newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-25). Mayo Clinic researchers link ovarian cancer to bacteria colonization in microbiome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A specific colonization of microbes in the reproductive tract is commonly found in women with ovarian cancer, according to a new study from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. The discovery, published in Scientific Reports, strengthens evidence that the bacterial component of the microbiome — a community of microorganisms that also consists of viruses, yeasts and fungi — is an important indicator for early detection, diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian cancer. Abigail…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-25). Pentagon to Increase Artillery Ammunition Production by 0% for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon is planning to boost its production of artillery ammunition by 0% over the next two years as the US is depleting its military stockpiles by sending millions of shells to Ukraine, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, the US has pledged to send Ukraine over one …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). US Objectives in Latin America According to SOUTHCOM: Lithium, Sweet Crude, Fresh Water. libya360.wordpress.com Laura Richardson spoke at an event of the Atlantic Council -a think tank with close ties to NATO- where she listed the reasons why the United States has its eyes on the rest of the continent. "Why is Latin America important?". That was the rhetorical question posed by Laura Richardson, head of the U.S. Southern…

_____ (2023-01-24). Iran's Unrest Triggers Explosion of Fake News. strategic-culture.org Some of the most incendiary accusations made against Iran's government by corporate media, celebrity influencers and Western leaders in the past months are little more than fabrications. And most remain uncorrected. | By Setareh SADEQI and Christopher WEAVER | Protests in Iran that ostensibly began as a reaction to the death of a woman in police custody in September 2022 have prompted unprecedented international opposition to its government, not only from the usual Western, Israeli and Saudi suspects, but from celebrity social media influencers with no previous record of commenting on Iranian affairs. | Iran is n…

Ann Brown (2023-01-24). Fact Check: The U.S. Military Is Using 'Barracks Bunny' Sexualized Influencer Recruiting Strategy and Psyops. moguldom.com The U.S. military has been facing its biggest recruiting challenges in nearly five decades, according to experts. And when recruitment is low, the military, like any organization, looks to ways to lure in new recruits. One way to entice people, mainly men, is through the art of seduction as well as appealing to aggressive tendencies …

_____ (2023-01-24). US Officials Claim More 'Russiagate' Like Nonsense. popularresistance.org According to what U.S. officials claim some anti-Kremlin fringe group in Russia was used by a Russian intelligence service to somehow send letter bombs from Valladolid, Spain, to some offices in Madrid. | But why would Russian intelligence run such a nonsense campaign? Why would it use a problematic fringe group of Russian crazies to do so. Why in Spain? Why not in Poland, Germany or France? What is the evidence? | None of those questions get answered. Instead rumors and hot air assumptions are put together to make the claims somewhat less outrageous. This is on the same level as the lies about 'weapons of mass d…

Anoa Changa (2023-01-24). Tyre Nichols' Death Shows Black Cops Can Also Be 'Faces Of White Supremacy'. newsone.com Source: The Washington Post / Getty | Five Black officers on a police force that is majority Black, in a majority Black city, When people talk about white supremacy being at the root of these incidents, it's about the systemic dehumanization of peopl…

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-01-24). Tyre Nichols Autopsy Results Confirm 'Severe Beating' By Memphis Police, Attorneys Say. newsone.com RowVaugn Wells, second from left, becomes emotional during a press conference at Mt. Olive Cathedral CME Church after she viewed footage of the violent police interaction that led to the death of her son Tyre Nichols, in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 23, 2023. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty | The results from an independent preliminary autopsy performed on

Staff (2023-01-24). Critics Rip 'MAGA Extremists' Over Plan to Hike Social Security Retirement Age to 70. commondreams.org Not even a month after assuming the majority in the House, Republicans have begun seriously considering a range of proposals to cut Social Security, Medicare, and other federal programs that millions of people across the U.S. rely on to meet basic needs. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that "in recent days, a group of GOP …

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-24). Warren: Debt Ceiling Crisis Wouldn't Even Exist Without Trump Tax Overhaul. truthout.org Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) dug into Republicans for their willingness to "wreck the economy" over the debt ceiling, pointing out that the GOP is only interested in protecting their rich allies and creating an economic crisis that would reflect poorly on President Joe Biden. In an appearance on MSNBC, Warren said that the conservative regressive tax policies that the GOP has pushed for… |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-24). Mayo Clinic researchers link ovarian cancer to bacteria colonization in microbiome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A specific colonization of microbes in the reproductive tract is commonly found in women with ovarian cancer, according to a new study from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. The discovery, published in Scientific Reports, strengthens evidence that the bacterial component of the microbiome — a community of microorganisms that also consists of viruses, yeasts and fungi — is an important indicator for early detection, diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian cancer. Abigail…

_____ (2023-01-23). US Funds 'Independent Journalists' In Cuba To Spread Propaganda. popularresistance.org A former top CIA spy has admitted that the United States funds anti-government propagandists in Cuba who portray themselves as "independent journalists". | Major British newspaper The Guardian spoke with CIA veteran Fulton Armstrong, whom it described as "the US intelligence community's most senior analyst for Latin America from 2000 to 2004". | Armstrong stated that, in Cuba, "a lot of the so-called independent journalists are indirectly funded by the US". | The ex CIA analyst pointed out that, today, the Joe Biden administration bankrolls anti-government opposition forces in Cuba with at least $20 million in an…

