sputnikglobe (2023-09-28). Theory or Theater: What's the Difference Between Bidenomics and Trumponomics? sputnikglobe.com US President Joe Biden looks likely to face off against his predecessor Donald Trump for a second time in the 2024 presidential election. Despite the hostile rhetoric between the two figures, Marxist economics professor Richard Wolff argues that both are peddling the same economic policy.

TASS (2023-09-29). UK blacklists Russian Emergencies Minister Kurenkov, Central Elections Commission. tass.com The new sanctions come one year after Russia's referendums in the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic as well as the Kherson Region and the Zaporozhye Region, the British government said…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-29). How Canada Emerged as a Haven for Nazi War Criminals. libya360.wordpress.com Roger Jordan Government House Leader Karina Gould (left) and House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota (right) embrace Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian former member of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS. Standing behind Hunka in the middle is his son Martin. [Photo: @karinagould] WSWS Editorial Note: Aided by the corporate media, Canada's political establishment is trying to claim that…

Amanda Brown (2023-09-28). Canada Launches UN Declaration Targeting Online 'Disinformation'. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-28). 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 (2023-09-29). Canadian establishment doubles down on its efforts to "move on" from parliament's hailing of Ukrainian Nazi SS veteran. wsws.org Canada's political establishment and corporate media are now desperately seeking to move on from any discussion, let alone serious probing, of how Canada's parliament came to give a hero's welcome to a 98-year-old Ukrainian veteran of the Nazi Waffen-SS, Yaroslav Hunka.

Staff (2023-09-28). Ralph Nader: Why Is GOP Not Debating Corporate Crime Wave & the Weakening of Our Democratic Society? democracynow.org Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader responds to Wednesday's second Republican debate, saying, "It's pretty embarrassing that this is what they put forward to become the president of the most powerful country in the world." Nader discusses the debate's topics of social media, former President Donald Trump and wealth inequality in America. Nader also calls for the Democratic Party to "stop engaging in candidate suppression" and respect third-party candidates such as Cornel West to run for public office as a constitutional right.

Erica Caines, Black Agenda Report. (2023-09-29). All Black Feminisms Ain't Created Equal. popularresistance.org My initial introduction to radical feminist politics was through convoluted, often antagonistic online discourses, where past works of radical feminists are engaged, discussed, and ultimately flattened. Audre Lorde has always been among the most popularly referenced Black feminists cited online, for example, but always for her gender critical analysis (which could be used as fodder in heated discourse) and never for her anti-imperialist analysis. It's much easier for one to gain attention and retweets through cherrypicking her words on gender and sexuality, but much less popular to dive into her works on the impe…

infobrics (2023-09-29). How Soviet-era doctrine and weapons trump American warfighting. infobrics.org Ukrainians are better soldiers than Americans, says US combat veteran.

Alfred de Zayas (2023-09-29). Responsibility to Protect the Armenian population of Nagorno Karabakh. counterpunch.org If the "doctrine" of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) means anything[1], then it applies to the tragedy unfolding since 2020 in the Armenian Republic of Artsakh, better known as Nagorno Karabakh. The illegal aggression by Azerbaijan in 2020, accompanied by war crimes and crimes against humanity, as documented among others by Human Rights Watch[2], constituted a

| APP | (2023-09-28). Sikhs protest at UN headquarters against India over Khalistan leader's murder. tribune.com.pk Hundreds of Sikh community representatives gathered in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York to condemn the murder of the Khalistan leader in Canada and press their demand for Khalistan as an independent Sikh homeland. | The protest was held a week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told parliament that his government had seen "credible allegations" that India was responsible for the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Canadian Sikh leader. | Read More: Sikhs protest against killing of pro-Khalistan leader | The demonstrators chanted slogans to condemn the Indian Prime Minister…

Revolutionary Workers Front (2023-09-29). Monday 10/2: SF Speak Out-Stop Attacks On Civil Service &. Outsourcing/Privatization Using Non-Profits. indybay.org San Francisco City Hall | Room 400 | San Francisco…

Revolutionary Workers Front (2023-09-28). Monday 10/2: SF Speak Out-Stop Attacks On Civil Service &. Outsourcing/Privatization Using Non-Profits. indybay.org San Francisco City Hall | Room 400 | San Francisco…

Staff (2023-09-29). Headlines for September 29, 2023. democracynow.org Ahead of Shutdown, Biden Says GOP Extremists Are Trying to "Burn the Place Down", Biden Warns Trump & MAGA Movement Are a Threat to Democracy, Activist Disrupts Biden Speech, Urges Him to Declare Climate Emergency, 18 Youth Climate Activists Arrested for Occupying Speaker McCarthy's Office, GOP Witnesses Admit No Evidence Yet to Support Impeaching Biden, GOP Lawmakers Refuse to Say Trump Should Be Held Accountable If Convicted, NY Appeals Court Rejects Trump Effort to Delay Civil Fraud Trial, Dozens Killed in Two Blasts in Pakistan, U.N.: Over 2,500 Migrants Have Died or Gone Missing This Year T…

WSWS (2023-09-29). Sydney's Macquarie University doubles down on its political censorship of the IYSSE. wsws.org The university is simply ignoring the preponderance of evidence against its original decision, highlighting that this is a case of open political censorship of the IYSSE—the only socialist, anti-war club on campus.

