_____ (2023-06-26). Covid and Propaganda: China vs the USA. journal-neo.org

ecsorinoco (2023-06-26). As Venezuela Mends Ties With Latin Neighbors, Western Media Turn Up the Propaganda. orinocotribune.com

Ricardo Vaz, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-06-26). As Venezuela Mends Ties, Western Media Turn Up The Propaganda. popularresistance.org Venezuela's Maduro government has slowly and steadily regained its diplomatic standing in recent years, overcoming US endeavors to turn the country into a pariah state as part of its regime-change efforts. | Nevertheless, Washington remains hell-bent on ousting the democratically elected Venezuelan authorities, and has kept its deadly sanctions program virtually intact. And Western media, which have cheered coup attempts at every step of the way (FAIR.org, 6/13/22, 5/2/22, 6/4/21, 4/15/20, 1/22/20), remain committed to endorsing US policies to the bitter end. | This commitment was on full display recently when Pr…

Ulrich Guhi (2023-06-26). The Superiority Conceit of the West Crumbles. indybay.org When people in the West are confronted with the knowledge that the feeling of their own superiority was a deception or swindle, the awakening will surely be traumatic. We should not gloat because the people who have never known anything but western propaganda are deceived and defrauded and in my eyes victims of a misanthropic ideology whose time has run out.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-26). Australia Keeps Escalating Its Censorship And Propaganda Campaign. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | There's a frenzied rush by the Australian political/media class to both propagandise Australians as quickly as possible into supporting preparatio…

mforinoco (2023-06-25). The Western Left Must Reject Anti-China Propaganda and Join the Progressive Global Trend. orinocotribune.com By Jenny Clegg — Jun 20, 2023 | What follows is the text of a speech given by veteran British peace activist and China specialist Jenny Clegg at the launch event in London for Carlos Martinez's book The East is Still Red: Chinese socialism in the 21st century. | Summarizing the key points of the book, Jenny highlights in particular the escalating New Cold War and anti-China rhetoric in the West. "China is being presented as an existential threat to the Western way of life so as to prepare a climate for war." | Beyond the obvious dangers of preparing a climate for war, Jenny points out that the incessant lies…

thecommunists (2023-06-25). Michael Palin in the DPRK: a western exceptionalism showcase. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from the Class Consciousness Project, with thanks. ***** This article was prompted by an awful piece of BBC propaganda, entitled Michael Palin in North Korea. If you want to understand western exceptionalism, watch this programme, first with and then without sound, because the only part of this presentation that makes the …

_____ (2023-06-25). Women War Criminals: A Vital Cog in NATO's Plans of World Conquest. strategic-culture.org Although Chairman Mao told us that women hold up half the sky, he failed to expound on what proportion of NATO's war crimes women are responsible for. | Although China's Chairman Mao Zedong famously told us that women hold up half the sky, he failed to expound on what proportion of NATO's war crimes women are responsible for. | We must, first of all, realise that new-born baby girls do not enter the world as newly-minted war criminals but, as Hillary Clinton, Greta Thunberg, Victoria Nuland and Ursula von der Leyen all show, they are groomed to it, just as the architects of Hitler's Final Solution or any other ps…

WSWS (2023-06-26). Official US intelligence report finds no evidence for laboratory origin of SARS-CoV-2. wsws.org The release of the ODNI findings only corroborates what principled scientists have stated before: that the WIV did not possess SARS-CoV-2 or a close ancestor and there is no evidence that the virus emerged from the laboratory to cause the COVID pandemic.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-25). U.S. Intelligence Agencies Advance Disinformation About Chinese Spy Base in Cuba to Gain Support for Cruel Embargo Costing Cubans $455 Million Per Month. covertactionmagazine.com After having lied about WMDs, Russia Gate, chemical weapons in Syria and so many other things, the U.S. intelligence community is now advancing the lie that Cuba is hosting a Chinese spy base that enables China to spy on the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 8 that China and Cuba had reached …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-26). Exceptional volumes of sea ice are a headache for climate alarmists. expose-news.com While corporate media reports that it's too late to save Arctic Sea ice, it seems the Arctic has other plans. Greenland's snow and ice gains are proving exceptional and cherry farmers in …

Roshan Abraham, Next City. (2023-06-26). Why Are So Many Cities' Homeless Policies Punitive? popularresistance.org There is a strong body of evidence on what works when it comes to resolving homelessness — housing — and what does not work — punitive policies like criminalization and homeless sweeps that move people around while discarding their belongings. So why do so many American cities seem vexed when it comes to this issue, constantly framing people who are unhoused as threats to public safety while simultaneously promising a compassionate approach? | A big reason for this is that complaint-driven policies of homelessness prevail in many cities despite being antithetical to resolving homelessness.