Shane Quinn (2023-01-23). Rise of Nazism in Interwar Germany: Hitler's Political Rivalry with Ludendorff. globalresearch.ca

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-23). Harry the 'Traitor' and Lynch 'the Grinch': The Corporate Media's Automatic Smear Machine. transcend.org 19 Jan 2023 – Whatever we think of the Harry and Meghan Markle saga, it matters when the son of the current king and brother of the future king writes in his new book, 'Spare': "Does the Crown generate tourism income that benefits all? Of course. Does it also rest upon lands obtained and secured when the system was unjust and wealth was generated by exploited workers and thuggery, annexation and enslaved people? Can anyone deny it?"

Rania Khalek (2023-01-23). Who's Responsible for Africa's Debt Trap: China or the West? thealtworld.com U.S. politicians and corporate media blame China for debt crises in African countries, yet African governments owe three times more debt to private Western lenders than to China. Furthermore, interest rates on Western private loans are almost double those on Chinese loans. | Tim Jones, Head of Policy at Debt Justice in the UK, explains the reality behind the African debt and how the only just way forward is its cancellation.

Staff (2023-01-23). Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal. democracynow.org Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been languishing for close to four years in the harsh Belmarsh prison in London while appealing extradition to the United States. If convicted in the United States, Julian Assange could face up to 175 years in jail for violating the U.S. Espionage Act for publishing documents that exposed U.S. war crimes in Iraq a…

Staff (2023-01-23). The Monroe Doctrine Is Thriving and Must Be Undone. davidswanson.org

Peter Oborne (2023-01-23). When Journalists Act as State Propagandists. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-01-23). The Evidence on Whether the Anti-Russian Sanctions Are Succeeding. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe evidence on whether the anti-Russian sanctions are succeeding: highlights from Putin's year-in-review's 'meeting on economic issues' and evidence confirming this in the international exchange-rate data | Written by Given that The West's sanctions against Russia are intended to harm Russia's economy, Russia's President Vladimir Putin's January 17th…

John Wojcik (2023-01-23). Bridgeport, Chicago's message to racists: Not in my neighborhood! peoplesworld.org CHICAGO By mid-month January residents of the Bridgeport neighborhood here, both Black and white, started turning up in big numbers to undo damage done to a fledgling soul food restaurant by racist vandals in this Chicago neighborhood. Determined to let the vandals who smeared the restaurant with BLDM (Black Lives Don't Matter) graffiti know …

Edward Curtin (2023-01-23). The New York Times is Orwell's Ministry of Truth. dissidentvoice.org Ingsoc. The sacred principles of ingsoc. Newspeak, double-speak, the mutability of the past. — George Orwell, 1984 As today dawned, I was looking out the window into the cold grayness with small patches of snow littering the frozen ground. As light snow began to fall, I felt a deep mourning in my soul as a …

Edward Curtin (2023-01-23). The New York Times Is Orwell's Ministry of Truth. "Newspeak, Double-Speak" globalresearch.ca

Eric Zuesse (2023-01-23). U.S. Now Considering to Invade Russia: NYT. dissidentvoice.org An obliquely-written news-report in the New York Times on January 18th headlined "U.S. Warms to Helping Ukraine Target Crimea" and subheaded "The Biden administration is considering the argument that Kyiv needs the power to strike at the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014." It reported that, "the Biden administration is finally starting to concede …

Norman Solomon (2023-01-23). Does the Democratic Base Think Biden Is the Best Choice for 2024? Let's Ask Them. commondreams.org

Denial at the top of the Democratic Party about Joe Biden's shaky footing for a re-election run in 2024 became more untenable over the weekend. As the New York Times

Staff (2023-01-23). 'He Didn't Deserve to Die, But…' Writes Pompeo of Dismembered Journalist. commondreams.org The widow of murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Monday denounced former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for his comments about her husband in Pompeo's upcoming memoir, in which he questions Khashoggi's journalism credentials and his allegiances. As excerpts from Pompeo's book, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love, became …

Staff (2023-01-23). Warren Slams Republicans for Creating 'Economic Chaos' to Protect the Rich. commondreams.org Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday took aim at the Republican Party for creating what she called a "manufactured crisis" as a potential fight over the debt ceiling looms, slamming the GOP's threats to public spending as the party works to make it even easier for the wealthy to avoid paying taxes. On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," …

Shane Quinn (2023-01-23). Rise of Nazism in Interwar Germany: Hitler's Political Rivalry with Ludendorff. globalresearch.ca

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-23). Harry the 'Traitor' and Lynch 'the Grinch': The Corporate Media's Automatic Smear Machine. transcend.org 19 Jan 2023 – Whatever we think of the Harry and Meghan Markle saga, it matters when the son of the current king and brother of the future king writes in his new book, 'Spare': "Does the Crown generate tourism income that benefits all? Of course. Does it also rest upon lands obtained and secured when the system was unjust and wealth was generated by exploited workers and thuggery, annexation and enslaved people? Can anyone deny it?"

