_____ (2023-06-19). Another Act of Terror—How the Media Do PR for Biden and Zelensky. transcend.org 14 Jun 2023 – Coverage of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and Nord Stream Pipelines shows a western media willing to prioritise anti-Russian propaganda over facts.

Sara Flounders (2023-06-19). Eyewitness Xinjiang: the reality vs. U.S. propaganda. workers.org The author is a co-director of the International Action Center and a contributing editor to Workers World newspaper. A slightly abridged version of this article was published in Global Times. U.S. imperialism's hostility to China is increasing — with military threats, new rounds of sanctions and increasingly wild fabrications. The . . . |

Staff (2023-06-19). President Petro of Colombia Warns of Resurgent Far-Right in Europe, Drawing Parallels to Pre-Nazi Era. orinocotribune.com Colombian President Gustavo Petro, reflecting on his official visit to Germany, has identified the growth of the extreme right in Spain and throughout Europe as very similar to the scenario of 1933 when Adolf Hitler rose to power as the head of the Nazi party. | According to the Colombian president, who was the keynote speaker in a conference organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation, "today, we have a European left that doesn't know what to do while fascism is advancing. I could see it in the streets of Madrid, while they organized protests against me, for being Latin American, for my brown skin, for…

WSWS (2023-06-20). China's second wave of COVID infections, deaths, Long COVID, and government lies: Conclusion. wsws.org The mass suffering and deaths from China's second COVID-19 wave has been met with virtually complete silence in the corporate media and pseudo-left outlets internationally.

Brittani Banks (2023-06-19). When Corporate Media Fail, Independent Media Rise Up. independentmediainstitute.org

Staff (2023-06-19). "Get Down to Business": Harry Belafonte in 2016 on Trump, Socialism & Fighting for Justice. democracynow.org We continue our Juneteenth special with more from Harry Belafonte, the legendary actor, singer and civil rights activist, who died in April at the age of 96. Belafonte last appeared on Democracy Now! in 2016 at a special event at the historic Riverside Church in New York to celebrate Democracy Now!'s 20th anniversary. He co-headlined the event with Noam Chomsky. It was the first time they had done a public event together. Belafonte spoke about Donald Trump, who had just been elected president, and ongoing struggles for freedom and justice in the United States. "We just have to get out our old coats, dus…

Larry Johnson (2023-06-19). Another Delusional Propagandist — Meet Owen Matthews. sonar21.com I am hesitant to give any publicity to someone who traffics in lies, but this recent piece by Owen Matthews in The Spectator is so egregious and so out of…

La Izquierda Diario Argentina, Left Voice. (2023-06-20). Protests In Greece After 79 Migrants Killed, Hundreds Missing In Shipwreck. popularresistance.org Protests erupted on Thursday against the Greek Government for failing to rescue hundreds of migrants off the coast of Pylos in a tragic shipwreck on the Peloponnese Coast which took the lives of at least 79 migrants, with hundreds still missing. In response, anti-racist organizations, unions, and other groups demonstrated in cities across the country, including in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Kardista, and Kalamata. Signs included slogans such as "They turned the Mediterranean into a watery grave" and "We will never get used to the slaughter," condemning both Greek and European migration and refugee policy.

Hal McNulty (2023-06-19). The Weekly Round-up: Covid Inquiry, Abortion law, Sue Carr as Lord Chief Justice. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news: The inquiry into the government's handling of Covid has begun hearing evidence in public. The first topic of discussion, Chair Baroness Hallett's Module 1, is pandemic preparedness. Hugo Keith KC, Lead Counsel to the Inquiry, told the hearing that the impact of lockdowns on society had not been planned for, while arrangements …

Brittani Banks (2023-06-19). Right-Wing Indoctrination in Charter Schools at Taxpayer Expense. independentmediainstitute.org Charges that public schools are subjecting children to leftwing indoctrination are proving to be mostly over-hyped or not at all based in fact. Yet, there's evidence, according to a new report, that a fast-growing sector of the charter school industry is engaged in indoctrination, only, in this case, the schools are instructing children in white, …

infobrics (2023-06-19). Further evidence pointing to Biden family shady businesses in Ukraine emerge. infobrics.org Far from being a concern only to the police authorities in both Ukraine and the US, not to mention the tabloids everywhere, the "Ukrainian-American corruption factor" has deep geopolitical and geoeconomic implications.

Robert Hunziker (2023-06-19). Planetary Heat is Happening Fast, and Faster. dissidentvoice.org The evidence is starting to build that all bets are off on predictions that humanity has a decade, or more, of clear sailing before global warming turns vicious enough to run roughshod over climate change deniers and the mean-spirited, anti-climate-change Republican Party. Voters better smarten up by 2024 or suffer the consequences. At least the …

Richard Heinberg, Resilience. (2023-06-19). Polycrisis, Unraveling, Simplification, Or Collapse. popularresistance.org Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the resulting disruption of multiple global supply chains, policy think tanks have increasingly adopted the term polycrisis to signify humanity's destabilized status quo. The World Economic Forum's 2023 Global Risk Report uses the newish word 13 times in 90 pages. Scholars from a range of disciplines (including Columbia University historian Adam Tooze) have written about the polycrisis, and both Cascade Institute and Omega Institute have published papers and reports on it. The Cascade Institute notes that "a global polycrisis occurs when…

Chip Gibbons, Jacobin. (2023-06-19). Daniel Ellsberg, American Hero. popularresistance.org Few people can say their actions helped to strengthen press freedom, end a war, and bring down a presidency. Daniel Ellsberg, who died today at the age of ninety-two, did just that. | Ellsberg came to public prominence in 1971 when he photocopied a secret history of US involvement in the Vietnam War, what became known as the "Pentagon Papers," and gave a copy to the New York Times. The New York Times' decision to publish the papers set off a landmark press freedom battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. | Ellsberg became the first whistleblower indicted under the Espionage Act.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-19). NYT: Western Countries Have Sent Broken Weapons to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reported Monday that the US and its Western allies have shipped weapons to Ukraine that were broken and needed repair or were only useful for spare parts. The report also said that Ukraine has not received weapons from contractors that it has paid for. As of the end of 2022, the …

Editor (2023-06-19). Trump charges: why 'unprecedented'? mronline.org "It is hard to overstate the gravity of the criminal indictment", the New York Times editorial board wrote on 9 June, noting Trump's "contempt for the rule of law".

