sputniknews (2022-01-04). 'Worrying' New COVID-19 Strain With 46 Mutations Found in France May Be More Jab-Resistant. sputniknews.com The Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes the coronavirus disease is constantly evolving in ways that make it more transmissible and enable it to infect people who should have immunity. New variants of the virus show a genetic change that differs from the original sequence when COVID-19 was identified – triggering concerns among global health experts.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-01-04). There is Absolutely No Reason in the World to Believe That Bill Clinton Is a CIA Asset—Except for All the Evidence. covertactionmagazine.com Clinton was allegedly recruited by the Agency in the 1960s and helped cover up for drug-and gun-running operations to the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-01-04). Research into rare neurological disorder gives Lisa Miller a new lease on life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The changes were subtle at first. "Almost unnoticeable," says Lisa Miller, remembering the symptoms that seemed to appear suddenly in 2017. At a holiday celebration, the Front Royal, Virginia, project engineer remembers falling out of her shoes. "My left heel kept coming out from my shoes," she says. She chalked it up to too much merriment. A few months later, a co-worker told Lisa her gait was off and that she was dragging her left…

sputniknews (2022-01-04). US Court Bars Pentagon From Punishing Seamen for Vaccination Refusal. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A US court has prohibited the Department of Defense from sanctioning Navy personnel for their refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19, despite a vaccine mandate for the entire American military, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

WSWS (2022-01-04). K-12 schools forced open across the US amid Omicron surge. wsws.org The entire political establishment, the corporate media and the unions are forcing millions of children back into schools this week, threatening to vastly accelerate the surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff (2022-01-03). US intel mistake helped Nazis spread disinfo, book claims. rt.com An intercepted cable from an American spymaster helped the Nazis spread misleading rumors during the war | A US intelligence chief inadvertently helped the Nazis push disinformation during World War II after he continued using a cipher that had been compromised by the Germans, according to classified records discussed in a new book. | In his new book, 'Covert Legions: US Army Intelligence in Germany 1944-1949', historian and author Thomas Boghardt claims that mistakes by an American spy could have helped the Nazis spread false information about Adolf Hitler's Alpine redoubt. | In one of the most successful dis…

Ann Brown (2022-01-03). Fact Check: Black Panther Party's Elaine Brown Groomed By A US Government Informant. moguldom.com It is an established fact that the U.S. government infiltrated civil rights organizations in the 1960s and groomed members of these organizations to turn them into informants. One group that was heavily targeted was the Black Panther Party. Some claim that former Black Panther Chairwoman Elaine Brown was being groomed as a government agent. In …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-01-03). Research into rare neurological disorder gives Lisa Miller a new lease on life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The changes were subtle at first. "Almost unnoticeable," says Lisa Miller, remembering the symptoms that seemed to appear suddenly in 2017. At a holiday celebration, the Front Royal, Virginia, project engineer remembers falling out of her shoes. "My left heel kept coming out from my shoes," she says. She chalked it up to too much merriment. A few months later, a co-worker told Lisa her gait was off and that she was dragging her left…

Dana Sanchez (2022-01-03). Another New Covid Variant Is Identified In France, Linked To Cameroon Travel, 12 Infected. moguldom.com French scientists say they have detected a new covid variant in France and they've linked it to travel to Cameroon. It carries 46 mutations that could make it more vaccine-resistant and infectious than the original coronavirus. Twelve cases of the new variant have been reported so far near Marseille, the second-largest city in France, with …

Staff (2022-01-03). Details about suspected defector to North Korea revealed. rt.com A man who escaped South Korea is likely a returnee who defected in November, Seoul revealed | A man who crossed the inter-Korean border on Saturday has been identified as a North Korean returning home. No evidence of espionage has been found. | South Korea's military reported that on January 1, a person managed to cross border fences and race his way through the Demilitarized Zone before reaching North Korean territory. | According to a defense ministry official, the man in his 30s looked familiar. He is thought to be the person seen in November 2020 surveillance footage entering South Korea using the same rou…