Staff (2023-01-23). Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal. democracynow.org Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been languishing for close to four years in the harsh Belmarsh prison in London while appealing extradition to the United States. If convicted in the United States, Julian Assange could face up to 175 years in jail for violating the U.S. Espionage Act for publishing documents that exposed U.S. war crimes in Iraq a…

Staff (2023-01-23). The Monroe Doctrine Is Thriving and Must Be Undone. davidswanson.org

Peter Oborne (2023-01-23). When Journalists Act as State Propagandists. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-23). Mayo Clinic researchers link ovarian cancer to bacteria colonization in microbiome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A specific colonization of microbes in the reproductive tract is commonly found in women with ovarian cancer, according to a new study from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. The discovery, published in Scientific Reports, strengthens evidence that the bacterial component of the microbiome — a community of microorganisms that also consists of viruses, yeasts and fungi — is an important indicator for early detection, diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian cancer. Abigail…

John Wojcik (2023-01-23). Bridgeport, Chicago's message to racists: Not in my neighborhood! peoplesworld.org CHICAGO By mid-month January residents of the Bridgeport neighborhood here, both Black and white, started turning up in big numbers to undo damage done to a fledgling soul food restaurant by racist vandals in this Chicago neighborhood. Determined to let the vandals who smeared the restaurant with BLDM (Black Lives Don't Matter) graffiti know …

Eric Zuesse (2023-01-23). U.S. Now Considering to Invade Russia: NYT. dissidentvoice.org An obliquely-written news-report in the New York Times on January 18th headlined "U.S. Warms to Helping Ukraine Target Crimea" and subheaded "The Biden administration is considering the argument that Kyiv needs the power to strike at the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014." It reported that, "the Biden administration is finally starting to concede …

Edward Curtin (2023-01-23). The New York Times Is Orwell's Ministry of Truth. "Newspeak, Double-Speak" globalresearch.ca

Edward Curtin (2023-01-23). The New York Times is Orwell's Ministry of Truth. dissidentvoice.org Ingsoc. The sacred principles of ingsoc. Newspeak, double-speak, the mutability of the past. — George Orwell, 1984 As today dawned, I was looking out the window into the cold grayness with small patches of snow littering the frozen ground. As light snow began to fall, I felt a deep mourning in my soul as a …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-22). Syrian Opposition Spread Fake News About Mass Turkish Casualties After Syrian Army Attack. southfront.org Turkish forces are seen near Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin, Syria January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi | As a part of what appears to be a coordinated propaganda stunt, several Syrian pro-opposition news sources falsely reported late on January 21 that 20 Turkish service members were killed or wounded in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib as a result of an attack by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). | The sources said that the SAA struck a Turkish post near the town of Afes in the southern Idlib co…

Ben Norton (2023-01-22). US funds 'independent journalists' in Cuba to spread propaganda, ex CIA spy admits. geopoliticaleconomy.com Former CIA analyst Fulton Armstrong told The Guardian that, in Cuba, "a lot of the so-called independent journalists are indirectly funded by the US". They spread anti-government disinformation with the support of the NED.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-01-22). BBC Scientific Nonsense: The Virus is a "Hit and Run Killer", "The Vaccine Saves Lives!" globalresearch.ca A sensationalist BBC report under the title: "Why is the Virus such a Threat" contends (quoting and misquoting "scientific opinion") that the virus' has a "hit and run killer evolutionary tactic" to spread the Covid-19 infection far and wide. …

_____ (2023-01-22). Why I'm Not Running Again For City Council. popularresistance.org This is now the tenth year I've had the honor to serve as an elected representative of Seattle's working people. | Workers in Seattle, through getting organized alongside my socialist City Council office, and my organization, Socialist Alternative, have won historic victories, from the $15/hour minimum wage to the Amazon Tax to landmark renters' rights. | These victories have set a powerful example that has had a national and even international impact. | In our four election victories and in every struggle, we've had to overcome the combined might of big business, the corporate media, and the political establishm…

David Sirota (2023-01-22). LEVER WEEKLY: How Billionaires Shape The News They Own. levernews.com This is Lever Weekly, a recap of our work from the past week. If you only read one email from us all week, this should be it.Below you will find a breakdown of our reporting, podcasts, videos, and live events — a feature now open to all subscribers. Following that, we are providing paid subscribers with an original column, written by a member of The Lever, connecting the dots on our coverage to deliver important takeaways.In this week's column, exclusively for paid subscribers, David Sirota explores why billionaire Jeff Bezos' visit to his Washington Post newsroom exemplifies how the discourse is influen…

Ann Brown (2023-01-22). Fact Check: Paul E. Williams, A Black Man Invented the First Helicopter. moguldom.com There have been a number of inventions by Black Americans that have helped further the world. Is Paul E. Williams one of these Black inventors? Although there seems to be no official records of Williams inventing the helicopter, in Black history circles, he is often credited with haven being the actual person behind the practical …