Sara Flounders (2023-06-19). Eyewitness Xinjiang: the reality vs. U.S. propaganda. workers.org The author is a co-director of the International Action Center and a contributing editor to Workers World newspaper. A slightly abridged version of this article was published in Global Times. U.S. imperialism's hostility to China is increasing — with military threats, new rounds of sanctions and increasingly wild fabrications. The . . . |

_____ (2023-06-19). Another Act of Terror—How the Media Do PR for Biden and Zelensky. transcend.org 14 Jun 2023 – Coverage of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and Nord Stream Pipelines shows a western media willing to prioritise anti-Russian propaganda over facts.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-18). Lies, Damn Lies, and UFOs: Deciphering the Truth Hidden Amid Decades of Propaganda. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by J.B. Shurk. Originally published by Has the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe finally been answered? In what appears to be a well-coordinated disclosure campaign, several knowledgeable "insiders" have recently made public statements claiming that "ET" is real and has been visiting Earth for decades. | In mid-May, Stanford Medical Professor Garry Nolan caused a stir during…

_____ (2023-06-18). Troubling questions surround BBC 'disinformation correspondent' Marianna Spring. strategic-culture.org Little is known about the history of Marianna Spring, the BBC's first "disinformation correspondent." But her record of churning out disinfo of her own in the service of British government objectives sends a bright red flag up over the new Verify project | By Kit KLARENBERG |

Brittani Banks (2023-06-19). When Corporate Media Fail, Independent Media Rise Up. independentmediainstitute.org

Staff (2023-06-19). "Get Down to Business": Harry Belafonte in 2016 on Trump, Socialism & Fighting for Justice. democracynow.org We continue our Juneteenth special with more from Harry Belafonte, the legendary actor, singer and civil rights activist, who died in April at the age of 96. Belafonte last appeared on Democracy Now! in 2016 at a special event at the historic Riverside Church in New York to celebrate Democracy Now!'s 20th anniversary. He co-headlined the event with Noam Chomsky. It was the first time they had done a public event together. Belafonte spoke about Donald Trump, who had just been elected president, and ongoing struggles for freedom and justice in the United States. "We just have to get out our old coats, dus…

Larry Johnson (2023-06-19). Another Delusional Propagandist — Meet Owen Matthews. sonar21.com I am hesitant to give any publicity to someone who traffics in lies, but this recent piece by Owen Matthews in The Spectator is so egregious and so out of…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-19). Further Evidence Pointing To Biden Family Shady Businesses In Ukraine Emerge. southfront.org Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | US Republican Senator Chuck Grassley

Hal McNulty (2023-06-19). The Weekly Round-up: Covid Inquiry, Abortion law, Sue Carr as Lord Chief Justice. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news: The inquiry into the government's handling of Covid has begun hearing evidence in public. The first topic of discussion, Chair Baroness Hallett's Module 1, is pandemic preparedness. Hugo Keith KC, Lead Counsel to the Inquiry, told the hearing that the impact of lockdowns on society had not been planned for, while arrangements …

Brittani Banks (2023-06-19). Right-Wing Indoctrination in Charter Schools at Taxpayer Expense. independentmediainstitute.org Charges that public schools are subjecting children to leftwing indoctrination are proving to be mostly over-hyped or not at all based in fact. Yet, there's evidence, according to a new report, that a fast-growing sector of the charter school industry is engaged in indoctrination, only, in this case, the schools are instructing children in white, …

Robert Hunziker (2023-06-19). Planetary Heat is Happening Fast, and Faster. dissidentvoice.org The evidence is starting to build that all bets are off on predictions that humanity has a decade, or more, of clear sailing before global warming turns vicious enough to run roughshod over climate change deniers and the mean-spirited, anti-climate-change Republican Party. Voters better smarten up by 2024 or suffer the consequences. At least the …

Jorge Sellare, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-06-18). Five Facts About Producer Organizations And Rural Development. popularresistance.org Producer organizations (POs) receive substantial attention and policy support, given their potential to contribute to pro-poor rural development. Here, we first synthesize decades of empirical research in the form of five stylized facts—common and largely unchallenged conclusions—about POs. Then, we explore these stylized facts using several secondary and primary data sets. We confirm some stylized facts, challenge others, and highlight which ones lack empirical evidence to derive policy implications and directions for future research. We highlight largely overlooked low and regionally biased particip…

Richard Heinberg, Resilience. (2023-06-19). Polycrisis, Unraveling, Simplification, Or Collapse. popularresistance.org Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the resulting disruption of multiple global supply chains, policy think tanks have increasingly adopted the term polycrisis to signify humanity's destabilized status quo. The World Economic Forum's 2023 Global Risk Report uses the newish word 13 times in 90 pages. Scholars from a range of disciplines (including Columbia University historian Adam Tooze) have written about the polycrisis, and both Cascade Institute and Omega Institute have published papers and reports on it. The Cascade Institute notes that "a global polycrisis occurs when…

WSWS (2023-06-18). Communication Workers Union political smear of World Socialist Web Site falls flat on its face. wsws.org This is the second attack by the CWU on the WSWS on its Twitter page. Its first attempt at red baiting came in the wake of announcing the joint statement on a "negotiators agreement" with Royal Mail on April 15, in its first attempt to end the national dispute by 115,000 postal workers.

Chip Gibbons, Jacobin. (2023-06-19). Daniel Ellsberg, American Hero. popularresistance.org Few people can say their actions helped to strengthen press freedom, end a war, and bring down a presidency. Daniel Ellsberg, who died today at the age of ninety-two, did just that. | Ellsberg came to public prominence in 1971 when he photocopied a secret history of US involvement in the Vietnam War, what became known as the "Pentagon Papers," and gave a copy to the New York Times. The New York Times' decision to publish the papers set off a landmark press freedom battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. | Ellsberg became the first whistleblower indicted under the Espionage Act.

Editor (2023-06-19). Trump charges: why 'unprecedented'? mronline.org "It is hard to overstate the gravity of the criminal indictment", the New York Times editorial board wrote on 9 June, noting Trump's "contempt for the rule of law".

Richard Heinberg, Resilience. (2023-06-19). Polycrisis, Unraveling, Simplification, Or Collapse. popularresistance.org Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the resulting disruption of multiple global supply chains, policy think tanks have increasingly adopted the term polycrisis to signify humanity's destabilized status quo. The World Economic Forum's 2023 Global Risk Report uses the newish word 13 times in 90 pages. Scholars from a range of disciplines (including Columbia University historian Adam Tooze) have written about the polycrisis, and both Cascade Institute and Omega Institute have published papers and reports on it. The Cascade Institute notes that "a global polycrisis occurs when…

WSWS (2023-06-18). Communication Workers Union political smear of World Socialist Web Site falls flat on its face. wsws.org This is the second attack by the CWU on the WSWS on its Twitter page. Its first attempt at red baiting came in the wake of announcing the joint statement on a "negotiators agreement" with Royal Mail on April 15, in its first attempt to end the national dispute by 115,000 postal workers.

Chip Gibbons, Jacobin. (2023-06-19). Daniel Ellsberg, American Hero. popularresistance.org Few people can say their actions helped to strengthen press freedom, end a war, and bring down a presidency. Daniel Ellsberg, who died today at the age of ninety-two, did just that. | Ellsberg came to public prominence in 1971 when he photocopied a secret history of US involvement in the Vietnam War, what became known as the "Pentagon Papers," and gave a copy to the New York Times. The New York Times' decision to publish the papers set off a landmark press freedom battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. | Ellsberg became the first whistleblower indicted under the Espionage Act.

Editor (2023-06-19). Trump charges: why 'unprecedented'? mronline.org "It is hard to overstate the gravity of the criminal indictment", the New York Times editorial board wrote on 9 June, noting Trump's "contempt for the rule of law".