Staff (2022-01-03). US intel mistake helped Nazis spread disinfo, book claims. rt.com An intercepted cable from an American spymaster helped the Nazis spread misleading rumors during the war | A US intelligence chief inadvertently helped the Nazis push disinformation during World War II after he continued using a cipher that had been compromised by the Germans, according to classified records discussed in a new book. | In his new book, 'Covert Legions: US Army Intelligence in Germany 1944-1949', historian and author Thomas Boghardt claims that mistakes by an American spy could have helped the Nazis spread false information about Adolf Hitler's Alpine redoubt. | In one of the most successful dis…

Ann Brown (2022-01-03). Fact Check: Black Panther Party's Elaine Brown Groomed By A US Government Informant. moguldom.com It is an established fact that the U.S. government infiltrated civil rights organizations in the 1960s and groomed members of these organizations to turn them into informants. One group that was heavily targeted was the Black Panther Party. Some claim that former Black Panther Chairwoman Elaine Brown was being groomed as a government agent. In …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-01-03). Research into rare neurological disorder gives Lisa Miller a new lease on life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The changes were subtle at first. "Almost unnoticeable," says Lisa Miller, remembering the symptoms that seemed to appear suddenly in 2017. At a holiday celebration, the Front Royal, Virginia, project engineer remembers falling out of her shoes. "My left heel kept coming out from my shoes," she says. She chalked it up to too much merriment. A few months later, a co-worker told Lisa her gait was off and that she was dragging her left…

Staff (2022-01-03). Details about suspected defector to North Korea revealed. rt.com A man who escaped South Korea is likely a returnee who defected in November, Seoul revealed | A man who crossed the inter-Korean border on Saturday has been identified as a North Korean returning home. No evidence of espionage has been found. | South Korea's military reported that on January 1, a person managed to cross border fences and race his way through the Demilitarized Zone before reaching North Korean territory. | According to a defense ministry official, the man in his 30s looked familiar. He is thought to be the person seen in November 2020 surveillance footage entering South Korea using the same rou…

Staff (2022-01-02). Thousands march to honor WWII Nazi collaborator (VIDEO). rt.com Ukrainian nationalists paraded in torchlight procession in Kiev with portraits of Hitler ally | Ukrainian far-right ultra nationalists held a torchlight procession in Kiev on Saturday night, celebrating a controversial WWII-Nazi collaborator. Israeli diplomats said the march "insulted" the memory of the Holocaust. | The activists chanted "Glory" and "Our land" as they marked the birthday of Stepan Bandera, a former leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), which was aligned with Adolf Hitler's Germany. | Some carried portraits and banners with images of the controversial figure and shouted "B…

Anonymous Contributor (2022-01-02). From "Race Realism" to Anti-Vaxx, How the Spread of Conspiracy Theories Has Helped the Far-Right Grow. itsgoingdown.org An analysis of how the spread of mass disinformation has helped grow support for the far-Right. Back in October, an IT specialist named Rob Willis reached out to tech news web site Ars Technica. His conscience was troubling him, and he had a story to tell. Willis had spent a couple of years in the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-02). Colombia 2021:The Year in which State Terrorism Became Visible. libya360.wordpress.com Renán Vega Cantor The State and the ruling classes of Colombia, which constitute the counterinsurgent power bloc, have made use of a series of fallacies to hide the terrorist nature of the State in this country, consolidated as such for decades. The first of these fallacies, repeated ad nauseam, is that Colombia is a democratic…

Staff (2022-01-02). Third of Americans ready to justify violence against government – poll. rt.com A violation of rights or a military coup were cited as justifications of violence | Every third American — the largest number in more than two decades – believes violence against the government can be justified, especially when the violation of rights is involved, a new poll has found. | According to a Washington Post and University of Maryland poll, 34% of respondents were prepared to justify violent action — up from 23% in 2015 and only 16% in 2011. The number of those who said violence was "never justified" dropped significantly to 62% from 76% in 2011. | Among those prepared to accept violence,…

