(2022-12-11). How critical journalists are muzzled in Europe. indybay.org Besides the case of Julian Assange, the case of the Basque Pablo González has stood out for almost a year now. Poland wants to keep him in solitary confinement for at least a year without presenting any evidence for the accusations of alleged espionage for Russia. His offense is apparently to have done research in eastern Ukraine, which alarms Ukrainian and Polish intelligence.
(2022-12-10). Report: Dismantling Racism And Militarism In US Foreign Policy. popularresistance.org The prevailing, militaristic conception of "national security" is steeped in racism and perpetuates white supremacy. The Racism-Militarism Paradigm is a way of looking at the world, widely shared among the U.S. policymaking community and much of the public, that arises from a largely unacknowledged doctrine of white supremacy and the necessity of using violence to uphold it. This paradigm establishes a rigid hierarchy, based on race, that values white lives more than any other—at home and abroad. It embraces militarism as the most effective mechanism to guarantee this ordering of society and the world.
(2022-12-10). Untold Political Campaign Tools Of The US: Social Media, COVID-19, Masks … southfront.org 
| Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the U.S. government has been using the anti-epidemic measures as bargaining chips. The America First Legal Foundation (AFL) found out that the government has used social media and NGOs to monitor public opinion, changed the public health policy without scientific evidence. As a result, the US leads the world in confirmed coronavirus cases, and the citizens are at high risk of infection. | The U.S. government attempted to control public opinions through s…
(2022-12-10). [Comment] Race, ethnicity, and ill health: making the non-modifiable modifiable. thelancet.com Associations between minoritised racial and ethnic populations and poorer health outcomes are well documented.1,2 In The Lancet, Jameela Sheikh and colleagues3 contribute to this evidence base with a systematic review and individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis. 51 studies from 20 high-income to upper-middle-income countries, from the International Prediction of Pregnancy Complications (IPPIC) Network, with at least two ethnic or racial categories (White, Black, South Asian, Hispanic, or other), were included.
(2022-12-10). As NYT Staffers Strike, Sanders Calls to Empower Workers Battling Media Giants. truthout.org On the heels of New York Times workers walking off the job, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday made the case for revamping the nation's news media system by giving reporters around the United States the resources necessary to produce high-quality journalism for the benefit of society. In an email to supporters, the Vermont Independent described how profit-maximizing media outlets have undermined… |
(2022-12-09). Musk Gives Right Wingers Access to Internal Twitter Systems to Spread Propaganda. truthout.org Right-wing billionaire Elon Musk has given prominent conservative figures access to Twitter's internal systems this week to create and publicize the so-called Twitter Files — a trove of information that Musk is using to "expose" the social media platform's supposed left-wing bias under its previous management but that, in reality, only serves to spread far right conspiracy theories and propaganda. |
(2022-12-09). 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.
(2022-12-09). Decolonization, Multipolarity And The Demise Of The Monroe Doctrine. popularresistance.org December 3, 2023 will mark the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. It will also mark its obsolescence in the face of popular resistance and the Pink Tide of progressive governments in Latin America that have been elected over the past two and a half decades. The prevailing ideology of these left and left of center movements rejects the "Washington Consensus" and opts for a new consensus based on the decolonization of the political, economic, social and cultural spheres. This consensus is accompanied by encounters and conferences that advance liberatory traditions developed since the 1960's as well as those…
(2022-12-09). Typhoon rips through Western Alaska exposing high cost of climate change. iacenter.org By Paddy Colligan October 6, 2022 A New York Times weekly news quiz Sept. 9 asked which of these climate disasters happened this summer: floods in Pakistan; drought in China; heat wave on the U.S. West Coast; wildfires in Europe; or all of the above. To these are added September's disasters: historic hurricanes in the Caribbean and the southeast U.S. and Typhoon Merbok in Alaska. And the season has just begun. The destructive remnants of Typhoon Merbok are a recent example of an unexpectedly catastrophic weather phenomenon. Typhoon aftermath Merbok formed in cold waters off Japan; it regained power and moisture a…
(2022-12-09). New York Times workers take the 'Paper of Record' to task. therealnews.com 
(2022-12-09). New York Times workers stage a one-day strike. wsws.org Workers expressed a common anger at the arrogance of the Times and the need for working class solidarity.