Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-25). 60 Minutes Australia Keeps Churning Out War-With-China Propaganda. thealtworld.com

Matt Orfalea (2023-05-24). Bombshell Video: The "COVID Pandemic" Was the Result of Extensive Media Propaganda: "Nobody Is Safe, BE AFRAID!" globalresearch.ca

Matthew Ehret (2023-05-24). The Roots of Modern Eco-Terrorism: From MK Ultra and the Unabomber to Maurice Strong and Yuval Harari. thelastamericanvagabond.com Strange things are happening. Every few days, it has become customary to hear stories of trains carrying toxic waste derailing in rural food producing regions of the USA, or food processing plants going up in flames. Meanwhile propaganda justifying the confiscation of property in the name of the greater good advances within the U.S. Environmental

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-24). The Heat: G7 Communique on China. america.cgtn.com China pushes back against harsh rhetoric from G7 nations. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it lodged a strong protest to G7 summit host Japan and other relevant parties after the group pointed fingers at China on a number of topics. The ministry …

Ragip Soylu (2023-05-24). Turkey elections: Cracks emerge in opposition over Kilicdaroglu's anti-refugee policy. middleeasteye.net Turkey elections: Cracks emerge in opposition over Kilicdaroglu's anti-refugee policy | Several senior officials have resigned from the Gelecek party citing the opposition's virulent anti-refugee rhetoric | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 16: 36 | A protester holds a placard reading 'humanity has no borders!' during demonstrations in Istanbul protesting the deaths of migrants on 5 February 2022 (Reuters) | Cracks a…

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Blacklist call tit-for-tat move for Micron decision, experts say. ecns.cn A U.S. lawmaker's call to add Chinese memory chipmakers to a trade blacklist shows that Washington wants to abuse its political power to retaliate against Beijing's law-based decision on U.S.-based chipmaker Micron Technology, experts said on Wednesday.

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023-05-25). The US empire and the complicity of intellectuals. indybay.org Interventions have always been dictated by the geopolitical and economic interests of the country. In fact, the United States is no exception to this rule. On the contrary, every empire acts in this way (see, for example, the invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Adolf Hitler). History also shows that imperial interests have often led to the suppression of aspirations for self-determination.

It's Going Down (2023-05-24). Antifascists Shut Down Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys Throwing Up Hitler Salutes in Sacramento. itsgoingdown.org Clashes broke out inside the Sacramento City Council chambers on May 23rd, as angry community members chanted, held banners, and shut down a small group of neo-Nazis who threw up Hitler salutes and attempted to address the council. The group of white supremacists was led by Ryan Messano of the bay area, who made headlines…

WSWS (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazi facing multiple charges after ramming security barrier outside White House with U-Haul truck. wsws.org The driver, 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Missouri, reportedly expressed his affinity for the Nazis and Hitler in an interview with the Secret Service following the attack.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-24). The Covid "Killer Vaccine". People Are Dying All Over the World. It's A Criminal Undertaking. globalresearch.ca First published on November 26, 2022 | *** | We are being accused of "spreading disinformation" regarding the Covid-19 vaccine. | The Reuters and AP media "trackers" and "fact checkers" will be out to smear the testimonies of parents who have lost their …

Editor (2023-05-24). Corporate Media Ignores True 'Crisis of Democracy' in Israel: That It Isn't One. scheerpost.com

The Lever (2023-05-24). üéß LEVER TIME: What Succession Taught Us About Corporate Media (w/ Frank Rich). levernews.com

WSWS (2023-05-24). To combat "fake news," India's far-right government creates new body of state censors. wsws.org The Modi government is trying to eviscerate the citizenry's constitutionally protected democratic right to free expression on social media by creating a bureaucracy to suppress "fake, false or misleading" news, especially about its own actions.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). US Officials Say Ukraine Was Behind Drone Attack on Kremlin. news.antiwar.com US officials have told The New York Times that they believe the drone attack on the Kremlin that took place earlier this month was likely carried out by one of Ukraine's special military or intelligence units. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they did not know which Ukrainian unit carried out …

It's Going Down. (2023-05-24). Graffiti Writers Paint Over A Pro-Police 'Street Art' Campaign. popularresistance.org A "street art" campaign backed by Welsh tech billionaire and venture capitalist Michael Moritz is being targeted by graffiti artists in San Francisco, California. The campaign features posters and even wheat-pastes which call for a "law and order" approach to homelessness and fentanyl related deaths in San Francisco. | Moritz, in an effort to further social cleanse the poor from urban core areas, along with many on the Right, have rushed to blame "the Left" for rising homelessness, crime rates and drug use in San Francisco. In February, the New York Times published an editorial by Moritz entitled, Even Democrats…

Editor (2023-05-24). Corporate Media Ignores True 'Crisis of Democracy' in Israel: That It Isn't One. scheerpost.com

The Lever (2023-05-24). üéß LEVER TIME: What Succession Taught Us About Corporate Media (w/ Frank Rich). levernews.com

WSWS (2023-05-24). To combat "fake news," India's far-right government creates new body of state censors. wsws.org The Modi government is trying to eviscerate the citizenry's constitutionally protected democratic right to free expression on social media by creating a bureaucracy to suppress "fake, false or misleading" news, especially about its own actions.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). US Officials Say Ukraine Was Behind Drone Attack on Kremlin. news.antiwar.com US officials have told The New York Times that they believe the drone attack on the Kremlin that took place earlier this month was likely carried out by one of Ukraine's special military or intelligence units. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they did not know which Ukrainian unit carried out …

It's Going Down. (2023-05-24). Graffiti Writers Paint Over A Pro-Police 'Street Art' Campaign. popularresistance.org A "street art" campaign backed by Welsh tech billionaire and venture capitalist Michael Moritz is being targeted by graffiti artists in San Francisco, California. The campaign features posters and even wheat-pastes which call for a "law and order" approach to homelessness and fentanyl related deaths in San Francisco. | Moritz, in an effort to further social cleanse the poor from urban core areas, along with many on the Right, have rushed to blame "the Left" for rising homelessness, crime rates and drug use in San Francisco. In February, the New York Times published an editorial by Moritz entitled, Even Democrats…

Staff (2023-05-24). Headlines for May 24, 2023. democracynow.org South Carolina GOP Passes 6-Week Abortion Ban, Sends Bill to Republican Governor's Desk, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Warns Social Media Poses "Profound Risk" to Kids and Teens, Ron DeSantis to Launch 2024 Bid on Twitter Live Stream with Elon Musk, Florida School Bans Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem After Parental Complaint, Elmhurst Doctors on Strike in Queens, Demand Parity with Manhattan Counterparts, New York Times and Unionized Reporters Reach "Groundbreaking" Tentative Deal, Illinois Investigation Finds Nearly 2,000 Children Abused by Catholic Church Clergy Since 1950,…

Julian Cola (2023-05-24). Western Media Distorts Conflict in Sudan, Underplaying U.S. Interests that have Driven its Past Interference in the Country. covertactionmagazine.com "'All-out war' suddenly broke out in Sudan, U.S. traveler says," read the title of an NBC news report published on April 18. Eight days later, The New York Times published an article headlined, "'War Has Just Erupted': Reporting on the Conflict in Sudan." Centered around interviewing the Times's chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, the piece …

