Why do billionaires buy up newspapers? Because by owning everything – especially media – they can mould our minds through sustained plot engineering, writes Jonathan Cook.
Jonathan Cook: Media Can Make Us Believe Anything
Category: British Empire
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The Last Empire’
Abby Martin joins CN Live! to discuss her newest film, The Earth’s Greatest Enemy, about U.S. militarism, empire and environmental destruction.Watch the replay.
Protestors Want Pine Gap Closed
Pine Gap is a garrison outpost dominated by the U.S. imperium that defiles sacred native land and aids Israel in its cleansing conflict against Palestinians, writes Binoy Kampmark.
SAS Drove Prisoners Off Forklifts ‘For Fun,’ Inquiry Told
Damning evidence has shown how British SAS drew up “kill lists,” sometimes executing unarmed Afghans in their beds, and killing “for fun,” reports Richard Norton-Taylor.
WATCH: TWTW — Still at War 250 Years Later
From the first attacks on Native Americans to the aggression on Iran, Americans have been at war, with perhaps the biggest one yet to come. Ray McGovern and Patrick Lawrence. Watch the replay.
Vijay Prashad: Building a New Asia
Economic growth alone cannot secure genuine sovereignty in Asia; a platform for coordination is vital to safeguard the region against imperialism and neocolonialism.
Vijay Prashad: France’s Shadow Over Africa
France seeks to rebrand itself as a partner of African sovereignty rather than as a custodian of neocolonialism while the living legacy of anti-colonial resistance across Africa remains a decisive force.
Who Is the Aggressor? Turning Obstacles into Threats
Obstacles to the aggressors’ expansion and occupation in the Middle East are Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Shia militia in Iraq. They are presented as “threats” rather than defenders of their dignity, sovereignty and land.
How UK Media Shields the Israel Lobby
Leading U.K. media don’t mention the Israel Lobby because they’re part of it, writes Mark Curtis. But its influence over U.K. politics is likely to be greater than any other state, except perhaps the U.S.
UK Knew Nato Expansion Could Lead to War With Russia
Mark Curtis reveals that Britain’s Ministry of Defence prepared for war with Russia after expanding NATO – 26 years before Moscow invaded Ukraine.