WSWS (2023-09-29). Next New Zealand government could include right-wing nationalist NZ First. wsws.org The NZ First Party, which is running a campaign based on racist dog whistles, bigotry and anti-vax pseudo-science, played a major role in Jacinda Ardern's Labour government from 2017‚Äí2020.

WSWS (2023-09-29). German media and politicians launch smear campaign against refugees. wsws.org Refugees are being targeted in a campaign by the ruling class to advance its war against the working class and to strengthen the most right-wing forces in doing so.

Editor (2023-09-29). Scolding striking auto workers in advance for wrecking economy. mronline.org The first person quoted in the New York Times' rundown (9/19/23) on the United Auto Workers strike was a lawyer representing management from Littler Mendelson, the go-to firm for big corporations' union avoidance.

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-28). Russia Has Gained More Territory This Year Than Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Russian forces have gained more territory in Ukraine this year than the Ukrainian side despite the Ukrainian counteroffensive that was launched in June, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The report noted that despite nine months of heavy fighting in Ukraine, only about 500 square miles of territory have changed hands this year. Russia …

Dean Baker (2023-09-28). Yes, Donald Trump's Lies on Financial Statements Did Cost Businesses Money. cepr.net Donald Trump claims that no one was harmed when he lied about the value of his assets on statements he made to lenders, because loans were paid off with interest. New York Times columnist, Peter Coy takes this claim far more seriously than he should. The key point that Coy misses is that lenders base …

Michael F. Brown (2023-09-28). The New York Times, a cheerleader for Israel and its crimes. electronicintifada.net Newspaper of record helps launder the theft of Palestinian land and rights.

Seth Stern, Freedom of the Press Foundation. (2023-09-28). Arrests Of Independent Journalists Should Make Headlines Too. popularresistance.org The New York Times, CNN, and many other national outlets reported on NewsNation journalist Evan Lambert's arrest at a news conference in Ohio earlier this year. Same when Phoenix police detained Wall Street Journal reporter Dion Rabouin outside a bank. | We're glad those arrests made headlines — if anything, they should have gotten more coverage. The publicity prompted Phoenix's mayor to apologize to Rabouin for his detainment and Ohio's governor to denounce Lambert's arrest while authorities dropped the charges. Without the backlash, who knows — his case might have proceeded to trial.

CounterSpin (2023-09-29). Stephen Zunes on Menendez Indictment. fair.org CounterSpin230929.mp3 New York Times ( This week on CounterSpin: You can't say elite US news media aren't on the story of the federal indictment of Robert Menendez, Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But

Dean Baker (2023-09-29). Yes, Trump's Lies on Financial Statements Did Cost Businesses Money. counterpunch.org Donald Trump claims that no one was harmed when he lied about the value of his assets on statements he made to lenders, because loans were paid off with interest. New York Times columnist, Peter Coy takes this claim far more seriously than he should. The key point that Coy misses is that lenders base

Dean Baker (2023-09-28). Washington Post Columnist Charles Lane Wants Auto Workers to Lose Their Jobs. cepr.net The Washington Post has a long history of hating on powerful unions, like the United Auto Workers (UAW), or any factor that allows blue-collar workers to earn a decent living. In keeping with that tradition, editorial writer and columnist Charles Lane argued that the UAW strike is highlighting the "contradictions" in Bidenomics. Lane's argument is …

Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. (2023-09-25). Ron Paul's Battle Against Vaccine Tyranny. "The Chief Fearmonger is Anthony Fauci" globalresearch.ca

JANET (2023-09-24). 10 myths, counter-narratives and contradictions vs. the West neocolonialist war in Niger. iacenter.org By Julia Wright September 21, 2023 With all the imperial onslaughts against the Global South, their wars are increasingly fought at the level of disinformation and manufactured narratives to create a climate of smoke and mirrors — the better to cloak the real strategies. Amilcar Cabral, assassinated exactly 50 years ago. The West African independent state of Niger experienced a coup d'etat on July 26, 2023 (the anniversary of the [attack on the] Moncada Barracks in Cuba), bringing to power a group of military officers who, although trained by the United States, not only deposed U.S. and French-supported str…

Ramzy Baroud, Mintpress News. (2023-09-25). The Israeli 'Coup' And The Death Of False Democracy. popularresistance.org From its very onset, Israel has constructed a brand for itself, a powerful gimmick that was predicated on two main pillars: democracy and stability. | The main target audience for this brand has been powerful Western states that wielded disproportionate political, economic and military powers. | These Western governments, along with their influential mainstream corporate media, did their part, by polishing Israel's image — as most democratic and most stable — while tarnishing that of their Arab and Palestinian enemies — or anyone else who dared criticize Israel. | It mattered little whether Isra…

JANET (2023-09-24). Int'l conference to stop the Third World War set in Rome Oct. 27-28. iacenter.org By Richie Merino September 21, 2023 Support is growing for an international conference demanding the dissolution of NATO, an end to arms shipments to Ukraine, and an end to sanctions on Russia. The conference, taking place in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 27-28, seeks to build a strong international coalition against NATO and advocates for a multipolar world based on respect for the sovereignty of nations and the self-determination of peoples. The stated objectives of the conference challenge the narrative presented by Western imperialists and their spokespeople in corporate media, who justify their direct support for the…

Sam Pizzigati (2023-09-25). A Telling Tale of Two Press Lords. counterpunch.org The world's mightiest press lord of the past half-century has just announced he's stepping down. The 92-year-old Rupert Murdoch, come this November, will no longer be lording over the corporate boards of his two media empires, the Fox news universe and the News Corporation, the publisher of media powerhouses that range from the New York

Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad, Peoples Democracy. (2023-09-24). Collaboration, Not Confrontation. popularresistance.org The United States has articulated a policy that it wishes to continue this war to severely 'weaken Russia' — as US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and other high officials have been explicitly stating — and, it is claimed, to place Ukraine in a stronger bargaining position for eventual negotiations (or in a weaker position, if the Russian offensive makes an impact, a strong likelihood that is quietly ignored). The policy of trying to 'weaken Russia' through the escalation of the war in Ukraine is the position of the United States and the United Kingdom, and with some variation, their European allies (F…

Boston Branch, Workers World. (2023-09-25). Boston March October 7 To Demand: Indigenous Peoples Day Now! popularresistance.org United American Indians of New England (UAINE), the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB) and other organizations have called for a march and rally on Oct. 7 to demand that the Massachusetts legislature forever replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. | This decades-long struggle of Indigenous peoples in Massachusetts, where the Pilgrims carried out "first encounter" land thefts and genocide, aims to overturn centuries of entrenched racist mythology wrapped up in the triumphalist federal holiday known as Columbus Day. | The 2017 murder of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia, at the hands…

ecsorinoco (2023-09-25). The Red Pill and Youth Radicalization. orinocotribune.com By Ekaterina Cabylis — Jan 24, 2021 | What are Dog Whistles? | White supremacy and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) have historically employed dog whistles, subtle coded language or symbols, to communicate their extremist beliefs while attempting to maintain plausible deniability. These dog whistles often involve references to heritage, culture, or the preservation of a particular way of life, concealing sinister intentions of racial superiority and hatred. | Young minds, in their search for identity and belonging, can sometimes stumble upon or be intentionally directed toward communities and content that promote hat…

Dean Baker (2023-09-25). The NYT Invents a Greek Miracle. cepr.net The New York Times decided to celebrate Greece's economy with an article headlined "Greece, battered a decade ago, is booming." The piece touts a tourist and investment boom, which do seem to be a marked improvement for the economy after almost a decade of austerity. Still, the case it makes is weaker than it may …

Ben Norton (2023-09-23). Chinese Balloon Was Not Spying, US Gov't Admits Months After Manufactured Crisis. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton — Sep 20, 2023 | The Pentagon admitted that a Chinese balloon that crossed into US territory in February was not spying; it was likely blown off course by wind. But Washington and the media milked this manufactured scandal for new cold war propaganda. | The US government has admitted that severe accusations it made against China were just a lot of hot air. | The highest-ranking official in the US military has clarified that a

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-23). War, Terrorism and the Global Economic Crisis. Ninety-nine Interrelated Concepts. globalresearch.ca Everything is interrelated: war, terrorism, the police state, the global economy, financial fraud, corrupt governments, poverty and social inequality, media disinformation, war propaganda, WMD, international law,…

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. (2023-09-23). If The Facts Come Out, It Could Spell The End For Joe Biden. popularresistance.org The Joe Biden-friendly Establishment media has mounted a full-court press to "prove" that Biden is, well, not a crook. The stakes are extremely high, Biden is vulnerable, and media players are using to a faretheewell the old adage about the best defense being a good offense. The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal are desperately trying to steal the ball and get ahead in the publicity game. But time is about to run out, and pre-emptive propaganda is unlikely to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat. IF the facts do come out and IF they are reported, Biden's presidential hopes may s…

Adriano Massuda, Rafael Dall'Alba, Arthur Chioro, José Gomes Temporà£o, Márcia C Castro (2023-09-23). Correspondence] Bolsonaro's Ministry of Health's response to COVID-19 and other health challenges — Authors' reply. thelancet.com The response from Jair Bolsonaro's former Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, and former National Secretary of Primary Care, Raphael Parente, to our Comment1 is a clear demonstration of the method systematically used by Brazil's previous federal Government—the dissemination of lies and fake news to evade the facts and to construct a distorted reality. Rebutting the far-right rhetoric is a current challenge for health and democracy.

Charlie Saperstein, Dan DiMaggio, Labor Notes. (2023-09-23). Mexican Auto Parts Workers Face Blacklist After Union Campaign. popularresistance.org In August 2022, auto parts workers at VU Manufacturing won a landmark election to gain recognition for a new independent union, the Mexican Workers' League (La Liga). A year later, after refusing to negotiate a new contract, the company has shut down, leaving 400 workers jobless—and 71 workers without their legally-mandated severance pay. VU is located in the border city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, where politicians brag about maintaining "labor peace" in the foreign-owned factories known as maquiladoras. This "peace" is largely mediated by the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM), a powerful company-fri…

WSWS (2023-09-23). Hitler would be proud: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers anti-Russian tirade at the United Nations. wsws.org German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's appearance at the United Nations in New York underlined how aggressively German imperialism is behaving again, despite its historical crimes.

JANET (2023-09-24). 10 myths, counter-narratives and contradictions vs. the West neocolonialist war in Niger. iacenter.org By Julia Wright September 21, 2023 With all the imperial onslaughts against the Global South, their wars are increasingly fought at the level of disinformation and manufactured narratives to create a climate of smoke and mirrors — the better to cloak the real strategies. Amilcar Cabral, assassinated exactly 50 years ago. The West African independent state of Niger experienced a coup d'etat on July 26, 2023 (the anniversary of the [attack on the] Moncada Barracks in Cuba), bringing to power a group of military officers who, although trained by the United States, not only deposed U.S. and French-supported str…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-23). 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.

