of how China has suffered from international public opinion. The understanding of Chinaworldwide is getting more and better.

____ (2022-09-19). Revealed: US & EU Plans to Plunder Ukraine. transcend.org 8 Sep 2022 – Lee Camp has evidence that the most powerful people in the world have been planning to plunder the Ukrainian economy since at least 2017. The West's favorite form of diplomacy is to use conditional loans to dismantle struggling governments and sell their assets to the rich.

Staff (2022-09-19). US sanctions 3 Iranian airlines cargo planes over Russia link. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) — The US Department of Commerce announced on Monday that it has blacklisted three Boeing 747 aircraft belonging to Iranian airlines that provide cargo services to Russia.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-19). Fear and Misinformation Dominate Discourses of Brazilian Right. orinocotribune.com By Zoe Alexandra Sep 13, 2022 | In the lead-up to the general elections in Brazil, the far-right has intensified its campaign of hysteria and fear-mongering instead of providing concrete solutions to the crises affecting the people | Brazil is less than a month away from historic elections. Over 156 million Brazilians will go to the polls on October 2 to cast their vote for the president of the republic, State governors, 27 senators, 513 federal deputies, and State and district deputies. The elections take place amid an acute political, economic, and social crisis in the country. The past several years h…

Dean Baker (2022-09-19). NYT Spreads Myths on Inflation. cepr.net There is a common myth that Germany's hyperinflation led to the collapse of democracy in Germany and the rise of Hitler. That is a nice story for pushing the inflation hawks' agenda, but it doesn't correspond to reality. | The hyperinflation had

____ (2022-09-19). Imposed Insanity — Royalty, Propaganda and the Coming Catastrophe. transcend.org 14 Sep 2022 – If every journalist, politician and priest is currently expressing devotion to Britain's deceased monarch, it is not because she 'served' her country for 70 years. The powerful interests that determine Britain's political and media agenda are not sentimentalists; they do not impose 'managed democracy' as a kind of game. Propaganda blitzes are always pragmatic.

Staff (2022-09-19). The New York Times denuncia que 97 congresistas de EEUU están involucrados en comercio injusto de activos financieros. cubadebate.cu "A lo largo del período de tres años, más de 3 700 transacciones reportadas por legisladores de ambos partidos plantearon posibles conflictos entre sus responsabilidades públicas y las finanzas privadas", enfatizaron los autores de la publicación en el diario The New York Times.

Staff (2022-09-18). Kremlin responds to Western nuclear claims. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — The cases of when Russia will use nuclear weapons are stated in the national nuclear doctrine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.

____ (2022-09-18). (W. E. Talk) Understood or Smeared: China's Bifurcated Image. ecns.cn The research report "Xinjiang: Understanding the Complexity and Constructing Peace," jointly published by several Italian think tanks, recently sparked international attention. This report's significance may lie in that it not only shows the world the real China but also that people are becoming more and more aware of how China has suffered from international public opinion. The understanding of Chinaworldwide is getting more and better.

John Pilger (2022-09-18). Silencing the Lambs, How Propaganda Works. orinocotribune.com By John Pilger — Sep 13, 2022 | In an address to the Trondheim World Festival in Norway, John Pilger charts the history of power propaganda and describes how it appropriates journalism in a 'profound imperialism' and is likely to entrap us all, if we allow it. | In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler's leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fàºhrer. | She told me that the "patriotic messages" of her films were dependent not o…

Yuri Rubtsov (2022-09-18). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor editing by Global Research. Title as in the original. Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

Editor (2022-09-18). Corporate Media Is Trying to Convince People Student Debt Forgiveness Is Bad. scheerpost.com

Paul Jay (2022-09-18). Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg on the death of Mikhail Gorbachev. canadiandimension.com An untitled mural by Georg Lutz, painted in 1990, depicts former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev driving though a crack in the Berlin wall. Photo by Ilias Katsouras/ Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg discuss the significance of the life of Mikhail Gorbachev and what the deconstruction of the Soviet Union means for today's world. Noam and Daniel join Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news. Paul Jay is the founder and host of theAnalysis.news, a news analysis service. He was the founder, CEO and senior editor of The Real News Network (TRNN). |

Dean Baker (2022-09-17). The Non-Mystery of a Smaller Labor Force. cepr.net It is bizarre how the media keep insisting that we have some big problem of missing workers, since we don't. The Washington Post has the As with other pieces, it implies that an unusual large percentage of people are opting not to be in the labor market. It tells readers: | "The share of working-age Americans who have a job or are looking for one is at 62.4 percent, a full percentage point lower than it was in February 2020, according to Labor Department data."