_____ (2023-06-25). What About the Ukrainian 'Counteroffensive'? strategic-culture.org After 'the de facto declaration of the beginning of the military onslaught', not one single objective evidence was presented of its success. | Ukrainian long announced, long awaited counteroffensive has officially begun! Hip, hip, hooray! At last! Though the courage and bravery of the Russian army have stopped them in their tracks in the Zaporozhye region. The tactics deployed by the Ukrainian troops relying on the 'indestructible'

Jeff Bryant (2023-06-25). Charter Schools Push Right-Wing Indoctrination at Taxpayer Expense. truthout.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, conservative ideology. The report… |

Tyler Walicek (2023-06-25). UC Berkeley Holds Thousands of Native Remains Despite Repatriation Requests. truthout.org European colonialism, in the course of its centuries-long project to subjugate the Indigenous inhabitants of North America, has so relentlessly persecuted Native peoples that peace has been denied them even in death. In the path of a continental genocide trails a further insult: White archaeologists have ransacked Native graves by the thousands, exhuming bodies and stealing countless items of… |

WSWS (2023-06-26). Intelligence report exposes media promotion of Wuhan Lab lie. wsws.org False claims by the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, about illnesses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the COVID-19 pandemic were refuted in an intelligence report published Friday.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-25). Reports Say US Intelligence Knew Prigozhin Was Planning Mutiny in Russia. news.antiwar.com Several US media outlets are claiming that US intelligence was aware Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning to take military action against Russia's defense establishment before his short-lived uprising began on Friday. According to a report from The New York Times, US intelligence officials briefed senior military and Biden administration officials on Wednesday about Prigozhin's …

Craig Murray, Consortium News. (2023-06-25). Daniel Ellsberg's Day In Court For Julian Assange. popularresistance.org The massive obituaries to Daniel Ellsberg last weekend in both The New York Times and Washington Post were proof of the status he held in the United States. | Only presidents get an obituary that size. | His name was not nearly so widely known in the U.K. | I first met Dan on 3 May 2006 when we were giving a joint presentation at Berkeley. The large hall was full to overflowing and to my surprise there were young students queuing outside and striving to listen on stairways through open doors. | The large majority of the audience were not born when Dan leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

Ulrich Guhi (2023-06-25). The Superiority Conceit of the West Crumbles. indybay.org When people in the West are confronted with the knowledge that the feeling of their own superiority was a deception or swindle, the awakening will surely be traumatic. We should not gloat because the people who have never known anything but western propaganda are deceived and defrauded and in my eyes victims of a misanthropic ideology whose time has run out.

mforinoco (2023-06-25). The Western Left Must Reject Anti-China Propaganda and Join the Progressive Global Trend. orinocotribune.com By Jenny Clegg — Jun 20, 2023 | What follows is the text of a speech given by veteran British peace activist and China specialist Jenny Clegg at the launch event in London for Carlos Martinez's book The East is Still Red: Chinese socialism in the 21st century. | Summarizing the key points of the book, Jenny highlights in particular the escalating New Cold War and anti-China rhetoric in the West. "China is being presented as an existential threat to the Western way of life so as to prepare a climate for war." | Beyond the obvious dangers of preparing a climate for war, Jenny points out that the incessant lies…

thecommunists (2023-06-25). Michael Palin in the DPRK: a western exceptionalism showcase. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from the Class Consciousness Project, with thanks. ***** This article was prompted by an awful piece of BBC propaganda, entitled Michael Palin in North Korea. If you want to understand western exceptionalism, watch this programme, first with and then without sound, because the only part of this presentation that makes the …

WSWS (2023-06-24). Cornel West's campaign for US president: A pragmatic and bankrupt muddle. wsws.org West's moralistic rhetoric, pragmatic maneuvering and a healthy dose of showmanship add up, when all is accounted for, to a vast pragmatic muddle.