JANET (2023-09-24). Int'l conference to stop the Third World War set in Rome Oct. 27-28. iacenter.org By Richie Merino September 21, 2023 Support is growing for an international conference demanding the dissolution of NATO, an end to arms shipments to Ukraine, and an end to sanctions on Russia. The conference, taking place in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 27-28, seeks to build a strong international coalition against NATO and advocates for a multipolar world based on respect for the sovereignty of nations and the self-determination of peoples. The stated objectives of the conference challenge the narrative presented by Western imperialists and their spokespeople in corporate media, who justify their direct support for the…

Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad, Peoples Democracy. (2023-09-24). Collaboration, Not Confrontation. popularresistance.org The United States has articulated a policy that it wishes to continue this war to severely 'weaken Russia' — as US defence secretary Lloyd Austin and other high officials have been explicitly stating — and, it is claimed, to place Ukraine in a stronger bargaining position for eventual negotiations (or in a weaker position, if the Russian offensive makes an impact, a strong likelihood that is quietly ignored). The policy of trying to 'weaken Russia' through the escalation of the war in Ukraine is the position of the United States and the United Kingdom, and with some variation, their European allies (F…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-23). Plan Condor 3.0: The Ideological Rearmament of the Conservative Restoration. libya360.wordpress.com Miguel Ernesto Salazar During the 1960s and 1970s, the United States national security doctrine established the Condor Plan as an instrument of terror and repression to defend and promote its interests in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to consolidate the capitalist system through ferocious and bloody dictatorships that would lay the foundation for a…

JANET (2023-09-23). LIVE SATURDAY, SEPT 23, 7PM: CUBA & VENEZUELA SPEAK FROM NYC Inbox. iacenter.org TONIGHT, tune into Breakthrough News for a special broadcast, live from New York City, featuring Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba & Yvan Gil Pinto, Foreign Minister of Venezuela. Over the past two centuries, the United States has waged various wars, economic sabotage, coups, blockades, and sanctions across the Americas and the Caribbean to assert the interests of the U.S. business and political elite under the auspices of the Monroe Doctrine. The same forces that have carried out the Monroe Doctrine are now fighting for a rollback of fundamental civil rights in the United States. As we enter the 200th year of…

Connor Freeman (2023-09-23). White House Close To Providing Kiev With Cluster-Armed ATACMS. news.antiwar.com The White House is close to deciding it will provide Ukraine with a cluster-armed version of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), which has a range of nearly 200 miles and can be fired from HIMARS launchers, according to the Washington Post. The HIMARS in Kyiv's possession are currently firing munitions with a range of …

Laura Weiss (2023-09-23). Women of Color Face Mounting Obstacles in Seeking Long COVID Treatment. truthout.org This story was originally published at Prism. Over the past three and a half years, Cynthia Adinig, a marketing specialist and mother living in Virginia with her 8-year-old son, has become a prominent advocate for patients with long COVID and other chronic illnesses. She's been featured in The Washington Post and other major media outlets, testified before Congress on long COVID… |

Ben Norton (2023-09-21). Chinese balloon was not spying, US gov't admits months after manufactured crisis. geopoliticaleconomy.com The Pentagon admitted that a Chinese balloon that crossed into US territory in February was not spying; it was likely blown off course by wind. But Washington and the media milked this manufactured scandal for new cold war propaganda.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-21). Declassified: Yugoslavia's 'Propaganda Value' for British Spies. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg Yugoslavia, before it was destroyed by NATO, had immense propaganda value for the MI6's IRD, which wanted to use the country as part of their propaganda campaign to deter countries from the Soviet model. Declassified files shed fascinating light on how during the Cold War, Yugoslavia was a subject of intense cloak-and-dagger interest…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-21). Climate Related News: Wildfires, urban fires, climate change and economic depression have something in common but it is not CO2. expose-news.com Corporate media frequently spread conspiracy theories but this is never acknowledged. Corporate media also spreads propaganda according to the wishes of their paymasters. Propaganda which includes all things related to a "human-caused …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-20). NATO: Hear No Evil, See No Evil. libya360.wordpress.com Yves Engler Image from a US protest against US/NATO's actions in Libya. Image credit: Al Mayadeen English To maintain public support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s proxy war with Russia, it's important to erase its history of violence. The Canadian media's refusal to mention NATO's role in Libya's instability partly reflects the requirements of Ukraine propaganda. In…

Staff (2023-09-21). Tel Aviv's Losing Brands: The Israeli 'Coup' and the Death of False Democracy. mintpressnews.com From its very onset, Israel has constructed a brand for itself, a powerful gimmick that was predicated on two main pillars: democracy and stability. The main target audience for this brand has been powerful Western states that wielded disproportionate political, economic and military powers. These Western governments, along with their influential mainstream corporate media, did …

Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams. (2023-09-20). Climate Defenders Arrested While Blocking Entry To NY Federal Reserve. popularresistance.org A day after tens of thousands of climate activists marched through Manhattan's Upper East Side demanding an end to oil, gas, and coal production, thousands more demonstrators hit the streets of Lower Manhattan Monday, where more than 100 people were arrested while surrounding the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to protest fossil fuel financing. | Protesters chanted slogans like "No oil, no gas, fossil fuels can kiss my ass" and "We need clean air, not another billionaire" as they marched from Zuccotti Park—ground zero of the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement—to pre-selected sites in the Financial Dist…

infobrics (2023-09-20). Is Lavrov's claim that America is at war with Russia 'exaggeration'?>. infobrics.org Even if we don't count statements made by top-level US officials, including Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin's admission that Washington DC wants to see a "strategic defeat" inflicted on Russia and President Joe Biden's Freudian slip that "Putin cannot stay in power", the evidence that supports Lavrov's claim is simply overwhelming and we're seeing it every single day.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-21). India suspends visa services in Canada. plenglish.com At a press conference, the spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Aringdam Bagchi, ratified the decision communicated on Thursday on the website of the state provider of consular service. | The reason is the inaction of the Government of Canada to the incitement to violence, which has created an environment that has affected the work of the Indian Embassy and Consulates there; that is why, the visa services have been suspended. | The measure will remain in place until the situation is regulated, Bagchi said. | He noted the Indian Government's concern over public posters and other manifestations of…

People's Dispatch. (2023-09-20). UAW Continues To Fiercely 'Stand Up' Despite Company Attacks. popularresistance.org Entering the fifth day of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike, 13,000 out of 146,000 UAW workers continue to walk the picket lines in front of three auto plants in Missouri, Michigan, and Ohio, belonging to each of the three largest automakers in the country, GM, Stellantis, and Ford. This partial strike has the potential to build up to a strike of all 146,000 members depending on how the auto companies respond to contract negotiations. The UAW has dubbed this strategy, which keeps the union a step ahead of the automakers at all times, the "Stand Up Strike". | UAW President Shawn Fain appeared on MSNBC Sunday to…

Art Persyko (2023-09-18). Tuesday 9/19: How can progressives fight back and win against SF power elites and their propaganda? indybay.org Zoom: Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09; MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295; PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US (SAN JOSE)…

Global Research News (2023-09-18). Selected Articles: A Hurricane of Fear… And a New Corona Rising! globalresearch.ca By Fear feeds on stupidity. Stupidity borne of willful personal ignorance resulting from individual apathy that too easily accepts media propaganda verbatim. The educated, those …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-18). Hyping Ukraine Counteroffensive, US Press Chose Propaganda Over Journalism. libya360.wordpress.com Bryce Greene It has been clear for some time that US corporate news media have explicitly taken a side on the Ukraine War. This role includes suppressing relevant history of the lead-up to the war (FAIR.org, 3/4/22), attacking people who bring up that history as "conspiracy theorists" (FAIR.org, 5/18/22), accepting official government pronouncements at face value (FAIR.org, 12/2/22)…

Staff (2023-09-18). Hyping Ukraine Counteroffensive, US Press Chose Propaganda Over Journalism. orinocotribune.com By Bryce Greene — Sep 15, 2023 | It has been clear for some time that US corporate news media have explicitly taken a side on the Ukraine War. This role includes suppressing relevant history of the lead-up to the war (FAIR.org,

Robert McCoy (2023-09-18). PragerU's Propaganda Is Now Being Taught in Schools. progressive.org The media group was just approved to spread its brand of historical disinformation to classrooms in Florida, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire.

Ralph Nader. (2023-09-19). Corporate Criminal Behavior Is Almost Exposé Proof. popularresistance.org Corporate law firms have taught their wayward corporate clients how to use accretions of privileges and immunities to ward off or wait out the most devastating books, documentaries and media exposés. Corporate P.R. firms know that the media doesn't follow the efforts of civic advocacy groups as a regular beat. Feature exposés are prime candidates for big journalistic awards like the Pulitzer Prizes. Reporters usually do not get awards for covering ongoing reform efforts, which require consistent media coverage to put heat on hesitant lawmakers or prosecutors — say on the push to make Congress increase corpo…

Editor (2023-09-18). Ralph Nader: Corporate Criminal Behavior Almost Exposé Proof. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Corporate law firms have taught their wayward corporate clients how to use accretions of privileges and immunities to ward off or wait out the most devastating books, documentaries and media exposés. Corporate P.R. firms know that the media doesn't follow the efforts of civic advocacy groups as a regular beat. …

Ralph Nader (2023-09-18). Corporate Criminal Behavior Almost Exposé Proof. counterpunch.org Corporate law firms have taught their wayward corporate clients how to use accretions of privileges and immunities to ward off or wait out the most devastating books, documentaries and media exposés. Corporate P.R. firms know that the media doesn't follow the efforts of civic advocacy groups as a regular beat. Feature exposés are prime candidates

Project Censored (2023-09-18). Lessons from One Hundred Years of Journalism. projectcensored.org Mr. Associated Press makes clear that extremism in politics, rejection of facts in favor of trendy issues, devotion to cults of personality, public attacks on facts, and corporate media takeovers that result in monopolies, news deserts, and out-of-work reporters are not unique to the 21st century…

Editor (2023-09-18). Ralph Nader: Corporate Criminal Behavior Almost Exposé Proof. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Corporate law firms have taught their wayward corporate clients how to use accretions of privileges and immunities to ward off or wait out the most devastating books, documentaries and media exposés. Corporate P.R. firms know that the media doesn't follow the efforts of civic advocacy groups as a regular beat. …

Ralph Nader (2023-09-18). Corporate Criminal Behavior Almost Exposé Proof. counterpunch.org Corporate law firms have taught their wayward corporate clients how to use accretions of privileges and immunities to ward off or wait out the most devastating books, documentaries and media exposés. Corporate P.R. firms know that the media doesn't follow the efforts of civic advocacy groups as a regular beat. Feature exposés are prime candidates