Editor (2022-09-17). Chomsky and Ellsberg on the Death of Gorbachev (video). scheerpost.com By Paul Jay / theAnalysis.news Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg discuss the significance of the life of Mikhail Gorbachev and what the deconstruction of the Soviet Union means for today's world. Noam and Daniel join Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news. _______________________________________________ 00: 00 Introduction 01: 09 End of the Soviet Union and the Role of Gorbachev …

Staff (2022-09-18). Kremlin responds to Western nuclear claims. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) — The cases of when Russia will use nuclear weapons are stated in the national nuclear doctrine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.

____ (2022-09-18). (W. E. Talk) Understood or Smeared: China's Bifurcated Image. ecns.cn The research report "Xinjiang: Understanding the Complexity and Constructing Peace," jointly published by several Italian think tanks, recently sparked international attention. This report's significance may lie in that it not only shows the world the real China but also that people are becoming more and more aware of how China has suffered from international public opinion. The understanding of Chinaworldwide is getting more and better.

Dean Baker (2022-09-17). The Non-Mystery of a Smaller Labor Force. cepr.net It is bizarre how the media keep insisting that we have some big problem of missing workers, since we don't. The Washington Post has the latest entry in the search for non-missing workers. As with other pieces, it implies that an unusual large percentage of people are opting not to be in the labor market. …

Robert Luo, Youyi Fong, Debi Boeras, Ilesh Jani, Lara Vojnov (2022-09-17). [Articles] The clinical effect of point-of-care HIV diagnosis in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. thelancet.com Overall, the certainty of the evidence in this analysis was rated as high for the primary outcomes related to result delivery and treatment initiation, with no serious risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness, or imprecision. In HIV-exposed infants, same-day point-of-care HIV testing was associated with significantly improved time to result delivery, time to antiretroviral therapy initiation, and proportion of HIV-positive infants starting antiretroviral therapy within 60 days compared with standard of care.

Editor (2022-09-17). Chomsky and Ellsberg on the Death of Gorbachev (video). scheerpost.com By Paul Jay / theAnalysis.news Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg discuss the significance of the life of Mikhail Gorbachev and what the deconstruction of the Soviet Union means for today's world. Noam and Daniel join Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news. _______________________________________________ 00: 00 Introduction 01: 09 End of the Soviet Union and the Role of Gorbachev …

Dean Baker (2022-09-17). The Non-Mystery of a Smaller Labor Force. cepr.net It is bizarre how the media keep insisting that we have some big problem of missing workers, since we don't. The Washington Post has the latest entry in the search for non-missing workers. As with other pieces, it implies that an unusual large percentage of people are opting not to be in the labor market. …

Robert Luo, Youyi Fong, Debi Boeras, Ilesh Jani, Lara Vojnov (2022-09-17). [Articles] The clinical effect of point-of-care HIV diagnosis in infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. thelancet.com Overall, the certainty of the evidence in this analysis was rated as high for the primary outcomes related to result delivery and treatment initiation, with no serious risk of bias, inconsistency, indirectness, or imprecision. In HIV-exposed infants, same-day point-of-care HIV testing was associated with significantly improved time to result delivery, time to antiretroviral therapy initiation, and proportion of HIV-positive infants starting antiretroviral therapy within 60 days compared with standard of care.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-16). Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard's pro-Hitler patch. thegrayzone.com The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler. On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on …

Lee Camp (2022-09-16). The Fed's Secret Plan to Suck Workers Dry. mintpressnews.com Workers have the power right now, and corporate America does not. And now we have proof that corporate America — which owns our government – wants to turn this all around immediately.

