It’s not just critical commentators who see the Western press as propagandists. It’s how they see themselves.
Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine Gets CBS to Retract Critical Report
Author: corinna barnard
UK Energy Workers Plan More Walkouts
Should the actions develop into full blown strikes, they could have the capacity to shut down much of the U.K. economy, Adam Ramsay reports.
A Rational Conversation about China
The U.S. is provoking a conflict due to its own anxieties about Beijing’s economic advances, writes Vijay Prashad. We should not let ourselves be drawn in.
The Renewables Rush in Texas
Many of the beneficiaries of the state’s program have parent companies with high carbon emissions and a history of fighting climate policies, write Nathan Jensen and Isabella Steinhauer.
Detained Immigrants Go on Strike
The labor action against $1 a day pay and work conditions is taking place at two facilities in California operated by the GEO Group, one of the largest for-profit prison companies in the U.S., Alejandra Quintero reports.
Zimbabwean Journalists Arrested Under Cybersecurity Law
The crackdown on journalists is escalating in the run-up to elections next year, Ignatius Banda reports.
US Watches as Cuban Fire Rages
The Biden administration is not offering meaningful assistance to contain a potential ecological disaster 90 miles from the U.S. coastline, write Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan and Medea Benjamin.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Tunisia’s New Constitution Cements Autocracy
As`ad AbuKhalil says a true Arab democracy would restrain U.S. influence and criminalize normalization with Israel.
Young Americans Who Go Hungry
The authors’ survey shows a significant portion of Gen Z – 30 percent – has relied on free groceries from a pantry, church or other charity.
Caitlin Johnstone: Lady Gaga & ‘Everything China Fears’
Freedom of thought and freedom of speech only exist on the fringes of Western society, in such small numbers that they make no difference.