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-06-24). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-06-25). U.S. Intelligence Agencies Advance Disinformation About Chinese Spy Base in Cuba to Gain Support for Cruel Embargo Costing Cubans $455 Million Per Month. covertactionmagazine.com After having lied about WMDs, Russia Gate, chemical weapons in Syria and so many other things, the U.S. intelligence community is now advancing the lie that Cuba is hosting a Chinese spy base that enables China to spy on the U.S. The Wall Street Journal reported on June 8 that China and Cuba had reached …

Stansfield Smith (2023-06-24). Liberal and Left Silence on National Security Police State When Used Against Trump and His Supporters. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith — Jun 21, 2023 | The National Security police state now regards the Democratic Party as a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government. We see this in the attack on the Uhuru Movement as being in the pay of Russia, in the imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange, in the jailing of numerous whistleblowers, in the censoring of hundreds of anti-war websites, claiming they spread Russian "disinformation." Unfortunately, not a few who consider themselves on the left or liberals acquiesce to these attacks. Many actually repeat them.

Alex Koren, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-06-24). Judge's Ruling Debunks Anti-Trans Claims Often Seen In Corporate Media. popularresistance.org A federal judge issued a temporary injunction this month that partially blocked enforcement of Florida's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. In a 44-page opinion, Judge Robert Hinkle offered a lengthy rebuke of the arguments presented by the state of Florida to medically justify banning gender-affirming care—which happen to be many of the same arguments that corporate media have uncritically parroted. | In the ruling, Hinkle wrote: | In support of their position, the defendants have proffered a laundry list of purported justifications for the statute and rules. The purported justifications are largely…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-24). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

unitedEditor (2023-06-24). "We need to harmonize the doctrine of Eurasianism in Türkiye and Russia" uwidata.com The Russian Orthodox Church occupies a prominent position among Russia's important institutions. It has influence not only within Russia but also across a vast region. We had the opportunity to address Türkiye-Russia relations, multipolarity, the conflict in Ukraine, the activities of the Fener Greek Patriarch, and the current global trends with Hieromonk Stefan Igumnov who …

People's Dispatch. (2023-06-25). Anti-War Groups In Ireland Disrupt Security Conference. popularresistance.org Irish anti-war groups disrupted discussions over militarization and membership of military alliances at the government's first national security consultation meeting that began at the University College Cork (UCC). On June 22, activists from the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM) disrupted the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy meeting with anti-war slogans and raised a red banner that read "NATO Wars! Millions Dead." | Deputy head of government and foreign and defense minister Micheál Martin from the Fianna Fail of the ruling liberal-conservative coalition, was set to address the gathering, only to b…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-24). Anti-war groups in Ireland disrupt security conference at Cork University. peoplesdispatch.org Irish anti-war groups disrupted discussions over militarization and membership of military alliances at the government's first national security consultation meeting that began at the University College Cork (UCC). On June 22, activists from the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM) disrupted the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy meeting with anti-war slogans and Deputy head of government and foreign and defense minister Micheál Martin from the Fianna Fail of the ruling liberal-cons…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-24). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

unitedEditor (2023-06-24). "We need to harmonize the doctrine of Eurasianism in Türkiye and Russia" uwidata.com The Russian Orthodox Church occupies a prominent position among Russia's important institutions. It has influence not only within Russia but also across a vast region. We had the opportunity to address Türkiye-Russia relations, multipolarity, the conflict in Ukraine, the activities of the Fener Greek Patriarch, and the current global trends with Hieromonk Stefan Igumnov who …

People's Dispatch. (2023-06-25). Anti-War Groups In Ireland Disrupt Security Conference. popularresistance.org Irish anti-war groups disrupted discussions over militarization and membership of military alliances at the government's first national security consultation meeting that began at the University College Cork (UCC). On June 22, activists from the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM) disrupted the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy meeting with anti-war slogans and raised a red banner that read "NATO Wars! Millions Dead." | Deputy head of government and foreign and defense minister Micheál Martin from the Fianna Fail of the ruling liberal-conservative coalition, was set to address the gathering, only to b…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-24). Anti-war groups in Ireland disrupt security conference at Cork University. peoplesdispatch.org Irish anti-war groups disrupted discussions over militarization and membership of military alliances at the government's first national security consultation meeting that began at the University College Cork (UCC). On June 22, activists from the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM) disrupted the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy meeting with anti-war slogans and Deputy head of government and foreign and defense minister Micheál Martin from the Fianna Fail of the ruling liberal-cons…