Editor (2022-09-16). Why 'learn to live' with COVID deaths? workers.org If you write for the New York Times, expect to be assigned articles condemning China for causing its people enormous inconvenience and discomfort to avoid massive deaths from the coronavirus. The Times clearly shares the capitalist-class viewpoint that the world's priority should be to get back to business as usual, . . . |

_____ (2022-09-16). Ukraine — Dissecting Some War Propaganda News Items. popularresistance.org Last night a Reuters headline claimed: Mass grave of more than 440 bodies found in Izium, Ukraine -policeÔªø. | The Reuters headline was 100% false. That may have been because the editor misinterpreted what the Ukrainian police investigator said. Or it intentionally exaggerated the case to increase the propaganda value of that news item. I suspect the latter to be the case. | There is otherwise nothing unusual with that graveyard. During a war people on both sides die. Civilians suffer as much as soldiers while fighting around them is going on. The city had been heavily defended by the Ukrainian…

Fight Back (2022-09-16). Statement condemning the OHCHR's 'Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China'. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement initiated by Friends of Socialist China. Freedom Road Socialist Organization is among the signers. | We strongly condemn the publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of its Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. In the words of former OHCHR lawyer and human rights expert Alfred de Zayas, this document "should be discarded as propagandistic, biased, and methodologically flawed." | Based on substandard research methods and biased sources, the Assessmen…

_____ (2022-09-16). United States Now Recognizes Alex Saab As Special Envoy Of Venezuela. popularresistance.org After more than two years questioning Venezuelan Alex Saab's diplomatic status, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has now conceded that he is a special envoy. The dramatic U-turn was made in a filing before Justice Scola on Tuesday, September 13, in a hearing that was held regarding Saab's motion to compel the DoJ to hand over certain documents, which his defense believes would be beneficial to his claim of diplomatic immunity. | Alex Saab's defense has been pushing the DoJ for some months now to make what are called "Brady disclosures." These require that information and evidence that is material to the guilt o…

Editor (2022-09-16). Boyah J. Farah: A Somali Boy's Escape From Somalia's Harrowing Genocide Leads Him To His Dream Paradise—and the Brutality of American Racism. scheerpost.com : Boyah J. Farah seemed most struck by the beautiful green lawns…

Luca GoldMansour (2022-09-16). Corporate Media Is Trying to Convince People Student Debt Forgiveness Is Bad. commondreams.org By trying to convince voters that debt relief will cost them, and that a more egalitarian society is impossible, corporate media are defending America's ruling class from an educated working class.

WSWS (2022-09-16). Oppose the reactionary smear campaign against Harvard Professor John Comaroff! wsws.org Should these reactionary forces succeed it would represent a major blow to academic freedom, democratic rights and serious scholarship.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-09-16). L'offensiva del complesso militare-industrial. globalresearch.ca La recente avanzata ucraina è stata pianificata mesi fa dagli USA, che hanno fornito alle forze di Kiev in tempo reale le informazioni sugli obiettivi russi da colpire: lo rivela il New York Times in base a fonti ufficiali. Cià≤ …

_____ (2022-09-15). DPRK's New Nuclear Doctrine. journal-neo.org On September 8, 2022 the DPRK passed a new law on the DPRK's Policy on Nuclear Forces, which was adopted at the 7th session of the 14th convocation of the country's Supreme People's Assembly. Although this news was portrayed in the media, including in Russia, as "the DPRK having declared itself as a responsible nuclear …

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-16). Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard's pro-Hitler patch. thegrayzone.com The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler. On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on …

Editor (2022-09-16). Why 'learn to live' with COVID deaths? workers.org If you write for the New York Times, expect to be assigned articles condemning China for causing its people enormous inconvenience and discomfort to avoid massive deaths from the coronavirus. The Times clearly shares the capitalist-class viewpoint that the world's priority should be to get back to business as usual, . . . |

WSWS (2022-09-16). Oppose the reactionary smear campaign against Harvard Professor John Comaroff! wsws.org Should these reactionary forces succeed it would represent a major blow to academic freedom, democratic rights and serious scholarship.

