Censorship and Propaganda

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[…]

What’s behind Zionist Cancel Culture? Turning ‘Racism’ Upside Down

December 19, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Israel-Palestine

by Tim Anderson, published on the American Herald Tribune, December 15, 2020 In recent times western left-liberalism has been criticised for its ‘cancel culture’, because of an obsession with language and individual identity politics. Yet reactionary cancel culture has been around much longer, with its McCarthyist purges. To this reactionary camp we should add ‘zionist cancel culture’ (ZCC), where those[…]

Aleppo’s Liberation Four Years Ago: Lest We Forget

December 18, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Middle East Wars, Neocolonialism, Syria

by Jan Oberg, initially published on The Transnational, December 13, 2020 A retrospective on the turning point in Syria, where the western powers drive to destroy the Syrian government and the fabric of Syrian society was checked and diverted into its current twisted formulation. I think Jan is right that we should not forget what went before and how we[…]

The Great Pretext … for Dystopia

November 30, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, New World Visions, Surveillance

by Diana Johnstone, published on Consortium News, November 24, 2020 By titling their recently published World Economic Forum treatise Covid-19: The Great Reset, the authors link the pandemic to their futuristic proposals in ways bound to be met with a chorus of “Aha!”s. In the current atmosphere of confusion and distrust, the glee with which economists Klaus Schwab and Thierry[…]

The Chinese Uyghur Dark Legend and Washington’s Campaign to Counter Chinese Economic Rivalry

November 25, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, China

by Stephen Gowans, published on What’s Left, October 25, 2020 Dig below the surface of the allegations that Beijing is abusing its Muslim population, and you won’t find concentration camps and genocide, but a US-led effort to create a Chinese dark legend. The roots of the demonization campaign are to be found in Washington’s desire to counter China’s challenge to[…]

Glenn Greenwald On His Resignation From The Intercept

November 16, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Press Freedom, Resistance

By Matt Taibbi, published on TK News, October 29, 2020 This story is a little long, but the topic is important. It shows the way in which the press has been commandeered to the will of the powerful. The Intercept was formed as a kind of Trojan horse which was finally completely revealed when Glen left. But we have long[…]

Challenges For Social Movements Now That Trump Has Been Defeated

November 16, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Resistance, Revolution

by Margaret Flowers, published on Popular Resistance, November 9, 2020 Change doesn’t come from the top, especially within a manipulated ‘democracy’ as exists in the United States. When social transformation occurs, it follows years of educating, organizing and mobilizing at the grassroots. Elected leaders who represent that transformation ride on a wave created by social movements, not the other way[…]

Amazon Bans Book Exposing U.S. COVID Chaos–a Commentary

November 4, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Socialism

by Sara Flounders, published on the International Action Center Website, November 2, 2020 A decision by the Amazon company to block a book focused on a scientific and cooperative approach to COVID-19 amounts to corporate information control operating at a new intensity. This censorship occurs while almost every form of U.S. media permits and promotes racist, unscientific and thoroughly confusing[…]

Eyewitness To The Agony Of Julian Assange

October 4, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Lawfare, Political Prisoners, Whistleblowers

by John Pilger, published on JohnPilger.com, October 2, 2020 John Pilger has watched Julian Assange’s extradition trial from the public gallery at London’s Old Bailey. He spoke with Timothy Erik Ström of Arena magazine, Australia: Q: Having watched Julian Assange’s trial first-hand, can you describe the prevailing atmosphere in the court? The prevailing atmosphere has been shocking. I say that[…]