Matt Orfalea (2023-06-17). Bombshell Video: The "COVID Pandemic" Was the Result of Extensive Media Propaganda: "Nobody Is Safe, BE AFRAID!" globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-06-17). The Enduring Traumas of War Scares for the United States and Russia. strategic-culture.org By Melvin GOODMAN | Surprise attacks lead to enduring traumas for the country under attack. This was true for the United States after Pearl Harbor in 1941 and continues to this day following the 9/11 attacks in New York City and Washington. The same was true for Russia in the wake of Operation Barbarossa, the German codename for Hitler's surprise attack in June 1941 against the Soviet Union. The German attack was the worst military disaster in Russian history, far more damaging than the Napoleonic invasion and the setbacks in World War I. | Russian President Putin and his populace are obsessed with the lessons of…

Shane Quinn (2023-06-17). History of World War II: Operation Barbarossa, the Allied Firebombing of German Cities and Japan's Early Conquests. globalresearch.ca The Soviets' ability to absorb and eventually overcome the Wehrmacht's blows saved humanity from the nightmare of a Nazi victory, in which case Adolf Hitler would have held dominance over much of Eurasia and perhaps further afield.

JANET (2023-06-17). Corporate media slanders China, Cuba: A lie so blatant even the Pentagon must deny it. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders June 16, 2023 The U.S. corporate media creates such unbelievable fabrications that sometimes the Pentagon and the U.S. war planners must reject them. Anyone who disbelieved Cuba and China's denial of the Wall Street Journal's charge that China paid Cuba billions of dollars for a spy base in Cuba was quickly proved wrong. The Hill, a publication that claims to be "a top U.S. political website, read by the White House and more lawmakers than any other site," reported that the Pentagon also denied the accuracy of the WSJ report! Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder called the WSJ re…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-17). Climate Related News: The only people concerned about "climate change" are those who do their own research. expose-news.com How to make climate data look scary. ESG is explained in simple terms. Multiple arrests for arson in Canada which corporate media diligently ignores in favour of "climate change." The climate cult …

Xavier Villar, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-17). President Raisi's Latin America Tour Aims To Build Solidarity. popularresistance.org Several experts have emphasized that this visit aims to highlight similarities between the Islamic Republic and the three Latin American countries, particularly in their political stance towards the West. | It's important here to explain the political similarities between them from a historical perspective with a focus on the connection between Western ideology and colonialism. | To understand the critique of the colonial project from an external perspective to the Western discourse, it is essential to grasp this ontological relationship between the West and colonialism..

Anonymous669 (2023-06-17). Putin: Russia Has More Nuclear Weapons Than All NATO Countries. southfront.org © Sergey Bobylev/TASS | Russia will use its nuclear weapons only if faced with an existential threat, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 16. | Answering a question on his stance on using tactical, low-yield nuclear weapons as a deterrent, Putin stressed that his attitude about the idea of using such weapons was "negative" and pointed to Moscow's nuclear doctrine."Nuclear weapons are created to ensure our security in…

JANET (2023-06-17). Who bombed Nova Kakhovka Dam? Who benefits? iacenter.org By Otis Grotewohl June 14, 2023 Areas of flood damage (in pink) are in Russian-controlled territories. The Nova Kakhovka Dam, a hydroelectric dam located in southern Ukraine, was destroyed on June 7. Evidence suggests the dam was intentionally attacked. Its demolition led to mass flooding and ecological destruction. Many fear the toxins and debris that have been released will cause harm for years to come. The damage particularly affects thousands of people residing in 35 settlements located in the region around Kherson. Most of these residents have been displaced from their homes. Despite this fact, Western media…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-17). Covid Related News: Discrimination against unvaccinated Australians is deadly while the dangers of covid injections continue to be revealed. expose-news.com Australia's stance to not treat an unvaccinated child is nothing short of criminal in light of the ever-growing mountain of evidence from across the world of the harm and deaths caused by …

Janine Jackson, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-06-17). Despite Legalization, Those Harmed The Most Are Not Able To Benefit. popularresistance.org As media critics, we encourage people to write letters to the editor, noting that even if your letter doesn't run, it may help another letter with a similar point get in. Because a paper that gets one letter may not feel obliged to represent that view, but if they get 20, they may figure they should run one. | All of which is to say, the New York Times must have got a boatload of letters scoffing at columnist Ross Douthat's sad sack May 17 piece about how legalizing marijuana is a big mistake, not least because his opposition to it is making people call him a "square." | Unsurprisingly, Douthat isn't being a prin…

Brittani Banks (2023-06-16). Replacing the Capitalist Dream of AI-Driven Profits. independentmediainstitute.org Artificial intelligence (AI) and how it's going to change the world is a popular topic of conversation these days. There is concern that it will generate ever-more deceptive imagery that can upend people's lives or create propaganda that can fuel mass fear. There's the ultimate fear of human extinction from the increasingly sophisticated evolution of …

Jonathan Cook (2023-06-16). Russia-Ukraine war: Another act of terror met by western media silence. mronline.org Coverage of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam and Nord Stream pipelines shows a western media willing to prioritise anti-Russian propaganda over facts.

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-06-16). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".

WSWS (2023-06-16). China's second wave of COVID-19 infections, deaths, debilitation, and government lies: Part 1. wsws.org Amid this deepening crisis, Chinese public health officials have sought to allay fears by recycling the same propaganda and lies first promoted by the Western imperialist powers.

Mark Valencia (2023-06-16). Questioning the Quad's Rhetoric. asia-pacificresearch.com

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-16). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-06-16). When corporate media fail, independent media rise up. nationofchange.org Corporate media outlets have often furthered racist narratives, and do so even today. In contrast, independent media outlets have centered racial justice, offering platforms to marginalized communities.

Sara Flounders (2023-06-16). Corporate media slanders China, Cuba: A lie so blatant even the Pentagon must deny it. workers.org The U.S. corporate media creates such unbelievable fabrications that sometimes the Pentagon and the U.S. war planners must reject them. Anyone who disbelieved Cuba and China's denial of the Wall Street Journal's charge that China paid Cuba billions of dollars for a spy base in Cuba was quickly proved wrong. . . . |

teleSUR (2023-06-16). Shooting and Fire Leave Six Dead in Us State of Tennessee. telesurenglish.net Six people, including three children, were found dead Friday after a shooting and house fire in the U.S. state of Tennessee, according to media reports. | RELATED: | The apparent murder-suicide occurred at 21: 00 local time Thursday in the unincorporated area known as Sequatchie, reported WTVC-TV, a television station in Chattanooga, Tennessee. | When officers responded to a report of a shooting at the residence, th…

Xavier Villar, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-06-17). President Raisi's Latin America Tour Aims To Build Solidarity. popularresistance.org Several experts have emphasized that this visit aims to highlight similarities between the Islamic Republic and the three Latin American countries, particularly in their political stance towards the West. | It's important here to explain the political similarities between them from a historical perspective with a focus on the connection between Western ideology and colonialism. | To understand the critique of the colonial project from an external perspective to the Western discourse, it is essential to grasp this ontological relationship between the West and colonialism..

Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News. (2023-06-16). China And Palestine: No To 'Piecemeal Crisis Management'. popularresistance.org Remarks by China's United Nations Ambassador, Geng Shuang, on the situation in Occupied Palestine on May 24 were impeccable in terms of their consistency with international law. | Compared to the United States' position, which perceives the UN, and particularly the Security Council, as a battleground to defend Israeli interests, the Chinese political discourse reflects a legal stance based on a deep understanding of the realities on the ground. | Articulating the Chinese thinking during a UNSC 'Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine Question,' Geng did not mince his words.

Anonymous669 (2023-06-17). Putin: Russia Has More Nuclear Weapons Than All NATO Countries. southfront.org © Sergey Bobylev/TASS | Russia will use its nuclear weapons only if faced with an existential threat, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 16. | Answering a question on his stance on using tactical, low-yield nuclear weapons as a deterrent, Putin stressed that his attitude about the idea of using such weapons was "negative" and pointed to Moscow's nuclear doctrine."Nuclear weapons are created to ensure our security in…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-16). Yuri Bezmenov: The four stages of Marxist ideological subversion. expose-news.com In an interview with G. Edward Griffin in 1984, former KGB informant and Soviet journalist Yuri Bezmenov discussed the four stages of "ideological subversion" created by radical Marxists to indoctrinate and weaken …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-17). Covid Related News: Discrimination against unvaccinated Australians is deadly while the dangers of covid injections continue to be revealed. expose-news.com Australia's stance to not treat an unvaccinated child is nothing short of criminal in light of the ever-growing mountain of evidence from across the world of the harm and deaths caused by …

Janine Jackson, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-06-17). Despite Legalization, Those Harmed The Most Are Not Able To Benefit. popularresistance.org As media critics, we encourage people to write letters to the editor, noting that even if your letter doesn't run, it may help another letter with a similar point get in. Because a paper that gets one letter may not feel obliged to represent that view, but if they get 20, they may figure they should run one. | All of which is to say, the New York Times must have got a boatload of letters scoffing at columnist Ross Douthat's sad sack May 17 piece about how legalizing marijuana is a big mistake, not least because his opposition to it is making people call him a "square." | Unsurprisingly, Douthat isn't being a prin…

Bill Scheuerman, Sid Plotkin (2023-06-16). Labor Movement Means More Than Unions. dissidentvoice.org Since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, headlines have focused on union organizing victories at Starbucks and Amazon. But a recent New York Times story declaring "New York Delivery Workers Are Getting a Bump in Pay" reminds us that workers outside the union movement are part of the labor movement too. However important, unions are …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-16). Legendary whistleblower and anti-war activist Daniel Ellsberg passes at 92. peoplesdispatch.org Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who made history in 1971 by releasing the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of the US military's invasion of Vietnam, passed away peacefully in his home in California on June 16. | The Pentagon Papers, a report prepared by the US government, revealed that the US state had lied to its people about the scope of the Vietnam War. The US had not bombed and invaded Vietnam to save the Vietnamese from communism, the papers revealed. | The New York Times was the first major newspaper to publish the papers, but others of its standing followed suit shortly after. The massive revelations…

WSWS (2023-06-16). China's second wave of COVID-19 infections, deaths, debilitation, and government lies: Part 1. wsws.org Amid this deepening crisis, Chinese public health officials have sought to allay fears by recycling the same propaganda and lies first promoted by the Western imperialist powers.

Mark Valencia (2023-06-16). Questioning the Quad's Rhetoric. asia-pacificresearch.com

Finian Cunningham (2023-06-15). NATO's Luftwaffe More Than an Echo of Nazi Operation Barbarossa. thealtworld.com If they were around, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goering and Adolf Hitler would be cheering on their NATO incarnation — albeit 82 years too late. | The NATO military alliance holds its largest-ever air force maneuvers since the bloc was formed 74 years ago. From June 12-23, the German Luftwaffe The United States will deploy the most warplanes out of the 25 participating NATO partners. But Germany is th…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-06-16). When corporate media fail, independent media rise up. nationofchange.org Corporate media outlets have often furthered racist narratives, and do so even today. In contrast, independent media outlets have centered racial justice, offering platforms to marginalized communities.

Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News. (2023-06-16). China And Palestine: No To 'Piecemeal Crisis Management'. popularresistance.org Remarks by China's United Nations Ambassador, Geng Shuang, on the situation in Occupied Palestine on May 24 were impeccable in terms of their consistency with international law. | Compared to the United States' position, which perceives the UN, and particularly the Security Council, as a battleground to defend Israeli interests, the Chinese political discourse reflects a legal stance based on a deep understanding of the realities on the ground. | Articulating the Chinese thinking during a UNSC 'Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine Question,' Geng did not mince his words.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-16). Yuri Bezmenov: The four stages of Marxist ideological subversion. expose-news.com In an interview with G. Edward Griffin in 1984, former KGB informant and Soviet journalist Yuri Bezmenov discussed the four stages of "ideological subversion" created by radical Marxists to indoctrinate and weaken …

Ann Brown (2023-06-15). Fact Check: Over 90% Of California Pot Farms Are Infected With 'Severe' Pathogen. moguldom.com Pot farms in California are under attack. According to a new report, more than 90 percent of the state's cannabis farms are infected with a "severe" pathogen. After growing invisibly for months, an infectious pathogen called hop-latent viroid, or HLVd, is now ravishing cannabis plants and spoiling crops, causing billions of dollars in damages to …

Sam Knight (2023-06-15). GOP Is Trying to Slash Food Aid to Kids Who Are Already Struggling to Access It. truthout.org A crucial form of federal nutritional assistance failed to reach the majority of eligible young children in recent years, even as conservative lawmakers have tried to smear public benefits recipients and further curtail their access to food aid. A study published last month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) found that in 2018, 53.4 percent of kids between the ages of 1 and 4 weren't… |

Sara Flounders, Worker's World. (2023-06-15). A Visit To Xinjiang, China. popularresistance.org Xinjiang, People's Republic of China – U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. | One focus of the trip was a visit to Xinjiang (pronounced Shinjaang) province to gather video footage and interviews that give a more realistic picture of this vast and quickly modernizing, multiethnic region. Footage for the documentary, currently named "Voice of Xinjiang," focuses on an area with 4,000 years of history, which is at the center of the ancient Silk Road that today…

Sara Flounders, Worker's World. (2023-06-15). A visit to Xinjiang, China Accomplishments belie U.S. propaganda. popularresistance.org U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. | One focus of the trip was a visit to Xinjiang (pronounced Shinjaang) province to gather video footage and interviews that give a more realistic picture of this vast and quickly modernizing, multiethnic region. Footage for the documentary, currently named "Voice of Xinjiang," focuses on an area with 4,000 years of history, which is at the center of the ancient Silk Road that today is a major hub in China's ambitious B…

Sara Flounders (2023-06-14). A Visit to Xinjiang, China. Accomplishments Belie U.S. Propaganda. globalresearch.ca