Project Censored (2023-09-18). Lessons from One Hundred Years of Journalism. projectcensored.org Mr. Associated Press makes clear that extremism in politics, rejection of facts in favor of trendy issues, devotion to cults of personality, public attacks on facts, and corporate media takeovers that result in monopolies, news deserts, and out-of-work reporters are not unique to the 21st century…

Ryan Cristián (2023-09-18). The Pirate Stream: Dialectical Dissidents — Episode 18. thelastamericanvagabond.com Join us on today's episode of The Pirate Stream — Dialectical Dissidents. Pirate Stream Media is a new platform of dedicated content creators focused on circumventing the tightly controlled, manipulated, and outright censored media space of today (both corporate and independent media) with a commitment to objectivity, integrity, and a stark awareness of the two

Rainer Shea, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-09-19). The Exposing Of US' Anti-Assad Psyops Brought Ongoing Repercussions. popularresistance.org A hidden disadvantage of our ruling class within the US/NATO imperialist sphere is that frequently, these elites need to scramble in response to developments they haven't foreseen, and whose consequential outcomes they have limited control over. When the Democratic Party and its partnered intelligence agencies used the DNC leaks to construct a narrative about "Russian hacking," they hadn't planned the inciting incident; they were reacting to it. And their attempt to turn the leak in their favor by pointing to it as "evidence" of a Russian plot against America wasn't ultimately effective. When somebody decides to…

ecns.cn (2023-09-18). Washington's drug slur on Beijing slammed. ecns.cn Beijing expressed on Monday its strong opposition to Washington smearing China as a "major source country" for drugs, saying that China has implemented the strictest drug control policy and its efforts are widely recognized by the international community.

Dave DeCamp (2023-09-18). Taiwan Detects Record Number of Chinese Warplanes. news.antiwar.com Taiwan's Defense Ministry said it detected 103 Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) warplanes operating around Taiwan from 6 am Sunday to 6 am Monday, the most in a 24-hour period since Taipei began releasing the figures in September 2020. According to The New York Times, the previous daily high was 91, which was recorded on …

Zane McNeill (2023-09-18). Polish Government Develops Test That Can Detect If Someone Took Abortion Pills. truthout.org Polish scientists have developed lab tests that can detect if a person has taken abortion pills and are reportedly using the tests to investigate pregnancy outcomes in the country, according to a chilling article published by The New York Times last week. Nearly three years ago, Poland's right-wing government instituted a near-total ban on abortion. Since then, Polish officials have increasingly… |

_____ (2023-09-18). Another Magical JFK Assassination Pseudo-Debate and Limited Hangout. transcend.org 4 Sep 2023 – Much has been made of the simultaneous reports in The New York Times and Vanity Fair of a former Secret Service agent, Paul Landis, part of the security detail in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Art Persyko (2023-09-17). Tuesday 9/19: How can progressives fight back and win against SF power elites and their propaganda? indybay.org Zoom: Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09; MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295; PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US (SAN JOSE)…

Eve Ottenberg (2023-09-17). El mundo estaría mejor sin la OTAN. globalizacion.ca Si usted cree los dos principios centrales del dogma y la propaganda occidentales sobre la guerra de Ucrania, a saber, que la invasión rusa no fue provocada y que Moscú tiene ambiciones imperiales más allá de las fronteras de Ucrania,…

Art Persyko (2023-09-16). Tuesday 9/19: How can progressives fight back and win against SF power elites and their propaganda? indybay.org Zoom: Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/86465752525?pwd=Tzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09; MEETING ID: 864 6575 2525; PASS CODE: 465295; PHONE IN: 699-900 9128 US (SAN JOSE)…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-17). UN Secretary-General is unfit to be lecturing the world about hate speech and disinformation. expose-news.com The United Nations ("UN") is developing a Code of Conduct for information integrity on digital platforms in preparation for the Summit of the Future in 2024. And, since February, Secretary-General António Guterres …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-17). 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 …

Ralph Nader (2023-09-16). Corporate Criminal Behavior Almost Exposé Proof. dissidentvoice.org Corporate law firms have taught their wayward corporate clients how to use accretions of privileges and immunities to ward off or wait out the most devastating books, documentaries and media exposés. Corporate P.R. firms know that the media doesn't follow the efforts of civic advocacy groups as a regular beat. Feature exposés are prime candidates …

Robert Inlakesh (2023-09-17). Black Lives Don't Matter To Israel And The West Turns A Blind Eye. thelastamericanvagabond.com In what has been almost completely ignored in Western corporate media, and by the US government, following a confrontation in Tel Aviv between Eritrean immigrant protesters and the police, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly called for the expulsion of African refugees. Despite a long history of racist abuse against black people and refugees

Philipp Schuetz (2023-09-16). Correspondence] EFFORT Protein trial: questions remain. thelancet.com With the publication of the EFFORT Protein trial, Daren K Heyland and colleagues1 have completed an important, large-scale, pragmatic, international, randomised controlled trial that has provided convincing evidence that high doses of protein are not helpful in the recovery of patients who are critically ill, particularly in patients with kidney injury. However, two issues seem important.

WSWS (2023-09-16). Study adds to growing evidence of link between COVID-19 and type 1 diabetes in children. wsws.org The children in the study who developed SARS-CoV-2 antibodies had a risk of developing multiple islet autoantibodies that was a staggering 3.5 times higher than children who did not.

