Censorship and Propaganda

Democracy Now! Amplifies State Department Propaganda Behind Progressive Cover

March 5, 2021 UNAC Editor Anti-War, Censorship and Propaganda, China, Weaponized Information

by Danny Haiphong, published on The Grayzone, February 22, 2021 This is important because there are still many people who are, or should be active in our organizations who continue to rely on Democracy Now! for progressive news. During the Iraq war, Democracy Now! gained an audience through coverage of facts that supported opposition to the war while they also[…]

The Unbearable Levity of Digital Monopolies

February 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Cuba

by Rosa Miriam Elizalde, published on Resumen English, February 17, 2021 The closure of Trump’s accounts comes too late and does not have the smell of carnations, but of another discretionary practice of private Internet monopolies, which act according to the winds blowing in Washington. Trump’s expulsion from the paradise of social media platforms, as a result of the assault[…]

Never Again Can US Lecture Other Countries about Censorship

February 20, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Fascism

By Steve Lalla, published on the Orinoco Tribune, Feb 15, 2021 Following the past month’s events, the US can no longer imagine they’re in a position to lecture other nations about censorship. All and sundry see that the US doesn’t possess any moral high ground from which to dictate standards of free speech or free markets, either within their own[…]

We Are Entering a Totalitarian Era

February 13, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Free Speech

Ann Garrison Interviews Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, January 27, 2021 In this interview for Pacifica Radio’s Covid, Race and Democracy, Ajamu Baraka warned of a new era of totalitarian neoliberalism. “Anybody who is in opposition to the hegemony of the neoliberal project is at some point over the next few years going to experience the heavy hand[…]

Democratic Fascists Prepare to Drop the Hammer

February 1, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Imperialism

by Glen Ford, published on Black Agenda Report, January 28, 2021 Democrats are determined to snuff out freedom of speech and assembly to protect the corporate ruling order – while pretending it’s to safeguard Black people. “The militants seeking social transformation and peace under the Black Lives Matter umbrella must weigh the full implications of the Black Democratic Misleaders’ deal[…]

Breach of Capital Security Was Like a Military Operation

January 18, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Mass action, Political Analysis, Protest, Trumpism

by Ann Garrison and Max Blumenthal, published on Black Agenda Report, January 13, 2021 The Grayzone founder notes that “such a disproportionate percentage” of the Capitol building attackers were former military, former law enforcement, or current law enforcement that began rappelling up the sides of the Capitol with ropes.” “We’re going to see new laws put into place like this[…]

Violent Right Wing Forces Have Been Activated, It Requires Strategic Action To Stop Them

January 12, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Resistance, The War at Home

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, January 10, 2021 Since the assault on the US Capitol on January 6 by right-wing Trump supporters, the fallout has been rapid. The Democrats, both elected officials and voters, were quick to jump on the impeachment train. Some elected officials are calling for Members of Congress who supported the events to resign and[…]

What the New York Times Left Out of the Picture on Venezuela

January 10, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Imperial Wars, Indigenous peoples, Venezuela

by Michelle Ellner, published on CodePink ‘Pink Tank’ Blog, January, 2021 On December 8th, The New York Times published its celebrated “Year in Pictures” article. It showed two pictures from Venezuela, one displaying confrontation and the other despair, thus making it seem as if the country is living some kind of dystopian nightmare. As a Venezuelan-American and a photographer, I[…]

Who to Believe About Venezuela’s Election: Firsthand Observation of PBS Newshour?

January 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy, Venezuela

by Rick Sterling, published on La Progressive, January 2021 In early December I traveled to Venezuela to be an election observer at their national assembly election. I was part of a group of eight persons from Canada and US organized by CodePink. There were about two hundred international observers in total, including the Latin American Council of Electoral Experts. I[…]

Assange Extradition Ruling Is a Relief, But it Isn’t Justice

January 4, 2021 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Censorship and Propaganda, Featured, Free Speech, Political Prisoners

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Consortium News, January 4, 2021 British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled against U.S. extradition for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but not for the reasons she should have. Baraitser’s frightening ruling supported virtually every U.S. prosecutorial argument that was made during the extradition trial, no matter how absurd and Orwellian. This includes quoting from a long-discredited CNN report alleging without evidence that Assange made[…]