Anonymous103 (2022-09-15). U.S. Finally Admits Ukraine Bombs Zaporizhzhia's Nuclear Power Plant. southfront.org Written by Unnamed American officials, according to the New York Times, have admitted that the explosives fired against Ukraine's nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia have been fired against the plant by Ukraine's Government, not by Russia's Government, and furthermore these officials make clear that Ukraine's attacks against the plant are a key part of Ukrain…

_____ (2022-09-15). DPRK's New Nuclear Doctrine. journal-neo.org On September 8, 2022 the DPRK passed a new law on the DPRK's Policy on Nuclear Forces, which was adopted at the 7th session of the 14th convocation of the country's Supreme People's Assembly. Although this news was portrayed in the media, including in Russia, as "the DPRK having declared itself as a responsible nuclear …

The Socialist Program (2022-09-15). Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky on Afghanistan War & the Fragility of US Empire. liberationnews.org The U.S. government has destroyed cities, countries, and towns around the world, through bombs and air raids, military ground invasions, naval attacks, economic sanctions and strangulation, coups, and more. Some say U.S. force is never ending, others say it's on a fast decline, almost gone forever. Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky argue in their new book, "The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power," that U.S. military might is somewhere in the middle: it's fragile.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-15). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

WSWS (2022-09-15). Oppose the right-wing smear campaign aimed at silencing Canadian anti-COVID activist and former teacher Ryan Imgrund! wsws.org Imgrund, who built up a large following among workers in Ontario thanks to his advocacy for COVID-19 public health measures, has been targeted by a rabid alliance of far-right anti-vaxxers, COVID deniers, and "left" proponents of identity politics.

Toward increased Networking (2022-09-15). Online events w) Chomsky, John Clark, Silvia Federici, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Joanna Macy.. indybay.org Here are about 8 online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting at 7: 30 am tomorrow, Sept. 11), featuring people such as adrienne maree brown, Noam Chomsky, John P. Clark, Silvia Federici, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Joanna Macy, Nancy Fraser, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

WSWS (2022-09-15). Oppose the right-wing smear campaign aimed at silencing Canadian anti-COVID activist and former teacher Ryan Imgrund! wsws.org Imgrund, who built up a large following among workers in Ontario thanks to his advocacy for COVID-19 public health measures, has been targeted by a rabid alliance of far-right anti-vaxxers, COVID deniers, and "left" proponents of identity politics.

G. Dunkel (2022-09-14). War propaganda threatens nuclear meltdown. workers.org Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station The United States and its imperialist allies in the European Union have a big political problem. The embargo/boycott that they so swiftly and gleefully placed on Russia's energy exports, mainly oil and gas, had the unintended consequence of guaranteeing much higher profits to Russia in selling . . . |

_____ (2022-09-14). Fear And Misinformation Dominate Discourses Of Brazilian Right. popularresistance.org Brazil is less than a month away from historic elections. Over 156 million Brazilians will go to the polls on October 2 to cast their vote for the president of the republic, State governors, 27 senators, 513 federal deputies, and State and district deputies. The elections take place amid an acute political, economic, and social crisis in the country. The past several years have seen a dramatic increase in hunger, homelessness, unemployment, and the prices of basic commodities. The currency, the Real, has tumbled. Above all, the colossal number of deaths due to COVID-19 continues to cast a shadow on the lives of m…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-14). Video: 9/11 and the Global War on Terrorism. globalresearch.ca 9/11 marks the onslaught of the "Global War on Terrorism" (GWOT), used as a pretext and a justification by the US and its NATO allies to carry out a "war without borders", a global war of conquest. A far-reaching overhaul of US military doctrine was launched in the wake of 9/11.

Jon Queally (2022-09-14). Big Oil PR Firms a No-Show at House Hearing on Climate Disinformation. commondreams.org "This week Congress is set to take on Big Oil's lies and profiteering. The fossil fuel industry has made billions fueling the climate crisis and exploiting working people. We need to make them pay."