Open Democracy (2022-01-02). Fighting repression in the Land of the Free: an Arab-American feminist Perspective. juancole.com By Nadine Suleiman Naber | — ( OpenDemocracy) — For decades, US and European governments, as well as corporate media, have been condemning authoritarian repression and violence against women in the Global South — from Africa, to the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Islands and Latin America. And tragically, these same voices have too frequently …

Anonymous Contributor (2022-01-02). From "Race Realism" to Anti-Vaxx, How the Spread of Conspiracy Theories Has Helped the Far-Right Grow. itsgoingdown.org An analysis of how the spread of mass disinformation has helped grow support for the far-Right. Back in October, an IT specialist named Rob Willis reached out to tech news web site Ars Technica. His conscience was troubling him, and he had a story to tell. Willis had spent a couple of years in the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-01). Left "Anti-Authoritarianism" Has Been Counterrevolution's Greatest Weapon. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Since workers states began to form in the early twentieth century, and bourgeois propaganda therefore first had highly tangible enemies to latch onto, capitalism's defenders have claimed that revolution will lead to dictatorship. The image of a grim, despotic dystopia that was projected onto the Soviet Union—and then onto the next socialist states…

South China Morning Post (2022-01-01). The Insufferable Hypocrisy of Western Governments Hell-bent on Destroying Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org Much of the independent media have provided coverage of the horrendous plight suffered by WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Some corporate media have even pointed out how five purported democracies conspired to entrap Julian Assange and, with the acquiescence of most of the western monopoly media, are complicit in the slow-motion assassination of the brave journalist.

Reem Zubaidi (2022-01-01). Updates on 'unsolved' assassination of Palestinian activist Alex Odeh. liberationnews.org No one has been charged for the murder despite strong evidence against suspects who fled to Israel following the attack.

Ryan P Barbaro, Graeme MacLaren, Justyna Swol, Arthur S Slutsky, Daniel Brodie (2022-01-01). [Correspondence] COVID-19 ARDS: getting ventilation right — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Xosé Pérez-Fernández and colleagues for their thoughtful Correspondence regarding our study of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in COVID-19.1 We agree that our study does not provide evidence that forms of non-invasive ventilation (NIV), such as high-flow nasal cannula and mask or helmet ventilation, might be deleterious compared with other strategies. Our observational study was not designed to make causal inferences regarding the potential superiority of ECMO or any pre-ECMO support strategy.

South China Morning Post (2022-01-01). The Insufferable Hypocrisy of Western Governments Hell-bent on Destroying Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org Much of the independent media have provided coverage of the horrendous plight suffered by WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Some corporate media have even pointed out how five purported democracies conspired to entrap Julian Assange and, with the acquiescence of most of the western monopoly media, are complicit in the slow-motion assassination of the brave journalist.

Ryan P Barbaro, Graeme MacLaren, Justyna Swol, Arthur S Slutsky, Daniel Brodie (2022-01-01). [Correspondence] COVID-19 ARDS: getting ventilation right — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Xosé Pérez-Fernández and colleagues for their thoughtful Correspondence regarding our study of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in COVID-19.1 We agree that our study does not provide evidence that forms of non-invasive ventilation (NIV), such as high-flow nasal cannula and mask or helmet ventilation, might be deleterious compared with other strategies. Our observational study was not designed to make causal inferences regarding the potential superiority of ECMO or any pre-ECMO support strategy.

Jasper Saah (2021-12-31). War or peace in space? 2021 in review. liberationnews.org 2021 has been a record setting year for space development, accompanied by relentless capitalist propaganda to shape how people relate to the increasing importance of the space industry worldwide.

