(2022-10-13). North Korea's October rocket launches: international reactions. journal-neo.org 
Following on from our previous article on the escalation of tensions in October 2022, we will look at the international reaction to North Korea's rocket launches. The first thing that should be noted is that the launches did not cause any particular concern in either Russia or China. There was no outbreak of heated rhetoric …
(2022-10-13). New Evidence Released by Congress Further Confirms Big Oil's Climate Disinformation. commondreams.org The evidence continues to roll in: Fossil fuel polluters cannot be counted on to reform themselves.
(2022-10-13). Contemporary Misanthropy: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. wsws.org It is tempting to find aspects of an author's life in the pages of his or her fiction. In the case of Owens and Where the Crawdads Sing, however, many are treating the novel, which includes a murder mystery, as evidence in an imaginary trial.
(2022-10-12). Manufacturing Consent For The Containment Of China. popularresistance.org The Western media is waging a systematic and ferocious propaganda war against China. In the court of Western public opinion, China stands accused of an array of terrifying crimes: conducting a genocide against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang; wiping out democracy in Hong Kong; militarising the South China Sea; attempting to impose colonial control over Taiwan; carrying out a land grab in Africa; preventing Tibetans and Inner Mongolians from speaking their languages; spying on the good peoples of the democratic world; and more. | Australian scholar Roland Boer has characterised these accusations as "atrocity propaganda…
(2022-10-12). A Guide To Decolonize Language In Conservation. popularresistance.org Scientific evidence shows that Indigenous people understand and manage their environment better than anyone else: 80% of Earth's biodiversity can be found in Indigenous territories. The best way to protect biodiversity is therefore to respect the land rights of Indigenous peoples — the best conservationists. | Nevertheless, the mainstream conservation model today is still, just as in colonial times, "Fortress Conservation": a model that creates militarized Protected Areas accessible only to the wealthy on the lands of Indigenous peoples. This "conservation" is destroying the land and lives of Indigenous peo…
(2022-10-12). Manufacturing Consent for the Containment and Encirclement of China. libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Martinez The following detailed article by Carlos Martinez explores the escalating propaganda war being waged by the imperialist powers against China. Carlos notes that "propaganda wars can also be war propaganda", and that the torrent of anti-China slander has a clear purpose of manufacturing broad public consent for the US-led New Cold War. Carlos…
(2022-10-12). Fact Check: Container Shipping Prices From China To LA Have Collapsed From $20K To $3K. moguldom.com In a sign that a global recession may be coming, the cost to ship containers from China to the West Coast of the U.S. has undergone "extraordinary hemorrhaging," with spot rates halving in the four weeks ending Oct. 7 alone. Freight rates have been falling for months as global trade slows due to reduced demand …
(2022-10-12). To Solve the Crisis Permanently, Force the US to Stop Backing Notorious White Warlords in Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Jafrikayiti The U.S. protected drug trafficker Marc Antoine Acra, who in 2015 imported cocaine and heroin from Colombia to the U.S. Only a Black longshoreman was extradited. The New York Times reported the story only after the statute of limitations expired. Haiti's oligarchy of light skinned, "white" families are the rulers of the country and act…
(2022-10-12). In runup to November elections, Trump Republicans step up anti-Semitic rhetoric. wsws.org While speaking in support of Trump-endorsed candidates this past Sunday at the ex-president's "Save America" rally in Mesa, Arizona, Georgia Representative and self-described Christian nationalist Marjorie Taylor Greene incited political violence and invoked the neo-Nazi "Replacement Theory."
(2022-10-12). More evidence emerges about how unskilled contract labor may have contributed to deadly fire at BP Husky refinery in Ohio. wsws.org According to building trades workers, BP replaced as many as three-quarters of its unionized workforce with lesser skilled, nonunion contractors to do critical maintenance and repair work just weeks before the catastrophe.
(2022-10-12). Sobre un texto (orweliano) de øartistas e intelectuales? cubadebate.cu Los llamados "adjetivos disuasivos" son palabras y expresiones que por su contundencia y negativismo no admiten réplica ni razonamiento lógico -lo mismo que cuando te arrojan piedras-; y, en consecuencia, excluyen cualquier matiz y forma de trámite inteligente. Son propios de la propaganda y la desinformación mediática: politiquería, por así decirlo; de modo que es muy perturbador verlos como recurso lingàºístico constante en quien se autodenomina intelectual.
(2022-10-11). Evolving Big Brains Only To Go Extinct From Stupidity: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | It's really too bad that anyone who thinks it might be a good idea to stop exponentially escalating this proxy war is an evil Nazi Putin propagandist, because things are NEW: Russia unleashes fury over bridge "terrorism" by targeting Ukrainian cities this morning. George Beebe: this is the spiral of violence we have been warning about. MORE: — Responsible…