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-14). At Least 99 Killed in Fighting Between Azerbaijan and Armenia. news.antiwar.com The heaviest fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the 2020 Nagorono-Karabakh war erupted early Tuesday morning, Armenia said Azerbaijan started the violence by launching intensive artillery shelling against Armenian military positions. | Azerbaijan claimed that its shelling was a response to "large-scale subversive acts" on the border that included attacks on its military. | Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said t…

WSWS (2022-09-14). Wall Street slumps as inflation data signify continued Fed interest rate hikes. wsws.org All 30 stocks in the Dow fell as the index dropped by nearly 1300 points, the S&P 0 slid 4.3 percent and the tech-heavy and interest-rate sensitive NASDAQ was down 5.2 percent, with the three indexes recording their biggest one-day fall since June 2020.

Editor (2022-09-14). The Chris Hedges Report: Nathaniel Philbrick on How George Armstrong Custer Became a Martyr Used to Justify Genocide and US Imperialism. 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 previously worked overseas for The Dallas Morning…

Jim Hightower (2022-09-14). Down With the Corporate Bean-Counters Who Spy on Their Workers. commondreams.org When overpaid corporate boneheads substitute slogans and computer metrics for real solutions, they're admitting that they are the problem.

WSWS (2022-09-14). Justice Department expands criminal probe of Trump's coup plot. wsws.org On Monday, the New York Times reported that in addition to the subpoenas, top Trump advisers Boris Epshteyn and Mike Roman had their phones seized by federal agents last week.

_____ (2022-09-14). Activists Unlawfully Arrested In Raids On Palestine Action Camp. popularresistance.org Yesterday, 14 activists were unlawfully arrested after manning the Palestine Action Camp for the past two weeks. The activists were arrested under the pretext of "conspiracy to commit criminal damage", despite no evidence given for these claims. It would appear the arrests were part of an attempt to remove activists, ahead of an event outside the factory that called for mass mobilisation. During the raid, devices were seized, equipment damaged deliberately and packed up by police, who then cordoned the whole camp off, marking it a "crime scene". Those arrested were released in the early hours of today. | Although…

Aaron Maté (2022-09-13). Chain of Corruption: How the White Helmets Compromised OPCW Investigations in Syria. orinocotribune.com By Aaron Maté Sep 9, 2022 | By enlisting the sectarian insurgent-allied, US-funded White Helmets for chemical weapons probes in Syria, the OPCW abandoned impartiality and broke its fundamental rules for collecting evidence. | Before it mired the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in an international

_____ (2022-09-13). Silencing The Lambs — How Propaganda Works. popularresistance.org In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler's leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fuhrer. | She told me that the 'patriotic messages' of her films were dependent not on 'orders from above' but on what she called the 'submissive void' of the German public. | Did that include the liberal, educated bourgeoisie? I asked. 'Yes, especially them,' she said. | I think of this as I look around at the propaganda now consuming Western societies. | O…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-14). At Least 99 Killed in Fighting Between Azerbaijan and Armenia. news.antiwar.com The heaviest fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the 2020 Nagorono-Karabakh war erupted early Tuesday morning, Armenia said Azerbaijan started the violence by launching intensive artillery shelling against Armenian military positions. | Azerbaijan claimed that its shelling was a response to "large-scale subversive acts" on the border that included attacks on its military. | Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said t…

WSWS (2022-09-14). Wall Street slumps as inflation data signify continued Fed interest rate hikes. wsws.org All 30 stocks in the Dow fell as the index dropped by nearly 1300 points, the S&P 0 slid 4.3 percent and the tech-heavy and interest-rate sensitive NASDAQ was down 5.2 percent, with the three indexes recording their biggest one-day fall since June 2020.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-13). Fear and Misinformation Dominate Discourses of Brazilian Right. libya360.wordpress.com Zoe Alexandra Bolsonaro supporters on September 7 in Sà£o Paulo. Photo: Junior Lima In the lead-up to the general elections in Brazil, the far-right has intensified its campaign of hysteria and fear-mongering instead of providing concrete solutions to the crises affecting the people Brazil is less than a month away from historic elections. Over 156…

Toward increased Networking (2022-09-13). Online events w) Chomsky, John Clark, Silvia Federici, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Joanna Macy.. indybay.org Here are about 8 online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting at 7: 30 am tomorrow, Sept. 11), featuring people such as adrienne maree brown, Noam Chomsky, John P. Clark, Silvia Federici, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Joanna Macy, Nancy Fraser, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

WSWS (2022-09-13). Australia and New Zealand end daily COVID-19 reporting: The "let it rip" conspiracy against the population. wsws.org As deaths and infections reach record levels, both countries are following the lead of the US and Britain in suppressing information about the pandemic amid a propaganda campaign claiming the pandemic is over.