Fight Back (2023-01-22). Palestine solidarity week of action across SE Michigan. fightbacknews.org Dearborn, MI – The Palestinian Youth Movement-Detroit and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality, with support from Freedom Road Socialist Organization members, kicked off the week of solidarity work on January 12 supporting a demonstration by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE). When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the University of Michigan for a speaking event on the environment, SAFE took the opportunity to let passersby on campus know that VP Harris is a stalwart supporter of genocide in Palestine. | Harris, a beneficiary of the hundreds of millions in AIPAC (American Israel Public Af…

Staff (2023-01-18). Audio: David Swanson with Dennis Bernstein on Flashpoints on KPFA. davidswanson.org I was happy to discuss The Monroe Doctrine at 200 and What to Replace it With, and Ukraine, and other topics, with Dennis Bernstein. Listen here or here.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-18). Pentagon Sends US Artillery Shells Stored in Israel and South Korea to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The US has dipped into stockpiles of arms it keeps in Israel and South Korea to supply Ukraine with more artillery shells, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing anonymous US and Israeli officials. The stockpile in Israel is meant to supply the US for its conflicts in the Middle East and is also used …

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-01-17). 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".

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-17). 'Becky With The Hands' Raises Over $16,000 After Waffle House Fight Went Viral, Gets Fox News Support. moguldom.com The public has rallied around a former Waffle House cook by donating over $16,000 to a GoFundMe campaign after she was blacklisted from working at the restaurant due to her involvement in a fight with customers. Last year, Halie Booth was employed at an Austin, Texas, location of the popular restaurant chain. She went viral after footage …

Staff (2023-01-17). The Monroe Doctrine Is 200 and Should Not Reach 201. davidswanson.org

_____ (2023-01-17). US Activists Honor The Anti-War Legacy Of Martin Luther King Jr. popularresistance.org "We are here, honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.," said co-executive director of The People's Forum, Claudia De La Cruz, to a crowd of hundreds gathered in Times Square, in front of the US Army Recruiting Station, on January 14. "We are here to reclaim his legacy and say: no to war." | The organizers and workers mobilized to demand an end to NATO and a peaceful resolution to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The rally and march was organized by the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, a US anti-war organization, and the People's Forum. Activists raised slogans to demand a peaceful resol…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-17). 'Bring Down the Dictator', Protesters Shout in Thousands-Strong Anti-Netanyahu Rallies. orinocotribune.com Tens of thousands have rallied in three major cities across the occupied Palestinian territories against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new extremist cabinet and its proposed judicial reforms plan. | Protesters flooded the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday, brandishing signs with slogans decrying Netanyahu's new cabinet as the "government of shame" and urging, "bring down the dictator." | Israeli media reported 80,000 people joined the rally, while the regime's security sources gave no official estimate after reporting 20,000 protesters earlier in the evening. | The monumental rally marked the biggest…

Climate Nexus (2023-01-17). Exxon scientists accurately predicted climate damage while company pushed misinformation. nationofchange.org "Airtight evidence that Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming years before, then turned around and attacked the science underlying it."

Brittani Banks (2023-01-17). Police Violence Reached an All-Time High Last Year—Are We Ready to Shrink Police Budgets? independentmediainstitute.org The year 2022 was the deadliest year on record in the United States for fatalities at the hands of law enforcement. According to the Washington Post's police shootings database, law enforcement officers shot and killed 1,096 people last year. In comparison, there were 1,048 shooting fatalities at the hands of police the year before, 1,019 …

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-01-17). 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".

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-17). 'Becky With The Hands' Raises Over $16,000 After Waffle House Fight Went Viral, Gets Fox News Support. moguldom.com The public has rallied around a former Waffle House cook by donating over $16,000 to a GoFundMe campaign after she was blacklisted from working at the restaurant due to her involvement in a fight with customers. Last year, Halie Booth was employed at an Austin, Texas, location of the popular restaurant chain. She went viral after footage …

Staff (2023-01-17). The Monroe Doctrine Is 200 and Should Not Reach 201. davidswanson.org

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-17). 'Bring Down the Dictator', Protesters Shout in Thousands-Strong Anti-Netanyahu Rallies. orinocotribune.com Tens of thousands have rallied in three major cities across the occupied Palestinian territories against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new extremist cabinet and its proposed judicial reforms plan. | Protesters flooded the streets in Tel Aviv on Saturday, brandishing signs with slogans decrying Netanyahu's new cabinet as the "government of shame" and urging, "bring down the dictator." | Israeli media reported 80,000 people joined the rally, while the regime's security sources gave no official estimate after reporting 20,000 protesters earlier in the evening. | The monumental rally marked the biggest…

Climate Nexus (2023-01-17). Exxon scientists accurately predicted climate damage while company pushed misinformation. nationofchange.org "Airtight evidence that Exxon Mobil accurately predicted global warming years before, then turned around and attacked the science underlying it."

_____ (2023-01-16). Recalling CNN's Fraudulent 'Interview' With a Seven Year-Old Syrian Girl. strategic-culture.org There's a thread going around on Twitter by Columbia University's Sophie Fullerton advancing the claim that I have promoted crazy conspiracy theories about child "crisis actors" in Syrian war atrocities. Fullerton has me blocked on Twitter so I can't respond to her there, but in her thread she brings up one of the most egregious instances I've ever seen of US war propaganda in the mass media, so it's worth taking some time to unpack her claims here as a public service.