Nauman Sadiq (2023-06-24). The Failed Ukraine-Russia March 2022 Peace Negotiations. Evidence of US-NATO Sabotage. globalresearch.ca Ukrainian negotiators said that under their proposals, Kyiv would agree not to join alliances or host bases of foreign troops. The proposals, which would require a referendum in Ukraine. They have essentially agreed to to reject NATO membership.

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

Craig Murray, Consortium News. (2023-06-25). Daniel Ellsberg's Day In Court For Julian Assange. popularresistance.org The massive obituaries to Daniel Ellsberg last weekend in both The New York Times and Washington Post were proof of the status he held in the United States. | Only presidents get an obituary that size. | His name was not nearly so widely known in the U.K. | I first met Dan on 3 May 2006 when we were giving a joint presentation at Berkeley. The large hall was full to overflowing and to my surprise there were young students queuing outside and striving to listen on stairways through open doors. | The large majority of the audience were not born when Dan leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

Ulrich Guhi (2023-06-24). The Superiority Conceit of the West Crumbles. indybay.org When people in the West are confronted with the knowledge that the feeling of their own superiority was a deception or swindle, the awakening will surely be traumatic. We should not gloat because the people who have never known anything but western propaganda are deceived and defrauded and in my eyes victims of a misanthropic ideology whose time has run out.

WSWS (2023-06-24). Cornel West's campaign for US president: A pragmatic and bankrupt muddle. wsws.org West's moralistic rhetoric, pragmatic maneuvering and a healthy dose of showmanship add up, when all is accounted for, to a vast pragmatic muddle.

Mickey Z. (2023-06-23). "The arms of the Third Reich were broken but the real winner was Hitler" dissidentvoice.org Context: In a recent historical post of mine, a kind subscriber named Elise commented: "If history is written by the victors, it gives one pause to think about who actually won the war to hide all this information." This inspired me to share…

Stansfield Smith (2023-06-24). Liberal and Left Silence on National Security Police State When Used Against Trump and His Supporters. orinocotribune.com By Stansfield Smith — Jun 21, 2023 | The National Security police state now regards the Democratic Party as a more useful tool to criminalize opposition to US wars and maintain their control over the US government. We see this in the attack on the Uhuru Movement as being in the pay of Russia, in the imprisonment and torture of Julian Assange, in the jailing of numerous whistleblowers, in the censoring of hundreds of anti-war websites, claiming they spread Russian "disinformation." Unfortunately, not a few who consider themselves on the left or liberals acquiesce to these attacks. Many actually repeat them.

Mark Fiore (2023-06-23). Jim Jordan's 'Disfavored Speech'. progressive.org Is it any surprise that Republicans are targeting academics who study disinformation as the campaign for the 2024 election gets under way?

Staff (2023-06-23). Surge in anti-LGBTQ disinformation targets Pride in Europe. thecanary.co As Pride events got underway in Europe in June, disinformation and hate speech targeting the LGBTQ community has spread across social media. This has in turn triggered extreme online responses, including incitements to violence. Advocacy groups across Europe said the deluge of toxic content online is part of an overall trend of rising anti-LGBTQ sentiment …

Alex Koren, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-06-24). Judge's Ruling Debunks Anti-Trans Claims Often Seen In Corporate Media. popularresistance.org A federal judge issued a temporary injunction this month that partially blocked enforcement of Florida's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. In a 44-page opinion, Judge Robert Hinkle offered a lengthy rebuke of the arguments presented by the state of Florida to medically justify banning gender-affirming care—which happen to be many of the same arguments that corporate media have uncritically parroted. | In the ruling, Hinkle wrote: | In support of their position, the defendants have proffered a laundry list of purported justifications for the statute and rules. The purported justifications are largely…