____ (2022-09-12). Ukraine and the Crisis of Media Censorship. transcend.org 2 Sep 2022 – Throughout the Ukraine war, Western news outlets have mindlessly parroted the opinions of a ruling elite and overseen a public discourse that is often unhinged from the real world.

____ (2022-09-12). The Ukraine Proxy War Has Been a Propaganda Win for Interventionists. transcend.org 6 Sep 2022 – Neocon erotica publication The Atlantic has a new article out titled "The Rise of the Liberal Hawks" which is infuriating as much for its sycophantic empire apologia as it is for the fact that much it is entirely correct.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-12). Ukraine's Counteroffensive is a Propaganda "Victory" libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea The propaganda campaign that the imperialists are carrying out around Ukraine is a way of covering up how decrepit and discredited imperialism has truly become. When the imperialists portray Ukraine's recent counteroffensive as a crushing blow against Washington's challengers, they aren't just leaving out how the territories Ukraine took back were of little…

Infobrics (2022-09-12). Massive propaganda machine behind Ukraine fakes. infobrics.org With direct financial backing from the US and NATO, spreading disinformation about Russia has become the mainstay in Western state-run mass media.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-12). Ukraine: The CIA's 75-Year-Old Proxy. libya360.wordpress.com Gerald Sussman Friedrichstrasse, bisected by the Berlin Wall, in 1961. Operation Red Sox dropped 85 CIA agents into Soviet-controlled territory to gather intelligence about Moscow's plans. [Source: politico.com] Joe Biden "is fueling the fire in the Ukraine." — Roger Waters of Pink Floyd It takes a musical artist to cut through the morass of propaganda to…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-12). Russian Regrouping in Kharkov Will Speed Up Battle of Donbass. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR The New York Times has disclosed that the US shared vital intelligence with the Ukrainian military and took part in the preparation of the latter's current "counteroffensive" near Kharkov. No matter the Biden Administration's motivations in publicising its role in what western media is celebrating as a success story — presumably, with…

____ (2022-09-12). Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works. transcend.org 8 Sep 2022 – In an address to the Trondheim World Festival in Norway, John Pilger charts the history of power propaganda and describes how it appropriates journalism in a 'profound imperialism' and is likely to entrap us all, if we allow it.‚Ä®…

John McEvoy (2022-09-12). Recommendation X: Shell's Secret Plan for a Cold War Propaganda Unit. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-09-12). How the US is Breaking Up the EU. journal-neo.org Today the United States, because of the growing global criticism of White House policies, is desperately seeking to maintain its leadership through destructive actions against not only its adversaries, but also allies in all directions. This is evidenced both by the numerous armed conflicts and aggressions around the world instigated by the United States and …

WSWS (2022-09-12). US prosecutors move to exempt classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago from review by special master. wsws.org The Justice Department is asking Judge Aileen Cannon to exempt documents with classification markings from her order temporarily prohibiting the FBI from using evidence seized from Trump's Florida compound in its criminal investigation.

____ (2022-09-12). Ukraine and the Crisis of Media Censorship. transcend.org 2 Sep 2022 – Throughout the Ukraine war, Western news outlets have mindlessly parroted the opinions of a ruling elite and overseen a public discourse that is often unhinged from the real world.

John Pilger (2022-09-12). John Pilger: Silencing the lambs. How propaganda works. greenleft.org.au John Pilger asks: "Isn't it time those who are meant to keep the record straight declared their independence and decoded the propaganda?"