Chris Walker (2023-05-24). 2 Former Alabama Governors Call for Commuting Dozens of Death Row Convictions. truthout.org Two former governors of Alabama — Robert Bentley, a Republican who served from 2011 to 2017, and Don Siegelman, a Democrat who was in office from 1999 to 2003 — penned an op-ed for The Washington Post this week calling for the state to curtail its use of the death penalty and commute the sentences of dozens of people on death row. Bentley and Siegelman noted that Alabama currently has 167 people… |

Matthew Ehret (2023-05-24). The Roots of Modern Eco-Terrorism: From MK Ultra and the Unabomber to Maurice Strong and Yuval Harari. thelastamericanvagabond.com Strange things are happening. Every few days, it has become customary to hear stories of trains carrying toxic waste derailing in rural food producing regions of the USA, or food processing plants going up in flames. Meanwhile propaganda justifying the confiscation of property in the name of the greater good advances within the U.S. Environmental

Matt Orfalea (2023-05-24). Bombshell Video: The "COVID Pandemic" Was the Result of Extensive Media Propaganda: "Nobody Is Safe, BE AFRAID!" globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Infamous Saudi Cleric Moved Out From Syria's Greater Idlib — Reports. southfront.org Abdullah al-Muhaysini as seen in a propaganda video. | Infamous Saudi cleric Abdullah al-Muhaysini has moved from the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, which is ruled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), to neighboring Turkey, several Syrian opposition sources revealed on May 22. | Al-Muhaysini arrived in Syria 2013 to support efforts to overthrow the government of President Bashar al-Assad. The cleric quickly aligned himself with jihadist groups, includin…

jamanetwork (2023-05-23). "Humanity's Debt to Medical Science" jamanetwork.com In the Current History Magazine for April, Mr. Fred C. Kelly, who on previous occasions has indulged in antimedical propaganda, published an attack on modern medicine entitled, "Is Better Health Due to the Doctors?" It was apparently the view of Mr. Kelly that the great advances in sanitation and hygiene, as well as in the care of disease, were due to other agencies. In the same publication for May, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, President-elect of the American Medical Association, replies to Mr. Kelly and indicates promptly his belief that the attack is a good illustration of what modern medicine is likely to mean to tho…

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-24). The Heat: G7 Communique on China. america.cgtn.com China pushes back against harsh rhetoric from G7 nations. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it lodged a strong protest to G7 summit host Japan and other relevant parties after the group pointed fingers at China on a number of topics. The ministry …

Ramona Wadi (2023-05-23). Beneath the rhetorical veneer of Abu Dis. thealtworld.com In 2019, when the Trump administration revealed the so-called "Deal of the Century", a hypothetical capital of Palestine in the town of Abu Dis was revealed as the alternative to the Palestinian people's claim on Jerusalem. Israel had laid the groundwork for the announcement with its earlier unilateral declaration that Jerusalem remains its "undivided" capital. | The commotion regarding Jerusalem had more to do with global ridicule of former US President Donald Trump, than the political rights of the Palestinian people. With annexation on the table, what were the odds that Palestinians would or will ever retain a…

WSWS (2023-05-24). Moving exhibition depicting devastation of Hollywood blacklist opens as television and film strike continues. wsws.org On loan from the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare focuses on 1947, the year that eight writers, one producer and a director were hauled before the House Committee on Unamerican Activities (HUAC).

WSWS (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazi facing multiple charges after ramming security barrier outside White House with U-Haul truck. wsws.org The driver, 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Missouri, reportedly expressed his affinity for the Nazis and Hitler in an interview with the Secret Service following the attack.

It's Going Down (2023-05-24). Antifascists Shut Down Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys Throwing Up Hitler Salutes in Sacramento. itsgoingdown.org Clashes broke out inside the Sacramento City Council chambers on May 23rd, as angry community members chanted, held banners, and shut down a small group of neo-Nazis who threw up Hitler salutes and attempted to address the council. The group of white supremacists was led by Ryan Messano of the bay area, who made headlines…

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023-05-24). The US empire and the complicity of intellectuals. indybay.org Interventions have always been dictated by the geopolitical and economic interests of the country. In fact, the United States is no exception to this rule. On the contrary, every empire acts in this way (see, for example, the invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Adolf Hitler). History also shows that imperial interests have often led to the suppression of aspirations for self-determination.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-24). 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 …

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-23). Fact Checking Reuters On Palestine And The Attempt To Censor Palestinian Identity. thelastamericanvagabond.com A recent series of events in Palestine-Israel have gone underreported in Western corporate media, while the same big-tech that virtue signals about being opposed to bigotry takes racist steps to erase Palestinian identity. Reuters, one of the most trusted media sources on the planet did not fact-check its reporting on the murder of a Palestinian

WSWS (2023-05-24). To combat "fake news," India's far-right government creates new body of state censors. wsws.org The Modi government is trying to eviscerate the citizenry's constitutionally protected democratic right to free expression on social media by creating a bureaucracy to suppress "fake, false or misleading" news, especially about its own actions.

teleSUR (2023-05-23). Cuba Rejects Being in US List of Not-Collaborating Countries. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Cuba described as "mendacious accusations" the US decision to keep the island on its list of countries that do not "fully" cooperate against terrorism. | RELATED: | Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez considered that Cuba's permanence on that list is an "abominable crime that the U.S. has practiced without scruples and uses opportunistically as a tool of political coercion." | Previously, the State Department included Cuba for the…

manager (2023-05-23). The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions: Event Summary. cepr.net On May 19, 2023, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) brought together leading experts in the study of economic sanctions to help to answer a critical, but often-ignored, question: What are the human consequences of US economic sanctions? Assessing a wide range of evidence, the findings of our panelists were unanimous: economic …

teleSUR (2023-05-23). Student Suspected Of Setting Deadly Fire In Guyana School. telesurenglish.net Guyanese authorities said on Tuesday that a dormitory fire at a girls' boarding school in Guyana in which 19 girls died was incited by a female student after her cell phone was confiscated. | RELATED: | "A female student is suspected of setting the devastating fire because the dorm mother and a teacher took her cell phone from her," police said in a statement. | According to Homeland Security Advisor Gerald Gouveia, the 16…

_____ (2023-05-23). Biden's F-16 Move Is Flight of Fancy Signifying Desperation. strategic-culture.org Biden is acting tough and he is once more recklessly escalating the war with Russia with his latest move on sending F-16s. | It's no coincidence that U.S. President Joe Biden made a sharp U-turn to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine on the same weekend that the NATO-backed Kiev regime just lost the strategic battle for Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). | Recall that Biden had emphatically said no to supplying the American warplane to Ukraine partly out of concern to not antagonize Russia. | The battle for the transport hub city in the Donbass region had been raging for eight months. Some commentators have compared the pivotal…

Julian Cola (2023-05-24). Western Media Distorts Conflict in Sudan, Underplaying U.S. Interests that have Driven its Past Interference in the Country. covertactionmagazine.com "'All-out war' suddenly broke out in Sudan, U.S. traveler says," read the title of an NBC news report published on April 18. Eight days later, The New York Times published an article headlined, "'War Has Just Erupted': Reporting on the Conflict in Sudan." Centered around interviewing the Times's chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, the piece …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). US Officials Say Ukraine Was Behind Drone Attack on Kremlin. news.antiwar.com US officials have told The New York Times that they believe the drone attack on the Kremlin that took place earlier this month was likely carried out by one of Ukraine's special military or intelligence units. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they did not know which Ukrainian unit carried out …