Editor (2023-09-16). Ukraine's Reconstruction in BlackRock's Hands & Gabor Maté on Explosion of Antidepressants. scheerpost.com By Glenn Greenwald / |
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Editor (2023-09-15). Sep 15, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Liam Clancy — Band Played Waltzing Matilda The Most Wall Street Journal Op-Ed In Their History, by Caitlin Johnstone The US State Mafia and its Fake "Liberal international Order", by Roger Boyd How to Defeat the New World Order once More, by Matthew Ehret (Video) RFK Jr. Telegraphs Threat To Abandon Democrat Party, by Ben Bartee ICC's jurisdiction crumbling barely six months after Putin indictment, by Drago Bosnic How do we Reach the Brainwashed? The antidote to propaganda is art, by VN Alexander Genocidal Ancestral Memory, by Naomi Wolf The power of noncompliance, by Alex Krainer Roths…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-09-14). Here's what 1950s propaganda about Salk's polio vaccine did and didn't say — not much has changed. expose-news.com In the mid-1950s, a documentary was made to promote Salk's polio vaccine. It shows the production of the vaccine, using the live polio virus, in a laboratory at Eli Lilly & Company. …

WSWS (2023-09-14). "Russian War Crimes" exhibition at Berlin's Humboldt University: Atrocity propaganda in the service of German militarism. wsws.org The pictures in the exhibition are in the worst tradition of imperialist atrocity propaganda with the aim of further escalating the war in Ukraine.

Black Rose Anarchist Federation (2023-09-15). Interview: UAW Rank-and-Filer as Historic Strike Begins. itsgoingdown.org The Black Rose Anarchist Federation speaks with a rank-n-file member of the United Auto Workers (UAW) as a massive strike in the auto industry looms. For weeks now, the United Auto Workers (UAW) has been ramping up its aggressive rhetoric around the possibility of a strike at the 'Big 3' automakers — GM, Ford, and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-09-15). Ten Myths, Counter-Narratives or Contradictions Around the Western Neo Colonialist War in Niger. libya360.wordpress.com Julia Wright People rally in support of Niger coup — "Down with France — Long live Putin" reads the sign. | Photo: nprillinois.org As is observed in all imperial onslaughts against the Global South, their wars are increasingly fought at the level of disinformation and manufactured narratives to create a climate of smoke and mirrors…

Mike Ludwig (2023-09-14). Bernie Sanders Slams Corporate Media Coverage of Looming UAW Strike. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) would like a word with the corporate media. Members of United Auto Workers (UAW) union are expected to go on strike at select factories run by the "Big 3" automakers if a deal can't be reached by the time the current four-year contract expires at midnight on Thursday. But Sanders says the reasons why workers are preparing for the picket lines are "rarely, if ever"… |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-09-14). Washington's Expanding Military Footprint on China's Doorsteps. orinocotribune.com By Brian Berletic — Sep 5, 2023 | A series of announcements by the US reflect its large and still growing military presence across Asia-Pacific, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Together, they reflect a continued and increasingly desperate desire by Washington to encircle and contain China. | These announcements include plans for expanding the number of US air bases across the region as part of the US Air Force's (USAF) new "Agile Combat Employment" (ACE) doctrine. It also includes plans for a "civilian port" in the Batanes islands, less than 200 km from the Chinese island province of Taiwan. Then th…

Ann Brown (2023-09-15). Fact Check: Popeyes And Chick-fil-A Hide The Ingredients In Chemical-Laced Sandwiches. moguldom.com Popeyes customers fought each other over the fast food chain's chicken sandwiches when they were first introduced. People continue to stand in long lines at Chick-fil-A for their chicken sandwiches. Why are these foods so seemingly addictive? Some accuse the chains of hiding ingredients and describe the items as "chemical-laced" sandwiches. One of the main …

JANET (2023-09-15). The neocons' Frankenstein Syndrome in Niger. iacenter.org By Julia Wright September 14, 2023 Mary Shelley, who wrote "Frankenstein," published in 1819, was an English abolitionist born to radical feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and anarchist political philosopher William Godwin. Not only did she advocate the end of slavery, but in her father's drawing room she overheard discussions about the beginning and the ending of biological life as evidenced by experiments in Galvanism conducted by two Italians — Luigi Galvani and his nephew, Giovanni Aldini. In fact, convicted paupers in Italy were even bribed into accepting the death penalty without a murmur, because they wer…

Philipp Schuetz (2023-09-16). Correspondence] EFFORT Protein trial: questions remain. thelancet.com With the publication of the EFFORT Protein trial, Daren K Heyland and colleagues1 have completed an important, large-scale, pragmatic, international, randomised controlled trial that has provided convincing evidence that high doses of protein are not helpful in the recovery of patients who are critically ill, particularly in patients with kidney injury. However, two issues seem important.

