The televised Jan. 6 hearings will not restore democracy or halt the rise of the far right. They are a desperate ploy by a doomed political class.
Chris Hedges: Society of Spectacle
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Land in South Africa & Those Who Work It
The process of colonialism dispossessed African farmers and converted them into either landless workers, unpaid labor tenants or the rural unemployed, writes Vijay Prashad.
Caitlin Johnstone: Paul Mason Says Bellingcat Launders Information for Western Intelligence
The best propaganda is generally a mixture of truth with half-truth, distortion, lies by omission and the removal of context and perspective.
Global Warming After Emissions End
US Taxpayers Spent Billions Inflating CEO Pay
Sarah Anderson says Biden has the power to crack down on executive excess by imposing new CEO pay and buyback restrictions on federal contractors.
Craig Murray: US Prolongs Ukraine War
With no hope of a ceasefire soon, Turkey has turned to the more limited goal of ensuring that grain supplies can be shipped out from the Black Sea through the Bosphorus.
Faced With Donbass Defeat, US & UK Up the Ante in Ukraine
As Russia presses victory in the Donbass, U.S. and U.K. missiles threaten a new stage in the conflict, writes Christopher Nineham.
Sweeping Threat to Free Speech in UK
Journalists and civil-society staffers could be sentenced to life imprisonment for offences committed under a bill championed by Home Secretary Prit Patel, Richard Norton-Taylor reports.
NewsGuard’s Scarlet Letter
The spirit if not the letter of the First Amendment prohibits both sophisticated and simple-minded violations of free speech, writes Bruce Fein.
Caitlin Johnstone: Silicon Valley Taking Control of History
The idea that government-tied corporations should act as arbiters of history and accuracy is steadily gaining acceptance in the echo chamber of mainstream public opinion.