_____ (2023-01-16). Stop The Violence Against The Peruvian People. popularresistance.org The Peruvian people have been on the streets across the country to reject the coup that took constitutional president Pedro Castillo out of office on December 7. The Peruvian authorities have responded to these mass protests with brutal violence. As of today, Peruvian human rights organizations estimate that 48 people have been killed in the context of the protests and hundreds more have been injured. | Mainstream, corporate media in Peru has helped reinforce the government's narrative that those who are on the streets are "criminals", "terrorists" and that their demands are illegitimate. Meanwhile, independent a…

WSWS (2023-01-16). California floods cause estimated $31 billion in damage, 19 dead. wsws.org Corporate media tells residents to "learn to live with flooding."

Anonymous103 (2023-01-16). Ex-French Volunteer In Ukraine Asks For Asylum In Russia. southfront.org Illustrative ImageHe reported Kiev's crimes during his mission in Ukraine, becoming an "enemy" for NATO countries. | Written by Once again, the Western discourse that NATO countries are "democracies" and Russia a "dictatorship" is shaken by factual cases of political persecution and violation of freedom of expression and press in Western countries. A fo…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Immanuel Wallerstein on the Global Left and Right. transcend.org Crisis, indeed. The way out is a new discourse, less material, more spiritual; something to live for, not only from. Right now Wallerstein sees capitalism in crisis with no remedy–of which I am not so sure–and the US hegemony also in a crisis with no remedy–a view I share–, as the fall of an empire for which local elites used to kill and rule; now having to do most killings itself.

_____ (2023-01-16). House Republican Rules Package Designed To Enable Skewed Priorities. popularresistance.org The House Republican majority recently adopted a rules package to guide that chamber's legislative action that would put up steep barriers to investments in critical national needs while paving the way for ever more tax cuts, inevitably tilted toward the wealthy and profitable corporations. That isn't an agenda that will expand opportunity or support broadly shared economic growth. | Proponents describe the rules as "restoring fiscal sanity," but they just reflect an ideology that ignores reams of evidence showing that the tax cuts of recent decades haven't meaningfully boosted economic growth. The large tax cuts…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-16). Colombia spied on diplomats from Russia and Cuba: report. colombiareports.com Colombia's police spied on Russian and Cuban embassy personnel and their families between 2016 and 2019, according to evidence obtained by Noticias Uno. The leaked documents did not reveal if…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-16). New Evidence Of Torture Of Russian POWs By Ukrainians Emerged. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Several days ago, another video confirmed torture of Russian soldiers by Ukrainians was widely spread online. However, it was widely ignored by Ukrainian media and international MSM. Unidentified Ukrainians called mothers of two Russian prisoners of war (POW), threatening to kill their childs. Ukrainians demanded a large ransom for Russian soldiers. The Russian soldiers were tortured during the call. | On January 14, Russian High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova published video o…

_____ (2023-01-16). New York Times Moves To 'Stack The Deck Of Justice' Against Its Subscribers. popularresistance.org "Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice" was a headline on a groundbreaking New York Times report (10/31/15) from 2015. Reporters Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Robert Gebeloff looked into the fine-print "agreements" that people sign, usually without reading them, as a requirement for obtaining credit card memberships or cellphone contracts or internet service—contracts that tell you that if there is any problem with your account, the company "may elect to resolve any claim by individual arbitration." | The Times reporters rightfully described those nine words as "the center of a far-reaching po…

_____ (2023-01-16). The FBI's Crusade Against MLK Was Darker Than You Think. popularresistance.org "You are done. There is only one way out for you. You better take it before your filthy, abnormal fraudulent self is bared to the nation." That's the shocking ending to the infamous letter Civil Rights hero Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received in 1964 essentially urging him to commit suicide. The letter and accompanying package containing blackmail were sent by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as King quickly caught on. While the full, unredacted letter was finally published by the New York Times in 2014, the audio recordings of an extensive FBI wiretapping operation targeting King have been sealed until 2027…

_____ (2023-01-16). Stop The Violence Against The Peruvian People. popularresistance.org The Peruvian people have been on the streets across the country to reject the coup that took constitutional president Pedro Castillo out of office on December 7. The Peruvian authorities have responded to these mass protests with brutal violence. As of today, Peruvian human rights organizations estimate that 48 people have been killed in the context of the protests and hundreds more have been injured. | Mainstream, corporate media in Peru has helped reinforce the government's narrative that those who are on the streets are "criminals", "terrorists" and that their demands are illegitimate. Meanwhile, independent a…

WSWS (2023-01-16). California floods cause estimated $31 billion in damage, 19 dead. wsws.org Corporate media tells residents to "learn to live with flooding."

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Immanuel Wallerstein on the Global Left and Right. transcend.org Crisis, indeed. The way out is a new discourse, less material, more spiritual; something to live for, not only from. Right now Wallerstein sees capitalism in crisis with no remedy–of which I am not so sure–and the US hegemony also in a crisis with no remedy–a view I share–, as the fall of an empire for which local elites used to kill and rule; now having to do most killings itself.