Staff (2023-05-24). Headlines for May 24, 2023. democracynow.org South Carolina GOP Passes 6-Week Abortion Ban, Sends Bill to Republican Governor's Desk, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Warns Social Media Poses "Profound Risk" to Kids and Teens, Ron DeSantis to Launch 2024 Bid on Twitter Live Stream with Elon Musk, Florida School Bans Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem After Parental Complaint, Elmhurst Doctors on Strike in Queens, Demand Parity with Manhattan Counterparts, New York Times and Unionized Reporters Reach "Groundbreaking" Tentative Deal, Illinois Investigation Finds Nearly 2,000 Children Abused by Catholic Church Clergy Since 1950,…

jamanetwork (2023-05-23). "Humanity's Debt to Medical Science" jamanetwork.com In the Current History Magazine for April, Mr. Fred C. Kelly, who on previous occasions has indulged in antimedical propaganda, published an attack on modern medicine entitled, "Is Better Health Due to the Doctors?" It was apparently the view of Mr. Kelly that the great advances in sanitation and hygiene, as well as in the care of disease, were due to other agencies. In the same publication for May, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, President-elect of the American Medical Association, replies to Mr. Kelly and indicates promptly his belief that the attack is a good illustration of what modern medicine is likely to mean to tho…

infobrics (2023-05-22). Liberation of Bakhmut shows Russian forces work cohesively towards victory. infobrics.org Despite Western, Ukrainian propaganda, the reality of the battlefield shows Moscow militarily controls the conflict.

WSWS (2023-05-22). Hayleys Plantations in Sri Lanka uses competition to drive up workloads. wsws.org The event was not to celebrate the incredible skills of these low-paid workers but part of an ongoing propaganda campaign by Hayleys and other plantation companies to drive up productivity.

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-24). The Heat: G7 Communique on China. america.cgtn.com China pushes back against harsh rhetoric from G7 nations. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it lodged a strong protest to G7 summit host Japan and other relevant parties after the group pointed fingers at China on a number of topics. The ministry …

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023-05-23). The US empire and the complicity of intellectuals. indybay.org Interventions have always been dictated by the geopolitical and economic interests of the country. In fact, the United States is no exception to this rule. On the contrary, every empire acts in this way (see, for example, the invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Adolf Hitler). History also shows that imperial interests have often led to the suppression of aspirations for self-determination.

WSWS (2023-05-23). NIH lifts suspension of EcoHealth Alliance and reinstates grant to study bat coronaviruses in China. wsws.org The non-profit international research organization has been the target of right-wing conspiracy theories claiming that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab.

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-23). Fact Checking Reuters On Palestine And The Attempt To Censor Palestinian Identity. thelastamericanvagabond.com A recent series of events in Palestine-Israel have gone underreported in Western corporate media, while the same big-tech that virtue signals about being opposed to bigotry takes racist steps to erase Palestinian identity. Reuters, one of the most trusted media sources on the planet did not fact-check its reporting on the murder of a Palestinian

infobrics (2023-05-22). US attempting to punish Belarus for supporting Russia. infobrics.org Tsikhanouskaya spreads fake news on Lukashenko's health.

teleSUR (2023-05-23). Cuba Rejects Being in US List of Not-Collaborating Countries. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Cuba described as "mendacious accusations" the US decision to keep the island on its list of countries that do not "fully" cooperate against terrorism. | RELATED: | Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez considered that Cuba's permanence on that list is an "abominable crime that the U.S. has practiced without scruples and uses opportunistically as a tool of political coercion." | Previously, the State Department included Cuba for the…

manager (2023-05-23). The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions: Event Summary. cepr.net On May 19, 2023, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) brought together leading experts in the study of economic sanctions to help to answer a critical, but often-ignored, question: What are the human consequences of US economic sanctions? Assessing a wide range of evidence, the findings of our panelists were unanimous: economic …

Editor (2023-05-23). 10 Years After Snowden: Some Things Are Better, Some We're Still Fighting For. scheerpost.com By Matthew Guariglia, Cindy Cohn and Andrew Crocker / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) On May 20, 2013, a young government contractor with an EFF sticker on his laptop disembarked a plane in Hong Kong carrying with him evidence confirming, among other things, that the United States government had been conducting mass surveillance on a global …

Editor (2023-05-22). Chinese researchers discover evidence of ancient ocean on Mars. mronline.org An international team of researchers led by Chinese scholars has made another groundbreaking discovery on the surface of Mars.

_____ (2023-05-23). Biden's F-16 Move Is Flight of Fancy Signifying Desperation. strategic-culture.org Biden is acting tough and he is once more recklessly escalating the war with Russia with his latest move on sending F-16s. | It's no coincidence that U.S. President Joe Biden made a sharp U-turn to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine on the same weekend that the NATO-backed Kiev regime just lost the strategic battle for Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). | Recall that Biden had emphatically said no to supplying the American warplane to Ukraine partly out of concern to not antagonize Russia. | The battle for the transport hub city in the Donbass region had been raging for eight months. Some commentators have compared the pivotal…

John Catalinotto (2023-05-22). U.S. national security veterans counter Ukraine war drive. workers.org On May 16 a full-page advertisement appeared in the New York Times. Under the headline "The U.S. should be a force for peace in the world," 15 veterans of the U.S. security apparatus endorsed an analysis of the war in Ukraine that confronted head-on the tidal wave of lies from . . . |

Staff (2023-05-22). "A Cowardly Measure": Ecuador's Guillermo Lasso Dissolves Parliament to Avoid Impeachment. democracynow.org Ecuador's conservative President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved the opposition-led National Assembly in a move widely seen as an effort to block efforts to impeach him, and came as the body held its first hearing into corruption and embezzlement allegations against Lasso. Lasso used a constitutional power that has never been used in Ecuador before, allowing him to rule by decree until new elections are held. That vote is likely to come in August, and Lasso told The Washington Post he does not plan to run again. For more on the political crisis in Ecuador, we speak with Andrés Arauz, the Ecuadorian politician…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-22). The Current State of Kiev's Air Defenses: Interview with Colonel Wolf. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Russian 'Kinzhal' Hypersonic Missile Destroys Kiev's US-Made 'Patriot' Air Defense System In the last several weeks, the Kiev regime's air defense assets have been at the forefront of news coverage while failing to achieve the one that actually matters. The political West has mobilized its entire massive propaganda machine to lionize the SAM…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-22). Entertainment or Propaganda? Washington's Insidious Grip on the Arts. libya360.wordpress.com Matt Alford Is it any wonder that 30 per cent of Americans in a poll said they want to bomb Agrabah, the capital city in Disney's Aladdin? An evil dictator is on the brink of making a nuclear bomb at a secret facility carved deep inside the Zagros mountains. With no option, the American military deploys jets…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). Liberation Of Bakhmut Shows Russian Forces Work Cohesively Towards Victory. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageDespite Western, Ukrainian propaganda, the reality of the battlefield shows Moscow militarily controls the conflict. | Written by After more than 290 days of intense fighting and tens of thousands of casualties, the Battle of Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine) is over. On May 20, Moscow's officials announced that Russian forces had taken full cont…

WSWS (2023-05-22). Hayleys Plantations in Sri Lanka uses competition to drive up workloads. wsws.org The event was not to celebrate the incredible skills of these low-paid workers but part of an ongoing propaganda campaign by Hayleys and other plantation companies to drive up productivity.