____ (2022-09-12). The Ukraine Proxy War Has Been a Propaganda Win for Interventionists. transcend.org 6 Sep 2022 – Neocon erotica publication The Atlantic has a new article out titled "The Rise of the Liberal Hawks" which is infuriating as much for its sycophantic empire apologia as it is for the fact that much it is entirely correct.

Toward increased Networking (2022-09-12). Online events w) Chomsky, John Clark, Silvia Federici, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Joanna Macy.. indybay.org Here are about 8 online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting at 7: 30 am tomorrow, Sept. 11), featuring people such as adrienne maree brown, Noam Chomsky, John P. Clark, Silvia Federici, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Joanna Macy, Nancy Fraser, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

Infobrics (2022-09-12). Massive propaganda machine behind Ukraine fakes. infobrics.org With direct financial backing from the US and NATO, spreading disinformation about Russia has become the mainstay in Western state-run mass media.

____ (2022-09-12). Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works. transcend.org 8 Sep 2022 – In an address to the Trondheim World Festival in Norway, John Pilger charts the history of power propaganda and describes how it appropriates journalism in a 'profound imperialism' and is likely to entrap us all, if we allow it.‚Ä®…

John McEvoy (2022-09-12). Recommendation X: Shell's Secret Plan for a Cold War Propaganda Unit. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-09-12). US prosecutors move to exempt classified documents seized at Mar-a-Lago from review by special master. wsws.org The Justice Department is asking Judge Aileen Cannon to exempt documents with classification markings from her order temporarily prohibiting the FBI from using evidence seized from Trump's Florida compound in its criminal investigation.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-11). Saudi Arabia's Alleged Involvement in the 9/11 Attacks and the 28 Pages: "Red-Herring", Propaganda Ploy. globalresearch.ca if the Saudis were indeed the State sponsors of 9/11, why on earth did the US and the Atlantic Alliance (under the doctrine of collective security) choose to wage a "Just War" of retribution against Afghanistan. Did they get their countries mixed up?

Contributing Writers (2022-09-11). The Truth about the Soviet Gulag — Surprisingly Revealed by the CIA. marktaliano.net Fact and propaganda have been at odds for over a century, and the prospect that the Big Lie will finally vanish remains slim. Introduction Aleksandr Solhenitsyn, a misguided patriot and unapologetic reactionary was used for many years by the West as a propaganda battering ram against the USSR, and communism in general. "Humanitarian" lies serve to …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-09-11). Saudi Arabia's Alleged Involvement in the 9/11 Attacks and the 28 Pages: "Red-Herring", Propaganda Ploy. globalresearch.ca if the Saudis were indeed the State sponsors of 9/11, why on earth did the US and the Atlantic Alliance (under the doctrine of collective security) choose to wage a "Just War" of retribution against Afghanistan. Did they get their countries mixed up?

Toward increased Networking (2022-09-11). Online events w) Chomsky, John Clark, Silvia Federici, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Joanna Macy.. indybay.org Here are about 8 online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting at 7: 30 am tomorrow, Sept. 11), featuring people such as adrienne maree brown, Noam Chomsky, John P. Clark, Silvia Federici, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Joanna Macy, Nancy Fraser, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

William M Arkin (2022-09-10). Secret Plan Outlines the Unthinkable. America's Post 9/11 Nuclear Doctrine. globalresearch.ca

William M Arkin (2022-09-10). Secret Plan Outlines the Unthinkable. America's Nuclear Doctrine. globalresearch.ca

Richard Horton (2022-09-10). [Comment] Offline: The health of the Uyghur people is all of our concern. thelancet.com Michelle Bachelet's publication on , of an Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, in her final minutes as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, provoked headlines for a day and has since been quietly forgotten. That indifference cannot be tolerated. Her report documents abuses of such severity that all health agencies should intervene to demand information, access, and remedies to the evidence of mistreatment of ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in China.

Larry Chin (2022-09-10). Obama's "Big Lie": White House Propaganda and the "Death" of Osama bin Laden. globalresearch.ca This article was first published in May 2011 following the official announcement of the Obama administration that the Osama bin Laden had been killed. | On the evening of May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama declared that the CIA, on his …