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US Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum

corinna barnard — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:00:19 +0000

Alan MacLeod on the “Crucial Communism Teaching Act,” which is now being read in the U.S. Senate, where it is all but certain to pass. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News Congress has just passed a bill that will see the…

Chris Hedges Report: Surveillance Education

corinna barnard — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:26:06 +0000

Allison Butler and Nolan Higdon discuss the “ed-tech” systems eroding minors’ privacy rights and discriminating against students of color. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost Any technology created by the U.S. military industrial complex and adopted by the general public was always…

Tell the British State Journalism’s Not a Crime

corinna barnard — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:15:25 +0000

Des Freedman on why national news outlets are not covering the crackdown on pro-Palestinian journalists in Britain. By Des Freedman Declassified UK “Journalism is the lifeblood of democracy” proclaimed Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a comment piece for The Guardian…

Israel & the Evidence Gap

corinna barnard — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:00:29 +0000

For the small segment of U.S. citizens looking beyond the mainstream media, Lawrence Davidson says the discrepancy between popular perceptions and evidentiary reality is relatively easy to spot. By Lawrence Davidson TothePointAnalysis.com In early October 2024, Professor Joseph Massad of…

LISTEN: Roger Waters, Cornel West on World in Crisis

Consortiumnews.com — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 00:10:50 +0000

Humanity on the edge: Waters, West, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Joe Lauria joined radio host Randy Credico on Friday. Roger Waters, Cornel West, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Joe Lauria joined radio host Randy Credico on WBAI Radio in New…

Chris Hedges: Israel’s War on Journalism

corinna barnard — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:00:23 +0000

How many foreign reporters are in Gaza? None. The Palestinian reporters who fill the void often pay with their lives. By Chris Hedges Scheerpost There are some 4,000 foreign reporters accredited in Israel to cover the war. They stay in…

Craig Murray: Who Are the Terrorists?

corinna barnard — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:00:30 +0000

In 1985, the U.K. backed apartheid South Africa and said the African National Congress were terrorists. Now they back apartheid Israel and say Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorists. The state can be wrong. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk I have a…

Vijay Prashad: A World Without Context

corinna barnard — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 05:35:50 +0000

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. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Reading…

Police Escalate Britain’s War on Independent Journalism

corinna barnard — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:00:18 +0000

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. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net The U.K.…

Who Cares What the Government Thinks?

corinna barnard — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:40:33 +0000

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. By Andrew P. Napolitano In 1791, when Congressman James Madison was drafting the…