WSWS (2023-05-22). Biden proposes $1 trillion in social spending cuts after announcing $375 million more for war in Ukraine. wsws.org In the barrage of propaganda over the supposed necessity to slash social programs to avert the nation's first-ever default on its debt obligations, nothing is said about the role of military spending in driving up the debt.

_____ (2023-05-21). Western News Media Exist to Administer Propaganda. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Typically the only time you'll ever hear the word "propaganda" mentioned in mainstream discourse is in reference to things other countries do to their own citizenry or as part of foreign influence operations, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of the times we've encountered propaganda in our day to day lives, the call was coming from inside the house. | The western media have been exposing their role as propagandists for the US-centralized empire a bit more than usual lately. Here are a few recent examples. | Mass media aggressively defend imperial propaganda firm Bellingcat.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-21). The Western Media Disinformation Campaign: Fall of Bakhmut. libya360.wordpress.com Gilbert Doctorow Our language is in constant evolution. Partly this is bottom up, from the inventiveness of creative personalities or writers for commercial advertising. Partly it is top down, from the powers that be as they seek to manipulate and control the thought processes of the broad public. My brief essay today addresses the latter…

Vijay Prashad (2023-05-22). Can the Global South Build a New World Communication Order?>. telesurenglish.net Regarding the Global South International Communication Forum that was held in Shanghai (China) in early May 2023, Vijay Prashad, the director of the "Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research", carried out an evaluation of the possibilities of alternative communication in a world controlled by mainstream corporate media. His text is presented below. | RELATED: | It is remarkable how the media in a select few countries…

Ryan Cristián (2023-05-21). The Pirate Stream: Dialectical Dissidents — Episode 15. thelastamericanvagabond.com Join us on today's episode of The Pirate Stream — Dialectical Dissidents. Pirate Stream Media is a new platform of dedicated content creators focused on circumventing the tightly controlled, manipulated, and outright censored media space of today (both corporate and independent media) with a commitment to objectivity, integrity, and a stark awareness of the two

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). US Attempting To Punish Belarus For Supporting Russia. southfront.org Illustrative ImageTsikhanouskaya spreads fake news on Lukashenko's health. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The US and its allies are attempting to transfer weapons and explosives to Belarus for being a sincere partner of Russia and in a vain effort to destabilise the situation in the country. Such provocations force Belarus to take new active measures of strategic deterrence. These include the construction of defensive fortifications near its border with Ukraine, suc…

Editor (2023-05-22). Chinese researchers discover evidence of ancient ocean on Mars. mronline.org An international team of researchers led by Chinese scholars has made another groundbreaking discovery on the surface of Mars.

teleSUR (2023-05-22). Mexico: Alert Level Raised Due to Increased Volcanic Activity. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Mexican authorities elevated the alert level in response to the increased volcanic activity of Popocatépetl volcano. | Related: | During a press conference, Laura Velazquez, the leader of the Mexican National Civil Protection Coordination Agency, announced the escalation of the alert level from yellow phase two to yellow phase three; yellow three is one level below the red alert status. | The yellow phase three signifies a st…

John Catalinotto (2023-05-22). U.S. national security veterans counter Ukraine war drive. workers.org On May 16 a full-page advertisement appeared in the New York Times. Under the headline "The U.S. should be a force for peace in the world," 15 veterans of the U.S. security apparatus endorsed an analysis of the war in Ukraine that confronted head-on the tidal wave of lies from . . . |

_____ (2023-05-21). U.S. National Security Experts: Give Peace in Ukraine a Chance. strategic-culture.org A full-page ad in The New York Times calls the war an "unmitigated disaster," and urges President Joe Biden and Congress to help bring it to an end "speedily through diplomacy." | By Medea BENJAMIN, Nicolas J.S. DAVIES | On May 16, 2023, TheNew York Times

John Catalinotto (2023-05-22). U.S. national security veterans counter Ukraine war drive. workers.org On May 16 a full-page advertisement appeared in the New York Times. Under the headline "The U.S. should be a force for peace in the world," 15 veterans of the U.S. security apparatus endorsed an analysis of the war in Ukraine that confronted head-on the tidal wave of lies from . . . |

_____ (2023-05-21). U.S. National Security Experts: Give Peace in Ukraine a Chance. strategic-culture.org A full-page ad in The New York Times calls the war an "unmitigated disaster," and urges President Joe Biden and Congress to help bring it to an end "speedily through diplomacy." | By Medea BENJAMIN, Nicolas J.S. DAVIES | On May 16, 2023, TheNew York Times

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-20). Western News Media Exist To Administer Propaganda. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The single most overlooked and under-appreciated aspect of our society is the way domestic propaganda is used to shape the way mainstream westerners perceive and think about their world. | Typically the only time you…

_____ (2023-05-20). Climate Breakdown, Extinction and 'The Most Stupid Boast'. strategic-culture.org Journalists are filtered by the elite-serving propaganda system such that 'difficult', 'crusading', 'awkward', 'firebrand' reporters are usually identified and stifled from clambering beyond a few lowly rungs of the career ladder. Or, if they manage not to be 'let go' by their employer early on, they learn to conform to generally unspoken rules on behaving as a 'responsible' media professional. One such key characteristic is to rarely challenge state-corporate power, or only within carefully circumscribed limits.

Ryan Cristián (2023-05-21). The Pirate Stream: Dialectical Dissidents — Episode 15. thelastamericanvagabond.com Join us on today's episode of The Pirate Stream — Dialectical Dissidents. Pirate Stream Media is a new platform of dedicated content creators focused on circumventing the tightly controlled, manipulated, and outright censored media space of today (both corporate and independent media) with a commitment to objectivity, integrity, and a stark awareness of the two

Telesur English. (2023-05-20). G7 Summit Opens In Hiroshima Amid Waves of Protests. popularresistance.org On Friday, amid waves of protests, the Group of Seven (G7) leaders' annual summit got underway in Japan's western city of Hiroshima. | Hundreds of protesters gathered in Hiroshima's Funairi Daiichi Park, not far from the summit's venue, to decry the finger-pointing bloc that advertises its own version of world order. | Seen on-site were huge banners and placards that read "Junk G7," "No Build-up to War" and "No to Japan-U.S. Military Alliance," among many others. | Crowds of protesters rallied around the summit venue, chanting slogans such as "U.S. Imperialists, Number One Terrorist!" "Stop the Lies!" "Stop the W…

Misión Verdad (2023-05-20). Argentina Court Finds 'No Evidence' Against Venezuela's Emtrasur Crew But Plane Will Not Be Returned. orinocotribune.com A few days before the one-year anniversary of the seizure of the Venezuelan Emtrasur cargo plane by the Argentinian judiciary under orders from the US Department of Justice, an Argentinian court confirmed that there is no evidence of terrorist financing of the Venezuelan plane or the Iranian and Venezuelan crew members. The court also announced that there is no reason to keep the plane seized on Argentinian soil. However, the aircraft will remain in Buenos Aires and will not be returned to Venezuela because of US orders. | On Thursday, May 18, the Federal Chamber of La Plata confirmed that there is no evidence ag…

Scott Ritter (2023-05-20). Russia is WINNING in Bakhmut as Wagner PMC Defies All Odds. thealtworld.com Scott Ritter discusses Wagner's progress in Bakhmut and how Russia's main fighting force in the Ukraine conflict thus far has been wrongly smeared by the West. This conversation occurred on April 4th, and Wagner PMC has declared Bakhmut totally liberated as of 5/20.