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-16). Colombia spied on diplomats from Russia and Cuba: report. colombiareports.com Colombia's police spied on Russian and Cuban embassy personnel and their families between 2016 and 2019, according to evidence obtained by Noticias Uno. The leaked documents did not reveal if…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-01-16). Did J. Edgar Hoover Order the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr? covertactionmagazine.com Powerful new evidence of a government-abetted conspiracy has prompted King family members to demand a reopening of the investigation into his murder. [This is an updated article published special for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.—Editors] Everyone knows that James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King, Jr., right? The U.S. government says so. All the school …

_____ (2023-01-16). New York Times Moves To 'Stack The Deck Of Justice' Against Its Subscribers. popularresistance.org "Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice" was a headline on a groundbreaking New York Times report (10/31/15) from 2015. Reporters Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Robert Gebeloff looked into the fine-print "agreements" that people sign, usually without reading them, as a requirement for obtaining credit card memberships or cellphone contracts or internet service—contracts that tell you that if there is any problem with your account, the company "may elect to resolve any claim by individual arbitration." | The Times reporters rightfully described those nine words as "the center of a far-reaching po…

Staff (2023-01-15). Video: The Monroe Doctrine at 200 and What to Replace it With. davidswanson.org

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-01-15). Politics in a digitalized world. america.cgtn.com In a world where more business is conducted online, the political space has been slow to catch up. But with online trends reaching wider audiences, politicians are having their own attempts at 'influencing' the sector.

Ralph Nader (2023-01-15). Teenage iPhone Rebellion in Brooklyn. dissidentvoice.org Every Sunday about a dozen high school teenagers gather without their iPhones on a little hill in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, USA. They form a circle and quietly start to read serious books (Dostoevsky, Boethius) (paperbacks or hardbacks), or draw in sketchbooks, or just serenely sit listening to the wind. As the New York Times reporter …

Dean Baker (2023-01-15). Government-Granted Patent Monopolies Lead to Corruption: Aduhelm Edition. cepr.net A Washington Post editorial, following the outcome of a Congressional investigation, complained that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wrongly moved ahead with an accelerated approval process for the Alzheimer's drug Adulhelm. It then approved a label that suggested the drug, which was being marketed for $56,000 for a year's dosage, could be a general …

Ralph Nader (2023-01-15). Teenage iPhone Rebellion in Brooklyn. dissidentvoice.org Every Sunday about a dozen high school teenagers gather without their iPhones on a little hill in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, USA. They form a circle and quietly start to read serious books (Dostoevsky, Boethius) (paperbacks or hardbacks), or draw in sketchbooks, or just serenely sit listening to the wind. As the New York Times reporter …

John Launer, Anita Wohlmann (2023-01-14). [Perspectives] Narrative medicine, narrative practice, and the creation of meaning. thelancet.com Medical interest in the study of narratives, whether those of patients or doctors, goes back a long way. However, the field of narrative medicine emerged in the late 20th century and is associated in many people's minds with two seminal texts. One was Narrative Based Medicine: Dialogue and Discourse in Clinical Practice, a collection of essays edited by two British academic general practitioners, Trisha Greenhalgh and Brian Hurwitz. The other was Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness by the US physician and literary scholar Rita Charon.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-14). Vain Attempts Of Kiev Regime To Hide Truth From Soledar. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The city of Soledar came under Russian control. Russian victory was officially confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defence on January 13. Control of the city by Wagner fighters was confirmed by numerous footage from the are, which confirmed heavy losses of the AFU as well. | Despite the defeat of the Ukrainian military and loss of a strategically important stronghold on Donbass front lines, the Kiev regime is still hiding the truth. Unfortunately, the derisive attempts of Ukrainian propagandist…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-14). ExxonMobil: Suppressing Science and Climate Change. dissidentvoice.org Villains often have the best tunes. In some cases, they also have the best evidence. The tendency in the latter is to suppress or distort that evidence if it is contrary to their interests. Exxon, now ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil and gas company, has revealed, much like tobacco companies of the past, that excellent …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-14). ExxonMobil, Suppressing Science and Climate Change. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Villains often have the best tunes. In some cases, they also have the best evidence. The tendency in the latter is to suppress or distort that evidence if it is contrary to their interests. Exxon, now ExxonMobil, the world's largest oil and gas company, has revealed, much like tobacco companies of the past, that excellent research that might prove costly to profits is best suppressed. Destroying ecological systems and ravaging mother nature are secondary consider…

ecns.cn (2023-01-14). Visit of Islamic scholars to Xinjiang region refutes smearing on China. ecns.cn A delegation of Islamic figures and scholars visited China's Xinjiang region and witnessed firsthand the region's developments and stability, which proved again some media's lies about the region cannot cover up the truth and the practices of using Xinjiang topics to smear China are doomed to fail, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on Friday.

Staff (2023-01-14). Cuba entre los 52 destinos recomendados para viajar en 2023 por The New York Times. cubadebate.cu Cultura, gastronomía y bellezas naturales son cualidades que tuvo en cuenta el diario estadounidense The New York Times para que Cuba figure hoy en un listado de 52 sitios a los que recomienda viajar en 2023. Cuba ocupa el lugar 27 en el listado de recomendaciones, pintorescos lugares escogidos sobre la base de sus enormes bondades patrimoniales y naturales.