Abdel Bari Atwan (2023-06-14). Is Israel on the warpath, again? thealtworld.com Successive could prompt Netanyahu to lash out — and trigger an un-survivable all-out conflictsetbacks | I have learned from experience to closely scrutinise any statements made by Hezbollah leaders, especially Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah. When they make threats, they do not do so idly or for propaganda or publicity reasons. They do it to send out specific messages, to both friends and enemies, and demonstrate their readiness to confront dangers they see coming, perhaps imminently. | In an interview with the Iranian Tasnim news agency published on Monday , Hashem Safieddine head of Hezbollah's executive council,…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-14). A record 110 million across the globe are forcibly displaced, says UNHCR report. peoplesdispatch.org The report claims that today, one in every 74 people is displaced due to reasons ranging from war and conflict to climate change. Contrary to the rhetoric of refugees flooding Europe, the majority of them (over 76%) is being hosted by middle or low income countries…

WSWS (2023-06-14). Stop the ILWU's threats of blacklisting against workers for talking with reporters! wsws.org A local president in the San Diego area has doubled down on threats against workers' jobs the day after an initial outburst was caught on video.

Otis Grotewohl (2023-06-15). Who bombed Nova Kakhovka Dam? Who benefits? workers.org Areas of flood damage (in pink) are in Russian-controlled territories. The Nova Kakhovka Dam, a hydroelectric dam located in southern Ukraine, was destroyed on June 7. Evidence suggests the dam was intentionally attacked. Its demolition led to mass flooding and ecological destruction. Many fear the toxins and debris that have . . . |

Joel Wendland-Liu (2023-06-14). New book studies why Black women turned to the Communist Party in 1930s. peoplesworld.org In her innovative study of four Midwestern cities during the Depression era, historian Melissa Ford reveals an emergent pattern of social crisis, involvement, and Black women's radical activism. A Brick and a Bible examines the evidence and creates a framework for understanding this tradition of social action by Black women, naming it "Midwestern Black radicalism." …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-14). Marianna Spring boasted about investigating the "UK conspiracy movement" and got fact-checked by a "nobody" expose-news.com Alan has been blocked by Marianna Spring, the face of BBC Verify, on Twitter. It seems she struggles with dealing with evidence and data. She obviously can't process facts and figures or …

Kathy Kelly (2023-06-14). Norman Solomon's 'War Made Invisible' Refutes Collusion with War Makers. progressive.org Norman Solomon's new book, 'War Made Invisible,' presents evidence showing consistent, well-funded efforts to squelch movements opposing the vicious consequences of war. He asks why people often identify more with the bombers than with the bombed.

Ali Abunimah (2023-06-14). Official broke rules by smearing Asa Winstanley, EU admits. electronicintifada.net Johannes Bà∂rmann falsely claimed EI editor was expelled from Labour for anti-Semitism.

Fight Back (2023-06-14). Analysis: Our perspective on the Chicago elections. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Our perspective on the elections must be based on a sober, scientific analysis that assesses the relationship of forces in this moment in order to find the pathway forward. We believe that objective social relations in the final analysis is what determines subjective evaluations. In other words, we must take every precaution to make sure that every policy change, every tactical adjustment and firming up of our strategy is soundly rooted in a concrete analysis of concrete conditions. | There has been an emerging high tide of movement in Chicago ever since the George Floyd and Breanna Taylor Rebellion…

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-15). Report: Biden Under Pressure to Give Ukraine Clear Path to NATO Membership. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reported on Wednesday that President Biden is under pressure from many of the US's European allies to support giving Ukraine a clear path toward NATO membership. NATO first pledged that Ukraine would eventually become a member in 2008, and the alliance significantly stepped up cooperation with the country following the 2014 …

Anonymous834 (2023-06-15). Jeffrey Sachs Trashes U.S.'s New York Times And UK's Guardian, As Lying War-Mongerers. southfront.org Written by

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-14). A record 110 million across the globe are forcibly displaced, says UNHCR report. peoplesdispatch.org The report claims that today, one in every 74 people is displaced due to reasons ranging from war and conflict to climate change. Contrary to the rhetoric of refugees flooding Europe, the majority of them (over 76%) is being hosted by middle or low income countries…

WSWS (2023-06-14). Stop the ILWU's threats of blacklisting against workers for talking with reporters! wsws.org A local president in the San Diego area has doubled down on threats against workers' jobs the day after an initial outburst was caught on video.

teleSUR (2023-06-13). Cuba Does Not Host a Chinese Espionage Center, FM Stresses. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Cuba described the claims of the U.S. government regarding the presence of a Chinese espionage center on the island as a new disinformation operation. | RELATED: | "The statements made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the presence of a Chinese spy base in Cuba are false… Our position on this matter is clear and categorical… Blinken's statements 'lack evidence'," Foreign Affairs M…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-06-13). Take Action To Stop The Growing Assault On Transgender Rights. popularresistance.org In the first five months of 2023, over 500 pieces of legislation were introduced in the US to restrict the rights of transgender people. This is part of a growing assault, fueled by the corporate media, on transgender existence. Clearing the FOG speaks with journalist and activist Morgan Artyukhina about the history of transgender struggles, the impacts of the current hostile environment on people, how transgender rights are being used to divide and weaken the ruling class and what people can do to show solidarity and stop the assault. Morgan also discusses the importance of education in creating an inclusive soc…

Dana Sanchez (2023-06-13). S&P: Corporate Bankruptcies Spike To Highest Since 2010, 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Vice Media, Party City and Bed Bath & Beyond are just three of the 230+ corporate bankruptcies filed so far in 2023 that are attributed to rising inflation, supply chain disruptions and interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve as lenders pull back on loans after the banking crisis. Hit hardest by bankruptcy: consumer discretionary …

Tanupriya Singh (2023-06-13). Silvio Berlusconi, herald of Italy's far-right. peoplesdispatch.org Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister and billionaire right-wing politician, died in Milan on June 12, at the age of 86. | In a decades-long career marred by financial and other scandals and prosecutions, the leader of the Forza Italia party would assume the role of prime minister four times between 1994 and until he was forced to step down in 2011. | Considered to be Italy's first true populist, his influence in shaping the national discourse extended beyond the time he spent in office, both through the role he had played in the privatization of television in the 1980s, and subsequently in the mainstr…

SouthFront5 (2023-06-13). Airborne Drones War. Episode X. southfront.org The war in Ukraine is the biggest armed conflict in the world since the Korean War in 1950-1953. It can be argued with 90% probability that this is either the eve or the beginning of World War 3, regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine itself. | In Eastern Europe today, we are witnessing the formation of the shape of 21st century wars. The military doctrines of the second half of the 20th century are completely irrelevant, but will continue to be used by the warring parties by inertia. At the same time, e…

teleSUR (2023-06-13). Fact Check of US Lies Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net The recent claim spreading in Washington that China built an "eavesdropping" facility in Cuba has been rejected by Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, who called the allegation "fabricated," "totally false and unfounded." | RELATED: | Since the Cuban Revolution in the 1950s, the U.S. administration has consistently spread lies about the island with the purpose of discrediting the socialist…