Montse Reyes (2023-05-20). CA Struggles to Locate Victims of Forced Sterilization for Compensation Program. truthout.org During her annual pap smear at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California, in 2005, Moonlight Pulido received harrowing news: Doctors had found two potentially cancerous growths in her uterus. "When he said the word cancer, it freaked me out because my son had cancer when he was 12," she said. In the haze of the shocking news, Pulido agreed to the doctor's suggestion to remove the growths. |

Editor (2023-05-20). Ralph Nader: A Response to NY Times' Gail Collins. scheerpost.com Editor's Note: This article was posted to Ralph Nader's blog on March 16th, 2023. By Ralph Nader / Nader.org This is the full letter I wrote to the New York Times responding to Gail Collins fact-deprived diatribe. Unfortunately, due to space limitations by the Times, the letter had to be cut in half. I have urged …

Seymour Hersh, Scheer Post. (2023-05-21). The Ukraine Refugee Question. popularresistance.org Last Saturday the Washington Post published an exposé of classified American intelligence documents showing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, working behind the back of the Biden White House, pushed hard earlier this year for an expanded series of missile attacks inside Russia. The documents were part of a large cache of classified materials posted online by an Air Force enlisted man now in custody. A senior official of the Biden administration, asked by…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-20). Western News Media Exist To Administer Propaganda. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The single most overlooked and under-appreciated aspect of our society is the way domestic propaganda is used to shape the way mainstream westerners perceive and think about their world. | Typically the only time you…

_____ (2023-05-20). Climate Breakdown, Extinction and 'The Most Stupid Boast'. strategic-culture.org Journalists are filtered by the elite-serving propaganda system such that 'difficult', 'crusading', 'awkward', 'firebrand' reporters are usually identified and stifled from clambering beyond a few lowly rungs of the career ladder. Or, if they manage not to be 'let go' by their employer early on, they learn to conform to generally unspoken rules on behaving as a 'responsible' media professional. One such key characteristic is to rarely challenge state-corporate power, or only within carefully circumscribed limits.

Editor (2023-05-19). Why is AOC Parroting Nuclear Industry Propaganda? scheerpost.com By Linda Pentz Gunter / CounterPunch Note: During a visit to Japan, including to the destroyed Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant site, US Representative, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an outspoken Democrat from Queens, New York, made a series of Instagram posts. Despite being loaded with errors of fact and science, her pronouncements were seized upon by the nuclear power …

SAM (2023-05-19). Billionaires Are Killing Off Local News Outlets. progressivehub.net CAITLIN SCHNEIDER | DISCOURSE BLOG…

Telesur English. (2023-05-20). G7 Summit Opens In Hiroshima Amid Waves of Protests. popularresistance.org On Friday, amid waves of protests, the Group of Seven (G7) leaders' annual summit got underway in Japan's western city of Hiroshima. | Hundreds of protesters gathered in Hiroshima's Funairi Daiichi Park, not far from the summit's venue, to decry the finger-pointing bloc that advertises its own version of world order. | Seen on-site were huge banners and placards that read "Junk G7," "No Build-up to War" and "No to Japan-U.S. Military Alliance," among many others. | Crowds of protesters rallied around the summit venue, chanting slogans such as "U.S. Imperialists, Number One Terrorist!" "Stop the Lies!" "Stop the W…

Misión Verdad (2023-05-20). Argentina Court Finds 'No Evidence' Against Venezuela's Emtrasur Crew But Plane Will Not Be Returned. orinocotribune.com A few days before the one-year anniversary of the seizure of the Venezuelan Emtrasur cargo plane by the Argentinian judiciary under orders from the US Department of Justice, an Argentinian court confirmed that there is no evidence of terrorist financing of the Venezuelan plane or the Iranian and Venezuelan crew members. The court also announced that there is no reason to keep the plane seized on Argentinian soil. However, the aircraft will remain in Buenos Aires and will not be returned to Venezuela because of US orders. | On Thursday, May 18, the Federal Chamber of La Plata confirmed that there is no evidence ag…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-19). Pentagon Admits It Doesn't Know Who It Killed in Syria Drone Strike. news.antiwar.com US military officials are walking back claims that a drone strike Central Command (CENTCOM) launched on May 3 in northwest Syria killed a senior al-Qaeda leader after evidence emerged that a civilian was killed. When the strike was first launched in Syria's northwest Idlib province, reports immediately emerged that the strike killed a sheep herder …

scorinoco (2023-05-19). Mexico: AMLO Condemns US Government Funding of Opposition Groups. orinocotribune.com The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has condemned the US government's funding of the Mexican opposition through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As evidence, he highlighted the recent

teleSUR (2023-05-19). Climate Change Increasing La Niña & El Niño Severity. telesurenglish.net A study published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth and Environment on Thursday shows that global climate change is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of La Nina and El Nino events. | RELATED: | A team of researchers from several countries, including China and Australia, found evidence that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a major climate driver, has become more intense as a result of incre…

Editor (2023-05-20). Ralph Nader: A Response to NY Times' Gail Collins. scheerpost.com Editor's Note: This article was posted to Ralph Nader's blog on March 16th, 2023. By Ralph Nader / Nader.org This is the full letter I wrote to the New York Times responding to Gail Collins fact-deprived diatribe. Unfortunately, due to space limitations by the Times, the letter had to be cut in half. I have urged …

Editor (2023-05-19). US National Security Experts Call for Peace in Ukraine. scheerpost.com Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies amplify upon a full-page ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling the war an "unmitigated disaster" and urging Biden and U.S. Congress to help bring it speedily to an end.

Editor (2023-05-19). NY Times Is Wrong on Dedollarization: Economist Michael Hudson Debunks Paul Krugman's Dollar Defense. scheerpost.com Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system.

Seymour Hersh, Scheer Post. (2023-05-21). The Ukraine Refugee Question. popularresistance.org Last Saturday the Washington Post published an exposé of classified American intelligence documents showing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, working behind the back of the Biden White House, pushed hard earlier this year for an expanded series of missile attacks inside Russia. The documents were part of a large cache of classified materials posted online by an Air Force enlisted man now in custody. A senior official of the Biden administration, asked by…

Kyle Anzalone (2023-05-19). Biden To Green-Light Allies Transferring F-16s to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The US will allow its European partners to transfer F-16s to Kiev, according to the Washington Post. Earlier this week, the UK and Netherlands began forming a coalition to send the American-made fighter jets to Ukraine. A person "familiar with the decision" told…

Editor (2023-05-19). Why is AOC Parroting Nuclear Industry Propaganda? scheerpost.com By Linda Pentz Gunter / CounterPunch Note: During a visit to Japan, including to the destroyed Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant site, US Representative, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an outspoken Democrat from Queens, New York, made a series of Instagram posts. Despite being loaded with errors of fact and science, her pronouncements were seized upon by the nuclear power …

unitedEditor (2023-05-18). How to prevent a war in the Pacific? unitedworldint.com By Oràßun Gà∂ktàºrk * Terms contain a great historical-scientific and even class distinction. The Biden administration continues the same "Indo-Pacific" rhetoric that the US officially changed during the Trump era. Of course, some might say that there is a geographical difference between the two. But the nightmare of the American political elites, the "Asian Age …

