Large numbers of Palestinians and Ukrainians were killed in missile strikes days apart, writes Jonathan Cook. The differing coverage of these comparable events is the clue to the media’s true function.
The Corporate News Media at Work
Author: corinna barnard
NATO SUMMIT: Not a Shield But a Bloodied Sword
When leaders of the military pact’s member states pontificate about its invaluable role in defending democracy, you can almost hear history guffawing in the background, writes John Wight.
NATO SUMMIT: Alliance Emissions Fuel Climate Breakdown
The only winners from the military alliance’s spending policy are weapons manufacturers, concludes a briefing authored by the Transnational Institute and several nonprofits.
The Self-Destructive Malice of the UK Labour Right
Richard Sanders says voter support in the elections for Green, independent and Workers Party candidates represent a time bomb ticking beneath the new government’s majority.
Learning From the French Elections
C.J. Polychroniou reflects on the revival of an anti-fascist alliance in France amid a brutal neoliberal status quo.
UK Labour — the Party of Big Business
Ethan Shone reports on the access that Starmer’s frontbencher provided to corporate lobbying over the past 18 months or so, ever since the implosion of the Liz Truss regime made an opposition victory likely.
Scientists to Biden: Cancel New Nuclear IBM System
More than 700 scientists, in an open letter to the U.S. president and Congress, call the new intercontinental-range ballistic missile system, known as Sentinel, expensive and dangerous.
NATO SUMMIT: Alliance’s Endgame Appears to Be Nuclear War
A hostile military alliance, now including even Sweden and Finland, is at the very borders of Russia. Chris Wright asks how Russian leaders are supposed to react to this as the NATO summit kicked off in Washington.
US Inequality Is About Class, Not Generations
Baby boomers had the good fortune to come along at one of those rare moments in history when the richest among us were not doing so well in the clash of classes, writes Sam Pizzigati.
Israeli Soldiers — ‘It’s Permissible to Shoot Everyone’
Israeli publications +972 Magazine and Local Call interviewed six soldiers released from active duty who gave detailed accounts of how they attacked civilians in Gaza.