Dean Baker (2023-06-14). Since the Pandemic, Food Prices Have Risen 23.5 Percent, People the NYT Interviews Have Seen Much Sharper Increases. cepr.net It is always good to hear from some real people who can put some meat on the bones of dry economic data. For this reason, it's great that the New York Times sought to interview some shoppers about how they are seeing food prices, now that food price inflation has slowed sharply. Unfortunately, the people …

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2023-06-12). The surprising pervasiveness of pro-war propaganda. nationofchange.org An FPIF commentary criticized CODEPINK's position on the war in Ukraine. Here is our response.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-12). Neo-Nazi Regiments in the Ukraine Army? It's Perfectly Ok with U.S. State Department and CIA—and Its Reliable New York Times Echo Chamber—as Long as They Hide Those Nasty Neo-Nazi Insignia. covertactionmagazine.com Bellingcat is a Netherlands-based investigative research group that received funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA cutout that promotes propaganda denigrating U.S. enemies and defending U.S.-NATO foreign policy. On June 6, one of its researchers, Michael Colborne, provided a tortured defense essentially of the adoption of Nazi insignia by Ukrainian soldiers on …

WSWS (2023-06-13). ILWU local president at Port of San Diego threatens to blacklist dockworkers who talk to reporters. wsws.org International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 29 President Ray Leyba threatened to deny employment to any dockworker who spoke with WSWS reporters.

teleSUR (2023-06-13). Cuba Does Not Host a Chinese Espionage Center, FM Stresses. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Cuba described the claims of the U.S. government regarding the presence of a Chinese espionage center on the island as a new disinformation operation. | RELATED: | "The statements made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the presence of a Chinese spy base in Cuba are false… Our position on this matter is clear and categorical… Blinken's statements 'lack evidence'," Foreign Affairs M…

Dana Sanchez (2023-06-13). S&P: Corporate Bankruptcies Spike To Highest Since 2010, 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Vice Media, Party City and Bed Bath & Beyond are just three of the 230+ corporate bankruptcies filed so far in 2023 that are attributed to rising inflation, supply chain disruptions and interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve as lenders pull back on loans after the banking crisis. Hit hardest by bankruptcy: consumer discretionary …

Brittani Banks (2023-06-12). When Corporate Media Fail, Independent Media Rise Up. independentmediainstitute.org Right-wing media outlets such as Fox News have long pushed racist narratives to further their goals. And, outlets like the New York Times—the so-called "liberal media"—do too little, too late, to push back; it falls to the ranks of independent media outlets to create and promote counternarratives based on racial justice. This is not a …

Tanupriya Singh (2023-06-13). Silvio Berlusconi, herald of Italy's far-right. peoplesdispatch.org Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former prime minister and billionaire right-wing politician, died in Milan on June 12, at the age of 86. | In a decades-long career marred by financial and other scandals and prosecutions, the leader of the Forza Italia party would assume the role of prime minister four times between 1994 and until he was forced to step down in 2011. | Considered to be Italy's first true populist, his influence in shaping the national discourse extended beyond the time he spent in office, both through the role he had played in the privatization of television in the 1980s, and subsequently in the mainstr…

SouthFront5 (2023-06-13). Airborne Drones War. Episode X. southfront.org The war in Ukraine is the biggest armed conflict in the world since the Korean War in 1950-1953. It can be argued with 90% probability that this is either the eve or the beginning of World War 3, regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine itself. | In Eastern Europe today, we are witnessing the formation of the shape of 21st century wars. The military doctrines of the second half of the 20th century are completely irrelevant, but will continue to be used by the warring parties by inertia. At the same time, e…

Ann Brown (2023-06-12). Did Dr. Cornel West Just Avoid The High Probability Of Cheating In The DNC Primary? The Evidence Of Crooked Primaries. moguldom.com When philosopher, political activist, social critic, and former educator Dr. Cornel West announced on June 5 that he would be running for president as a third-party candidate instead of as a Democrat, he might have avoided the high probability of cheating in the Democratic National Committee primary. The Democrats have the dark cloud of the 2016 primary …

Igor Derysh (2023-06-12). Trump's Legal Team Is Plotting to Have His Judge Appointee Block Key Evidence. truthout.org Former President Donald Trump's team is already plotting to ask a judge he appointed to block key evidence cited in the Justice Department's 37-count indictment in the Mar-a-Lago probe. Legal experts sounded the alarm on Friday after Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee accused of favoritism after she blocked the FBI from using documents seized from Mar-a-Lago in its investigation before an… |

_____ (2023-06-12). Stop the Campaign of Smears and Censorship Targeting Anti-War Meetings on Canadian University Campuses! strategic-culture.org By James CLAYTON | Are you a student at a Canadian university? Help defeat the attempts to censor anti-war actions on university campuses by contacting the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) and joining its struggle to build an international anti-war movement led by the working class. Email iyssecanada@gmail.com and

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-12). Report: Saudi Crown Prince Threatened US With 'Major Economic Consequences'. news.antiwar.com Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warned the US would suffer economic consequences if President Biden retaliated for OPEC oil cuts that were announced last fall, The Washington Post reported.

_____ (2023-06-12). Stop the Campaign of Smears and Censorship Targeting Anti-War Meetings on Canadian University Campuses! strategic-culture.org By James CLAYTON | Are you a student at a Canadian university? Help defeat the attempts to censor anti-war actions on university campuses by contacting the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) and joining its struggle to build an international anti-war movement led by the working class. Email iyssecanada@gmail.com and

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-12). Report: Saudi Crown Prince Threatened US With 'Major Economic Consequences'. news.antiwar.com Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warned the US would suffer economic consequences if President Biden retaliated for OPEC oil cuts that were announced last fall, The Washington Post reported.

WSWS (2023-06-12). Radio New Zealand removes references to 2014 Ukraine coup from online articles. wsws.org The New Zealand media and political establishment has launched an hysterical witch-hunt against a Radio NZ employee who is falsely accused of publishing "Russian propaganda."

JANET (2023-06-11). A visit to Xinjiang, China / Accomplishments belie U.S. propaganda. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders June 9, 2023 Xinjiang, People's Republic of China U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. Sara Flounders and Arjae Red with Young Pioneers in Urumqi, May 2023. One focus of the trip was a visit to Xinjiang (pronounced Shinjaang) province to gather video footage and interviews that give a more realistic picture of this vast and quickly modernizing, multiethnic region. Footage for the documentary, currently named "Voice of Xinjiang," focuses on…

The Exposé (2023-06-11). Official Government Data proves EMA approval of COVID Vaccine for Children has caused shocking 63,060% increase in Child Excess Deaths across Europe. expose-news.com In the scorching summer of 2021, a momentous decision swept across Europe, sparking a whirlwind of emotions among parents, who had fallen for the 24/7 propaganda, eagerly awaiting a ray of hope …