Kit Klarenberg (2021-12-31). Leaked Files Expose Syria Psyops Veteran Astroturfing BreadTube Star to Counter Covid Restriction Critics. orinocotribune.com By Kit Klarenberg and Max Blumenthal — Dec 21, 2021 |

WSWS (2021-12-31). UK Employment Tribunal rules against worker who refused to return to work over COVID safety concerns. wsws.org The corporate media are using the tribunal ruling, hinging on the question of what constitutes a philosophical belief, to assert that workers have no legal right against being forced to labour in unsafe conditions.

_____ (2021-12-30). Drone Warfare: The World Needs To End US Impunity. popularresistance.org A report by The New York Times (NYT) earlier this month revealed that at least 1,400 innocent civilians were killed in numerous airstrikes, mostly drones strikes, carried out by the US forces since 2014 in Afghanistan and some countries in West Asia. The civilian toll of the US drone strikes has already been widely reported, with several other sources such as Airwars citing a larger number of civilian casualties. The NYT report also revealed the extent of the failure of the international community to ensure accountability and justice for the victims of these war crimes. | The impunity enjoyed by the US is a key f…

Amy Goodman (2021-12-30). Chomsky: Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Feeds the Pandemic and Climate Crisis. truthout.org Today, a special broadcast: an hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, who just turned 93 years old. Chomsky spoke to Democracy Now! prior to the discovery of the Omicron coronavirus variant, but he predicted new variants would emerge. "If you let the virus run rampant in poor countries, everyone understands that mutation is likely, the kind of mutation that led to the Delta variant, now the Delta Plus variant in India, and who knows what will develop,"

Staff (2021-12-30). Noam Chomsky: Corporate Patents & Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Will Prolong Pandemic. democracynow.org Today, a special broadcast: an hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, who just turned 93 years old. Chomsky spoke to Democracy Now! prior to the discovery of the Omicron coronavirus variant, but he predicted new variants would emerge. "If you let the virus run rampant in poor countries, everyone understands that mutation is likely, the kind of mutation that led to the Delta variant, now the Delta Plus variant in India, and who knows what will develop," Chomsky said.

Amy Goodman (2021-12-30). Noam Chomsky: Corporate patents & rising anti-science rhetoric will prolong pandemic. nationofchange.org It's overwhelmingly a far-right phenomenon. Others have been drawn in. And I think there are many sources.

Staff (2021-12-30). Noam Chomsky on Rising Fascism in U.S., Class Warfare & the Climate Emergency. democracynow.org Noam Chomsky warns the Republican Party is "marching" the world to destruction by ignoring the climate emergency while embracing proto-fascism at home. Chomsky talks about the January 6 insurrection, how neoliberalism is a form of class warfare and how President Biden's climate plans fall short of what is needed.

Staff (2021-12-30). Chomsky Blasts the "Torture" of Julian Assange & Biden's Provocative Acts Against China. democracynow.org Noam Chomsky decries what he calls the torture of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He also critiques the Biden administration's reckless foreign policy. "The trajectory is not optimistic," Chomsky says. "The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China. That's very dangerous."

_____ (2021-12-30). Silicon Valley Should Not Restrict Public Discourse About Covid Measures Which Affect Everyone. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Twitter has

Jordan Schachtel (2021-12-30). Shell Game? There remains no FDA approved COVID vaccine in the United States. globalresearch.ca

Kevin Mwanza (2021-12-30). Fact Check: Omicron Variant Has 50-70% Lower Hospitalization Risk Than Delta. moguldom.com The highly infectious omicron coronavirus variant was first identified in Botswana in November and South African scientists announced its arrival to the world in late November, but new studies have found that it may not be as deadly as the delta variant. U.S. health officials are reporting near-vertical case growth with positive test rates doubling every …

WSWS (2021-12-30). Man claiming to work for Turkish intelligence burned Syrian refugees to death. wsws.org This horrific triple murder is a product of the reactionary atmosphere incited by the ruling class and the entire political establishment against refugees in Turkey.