Jorge Majfud (2023-05-18). "Elites en contra del establishment" y las paradojas del discurso neofacista. globalizacion.ca Hitler no se parecía mucho a los alemanes de los años 30, pero fue el perfecto instrumento de catarsis que canalizó no sólo las frustraciones del pueblo alemán por la humillación del Tratado de Versalles, sino también por los problemas…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-19). COVID-19 vaccine administration simplified. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To simplify COVID-19 vaccine administration, the Food and Drug Administration ended the use of the original monovalent COVID-19 vaccines on April 18. People who are due for the bivalent vaccine can still get that vaccine. A bivalent vaccine is a vaccine with more than one strain of a virus. Additionally, on April 19, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended to use only bivalent vaccines (original and omicron BA.4/BA.5 strains). The recommendations affect doses administered to individuals 6 months of age and older for…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-18). 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 …

Leo Ensel (2023-05-19). Renationalizing Soviet History and Who breaks the International Rules? indybay.org The construction of differentiated historical narratives that overcome one-dimensional perpetrator-victim polarizations in discourse with other affected nations and integrate one's own complicity step by step is an extremely laborious, painful process. It will probably take decades, as the struggle to come to terms with the past in Germany has shown.

SAM (2023-05-19). Billionaires Are Killing Off Local News Outlets. progressivehub.net CAITLIN SCHNEIDER | DISCOURSE BLOG…

teleSUR (2023-05-19). Climate Change Increasing La Niña & El Niño Severity. telesurenglish.net A study published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth and Environment on Thursday shows that global climate change is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of La Nina and El Nino events. | RELATED: | A team of researchers from several countries, including China and Australia, found evidence that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a major climate driver, has become more intense as a result of incre…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-19). Pentagon Admits It Doesn't Know Who It Killed in Syria Drone Strike. news.antiwar.com US military officials are walking back claims that a drone strike Central Command (CENTCOM) launched on May 3 in northwest Syria killed a senior al-Qaeda leader after evidence emerged that a civilian was killed. When the strike was first launched in Syria's northwest Idlib province, reports immediately emerged that the strike killed a sheep herder …

Staff (2023-05-19). Ben Crump, Attorney for Malcolm X's Family: "We Refuse to Let Anybody Exterminate Black History" democracynow.org We hear from civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit this year on behalf of the family of Malcolm X against the FBI, the CIA, New York City and state, the NYPD and the District Attorney's Office for concealing evidence of their involvement in Malcolm X's 1965 assassination.

Latifeh Abdellatif (2023-05-18). Jerusalem: Palestinians assaulted as Israeli ministers join divisive 'flag march'. middleeasteye.net Jerusalem: Palestinians assaulted as Israeli ministers join divisive 'flag march' | Far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir joins thousands at the rally associated with violence against Palestinians and 'display of incitement, Jewish dominance and racism' | Thu, 05/18/2023 – 12: 54 | An Israeli man gestures as he gathers with others at Damascus Gate to Jerusalem's Old city during the f…

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-05-19). Criminals Welcome: US Recruits Foreign Proxies To Wage 'Irregular War'. popularresistance.org The United States military recruits foreign fighters to serve as "proxies" in order to wage "irregular warfare" against Washington's adversaries, and the Pentagon does not vet them to see if they have a history of committing atrocities, according to declassified documents obtained by the New York Times. | These "surrogate" fighters are armed and trained by the Pentagon's Special Operations Command. | They are key players in a growing number of secretive "shadow wars" that Washington is waging across the planet. | US special operations commandoes were deployed to 154 countries, or roughly 80% of the nations on Ear…

Editor (2023-05-19). NY Times Is Wrong on Dedollarization: Economist Michael Hudson Debunks Paul Krugman's Dollar Defense. scheerpost.com Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system.

Editor (2023-05-19). US National Security Experts Call for Peace in Ukraine. scheerpost.com Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies amplify upon a full-page ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling the war an "unmitigated disaster" and urging Biden and U.S. Congress to help bring it speedily to an end.

Editor (2023-05-19). NY Times Is Wrong on Dedollarization: Economist Michael Hudson Debunks Paul Krugman's Dollar Defense. scheerpost.com Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system.

Editor (2023-05-19). US National Security Experts Call for Peace in Ukraine. scheerpost.com Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies amplify upon a full-page ad in The New York Times on Tuesday calling the war an "unmitigated disaster" and urging Biden and U.S. Congress to help bring it speedily to an end.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-17). They're using indoctrination tools on you right now, today. And it's only going to get worse. expose-news.com We fight against a truly unprecedented disinformation campaign, where the liars are claiming that everyone else is giving out misinformation, basically turning truth on its head. While propaganda takes many forms, mainstream …

unitedEditor (2023-05-18). How to prevent a war in the Pacific? unitedworldint.com By Oràßun Gà∂ktàºrk * Terms contain a great historical-scientific and even class distinction. The Biden administration continues the same "Indo-Pacific" rhetoric that the US officially changed during the Trump era. Of course, some might say that there is a geographical difference between the two. But the nightmare of the American political elites, the "Asian Age …

Jorge Majfud (2023-05-18). "Elites en contra del establishment" y las paradojas del discurso neofacista. globalizacion.ca Hitler no se parecía mucho a los alemanes de los años 30, pero fue el perfecto instrumento de catarsis que canalizó no sólo las frustraciones del pueblo alemán por la humillación del Tratado de Versalles, sino también por los problemas…

It's Going Down (2023-05-17). Hitler Saluting "White Lives Matter" Neo-Nazis Chased Off by Locals in Templeton, CA. itsgoingdown.org Neo-Nazis associated with the "White Lives Matter" network of white supremacists threw up Hitler salutes after being pushed off a freeway overpass by locals who organized a much larger counter-protest in Templeton, California, located in San Luis Obispo County. Neo-Nazis with WLM / NorCal Active Club unmasked. t.co/TlUW0ASkiY — OFF THE 99 (@Off_The_99) May 17,…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-18). COVID-19 vaccine administration simplified. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To simplify COVID-19 vaccine administration, the Food and Drug Administration ended the use of the original monovalent COVID-19 vaccines on April 18. People who are due for the bivalent vaccine can still get that vaccine. A bivalent vaccine is a vaccine with more than one strain of a virus. Additionally, on April 19, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended to use only bivalent vaccines (original and omicron BA.4/BA.5 strains). The recommendations affect doses administered to individuals 6 months of age and older for…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-18). 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 …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-17). The Great Meatless Diet Con (Part 4). expose-news.com The fallacy that cow burbs and farts contribute catastrophically to our methane levels comes from an Oxford University study. Corporate media hijacked the story as proof that humans could reduce their carbon …

Jim Hightower (2023-05-17). Corporate Food Chains Are Ripping You Off. otherwords.org Oftentimes, when you suspect you're being gouged by corporate price fixers, you're right. | Take the rat-a-tat-tat of today's price jumps at supermarkets and chain restaurants. They make you want to race to the cash register before they raise prices again. | No, no cry the CEOs of food giants, it's not us, it's "supply chain disruptions." Then corporate politicians and economists chime in with old platitudes about the invisible hand of "supply and demand" while media know-nothings pile on, blathering about "ne'er-do-wells" causing a labor shortage. | But that's hogwash — your suspicions are right: It's plai…

Leo Ensel (2023-05-18). Renationalizing Soviet History and Who breaks the International Rules? indybay.org The construction of differentiated historical narratives that overcome one-dimensional perpetrator-victim polarizations in discourse with other affected nations and integrate one's own complicity step by step is an extremely laborious, painful process. It will probably take decades, as the struggle to come to terms with the past in Germany has shown.