Ann Brown (2023-09-14). UFO Expert Claims To Show Proof Of Non-Human Alien In Mexico's Congress. moguldom.com We are not alone. At least that's what a journalist claimed to have evidence of when recently addressing the Mexican Congress. On Sept. 12, Mexican lawmakers gathered for the country's first-ever congressional hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), more commonly known as UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects), Reuters reported. During the hearing, known as FANI in …

Mohammed Amin (2023-09-14). Wagner Group sustains significant losses in clashes with Central African Republic rebels. middleeasteye.net Wagner Group sustains significant losses in clashes with Central African Republic rebels | Russian mercenaries being pushed back in Central African Republic, according to evidence obtained by Middle East Eye | Thu, 09/14/2023 – 13: 01 | A Russian officer from the Wagner Group provides presidential security in Bangui, July 2023 (Reuters) | Editor's note: This article contains graphic and dist…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-14). Independent NASA Probe 'Did Not Find Any Evidence' UAPs Are Aliens. sputnikglobe.com While the Pentagon has its own office for investigating unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), the US space agency NASA has also convened its own Independent Study Team to probe the rapidly expanding catalog of mysterious incidents.

| Reuters | (2023-09-14). NASA installs new chief of UFO research after expert panel report. tribune.com.pk NASA on Thursday said it has named a new director of research into what the government calls "unidentified anomalous phenomenon," or UAP, while the US space agency's chief said an expert panel that urged more fact-finding on the matter found no evidence of an extraterrestrial origin for these objects. | Administrator Bill Nelson made the announcement of the new research chief – though he did not disclose the person's identify – after the independent panel of experts recommended that NASA increase its efforts to gather information on UAP and play a larger role in helping the Pentagon detect them. UAP are better…

Edward Curtin (2023-09-15). Another Magical JFK Assassination Pseudo-Debate and Limited Hangout. dissidentvoice.org Much has been made of the September 9, 2023 simultaneous reports in The New York Times and Vanity Fair of the claims of a former Secret Service agent, Paul Landis, who was part of the security detail in Dallas, Texas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Like so many reports …

Chris Walker (2023-09-14). DeSantis Didn't Disclose Trips Paid for by Wealthy Donors — Report. truthout.org Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a candidate for the 2024 GOP nomination for president, failed to disclose multiple high-end trips, stays and other gifts from wealthy benefactors, a new report from The Washington Post details. The report showcases how DeSantis embarked on at least six separate trips on private planes that he did not disclose on campaign finance forms. The trips took place… |

| Reuters | (2023-09-14). Elon Musk to meet Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu in Silicon Valley. tribune.com.pk Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet X owner Elon Musk on Monday in Silicon Valley, an official in Netanyahu's office said on Thursday, and Musk said their talks would focus on artificial intelligence technology. | Netanyahu was already scheduled to visit California next week before traveling to New York for the UN General Assembly. The Israeli official confirmed the meeting with Musk, first reported by the Washington Post, but offered no further details. | In Silicon Valley, Netanyahu may try to bolster relations with executives in the high-tech sector, a key driver of Israel's economy. During…

Adam H Johnson (2023-09-11). New At 6:30: Anti-Union Propaganda. levernews.com

WSWS (2023-09-11). Florida's surgeon general Joseph Ladapo tells people to "stay clear" of COVID-19 booster shot. wsws.org Appointed surgeon general two years ago by Florida's fascistic Governor Ron DeSantis, Ladapo has continuously spread flagrant disinformation on virtually every aspect of the pandemic.

midwesternmarx (2023-09-11). Book Review: Vijay Prashad and Noam Chomsky's 'The Withdrawel.' Reviewed by: Edward Liger Smith. midwesternmarx.com Summary and Analysis Last year in the summer of 2022 a wonderful friend named Debbie sent me a copy of Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad's new book The Withdrawal. A year later I finally got the chance to sit down and read it (sorry it took me so long Debbie) and I was not disappointed as this text provides an excellent history of the major events and developments that have taken place within Western Capitalist imperialism throughout the last forty years or so. Those looking for a den …

Adam H Johnson (2023-09-11). New At 6:30: Anti-Union Propaganda. levernews.com

WSWS (2023-09-11). Florida's surgeon general Joseph Ladapo tells people to "stay clear" of COVID-19 booster shot. wsws.org Appointed surgeon general two years ago by Florida's fascistic Governor Ron DeSantis, Ladapo has continuously spread flagrant disinformation on virtually every aspect of the pandemic.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-09-10). 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 …

Editor (2023-09-09). Sep 9, 2023. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Billy Joel — Piano Man The West's blueprint for goading China was laid out in Ukraine, by Jonathan Cook A Theory of the Game, by James Howard Kunstler Parsing the Telescreen, Slouching into the Gulag, by Fred Reed NATO Chief Openly Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Of NATO Expansion, by Caitlin Johnstone Propaganda Legalized, Censorship Weaponized, by Joseph Mercola Greenwald: EU and WaPo Escalate Censorship Campaign with a New Fraudulent.. Video Transcript Transparency International's Covert Agenda: A Pawn in Western Intelligence's Game, by Kit Klarenberg The Rise of the Public-Pri…

WSWS (2023-09-09). Blacklisted in the US, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski receive standing ovations at Venice Film Festival. wsws.org The overwhelmingly positive reaction to Allen and Polanski, along with Luc Besson, indicates that it is becoming increasingly difficult for the upper middle class layers behind the #MeToo campaign to maintain their slanders and misrepresentations.

Spencer Sunshine (2023-09-09). A New Wave of Neo-Nazism Has Become Visible in Wake of Jacksonville Shooting. truthout.org Exactly one week after the August 26 racist murder of three black people in Jacksonville, Florida, two neo-Nazi rallies were held about 140 miles south in Orlando, where masked and uniformed men shouted racist and antisemitic slogans. These events are signs of a new wave of neo-Nazis who are more eager for street violence than their predecessors in recent years. The smaller of the two rallies was… |