Dave Lindorff (2021-12-30). The Washington money pit: FLASH! Pentagon Fails Audit! (Again!). warisacrime.org By Dave Lindorff That's what should have been the biggest news of 2021. Instead, the story, which broke on November 17, was largely ignored or buried. The nation's two main newspapers, the Washington Post and the New York Times, have simply ignored it. Other news organizations stenographically quoted Pentagon officials as admitting that they "failed again" …

Amy Goodman (2021-12-30). Noam Chomsky: Corporate patents & rising anti-science rhetoric will prolong pandemic. nationofchange.org It's overwhelmingly a far-right phenomenon. Others have been drawn in. And I think there are many sources.

Staff (2021-12-30). Noam Chomsky: Corporate Patents & Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Will Prolong Pandemic. democracynow.org Today, a special broadcast: an hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, who just turned 93 years old. Chomsky spoke to Democracy Now! prior to the discovery of the Omicron coronavirus variant, but he predicted new variants would emerge. "If you let the virus run rampant in poor countries, everyone understands that mutation is likely, the kind of mutation that led to the Delta variant, now the Delta Plus variant in India, and who knows what will develop," Chomsky said.

Amy Goodman (2021-12-30). Chomsky: Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Feeds the Pandemic and Climate Crisis. truthout.org Today, a special broadcast: an hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, who just turned 93 years old. Chomsky spoke to Democracy Now! prior to the discovery of the Omicron coronavirus variant, but he predicted new variants would emerge. "If you let the virus run rampant in poor countries, everyone understands that mutation is likely, the kind of mutation that led to the Delta variant, now the Delta Plus variant in India, and who knows what will develop,"

Staff (2021-12-30). Noam Chomsky on Rising Fascism in U.S., Class Warfare & the Climate Emergency. democracynow.org Noam Chomsky warns the Republican Party is "marching" the world to destruction by ignoring the climate emergency while embracing proto-fascism at home. Chomsky talks about the January 6 insurrection, how neoliberalism is a form of class warfare and how President Biden's climate plans fall short of what is needed.

Staff (2021-12-30). Chomsky Blasts the "Torture" of Julian Assange & Biden's Provocative Acts Against China. democracynow.org Noam Chomsky decries what he calls the torture of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He also critiques the Biden administration's reckless foreign policy. "The trajectory is not optimistic," Chomsky says. "The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China. That's very dangerous."

Kevin Mwanza (2021-12-30). Fact Check: Omicron Variant Has 50-70% Lower Hospitalization Risk Than Delta. moguldom.com The highly infectious omicron coronavirus variant was first identified in Botswana in November and South African scientists announced its arrival to the world in late November, but new studies have found that it may not be as deadly as the delta variant. U.S. health officials are reporting near-vertical case growth with positive test rates doubling every …

Jordan Schachtel (2021-12-30). Shell Game? There remains no FDA approved COVID vaccine in the United States. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-12-30). Man claiming to work for Turkish intelligence burned Syrian refugees to death. wsws.org This horrific triple murder is a product of the reactionary atmosphere incited by the ruling class and the entire political establishment against refugees in Turkey.

Abdul Rahman (2021-12-30). Drone warfare: The world needs to end US impunity. peoplesdispatch.org A recent report by The New York Times into the killings of hundreds of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and West Asia in over 50,000 air strikes carried out by the US since 2014 underlines the need to hold the imperialist power accountable for its crimes…

Dave Lindorff (2021-12-30). The Washington money pit: FLASH! Pentagon Fails Audit! (Again!). warisacrime.org By Dave Lindorff That's what should have been the biggest news of 2021. Instead, the story, which broke on November 17, was largely ignored or buried. The nation's two main newspapers, the Washington Post and the New York Times, have simply ignored it. Other news organizations stenographically quoted Pentagon officials as admitting that they "failed again" …