unitedEditor (2023-06-24). "We need to harmonize the doctrine of Eurasianism in Türkiye and Russia" uwidata.com The Russian Orthodox Church occupies a prominent position among Russia's important institutions. It has influence not only within Russia but also across a vast region. We had the opportunity to address Türkiye-Russia relations, multipolarity, the conflict in Ukraine, the activities of the Fener Greek Patriarch, and the current global trends with Hieromonk Stefan Igumnov who …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-06-23). Why the US Plan for Localized Russia-Ukraine Nuclear War is Doomed to Fail. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Back in early December last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia could adopt a US-style preemptive strike doctrine, stating that "[Russia] is just thinking about it" and that "[the political West] wasn't shy to openly talk about it during the past years". At the time, it seemed that Moscow was simply sending…

krish-rad_ind (2023-06-23). How Propagandistic the U.S. and EU 'News' Media Are. theduran.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-24). Anti-war groups in Ireland disrupt security conference at Cork University. peoplesdispatch.org Irish anti-war groups disrupted discussions over militarization and membership of military alliances at the government's first national security consultation meeting that began at the University College Cork (UCC). On June 22, activists from the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM) disrupted the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy meeting with anti-war slogans and Deputy head of government and foreign and defense minister Micheál Martin from the Fianna Fail of the ruling liberal-cons…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-23). IRS Whistleblowers Release New Bombshell Evidence Against Bidens, DOJ And AG Garland. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on Several bombshells dropped by two IRS whistleblowers on Thursday reveal, among other things, that Joe Biden's DOJ buried evidence of Hunter Biden's tax crimes — and stopped US Attorney David Weiss from bringing charges against Hunter in two different jurisdictions last year. | According to Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO)…

midwesternmarx (2023-06-23). Why Are Archaeologists Unable to Find Evidence for a Ruling Class of the Indus Civilization? By: Adam S. Green. midwesternmarx.com ​Little more than a century ago, British and Indian archaeologists began excavating the remains of what they soon realized was a previously unknown civilization in the Indus Valley. Straddling parts of Pakistan and India and reaching into Afghanistan, the culture these explorers unearthed had existed at the same time as those of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and covered a much larger area. It was also astonishingly advanced: sophisticated and complex, boasting large, carefully laid …

ecns.cn (2023-06-24). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

Ulrich Guhi (2023-06-23). The Superiority Conceit of the West Crumbles. indybay.org When people in the West are confronted with the knowledge that the feeling of their own superiority was a deception or swindle, the awakening will surely be traumatic. We should not gloat because the people who have never known anything but western propaganda are deceived and defrauded and in my eyes victims of a misanthropic ideology whose time has run out.

_____ (2023-06-22). How Best to Understand the China-Central Summit Without Propaganda. journal-neo.org

JANET (2023-06-22). Eyewitness Xinjiang: the reality vs. U.S. propaganda. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders June 19, 2023 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 media have been saturated with allegations of human rights abuses, forced labor, religious persecution and "genocide" — especially of Uygur and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. Sara Flounders, Lee Siu Hin and Arjae Red in front of Id Kah M…

Will Hodgkinson (2023-06-23). Smash fascism in Germany — and around the world. workers.org Although it is 90 years since Hitler took power in 1933, Germany is witnessing a resurgence of overt fascism. According to polling released earlier in June, the far-right Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) has the support of almost 18% of the electorate. The 18% ties the AfD, along with the . . . |

_____ (2023-06-22). Clown Prince Zelensky's Nero Decree: Destroy Ukraine. strategic-culture.org The latest of a string of war crimes by the Zelensky junta not stop the fate that awaits their rotten Reich. | Zelensky's Nero Decree is now live. Zelensky's Fourth Reich, taking a leaf out of Hitler's play-book at the Oder and Neisse rivers, has flooded the Dnieper basin, with all the collateral damage German citizens had to suffer during the last weeks of Hitler's 1000 year Reich. As Zelensky's Nazis, together with their British SAS and Yankee Navy Seal buddies, have also

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-22). Chapter of "Moms Group" Attacking CRT Plastered a Hitler Quote on Its Newsletter. truthout.org An Indiana chapter of the far right hate group Moms for Liberty posted a newsletter on Wednesday featuring a quote from Adolf Hitler on the front page — and is now attacking the news outlet that first reported on the incident. As IndyStar reported this week, the Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty — a group most recently in the news for being labeled an extremist group by the Southern… |

WSWS (2023-06-22). Biden Justice Department sought to avoid investigation of Trump over January 6 coup. wsws.org The lengthy exposé has been met with virtual silence from the White House, congressional Democrats and the corporate media as a whole.

