Providing an excess of information that comes without proper, democratic analysis and is almost entirely controlled by a small oligarchy is its own form of censorship. And it eliminates knowledge and wisdom.
Vijay Prashad: A World Without Context
Category: Commentary
Police Escalate Britain’s War on Independent Journalism
The raid on investigative journalist Asa Winstanley isn’t about terrorism, writes Jonathan Cook – except that of the U.K. government. It is about scaring us into staying silent on Britain’s collusion in Israel’s genocide.
Capitalism’s In-House Critic: Hedges’ Monbiot Interview
Capitalism would need to invent a Guardian, if it did not already exist, writes Jonathan Cook. And in turn, The Guardian would need to invent a George Monbiot if he was not already one of its columnists.
The Chris Hedges Report: The Secret History of Neoliberalism
“It disenchants us with everything which cannot be measured in dollars and cents” — George Monbiot on his new book, Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism.
Between Russia & Iran All’s Well That Ends Well
M.K. Bhadrakumar mulls over Putin’s hastily arranged meeting with Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan last week, shortly before they are due to reconvene on the sidelines of the upcoming BRICS summit.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: US Prisons Still a Disaster Zone
The BOP had long been one of the biggest embarrassments in the federal government and Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t changed that.
Who Cares What the Government Thinks?
Whatever one thinks of Elon Musk, the government has no business exercising the levers of power against him based on his political speech, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
No More Texts From My Sister
I kept calling her, writes Ramzy Baroud, over and over again, hoping that the line would crackle a bit, and then her kind, motherly voice would say, “Marhaba Abu Sammy. How are you, brother?”
More US PR Stunts While Hospital Patient Burns Alive
The massive disparity between the way the mainstream press report on Israeli and Palestinian deaths is evidence that Palestinians are not viewed as human beings by the Western political-media class, writes Caity Johnstone.
Chris Hedges: Extermination Works. At First.
In the long term, this indiscriminate violence waged by Netanyahu and those driving Middle East policy in the White House creates adversaries that, sometimes a generation later, outdo in savagery — we call it terrorism.