Daily Archives: March 24, 2023

2023-03-24: News Headlines

Alan Macleod (2023-03-24). Iran International: Inside the "Saudi-Funded" Network Promoting Regime Change in Iran. mintpressnews.com Iran International: Alan Macleod reveals how a network of Western and Saudi interests converged to create the ultimate propaganda tool in a failed bid to overthrow the government of Iran.

ecns.cn (2023-03-24). U.S. propaganda hides truth of Iraq's war: Al Jazeera columnists. ecns.cn U.S. military invasion of Iraq 20 years ago was largely framed in news media to meet strategic objectives, and the skewed media narratives continue to hide many truths, said an opinion piece published on the website of Al Jazeera on Monday.

Sonja Van den Ende (2023-03-23). ICC Arrest Warrant Issued to Putin is Hypocritical Propaganda Stunt Aimed to Distract from Growing Protests Against Ukraine War. covertactionmagazine.com With large-scale protests against war and austerity engulfing the streets of Western (EU) countries, the political elite, in full-fledged panic mode, launched a propaganda stunt by indicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Lvova-Belova is the Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights. She and Putin are accused of kidnapping …

Ramona Wadi (2023-03-24). Israel's new Cycles of forcibly displacing Palestinians. juancole.com Ramona Wadi ( Middle East Monitor ) — US President Joe Biden placed much emphasis on rhetorically opposing Israel's settlement expansion. Hence the reaction from Washington over the Israeli Knesset passing the second and third readings of the Disengagement Law that would allow resettlement of Jewish Israelis in four previously vacated illegal settlement areas in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Ambassador to the US …

Latino Rebels (2023-03-23). LGBTQ Rights Under Attack. latinorebels.com Julio welcomes Karma Chavez, professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and author of 'Queer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities,' to discuss the current legislative assaults on LGBTQ rights.

WSWS (2023-03-23). The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 1. wsws.org The pseudo-left's hostility to public health and support for imperialism found sharp expression in their universal demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.

Alan Macleod (2023-03-24). Iran International: Inside the "Saudi-Funded" Network Promoting Regime Change in Iran. mintpressnews.com Iran International: Alan Macleod reveals how a network of Western and Saudi interests converged to create the ultimate propaganda tool in a failed bid to overthrow the government of Iran.

ecns.cn (2023-03-24). U.S. propaganda hides truth of Iraq's war: Al Jazeera columnists. ecns.cn U.S. military invasion of Iraq 20 years ago was largely framed in news media to meet strategic objectives, and the skewed media narratives continue to hide many truths, said an opinion piece published on the website of Al Jazeera on Monday.

Sonja Van den Ende (2023-03-23). ICC Arrest Warrant Issued to Putin is Hypocritical Propaganda Stunt Aimed to Distract from Growing Protests Against Ukraine War. covertactionmagazine.com With large-scale protests against war and austerity engulfing the streets of Western (EU) countries, the political elite, in full-fledged panic mode, launched a propaganda stunt by indicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Lvova-Belova is the Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights. She and Putin are accused of kidnapping …

Ramona Wadi (2023-03-24). Israel's new Cycles of forcibly displacing Palestinians. juancole.com Ramona Wadi ( Middle East Monitor ) — US President Joe Biden placed much emphasis on rhetorically opposing Israel's settlement expansion. Hence the reaction from Washington over the Israeli Knesset passing the second and third readings of the Disengagement Law that would allow resettlement of Jewish Israelis in four previously vacated illegal settlement areas in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Ambassador to the US …

Latino Rebels (2023-03-23). LGBTQ Rights Under Attack. latinorebels.com Julio welcomes Karma Chavez, professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and author of 'Queer Migration Politics: Activist Rhetoric and Coalitional Possibilities,' to discuss the current legislative assaults on LGBTQ rights.

WSWS (2023-03-23). The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 1. wsws.org The pseudo-left's hostility to public health and support for imperialism found sharp expression in their universal demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.

ecns.cn (2023-03-24). Consumers warned of bogus product reviews. ecns.cn China's consumer association has warned people about being misled by vloggers on social media who review consumer products, saying that some of them offer misleading information or may have conflicts of interest or may be deliberately influencing buyers for their own commercial gain.

Staff (2023-03-24). Cop City: Judge Denies Bond to People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Police Training Facility. democracynow.org In Atlanta, a judge has denied bond for 8 of the people indiscriminately arrested at a music festival against the proposed "Cop City" police training facility in the Weelaunee Forest. Jailed since March 5, they are charged with domestic terrorism based on scant evidence like muddy clothes or simply being in the area at the time of the festival. We're joined by Micah Herskind, an Atlanta community organizer, who calls the charges "political prosecutions" and a blatant "attempt to repress this social movement that is trying to stop Cop City."…

_____ (2023-03-23). Seymour Hersh Accuses U.S. of Nord Stream 'Cover Up'. strategic-culture.org In a follow-up to his explosive story accusing U.S. President Joe Biden of ordering the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, veteran U.S. journalist Seymour Hersh charged Wednesday that the White House — in collaboration with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz — is attempting a "cover-up of its operation" by "feeding" false alternative narratives to the press, most prominently The New York Times.

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-03-23). CovertAction Bulletin — Islamophobia and Imperialism: 20 years after the invasion of Iraq. covertactionmagazine.com In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Islamophobia became a sort of unofficial religion in the United States. Vigilante street attacks on Muslim people became common. The government surveilled mosques and community centers. Over two decades later, the situation doesn't seem much different. Resistance to bringing refugees from Syria into the U.S. based entirely in racism and Islamophobia. As we mark the 20th anniversary of the war in Iraq in March 2023, the New York Times' major retrospective piece barely mentions the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians who died, and says nothing about its own role in the war or t…

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