Anonymous103 (2023-06-23). IRS Whistleblowers Release New Bombshell Evidence Against Bidens, DOJ And AG Garland. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on Several bombshells dropped by two IRS whistleblowers on Thursday reveal, among other things, that Joe Biden's DOJ buried evidence of Hunter Biden's tax crimes — and stopped US Attorney David Weiss from bringing charges against Hunter in two different jurisdictions last year. | According to Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO)…

Allen Forrest (2023-06-22). Minimal or Absent Evidence. dissidentvoice.org "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." — Carl Sagan, Cosmos, 1980.

Brittani Banks (2023-06-22). Why Are Archaeologists Unable to Find Evidence for a Ruling Class of the Indus Civilization? independentmediainstitute.org Little more than a century ago, British and Indian archaeologists began excavating the remains of what they soon realized was a previously unknown civilization in the Indus Valley. Straddling parts of Pakistan and India and reaching into Afghanistan, the culture these explorers unearthed had existed at the same time as those of ancient Egypt and …

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis, Jayne Miller (2023-06-22). The critical evidence police kept secret in Baltimore's deadly trash chute case. therealnews.com In two separate incidents in separate years, Emily Hauze and Harsh Kumar were found dead at the bottom of a trash chute in the Park Charles apartments in Baltimore. Police ruled both incidents to be accidents, but could this truly just be a coincidence? Land of the Unsolved returns to the case, now with crucial evidence previously withheld from the public by police. | Production: Stephen Janis | Audio engineering: David Hebden |
| Transcript: | The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible. | Stephen Janis: | Anyone w…

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis, Jayne Miller (2023-06-22). The critical evidence police kept secret in Baltimore's deadly trash chute case. therealnews.com In two separate incidents in separate years, Emily Hauze and Harsh Kumar were found dead at the bottom of a trash chute in the Park Charles apartments in Baltimore. Police ruled both incidents to be accidents, but could this truly just be a coincidence? Land of the Unsolved returns to the case, now with crucial evidence previously withheld from the public by police. | Production: Stephen Janis | Audio engineering: David Hebden |
| Transcript: | The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible. | Stephen Janis: | Anyone w…

ecns.cn (2023-06-23). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

JANET (2023-06-22). Eyewitness Xinjiang: the reality vs. U.S. propaganda. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders June 19, 2023 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 media have been saturated with allegations of human rights abuses, forced labor, religious persecution and "genocide" — especially of Uygur and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. Sara Flounders, Lee Siu Hin and Arjae Red in front of Id Kah M…

Ulrich Guhi (2023-06-22). The Superiority Conceit of the West Crumbles. indybay.org When people in the West are confronted with the knowledge that the feeling of their own superiority was a deception or swindle, the awakening will surely be traumatic. We should not gloat because the people who have never known anything but western propaganda are deceived and defrauded and in my eyes victims of a misanthropic ideology whose time has run out.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-21). Covid Related News: There has been a cover-up of covid "vaccine" harms and media propaganda has killed millions. expose-news.com Geert Vanden Bossche explains that innate immunity protects unvaccinated people from covid escape variants. Conversely, a recent study concludes that those who are "up to date" with their covid injections had a …

The Exposé (2023-06-21). Report confirms 632x increase in Child Excess Deaths across Europe since EMA approval of COVID Vaccine for Children. 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 …

infobrics (2023-06-21). China reciprocal response to US aggression. infobrics.org Even the mainstream propaganda machine acknowledges that "Taiwan is roughly 100 miles from mainland China, about the same distance Cuba is from Florida", effectively conceding that there's strategic equivalency between the two.

