Japan was ready to surrender, making the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and Nagasaki two days later, totally unnecessary and morally indefensible, say a panel of scholars in two video discussions.
UPRISING: Don’t. Side. With. The. Powerful.
Caitlin Johnstone calls reflexive subservience a zombie infection; a mental virus spread by propaganda and toxic ideologies.
UPRISING: Urban Planning as Tool of White Supremacy – The Other Lesson from Minneapolis
The legacy of structural racism was laid bare at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street, writes Julian Agyeman.
UPRISING: Militias’ Warning of Excessive Federal Power Comes True – But Where Are They?
Amy Cooter has been tracking developments within the U.S. domestic militia movement during the nation’s uprisings.
UK Refuses to Release Information on Assange Judge Who Has 96 Percent Approval Rate in Extradition Cases
COVID-19: Poverty Weaponized By Elite as US Eviction Crisis Looms
COVID-19: Neglected, Sacrificed: Over 65 During the Pandemic
COVID-19: Brazilian Health Workers File ICC Complaint Against Bolsonaro
Catholic bishops in Brazil are also accusing the government of systematically using “unscientific arguments.”
COVID-19: New Government Loan ‘Could Accelerate Demise of US Postal Service’
The U.S. Treasury Secretary and U.S. Postal Service leaders appear to be exploiting the pandemic to hold the Postal Service to unreasonable loan terms without even consulting Congress.
COVID-19: Australia Pours Money Into Insane US War Games Yet Won’t Support Its Own Citizens
Chris Hedges: America’s Social Hell
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘Galveston’s BioLab Amid Global Warming’ — Oct. 2, 2017
OPINION: Bellicose anti-China and anti-Russian Rhetoric is Meant for Us, Not Them
As in the dystopian novel 1984, Western propaganda that seems aimed at Moscow and Beijing is really intended for the citizens of the so-called Free World, writes retired Australian diplomat Tony Kevin.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Hold the Halos
How a Police Spy’s Stunning Testimony Threatens the Official Buenos Aires Bombing Story
Revelations by a former police spy upend the official story blaming Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, and suggest a cover-up, reports Gareth Porter.
Presumptuous Pompeo Pushes Preposterous ‘Peking’ Policy
The Narrative Is Crumbling
Caitlin Johnstone asks how far humanity’s relationship with propaganda can be stretched before it snaps and forces a completely new way of being.
Killing Democracy in America
EU Reluctantly Aids Southern Europe—With Strings Attached
During the pandemic it has been every EU nation for themselves until this very late and reluctant deal from the rich North, writes Diana Johnstone.