_____ (2021-12-29). PEN America and the Betrayal of Julian Assange. strategic-culture.org By Chris HEDGES | Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, is one of the very few establishment figures Those in power, as Noam Chomsky points out, divide the world into "worthy" and "unworthy" victims. Th…

_____ (2021-12-28). PEN America And The Betrayal Of Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, is one of the very few establishment figures to denounce the judicial lynching of Julian Assange. Melzer's integrity and courage, for which he has been mercilessly attacked, stand in stark contrast to the widespread complicity of many human rights and press organizations, including PEN America, which has become a de facto subsidiary of the Democratic National Committee. | Those in power, as Noam Chomsky points out, divide the world into "worthy" and "unworthy" victims. They weep crocodile tears over the plight of Uyghur Muslims persecuted in China while demoniz…

WSWS (2021-12-28). New York state judge issues prior restraint order against New York Times. wsws.org The order by New York state trial judge Charles Wood is a dangerous attack on free speech.

Editor2 (2021-12-28). US on the Brink of Civil War. orinocotribune.com By Alfredo Jalife-Rahme — Dec 23, 2021 | After three US generals warned of a fractured Army, a civil war scenario, as a coup attempt after the 2024 presidential election, CIA consultant Barbara Walter judges that the US exhibits several signs that foretell a "pre-civil war" insurgency. | Three retired generals shocked public opinion in an article in The Washington Post, an establishment newspaper, that "the military should prepare now for an insurrection in 2024". | On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the lethal insurrection on Capitol Hill, former Generals Paul Eaton, Antonio Taguba and Steven Anderso…

_____ (2021-12-28). If You Haven't Researched Arguments Disputing a Western Narrative, You Don't Understand the Issue. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | It's a question that can be applied to any disputed western narrative about any government the US-centralized empire doesn't like. Russia is engaging in aggressive provocations. Assad is using chemical weapons. There's a genocide in Xinjiang. Iran is developing nuclear weapons. Maduro is deliberately starving his people. Whatever's the Official Imperial Line of the Day about the Official Bad Guy of the Day. | What I've found interesting about this exercise is that while I would've correctly predicted that those questioned had done zero research into the opposing viewpoints of the issue they…

WSWS (2021-12-28). New York state judge issues prior restraint order against New York Times. wsws.org The order by New York state trial judge Charles Wood is a dangerous attack on free speech.

Ann Brown (2021-12-27). What Is Copaganda? 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Put the words" cop" and "propaganda" together and you get copaganda, a phenomenon in which news media, Hollywood, and social institutions promote triumphant and glorified portrayals of police officers in an effort to deter criticism and sway public opinion for the benefit of law enforcement, often at the expense of Black people. Copaganda has been …

Staff (2021-12-27). Argentina Responds to Boris Johnson's 'Militaristic Rhetoric' on Malvinas. orinocotribune.com Argentine authorities responded to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his "militaristic rhetoric" on the disputed Malvinas (Falkland) Islands. | Johnson transmitted his traditional end-of-year message on December 23, in which he called Argentina's claim to the Malvinas Islands an "invasion" and boasted of his country's warlike power. | "One thing that remains absolutely unchanged is the UK's commitment to the Malvinas Islands and its people," Johnson said, recalling the 1982 war fought over the territory. "It is as firm a commitment as it was when Major General Moore accepted General Menendez's surrender. A…

_____ (2021-12-27). Turkey's Economic Difficulties and the Fate of Erdogan. journal-neo.org Turkey's economy is in freefall: the lira is falling, inflation is rising, and food prices are spiraling. The government has resorted to disinformation, lies, and conspiracy theories to deflect blame from itself and shift it to others. But the lower living standards of the common people and the country's future is unlikely to end the …

Moderator (2021-12-27). Hedges: PEN America and the Betrayal of Julian Assange. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, is one of the very few establishment figures Those in power, as Noam Chomsky points out, divide the world into "worthy" and "unwor…

_____ (2021-12-27). Media Forget Afghan Plight As US Sanctions Drive Mass Famine Risk. popularresistance.org Since November 1, well into the worsening crisis, FAIR identified only 37 TV news segments from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox and MSNBC that mentioned "humanitarian" in the same sentence as Afghanistan. That's 37 segments in seven weeks. For perspective, as the US withdrew in August, journalists from those shows mentioned "women's rights" in the same sentence as Afghanistan more often—42 times—in just seven days. Today, as those women and girls face starvation, the deeply concerned TV reporters are virtually nowhere to be seen.