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-22). Chapter of "Moms Group" Attacking CRT Plastered a Hitler Quote on Its Newsletter. truthout.org An Indiana chapter of the far right hate group Moms for Liberty posted a newsletter on Wednesday featuring a quote from Adolf Hitler on the front page — and is now attacking the news outlet that first reported on the incident. As IndyStar reported this week, the Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty — a group most recently in the news for being labeled an extremist group by the Southern… |

WSWS (2023-06-22). Biden Justice Department sought to avoid investigation of Trump over January 6 coup. wsws.org The lengthy exposé has been met with virtual silence from the White House, congressional Democrats and the corporate media as a whole.

Brittani Banks (2023-06-22). Why Are Archaeologists Unable to Find Evidence for a Ruling Class of the Indus Civilization? independentmediainstitute.org Little more than a century ago, British and Indian archaeologists began excavating the remains of what they soon realized was a previously unknown civilization in the Indus Valley. Straddling parts of Pakistan and India and reaching into Afghanistan, the culture these explorers unearthed had existed at the same time as those of ancient Egypt and …

Allen Forrest (2023-06-22). Minimal or Absent Evidence. dissidentvoice.org "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." — Carl Sagan, Cosmos, 1980.

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis, Jayne Miller (2023-06-22). The critical evidence police kept secret in Baltimore's deadly trash chute case. therealnews.com In two separate incidents in separate years, Emily Hauze and Harsh Kumar were found dead at the bottom of a trash chute in the Park Charles apartments in Baltimore. Police ruled both incidents to be accidents, but could this truly just be a coincidence? Land of the Unsolved returns to the case, now with crucial evidence previously withheld from the public by police. | Production: Stephen Janis | Audio engineering: David Hebden |
| Transcript: | The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible. | Stephen Janis: | Anyone w…

ecns.cn (2023-06-22). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-06-21). Covid Related News: There has been a cover-up of covid "vaccine" harms and media propaganda has killed millions. expose-news.com Geert Vanden Bossche explains that innate immunity protects unvaccinated people from covid escape variants. Conversely, a recent study concludes that those who are "up to date" with their covid injections had a …

The Exposé (2023-06-21). Report confirms 632x increase in Child Excess Deaths across Europe since EMA approval of COVID Vaccine for Children. 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 …

David Miller (2023-06-20). How US and UK Government Propaganda Specialists Collaborated with Nazis in Ukraine. mintpressnews.com The prominent role of Banderite Neo-Nazis in Ukraine's government propaganda operations suggests that Nazi apologism has spread into the core institutions of its government — perhaps more than the dominant Western view is able to admit.

David Miller, MintPress News. (2023-06-20). US And UK Government Propaganda Specialists Collaborated With Nazis. popularresistance.org A MintPress investigation has found that a host of Western government officials, intelligence agents and assets have been directly involved in intimate collaboration with Nazi groups and individuals since at least 2014. This has included involvement in creating and operating the Nazi-run kill list in Ukraine, which MintPress revealed recently. | While Western media have belatedly been forced to concede that there are Nazi influences in Ukraine, many journalists have insisted that the visible fascist patches on uniforms are only there to troll Russians and that they are insignificant and a gift to Russian propagan…

infobrics (2023-06-20). Does NATO want Japanese-style internment camps for Russians?>. infobrics.org Many in the political West nowadays have a tendency of saying that they've "fought the wrong enemy (during WWII)", which is very telling of just how effective Russophobic propaganda has been in brainwashing millions into mindless hatred, one that has already led the world into catastrophe some 80 years ago.

Anonymous834 (2023-06-21). "Ukrainian Leaders Gloss Over Ukrainian Antisemitism" — Times Of Israel. southfront.org Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | The chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, "I don't know what else is needed" for Israel to realise that it needs to send arms to Ukraine as it is supposedly clear they "have the same enemy" — Russia and Iran. This rhetoric from Andriy Yermak demonstrates Kiev's desperate attempt to coerce Israel into providing military aid to Ukraine. | Yermak, on June 20…

WSWS (2023-06-21). Journalist who lied about Iraqi WMDs claims Chinese researchers were first COVID-19 patients. wsws.org On Tuesday, the notorious war propagandist Michael R. Gordon, who helped launch the Iraq war by claiming Saddam Hussein was using aluminum tubes to build nuclear weapons, claimed, citing anonymous government sources, that world-renowned researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were among the first people to be infected with COVID-19.