John Launer, Anita Wohlmann (2023-01-14). [Perspectives] Narrative medicine, narrative practice, and the creation of meaning. thelancet.com Medical interest in the study of narratives, whether those of patients or doctors, goes back a long way. However, the field of narrative medicine emerged in the late 20th century and is associated in many people's minds with two seminal texts. One was Narrative Based Medicine: Dialogue and Discourse in Clinical Practice, a collection of essays edited by two British academic general practitioners, Trisha Greenhalgh and Brian Hurwitz. The other was Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness by the US physician and literary scholar Rita Charon.

Patrick Henningsen (2023-01-13). Censorship in New Zealand: "Disinformation Experts" Caught Spreading Lies against Alleged "Anti-Vaxx Conspiracies" globalresearch.ca

Mickey Z. (2023-01-13). Reminder: Conscious, Pervasive Manipulation and "Fake News" is NOT New. dissidentvoice.org The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in a democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, and our …

Chris Walker (2023-01-13). Trump discussed nuking North Korea and blaming other countries, book alleges. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in An updated excerpt from a book about the Trump presidency reveals that the former president had considered issuing a nuclear strike on North Korea and blaming it on another country. | The book, "Donald Trump v. The United States," authored by The New York Times's Michael Schmidt, has been updated in a new edition that will be available next week. NBC News, which obt…

Shane Quinn (2023-01-12). 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.

Ann Brown (2023-01-12). Fact Check: Most Black Republicans Support Reparations. moguldom.com Support for reparations can be divided by race and political affiliation. Some 77 percent of African Americans think the descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. should be repaid in some way, according to an August 2022 poll by Pew Research that focused on reparations from the point of view of Black people. Whites, however, …

_____ (2023-01-12). Western Journalists Are Cowardly, Approval-Seeking Losers. strategic-culture.org Research conducted by New York University's Center for Social Media and Politics into Russian trolling behavior on Twitter in the lead-up to the 2016 US presidential election has found "no evidence of a meaningful relationship between exposure to the Russian foreign influence campaign and changes in attitudes, polarization, or voting behavior."

Igor Derysh (2023-01-12). Trump Campaign Officials Hit With New January 6 Subpoenas. truthout.org A "wide-ranging" subpoena sent to Trump campaign officials last month shows that special counsel Jack Smith's Jan. 6 investigation is increasingly focused on new areas of interest, including fundraising efforts and potential efforts to influence witness testimony, according to The Washington Post. The DOJ issued the four-page subpoena to multiple Trump campaign officials in early December… |

Shane Quinn (2023-01-12). 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.

_____ (2023-01-12). Western Journalists Are Cowardly, Approval-Seeking Losers. strategic-culture.org Research conducted by New York University's Center for Social Media and Politics into Russian trolling behavior on Twitter in the lead-up to the 2016 US presidential election has found "no evidence of a meaningful relationship between exposure to the Russian foreign influence campaign and changes in attitudes, polarization, or voting behavior."

scorinoco (2023-01-11). Under Musk, Twitter Continues to Promote US Propaganda Networks. orinocotribune.com By Bryce Greene Jan 6, 2023 | Twitter's "state-affiliated media" policy has an unwritten exemption for US government-funded and -controlled news media accounts. Twitter even boosts these accounts as "authoritative" sources for news during the Russian/Ukrainian war. | Elon Musk's controlled release of the documents known as the "Twitter Files" has given us some insight into the inner workings of the social media platform. The batch of docs released on

WorkWeek (2023-01-11). Matt Witt The On 33rd Year Anniversary Of Mexico Ford Workers Attack By US CIA AFL-CIO. indybay.org January 8, 1990 is the 33rd anniversary of the brutal assault on Mexico City Ford Cuautitlán plant by 1 thugs which injured many workers and killed 1. The assault it was later learned was funded and organized by the CIA and the AFL-CIO leadership and the National Endowment For Democracy which is still giving the AFL-CIO's "Solidarity Center" $75 million.

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-11). Dr. Dre Sends Cease And Desist To Marjorie Taylor Greene Over Unauthorized Song Use, Slams Her For 'Divisive And Hateful' Rhetoric. moguldom.com Attorneys for Dr. Dre sent a cease-and-desist letter to Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene after she used one of his famous songs in a video she posted to social media without his permission. "You are wrongfully exploiting this work through the various social media outlets to promote your divisive and hateful political agenda," the letter …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-11). US Threatens African Countries, Demanding They End Relations with Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz South Africa's Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise © Twitter / South African Government Even with the emerging countries several times making clear their solid position of not supporting the sanctions against Russia, the US remains with an absolutely interventionist foreign policy, threatening the states that maintain relations with "blacklisted" nations….

