Silences filled with a consensus of propaganda contaminate almost everything we read, see and hear, warned the late John Pilger last May. War by media is now a key task of so-called mainstream journalism.
The former British diplomat gives his personal account of being inside the courtroom for Israel’s defense on Friday in the genocide case brought against it by South Africa.
Lawyers for South Africa argued before the World Court in The Hague on Thursday why Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and why the court must stop them now, reports Joe Lauria.
More than a generation ago, Afghanistan won its freedom, which the U.S., Britain and their “allies” destroyed.
The two-state solution is no longer possible and the only way forward is the struggle for a democratic secular state accommodating both Palestinians and Israelis, writes Stefan Moore.
Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done.
“I think I’m going out of my mind,” Julian Assange told John Pilger at Belmarsh Prison. “No you’re not,” Pilger responded. “Look how you frighten them, how powerful you are.”
We lost both John Pilger and Daniel Ellsberg in 2023. Here they both appear on CN Live! on Sept. 20, 2020 to discuss Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
The late John Pilger joined Roger Waters on Consortium News‘ CN Live! the day after a British judge denied Julian Assange bail even though two days earlier she had “discharged” him.
The pro-Israel affinity of propagandists aligned with majoritarian Hindutva political forces in India is rooted in Islamophobia, writes Ullekh N.P., and the MSM remains silent about it.