Don Wiener (2023-06-21). Koch Network unleashes early attacks against Trump. nationofchange.org The group is "getting involved earlier than ever in the presidential primary process," and the ads as evidence of their "commitment to support a candidate in the Republican presidential primary who can… win."

Anonymous103 (2023-06-20). Poland Training Militants To Attack Belarus — Newspaper. southfront.org Illustrative ImageNATO country proves to be involved in provocations against Russia's ally. | Written by Once again, the evidence makes it clear that the West wants to involve Belarus in the current conflict. In a report published by The Times it was informed that exiled Belarusian militants are being trained in Polish territory in preparation for a future insurrection in their coun…

jamanetwork (2023-06-20). WHO Warns Against Artificial Sugars for Weight Loss. jamanetwork.com A new guideline from the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends avoiding nonsugar sweeteners, such as aspartame, sucralose, and stevia, to reduce body weight and lower the risk of diet-related diseases. There is little evidence that nonsugar sweeteners decrease body fat long-term and some proof that they are linked with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and mortality in adults, according to results from the WHO's 2022 analysis of 283 studies.

jamanetwork (2023-06-20). Lack of Treatment Efficacy From Statistically Nonsignificant RCT Results. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study of statistically nonsignificant results for clinical trial primary outcomes published in leading medical journals in 2021 estimates the strength of support the findings provide for the null vs alternative hypothesis, and reports that many demonstrate conclusive evidence of lack of effect of the new treatment.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

Dean Baker (2023-06-20). New York Times Headlines Article "Public Tired of 'Neo-Liberal' Policies Designed to Make Rich Richer" cepr.net Of course, the New York Times did not headline a piece this way, but that would have been a more accurate headline of an article it ran last weekend discussing a turn away from "neo-liberal" policies. As I pointed out in a quick Twitter thread, that piece misrepresented a set of policies that have the …

Chris Walker (2023-06-20). Crucial Evidence Against Trump Likely Lost Due to Pace of DOJ's Jan 6 Inquiry. truthout.org A new report from The Washington Post showcases how slowly and cautiously senior leaders at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI moved to open up an investigation into former President Donald Trump's actions during his final weeks in office as he attempted to usurp the democratic process by overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. Although the reasons behind the snail's… |

Mark Gruenberg (2023-06-20). Justice Department delayed probing Trump on coup for over a year. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—It has been proved once again that you can't trust the FBI to guard the Constitution of the United States. A major investigation by the Washington Post reveals the bureau sat for more than a year on evidence tying former Oval Office occupant Donald Trump to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol invasion, insurrection and …

jamanetwork (2023-06-20). Lack of Treatment Efficacy From Statistically Nonsignificant RCT Results. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study of statistically nonsignificant results for clinical trial primary outcomes published in leading medical journals in 2021 estimates the strength of support the findings provide for the null vs alternative hypothesis, and reports that many demonstrate conclusive evidence of lack of effect of the new treatment.

ecns.cn (2023-06-21). Drug control body says U.S. smearing China over fentanyl. ecns.cn China's drug control authority has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the United States' smearing of China and sanctions on Chinese companies and individuals for allegedly involved in drugs.

Dean Baker (2023-06-20). New York Times Headlines Article "Public Tired of 'Neo-Liberal' Policies Designed to Make Rich Richer" cepr.net Of course, the New York Times did not headline a piece this way, but that would have been a more accurate headline of an article it ran last weekend discussing a turn away from "neo-liberal" policies. As I pointed out in a quick Twitter thread, that piece misrepresented a set of policies that have the …

Chris Walker (2023-06-20). Crucial Evidence Against Trump Likely Lost Due to Pace of DOJ's Jan 6 Inquiry. truthout.org A new report from The Washington Post showcases how slowly and cautiously senior leaders at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI moved to open up an investigation into former President Donald Trump's actions during his final weeks in office as he attempted to usurp the democratic process by overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. Although the reasons behind the snail's… |

Mark Gruenberg (2023-06-20). Justice Department delayed probing Trump on coup for over a year. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—It has been proved once again that you can't trust the FBI to guard the Constitution of the United States. A major investigation by the Washington Post reveals the bureau sat for more than a year on evidence tying former Oval Office occupant Donald Trump to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol invasion, insurrection and …

_____ (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…