John Geyman (2023-01-11). Privatization Scam Threatens to Replace Traditional Medicare Altogether by 2030. truthout.org Many Americans know Medicare Advantage as the Medicare program heavily advertised during its enrollment periods, including its special enrollment period that ended just last month. The incessantly repeated television ad for Medicare Advantage, which has often been narrated by 1960s quarterback Joe Namath, is full of disinformation — and it's a profitable scam for health insurers. |

Ann Brown (2023-01-11). Fact Check: Biden Promised Black America He Would Forgive HBCU Loans But Hasn't. moguldom.com There has been a political battle over President Joe Biden's proposed student loan forgiveness program, which would forgive a set amount on loans for students overall. But did Biden proposed full debt forgiveness for students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities? Yes, while Biden was campaigning for president during the 2020 campaign cycle, this was …

Felix Abt (2023-01-11). Yemen War Continues Beyond Media Spotlight. covertactionmagazine.com The Washington Post even gives positive spin by suggesting that the war has improved gender equality in devastated country. "An unexpected result of Yemen's war: More men are cooking and cleaning," The Washington Post reported in 2016 on the social and cultural impact of the war in Yemen. The seemingly good side of this U.S.-sponsored …

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-01-11). The clock is ticking in Ukraine for U.S. global hegemony. peoplesworld.org The bipartisan consensus on the Beltway about the United States being the "indispensable" world power is usually attributed to the neocons who have been the driving force of U.S. foreign and security policy in successive administrations since the 1970s. An op-ed in the Washington Post on Saturday titled "Time is not on Ukraine's side," co-authored by President …

WorkWeek (2023-01-11). Matt Witt The On 33rd Year Anniversary Of Mexico Ford Workers Attack By US CIA AFL-CIO. indybay.org January 8, 1990 is the 33rd anniversary of the brutal assault on Mexico City Ford Cuautitlán plant by 1 thugs which injured many workers and killed 1. The assault it was later learned was funded and organized by the CIA and the AFL-CIO leadership and the National Endowment For Democracy which is still giving the AFL-CIO's "Solidarity Center" $75 million.

_____ (2023-01-10). My Evening With A Ukrainian Propaganda/Agitation Unit. popularresistance.org On the night of January 6, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine organized by Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace (BN4P), a local antiwar group I've had connections with since the leadup to the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, and the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), a national organization founded and headed by Joe Lombardo, a long-time peace activist whose resume of activism dates back to the Vietnam War. Joe was set to moderate the event, where I was to join Dan Kovalik, an American lawyer and Human Rights advocate who currently teaches International Human Rights…

Editor (2023-01-10). Under Musk, Twitter Continues to Promote US Propaganda Networks. scheerpost.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-10). What (More Reasonable) Western Analysts Say Comes Next for Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Some Western analysts have been providing a more accurate picture of the conflict in Ukraine than the general barrage of Western war propaganda. They seem to agree that: — There is no path for Ukraine to win militarily; — Russia is nowhere near as incompetent and ill-prepared as the Western media suggests; — Russia is…

Dean Baker (2023-01-10). The Good and Better News About the Economy. cepr.net Everyone who carefully follows the news about the economy knows that we are in the middle of the Second Great Depression. On the other hand, those who read less news, but deal with things like jobs, wages, and bills probably think the economy is pretty damn good. We got more evidence on the pretty damn …

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). A Review of Autism Spectrum Disorder. jamanetwork.com This review discusses current evidence on the diagnosis and management of autism spectrum disorder.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-10). Kiev Regime Preparing Another 'Russian War Crime' False Flag In Kharkov. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe Neo-Nazi junta's special services are taking photos and videos of the deceased Ukrainians, while feigning the work of "forensic medical experts" in the presence of staged witnesses, all in an attempt of fabricating "evidence" of supposed "Russian war crimes". | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst | Faced with mounting losses, particularly in the contested areas of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Kiev regime is desperate to divert domestic and international…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). Former Israeli Intel Chief Says Israel Convinced US to Kill Soleimani. news.antiwar.com Israel's former military intelligence chief has said Israel convinced the US that Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani posed an "immediate threat" to American soldiers, the same language former President Trump used to justify his assassination at the time, although no evidence was ever provided for the claim. Soleimani was the commander of Iran's IRGC Quds Force …

The Associated Press (2023-01-10). Puerto Rico Reggaetón Singer Accused of Domestic Violence. latinorebels.com Authorities in Puerto Rico arrested Randy Ortiz Acevedo of the popular reggaetón duo Jowell & Randy on domestic violence charges after a judge on Monday ruled there was sufficient evidence against the singer.

ecns.cn (2023-01-10). Islamic scholars from 14 countries visit Xinjiang region, praise efforts on countering terrorism, extremism. ecns.cn A group of Islamic figures and scholars are paying a visit to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to get a clear and better understanding of the region in contrast to the U.S.-led smear campaign.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-10). Former High-Level US Officials Warn Time Is Not on Ukraine's Side in the Conflict. news.antiwar.com Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned in an op-ed published by The Washington Post on Saturday that "time is not on Ukraine's side" as its economy is in shambles and the country is entirely reliant on foreign aid. The former officials said Russian President Vladimir Putin …

Editor (2023-01-10). Matt Taibbi Calls Out MSNBC as a Shill for the Intelligence Community. scheerpost.com