The deadly Israeli wars on Gaza, including the slaying of children, are made possible by an endless stream of Western media misinformation and misrepresentation, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Media Bias Enables Israel’s War on Palestine
How Murdoch’s Rogue News Corp Operates
In his early days, Rupert Murdoch offered promise and hope, but his media empire instead has diminished democratic life, writes John Menadue.
Gough, Rupert and the London Job
Rupert Murdoch certainly believed that he had played a major part in the 1972 Australian election result and that something was due to him, writes John Menadue.
Caitlin Johnstone: FBI’s Muting of Hunter Biden Story
Zuckerberg’s deployment of algorithms to please the F.B.I. is a glaring example of how billionaires and government work together to control information in an oligarchy.
Indian Workers Defend Steel With Their Lives
What we have here, writes Vijay Prashad, is a government adhering to the religion of privatization and eager to cannibalize Visakha Steel.
Brazil, Commentary, Economy, Human Rights, Income Inequality, India, Police Brutality, Protests, South Africa
When People Want Housing in India, They Build It
These land occupations are filled with tension and joy, writes Vijay Prashad. The perils of being beaten by the police mix with the promise of collective life.
Assange extradition, Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Column, Commentary, Germany, Intelligence, Julian Assange, Legal, Press Freedom, Surveillance, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, War Crimes, WikiLeaks
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Don’t Charge Trump With Espionage
Nobody should face the charge unless they are working for a foreign power and mean harm to the United States.
The ‘Fact-Checking’ Liberal Media
Sam Husseini flags an unhinged exchange between NPR’s Terry Gross and New York Times Magazine writer Robert Draper.
Caitlin Johnstone: If Everyone Is King, No One Is
‘Blowback:’ UK, Libya & the Manchester Attack
Phil Miller introduces a film probing the role of British foreign policy in contributing to the atrocity.
WATCH: Ukraine — Causes & Solutions
Jake Lynch, chair, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies (DPACS), University of Sydney in a discussion at Politics in the Pub on the origins of the Ukraine conflict and a way out of it.
US, Israel & Procrastinating on Iran Nuclear Deal
The talks, which have proceeded haltingly for months, are aimed at bringing the U.S. back into compliance with an accord that Trump violated in 2018.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, Censorship, China, Commentary, Militarism, Propaganda, Russia, Syria, Taiwan, Trump Administration, U.S., Ukraine
The Western Narrative on Russia & China
It’s past time that the U.S. recognized the true sources of security: internal social cohesion and responsible cooperation with the rest of the world, rather than the illusion of hegemony, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.
Lithium Power Politics
The people of Potosí, Bolivia, like those of Tierra Amarilla, Chile, want to imagine a different kind of extraction, write Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zuniga Silva.
Climate Change, Commentary, Economy, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Nationalizing UK Energy Companies
Many people will say this can’t be done, but of course it has been done before, writes Andrew Fisher, a former Labour policy chief.
Biden Administration, Climate Change, Cold War, Column, Commentary, NATO, Russia, U.S., Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Putin & the Emerging Order
The baton of “global leadership,” which Joe Biden mentions every chance he gets, is passing to non-Western leaders.
Books, Censorship, Column, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Religion, Saudi Arabia
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Attack on Salman Rushdie
The debate between Muslims and Westerners about the parameters of freedom of speech has been reignited, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Books, Censorship, Commentary, Consortiumnews.com, Iran-Contra, Media, October Surprise, Pentagon, Press Freedom, Propaganda, Robert Parry
The Instinctive Distrust of Big Media
Anyone in journalism who wants to regain that trust would do well to read American Dispatches and internalize the lessons that Robert Parry offers, writes Nat Parry.
Israel Raids Palestinian Civil Society
The targeted groups were documenting Israeli war crimes in Palestine and collaborating with investigations into Israel’s actions, including the probe by the International Criminal Court, Tanupriya Singh reports.
Saving Earth
We cannot expect our dominant institutions to lead us to the transformation on which a viable human future depends, writes David Korten.