John Pilger (2023-05-17). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China. therealnews.com This article was produced by Speak up. Now. | In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They called on "the hundreds of poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, short story writers and journalists" to discuss the "rapid crumbling of capitalism" and the beckoning…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-19). Pentagon Admits It Doesn't Know Who It Killed in Syria Drone Strike. news.antiwar.com US military officials are walking back claims that a drone strike Central Command (CENTCOM) launched on May 3 in northwest Syria killed a senior al-Qaeda leader after evidence emerged that a civilian was killed. When the strike was first launched in Syria's northwest Idlib province, reports immediately emerged that the strike killed a sheep herder …

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-17). NATO cyberwarfare center on Russian border adds Ukraine, Japan, Ireland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com TelecomsMay 17, 2023 NATO CCDCOE welcomes Ukraine, Japan, Iceland and Ireland as members NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) celebrated its 15th anniversary by welcoming Ukraine, Japan, Iceland, and Ireland as new member nations. The CCDCOE's headquarters in Tallinn [Estonia] raised the flags of each nation, signifying their integration into the cyber defense …

Marc Lacroix (2023-05-17). RCMP smears Chinese Canadian community with empty allegations about 'secret police stations'. peoplesworld.org MONTREAL—The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)—Canada's equivalent of the FBI—made a shocking declaration in the Quebec media on March 9 when it announced that an investigation was underway into two "secret Chinese police stations" in the Montreal area. According to spokesperson Sgt. Charles Poirier, the presumed police stations were responsible for a "climate of terror" …

Staff (2023-05-17). "The U.S. Should Be a Force for Peace": Nat'l Security Experts Demand U.S. Push to End Ukraine War. democracynow.org More than a dozen former U.S. national security officials have released an open letter calling for a diplomatic end to the Russia-Ukraine war. The call for peace was published as a full-page ad Tuesday in The New York Times and organized by the Eisenhower Media Network. They called the war an "unmitigated disaster" that the U.S. should work to end before it escalates into a nuclear confrontation. We speak with Dennis Fritz, director of the Eisenhower Media Network and a retired command chief master sergeant of the U.S. Air Force. "The majority of my life has been in and out of the Pentagon, and…

Ben Norton (2023-05-17). Criminals welcome as US recruits foreign proxies to wage 'irregular war' on adversaries. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US military trains and arms foreign fighters as "proxies" to wage "irregular warfare" against adversaries, and the Pentagon does not vet them to see if they have committed atrocities, according to documents obtained by the New York Times.

Marc Lacroix (2023-05-17). RCMP smears Chinese Canadian community with empty allegations about 'secret police stations'. peoplesworld.org MONTREAL—The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)—Canada's equivalent of the FBI—made a shocking declaration in the Quebec media on March 9 when it announced that an investigation was underway into two "secret Chinese police stations" in the Montreal area. According to spokesperson Sgt. Charles Poirier, the presumed police stations were responsible for a "climate of terror" …

Staff (2023-05-17). "The U.S. Should Be a Force for Peace": Nat'l Security Experts Demand U.S. Push to End Ukraine War. democracynow.org More than a dozen former U.S. national security officials have released an open letter calling for a diplomatic end to the Russia-Ukraine war. The call for peace was published as a full-page ad Tuesday in The New York Times and organized by the Eisenhower Media Network. They called the war an "unmitigated disaster" that the U.S. should work to end before it escalates into a nuclear confrontation. We speak with Dennis Fritz, director of the Eisenhower Media Network and a retired command chief master sergeant of the U.S. Air Force. "The majority of my life has been in and out of the Pentagon, and…

Ben Norton (2023-05-17). Criminals welcome as US recruits foreign proxies to wage 'irregular war' on adversaries. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US military trains and arms foreign fighters as "proxies" to wage "irregular warfare" against adversaries, and the Pentagon does not vet them to see if they have committed atrocities, according to documents obtained by the New York Times.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-16). "Independent" Ukrainian "Kill List": Run by Nazi Junta, Backed by NATO and Washington. libya360.wordpress.com David Miller Late last year, my name was added to a blacklist published online by the Ukraine Center for Countering Disinformation. I joined over ninety others deemed to be "speakers who promote narratives consonant with Russian propaganda." These included Manuel Pineda and Clare Daly, both leftist Members of the European Parliament (MEP); Also counted are people…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-16). James Corbett discusses how future narratives will be established and used in the technocrats' global takeover. expose-news.com As AI-equipped chatbots are getting more sophisticated and start to monopolise online searches and virtual assistants, state-endorsed propaganda may become the only information available. And "narrative" is the ultimate weapon. With a …

David Miller, MintPress News. (2023-05-16). 'Independent' Ukrainian 'Kill List' Actually Run By Kiev. popularresistance.org Late last year, my name was added to a blacklist published online by the Ukraine Center for Countering Disinformation. I joined over ninety others deemed to be "speakers who promote narratives consonant with Russian propaganda." | These included Manuel Pineda and Clare Daly, both leftist Members of the European Parliament (MEP); Also counted are people on the right, such as Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute, neocon and former IDF officer Edward Luttwak, a slew of rightist MEPs; Ex CIA officer, Ray McGovern; former military and intelligence figures such as Scott Ritter and Douglas McGregor, as well as academics su…

Hekmat Aboukhater (2023-05-16). Immiserated, humiliated, yet resilient: how Syrians survive America's economic siege. thegrayzone.com Syrian-American journalist Hekmat Aboukhater traveled across Homs, Lattakia, Tartous, and Aleppo this April, reporting for The Grayzone on the devastating impact of Western economic sanctions on average Syrians. Throughout 2023, a series of anti-Syrian refugee bills, a failing economy, and anti-Syrian rhetoric have deepened the plight of the two million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. Hate crimes against Syrians suspected of living in the country illegally have skyrocketed, while at least 130 refugees have been deported. Weekly Israeli strikes have …

midwesternmarx (2023-05-16). Why Julian Assange Is at the Vanguard for World Press Freedom. By: Prabir Purkayastha. midwesternmarx.com We celebrate World Press Freedom Day in May as a reminder that the role of news organizations is to speak truth to power. Not for manufacturing consent—to use Chomsky's famous words—for the government and the ruling classes.​It's an occasion to remember three people who exemplify the need to speak the truth: Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame and Julian Assange of WikiLeaks; and also of Chelsea Manning, without whom we would not have …

thecommunists (2023-05-16). Caleb Maupin and Harpal Brar: Soviet Union defeating fascism. thecommunists.org In this discussion on the Soviet victory over fascism in WW2, Harpal Brar begins by dismissing the most common (and patently absurd) myths surrounding the beginning of the war: in particular, the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact — sometimes (outrageously) called the 'Hitler-Stalin pact' — which has so tainted the bourgeois narative of modern history. See also our …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-16). Is the UK sending military equipment to enrich the oligarchs who own Ukraine? expose-news.com Ukraine isn't in the news much anymore and perhaps that's because some curious things are happening that corporate media can't easily explain without incriminating the very regimes they've supported, and themselves. After …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-17). America's Blueprint for Global Domination: From "Containment" to "Pre-emptive War". The 1948 Truman Doctrine. globalresearch.ca Image: President Harry Truman | First published by GR on September 7, 2014, minor edits. | The Declassified documents were first posted by Global Research in December 2003 | . | Author's Introductory : …

