Journalist, author and filmmaker John Pilger, who has spent decades studying governments’ nefariousness, tells Katie Halper how to spot propaganda.
WATCH: John Pilger’s Guide to Propaganda
Category: Commentary
EU’s Ukraine Grain Policy Hits Eastern Europe
Governments including Poland and Hungary are balking at the effects of tax-free cheap grain from Ukraine on their domestic markets, Peoples Dispatch reports.
The Hypersonic Pentagon Budget
Michale T. Klare outlines how the U.S. Defense Department will seek a growing share of the country’s scientific and technological resources for military-oriented work.
China & Russia Circle Wagons in Asia-Pacific
After a top Chinese general’s trip to Moscow, M.K. Bhadrakumar sees conditions for a working and effective military alliance between the two countries forming quickly if the need arises.
Wong’s Australia — All the Way with USA
Regardless of her reassurances, Asian leaders will get the foreign minister’s message, writes Mary Kostakidis. And she offered little hope to the cause of freeing Julian Assange.
Caitlin Johnstone: Biden DOJ Indicts Four Americans for ‘Weaponized’ Free Speech
U.S. citizens are being prosecuted for speech and political activities that don’t align with the wishes of the government.
What Netanyahu Really Thinks
What the Israeli prime minister really thinks about Arabs and how he treated Barack Obama is revealed in his recent book, reviewed here by As’ad AbuKhalil.
1st Amendment Authorized Assange’s Possession of Classified Data
The Espionage Act, as it is applied to the WikiLeaks publisher or any other journalist, also violates basic norms of due process, argues Bruce Afran.
Craig Murray: Snowden & Teixeira
The behavior of The New York Times and Washington Post in the current case involving secret documents is truly shocking. In contrast to 10 years ago, they now see their mission as to serve the security state, not public knowledge.
The Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi
The legacy of Jim Crow in a state some call the cradle of the Civil Rights movement still runs deep, writes Natalia Marques.