Aaron Maté, The Grayzone. (2023-06-11). Leaks Reveal FBI Helps Ukraine Censor Twitter Users. popularresistance.org The Federal Bureau of Investigation has aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to censor social media users and obtain their personal information, leaked emails reveal. | In March 2022, an FBI Special Agent sent Twitter a list of accounts on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukraine's main intelligence agency. The accounts, the FBI wrote, "are suspected by the SBU in spreading fear and disinformation." In an attached memo, the SBU asked Twitter to remove the accounts and hand over their user data. | The Ukrainian government's FBI-enabled targets extend to members of the media. The SBU list that the…

Curtis Daly, The Canary. (2023-06-11). England To Trial A Basic Income For The First Time. popularresistance.org England is about to pilot a basic income scheme for the first time. Thirty people will receive £1600 a month for two years. The trial, which will take place in central Jarrow and East Finchley, seeks to find out what effects this will have on the lives of the participants. | Will Stronge, director of research from thinktank Autonomy, said: | All the evidence shows that it would directly alleviate poverty and boost millions of people's wellbeing: the potential benefits are just too large to ignore. | Indeed, this seems like an interesting and positive scheme to tackle the hardship millions of people face in…

_____ (2023-06-12). Stop the Campaign of Smears and Censorship Targeting Anti-War Meetings on Canadian University Campuses! strategic-culture.org By James CLAYTON | Are you a student at a Canadian university? Help defeat the attempts to censor anti-war actions on university campuses by contacting the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) and joining its struggle to build an international anti-war movement led by the working class. Email iyssecanada@gmail.com and

ecns.cn (2023-06-11). Embassy spokesperson on the wrongful remarks related to China by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. ecns.cn Such allegation related to China from the UK side is malicious groundless smearing. The Chinese side strongly deplores it.

Dean Baker (2023-06-11). New York Times Tells Readers Jewelry Purchases Down Due to Inflation, Commerce Department Says They are Up by 26.4 Percent. cepr.net Seems the NYT still can't get access to the government's data on consumption. It ran an article telling readers that demand for wedding rings has fallen. This is very plausibly explained by fewer people having met up during the pandemic, and therefore fewer people getting married. However, the subhead adds "Inflation and anxiety among shoppers …

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-12). Report: Saudi Crown Prince Threatened US With 'Major Economic Consequences'. news.antiwar.com Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warned the US would suffer economic consequences if President Biden retaliated for OPEC oil cuts that were announced last fall, The Washington Post reported.

Editor (2023-06-12). J4S: WaPo Nord Stream Scoop, Ukraine and Nuclear War (w/ Ray McGovern). scheerpost.com By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Joining co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos this week is Ray McGovern. The former CIA intelligence analyst turned political activist helps Jones and Ramos understand the latest developments in the Nord Stream sabotage case, exploring the recent Washington Post revelation claiming that the U.S. and …

Editor (2023-06-12). J4S: WaPo Nord Stream, Ukraine and Nuclear War (w/ Ray McGovern). scheerpost.com By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Joining co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos this week is Ray McGovern. The former CIA intelligence analyst turned political activist helps Jones and Ramos understand the latest developments in the Nord Stream sabotage case, exploring the recent Washington Post revelation claiming that the U.S. and …

Anonymous834 (2023-06-11). Eric Zuesse: A Historic First: Indictment Of A U.S. President. southfront.org Written by As the Washington Post headlined on 24 November 2014,

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-12). Report: Saudi Crown Prince Threatened US With 'Major Economic Consequences'. news.antiwar.com Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warned the US would suffer economic consequences if President Biden retaliated for OPEC oil cuts that were announced last fall, The Washington Post reported.

Editor (2023-06-12). J4S: WaPo Nord Stream Scoop, Ukraine and Nuclear War (w/ Ray McGovern). scheerpost.com By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Joining co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos this week is Ray McGovern. The former CIA intelligence analyst turned political activist helps Jones and Ramos understand the latest developments in the Nord Stream sabotage case, exploring the recent Washington Post revelation claiming that the U.S. and …

Editor (2023-06-12). J4S: WaPo Nord Stream, Ukraine and Nuclear War (w/ Ray McGovern). scheerpost.com By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Joining co-hosts Max Jones and Diego Ramos this week is Ray McGovern. The former CIA intelligence analyst turned political activist helps Jones and Ramos understand the latest developments in the Nord Stream sabotage case, exploring the recent Washington Post revelation claiming that the U.S. and …

Anonymous834 (2023-06-11). Eric Zuesse: A Historic First: Indictment Of A U.S. President. southfront.org Written by As the Washington Post headlined on 24 November 2014,

Matt Orfalea (2023-06-10). Bombshell Video: The "COVID Pandemic" Was the Result of Extensive Media Propaganda: "Nobody Is Safe, BE AFRAID!" globalresearch.ca

Patrick Lawrence (2023-06-10). The War We're Finally Allowed To See. orinocotribune.com By Patrick Lawrence — Jun 1, 2023 | After 15 months of conflict, The New Yorker's reportage by Luke Mogelson and photographer Maxim Dondyuk shows us the war in Ukraine that the propaganda machine has been concealing. | Let us consider the following paragraphs, which appear in the May 29 edition of The New Yorker: | "While Tynda and his team were fighting from the trench, long and powerful fusillades had issued from another Ukrainian position, on a hilltop behind them. I later went there with Tynda. In a blind overlooking the no man's land stood an improbably antique contraption on iron wheels: a Maxim gun, t…

Ben Bartee (2023-06-09). COVID Propaganda Roundup: Pfizer Knew mRNA Shots Sicken Infants in April 2021. globalresearch.ca

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Marcy Winograd (2023-06-09). The Surprising Pervasiveness of Pro-War Propaganda. fpif.org Editor's note: The war in Ukraine has divided progressives like few other foreign policy issues in recent years. As a platform for progressive internationalism, FPIF has featured a range of viewpoints on the subject. In that spirit, we present this response from CODEPINK — a group that includes longtime collaborators with FPIF and our parent institution, the Institute for Policy Studies — to a recent critique by FPIF director John Feffer entitled " In the Foreign P…

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-09). Democrats Say GOP Witness Lied to Congress About Connection to Far Right Group. truthout.org A key Republican witness in a recent House subcommittee hearing may have lied to Congress about his ties to far right propaganda group Project Veritas in a recent testimony dubiously accusing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of being biased against the right, potentially constituting a breach of federal law, Democrats are saying. Republicans had presented suspended FBI agent Garret O'… |

Sara Flounders (2023-06-09). A visit to Xinjiang, China / Accomplishments belie U.S. propaganda. workers.org Xinjiang, People's Republic of China U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. Sara Flounders and Arjae Red with Young Pioneers in Urumqi, May . . . |

Shawgi Tell (2023-06-09). Charter Schools Are Quintessentially and Irreversibly Private Schools by Design. dissidentvoice.org Despite endless disinformation from charter school promoters that charter schools are public schools, they differ profoundly—legally, organizationally, fiscally, and philosophically—from public schools. They are not the same. The dissimilarities are numerous by design. Calling them "public" 50 times a day does not spontaneously make charter schools public. Nor does receiving public funds automatically make charter …