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Social media accounts closed for fake news. ecns.cn More than 107,000 online accounts have been shut down in the past month for falsely representing news anchors or press agencies, as part of China's latest efforts to eliminate fake news and rumor-mongering.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-16). Thousands of Muslims in India's Kerala Protest Rising Islamophobia, Hindu Fascism. orinocotribune.com Thousands of Muslims in India's southern state of Kerala have rallied to protest growing Islamophobia and violence against Muslims across the country amid rising Hindu nationalism. | Protesters chanted slogans against Hindutva fascism, a right-wing political ideology based on Hindu nationalism aimed at establishing India as a Hindu nation — rather than a secular state, as well as growing Islamophobia, media outlets in the country reported Monday. | According to the reports, the peaceful protest rally on Saturday was organized by the Kerala Muslim Jama-ath Federation (KMJF) to mark its 40th anniversary in th…

jamanetwork (2023-05-16). Sciatica Surgery Only Temporarily Lessens Pain, Disability. jamanetwork.com Discectomies for sciatica, a condition often caused by a herniated disk, might be better than nonsurgical treatments or epidural steroid injections for reducing leg pain and disability in some patients, although the improvements declined over time to a negligible benefit after 12 months. The findings from the analysis of 24 randomized clinical trials were supported by very low- and low-certainty evidence.

Global Times (2023-05-16). Hyping China's Overseas "Police Stations," Canada Gravely Infected by US Virus of Smearing China. dissidentvoice.org Canada's choice Illustration: Tang Tengfei/GT When Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino attempted to hype up the so-called China's overseas police stations, one word stood out — could. "Mendicino concedes there could be new 'Chinese police stations' in Canada," the country's CTV News reported on Sunday. The first paragraph of the article is filled with …

Ben Norton (2023-05-17). Criminals welcome as US recruits foreign proxies to wage 'irregular war' on adversaries. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US military trains and arms foreign fighters as "proxies" to wage "irregular warfare" against adversaries, and the Pentagon does not vet them to see if they have committed atrocities, according to documents obtained by the New York Times.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-16). North Korea Warns NATO is Creeping into Asia. libya360.wordpress.com Countercurrents Collective South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the NATO summit in Madrid on June 29. | KENNY HOLSTON / THE NEW YORK TIMES North Korea's Foreign Ministry has claimed NATO is seeking to increase its influence in Asia, citing growing "military collusion" with Japan, which…

Eisenhower Media Institute, Institute for Public Accuracy. (2023-05-16). Former National Security Officials In New York Times Ad: 'War Is A Racket'. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, a group of former high-ranking national security fellows, the Eisenhower Media Network, released an open letter appearing as a full-page ad in the New York Times, calling for a diplomatic end to the Russia-Ukraine war. | The ad — which can be seen here — includes an important timeline of events and a map showing U.S./NATO military bases near Russia and a comparison of what that would look like if the "shoe were on the other foot." | The letter states: "The immediate cause of this disastrous war in Ukraine is Russia's invasion. Yet the plans and actions to expand NATO to Russia's borders se…

_____ (2023-05-16). Washington Post Interview With NATO Boss Stinks. Here's Why. strategic-culture.org The scripted interview made some comical errors on Stoltenberg's part, which he might not have made if it was real, Martin Jay writes. | Can there be anything on the net right now, about the Ukraine war, more hilarious, disingenuous and darn right crackers than the "interview" between the Washington Post and the NATO secretary Jens Stoltenberg? | As a media event, it might not have appeared on your timeline, given that not ONE single western media outlet chose to write it up as a veritable news item in itself. The reason for this is that most editors smelt a rat and chose to ignore it. | The rat was simply that t…

David Miller, MintPress News. (2023-05-16). 'Independent' Ukrainian 'Kill List' Actually Run By Kiev. popularresistance.org Late last year, my name was added to a blacklist published online by the Ukraine Center for Countering Disinformation. I joined over ninety others deemed to be "speakers who promote narratives consonant with Russian propaganda." | These included Manuel Pineda and Clare Daly, both leftist Members of the European Parliament (MEP); Also counted are people on the right, such as Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute, neocon and former IDF officer Edward Luttwak, a slew of rightist MEPs; Ex CIA officer, Ray McGovern; former military and intelligence figures such as Scott Ritter and Douglas McGregor, as well as academics su…

_____ (2023-05-15). Radio Free Asia: A US Propaganda Organ. journal-neo.org On April 26, Mary Zhao, a writer for Radio Free Asia, wrote a bizarre piece attacking China for not providing "transgender girls with necessary medicines," exposing once again the absurd lengths to which the US propagandists will go to undermine a nation it has targeted. The same day, they posted a cartoon of French President […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2023-05-15). "The Dividing Line" the Corona War Propaganda has created. globalresearch.ca

Julia Rock, Andrew Perez, The Lever. (2023-05-15). Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family Payments. popularresistance.org Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas changed his position on one of America's most significant regulatory doctrines after his wife reportedly accepted secret payments from a shadowy conservative network pushing for the change. Thomas' shift also came while he was receiving lavish gifts from a billionaire linked to other groups criticizing the same doctrine — which is now headed back to the high court. | The so-called "Chevron deference" doctrine stipulates that the executive branch — not the federal courts — has the power to interpret laws passed by Congress in certain circumstances. Conservati…

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2023-05-15). Chris Hedges: Harriet Tubman And The Battle For America's Symbols. popularresistance.org The debate over America's symbols and monuments has sharpened with the growing mass movement for racial justice in the past decade. The lionization of slave-owners and genocidaires has been pointed out by many as in contradiction to the ideals of democracy and racial justice so often touted as national core values. In the midst of this debate, the decision by the US Treasury to place Harriet Tubman alongside Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill starting in 2030 has incited controversy. Howard University professor of political science Clarence Lusane joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the Harriet Tubman dollar bil…

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). Smearing of HK judges slammed. ecns.cn Government officials and political heavyweights strongly condemned a United States report and so-called "hearing" that smeared Hong Kong's judicial system and threatened to sanction Hong Kong judges.

Jake Johnson (2023-05-15). "Greatest Wealth Transfer in History" Is Poised to Further Entrench Inequality. truthout.org The United States' astronomical levels of economic inequality are poised to become further entrenched in the coming years as what The New York Times described Sunday as "the greatest wealth transfer in history" gets underway, with the richest members of the Baby Boomer generation set to pass trillions of dollars in assets on to their descendants — often paying little or nothing in taxes. |

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-15). Wagner Chief Denies Claims That He Offered Ukraine Russian Troop Positions. news.antiwar.com Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, dismissed claims made by The Washington Post that he offered Ukraine Russian troop positions in exchange for a Ukrainian withdrawal from Bakhmut, calling the report "laughable." "Reading this is of course nice. It means I am not only fighting for Russia but Zelensky is also …