Censorship and Propaganda

The Bizarre Facebook Path to Corporate Facism

August 9, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda

by Glen Ford, originally published on Black Agenda Report “The Facebook intervention is a qualitative escalation of the McCarthyite offensive.” Facebook has assumed additional political police powers, disrupting a planned counter-demonstration against white supremacists, set for August 12th in Washington, on the grounds that it was initiated and inspired by “Russians” as part of a Kremlin campaign to “sow dissension”[…]

Russia Gate Covers Up Black Vote Theft

August 5, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Racism

by Margaret Kimberley, originally published on Black Agenda Report: Freedom Rider, August 3, 2018 “The Democrats want our votes, but if we aren’t allowed to vote at all they pretend not to know.” “They want me on, as long as I talk about Russia. And I said, ‘What about black voters?’ ‘Well that’s race issues.’ The reason I’m allowed on[…]

Yemen: The War That Isn’t Happening Even As It’s Happening

July 17, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Yemen

by Luciana Bohne, originally published on CounterPunch The manipulation of news and the distortion of reality are the most powerful weapons in the hands of power. They can make a whole reality disappear. Yemen’s, for example. A child dies in Yemen every ten minutes from preventable causes, UNICEF reported in June. These deaths are only part of a humanitarian catastrophe,[…]