People's Dispatch. (2023-06-09). Cuban Official Condemns Wall Street Journal's Claim About Chinese Base. popularresistance.org Cuba's Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío held a press conference on the afternoon of June 8, wherein he rejected accusations leveled by US corporate media giant The Wall Street Journal that the island had reached a "secret" agreement with the Chinese government to establish a spying base. He said the information the WSJ published was "completely dishonest and unfounded". | The report authored by Warren P. Strobel and Gordon Lubold called the alleged agreement a "brash new geopolitical challenge by Beijing to the US" and claimed that the "eavesdropping facility in Cuba, roughly 100 miles from Florid…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-06-10). 'No Safety Nets' — China, Israel and Palestine in the New Global Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Jun 5, 2023 | Remarks by China's UN Ambassador Geng Shuang on the situation in Occupied Palestine on May 24 were impeccable, in terms of their consistency with international law. | Compared to the US position, which perceives the UN, and particularly the Security Council, as a battleground to defend Israeli interests, the Chinese political discourse reflects a legal stance based on a deep understanding of the realities on the ground. | Articulating the Chinese thinking during a UNSC "Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine Question," Geng did not mince his word…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-06-09). China emerges as Palestine's biggest friend on the global stage. peoplesworld.org Remarks by China's United Nations Ambassador, Geng Shuang, on the situation in Occupied Palestine on May 24 were impeccable, in terms of their consistency with international law. Compared to the United States' position, which perceives the U.N., and particularly the Security Council, as a battleground to defend Israeli interests, the Chinese political discourse reflects a …

_____ (2023-06-09). The New York Times and the Use of Nazi Imagery by Ukrainian Troops. strategic-culture.org By David NORTH | This article was originally posted as a thread on The New York Times palms off the deep historical and present-day links of Ukrainian nationalism to Nazism and genocide as merely "thorny issues," i.e., a public relations problem for media propagandists, who are trying to sell NATO's proxy war as a struggle for democracy. | The Times references photographs showing Ukrainian soldiers who "wore patches featuring symbols that were made notorious by Nazi Germany and have since become part of the icono…

Chris Walker (2023-06-09). Transcript of Trump Recording Shows He Knew Docs Were Classified. truthout.org A new report details a recording in which former President Donald Trump talks about the classified documents he transferred from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The recording was previously known through prior reporting, and is currently in the hands of the Department of Justice (DOJ), where it will likely be used as evidence against Trump in the upcoming… |

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis (2023-06-09). He was a firefighter. Until Texas sheriffs destroyed his life. therealnews.com Thomas, a Texas firefighter, was driving in Denton County when he was suddenly pulled over by local sheriffs. Despite being completely sober, he quickly found himself railroaded into a DUI charge by police, who claimed he appeared "slow" and "heavy footed." Body camera footage has since revealed that the arresting officers even commented during the arrest that they did not believe Thomas was drunk. So why was Thomas arrested, and what does this reveal about the capricious nature of police power? Police Accountability Report examines the evidence. | Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham | Post-Production: S…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-09). Video: Pfizer's "Secret" Report On The Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence Is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. southfront.org Written by Prof Michel Chossudovsky. Originally published on GlobalResearch. The following video interview with Prof. Michel Chossudovsky pertains to the Confidential Pfizer Report released as…

ecns.cn (2023-06-09). Existence of massive first-generation stars with 260 solar masses confirmed. ecns.cn A new study led by Chinese scientists has confirmed the existence of first-generation stars with 260 solar masses for the first time by finding evidence of the existence of pair-instability supernovae (PISNe).

David Swanson, Kathy Kelly, John Reuwer, Brad Wolf, World Beyond War. (2023-06-09). Austrian Censorship Of Peace Conference Is An Outrage. popularresistance.org Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine. | This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend. | Owners of the venue which was to host the Summit for Peace in Ukraine, announced on Wednesday, 7 June, 2023, their decision to cancel the agreement holding the summit on their premises. Fortunately, a new location was secured in Vienna (and anyone on Earth can sign up to take part online), but not before a smear campaign against the summit had been launched.

Patrick Lawrence (2023-06-09). First there were Neo-Nazis, then there were no Nazis, then there were. mronline.org A New York Times' reporter's job this week is to persuade us that all those Ukrainian soldiers wearing Nazi insignia and marching through Kiev in Klan-like torch parades are not what you think.

Ann Brown (2023-06-09). Malcolm Nance Was Wrong About The Nord Stream Pipeline And Nazis: Why Black America Shouldn't Trust Him On Ukraine. moguldom.com Former MSNBC defense analyst Malcolm Nance frequently offers his analysis of world events. But there have been times when his take doesn't hit. For example, some consider him to be wrong about the Nordstrom Pipeline and Nazis. So why should Black America trust him on his thoughts about the Ukraine war? On September 26, a …

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis (2023-06-09). He was a firefighter. Until Texas sheriffs destroyed his life. therealnews.com Thomas, a Texas firefighter, was driving in Denton County when he was suddenly pulled over by local sheriffs. Despite being completely sober, he quickly found himself railroaded into a DUI charge by police, who claimed he appeared "slow" and "heavy footed." Body camera footage has since revealed that the arresting officers even commented during the arrest that they did not believe Thomas was drunk. So why was Thomas arrested, and what does this reveal about the capricious nature of police power? Police Accountability Report examines the evidence. | Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham | Post-Production: S…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-09). Video: Pfizer's "Secret" Report On The Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence Is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. southfront.org Written by Prof Michel Chossudovsky. Originally published on GlobalResearch. The following video interview with Prof. Michel Chossudovsky pertains to the Confidential Pfizer Report released as…

ecns.cn (2023-06-09). Existence of massive first-generation stars with 260 solar masses confirmed. ecns.cn A new study led by Chinese scientists has confirmed the existence of first-generation stars with 260 solar masses for the first time by finding evidence of the existence of pair-instability supernovae (PISNe).

David Swanson, Kathy Kelly, John Reuwer, Brad Wolf, World Beyond War. (2023-06-09). Austrian Censorship Of Peace Conference Is An Outrage. popularresistance.org Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine. | This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend. | Owners of the venue which was to host the Summit for Peace in Ukraine, announced on Wednesday, 7 June, 2023, their decision to cancel the agreement holding the summit on their premises. Fortunately, a new location was secured in Vienna (and anyone on Earth can sign up to take part online), but not before a smear campaign against the summit had been launched.

Patrick Lawrence (2023-06-09). First there were Neo-Nazis, then there were no Nazis, then there were. mronline.org A New York Times' reporter's job this week is to persuade us that all those Ukrainian soldiers wearing Nazi insignia and marching through Kiev in Klan-like torch parades are not what you think.

Ann Brown (2023-06-09). Malcolm Nance Was Wrong About The Nord Stream Pipeline And Nazis: Why Black America Shouldn't Trust Him On Ukraine. moguldom.com Former MSNBC defense analyst Malcolm Nance frequently offers his analysis of world events. But there have been times when his take doesn't hit. For example, some consider him to be wrong about the Nordstrom Pipeline and Nazis. So why should Black America trust him on his thoughts about the Ukraine war? On September 26, a …