_____ (2021-12-27). Turkey's Economic Difficulties and the Fate of Erdogan. journal-neo.org Turkey's economy is in freefall: the lira is falling, inflation is rising, and food prices are spiraling. The government has resorted to disinformation, lies, and conspiracy theories to deflect blame from itself and shift it to others. But the lower living standards of the common people and the country's future is unlikely to end the …

Moderator (2021-12-27). Hedges: PEN America and the Betrayal of Julian Assange. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | Nils Melzer, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, is one of the very few establishment figures Those in power, as Noam Chomsky points out, divide the world into "worthy" and "unwor…

Rick Rozoff (2021-12-26). Senators sound Ukraine "War Drums", not "Peace Chimes" on Christmas Eve. globalresearch.ca On the day before Christmas, when the world's two billion Christians celebrate the birth of the prince of peace, the Washington Post accorded Senators Rob Portman and Jeanne Shaheen — Republican and Democrat, from Ohio and New Hampshire, respectively — …

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2021-12-26). 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".

Editor2 (2021-12-26). Syria Criticizes Guterres Report for Ignoring Unilateral US Sanctions. orinocotribune.com Damascus has called the report by Guterres "subjective" and "unrealistic", according to al-Watan. | On Monday, Syria criticized UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' report on the humanitarian situation in Syria because it ignored the disastrous effects of unilateral and illegal sanctions imposed on Syria by the United States and the European Union, which have caused suffering for the Syrian people. Syria considered the report's conclusion on the necessity of cross-border action as "subjective" and unrealistic". Syria reiterated its position of rejecting the mechanism of cross-border action as a flagrant violati…

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2021-12-26). 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".

Rick Rozoff (2021-12-26). Senators sound Ukraine "War Drums", not "Peace Chimes" on Christmas Eve. globalresearch.ca On the day before Christmas, when the world's two billion Christians celebrate the birth of the prince of peace, the Washington Post accorded Senators Rob Portman and Jeanne Shaheen — Republican and Democrat, from Ohio and New Hampshire, respectively — …

_____ (2021-12-25). Maturity Is Realizing That Propaganda Isn't Something That Only Happens to Other People. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | What I find interesting is that it's not just coming from complete mainstream normies; a lot of the pushback I'm getting comes from people who've succeeded in seeing through other western propaganda narratives on fronts like Russia, Syria, or Julian Assange. They're just as brainwashed about China as any uncritical consumer of TV news, but because they get their information from people like Tucker Carlson and other so-called "right-populists" who have disputed those other narratives, they assume they are safe from mass media indoctrination. | And a liberal who gets their information from Th…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-12-25). The Omicron Fraud Used to Justify the "Christmas Covid Lockdown" globalresearch.ca First published on December 19, 2021 | The alleged spread of the "deadly" Omicron variant has now become the pretext and justification for implementing partial lockdowns, restrictions on travel as well as confinement and stay at home mandates. | Anthony Fauci is …

Dr.Nadia Helmy (2021-12-25). The positions of the Council on American-Islamic Relations within the American society. moderndiplomacy.eu The positions of (the Organization of American Islamic Relations), known as CAIR, can be evaluated in view of its reputation by confusing human rights papers, defending civil rights and the freedoms of American and foreign Muslims, and its overlap with the Muslim Brotherhood and their political activities and movements, and therefore many evidence since the …