Propaganda

War Propaganda and the Fall of Syria

December 12, 2024 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Imperial Wars, Palestine, Political Analysis, Syria

by Margaret Kimberly, published on Black Agenda Report, December 11, 2024 A succession of U.S. presidents have been committed to regime change in Syria. That long-held goal has been achieved in part through a sustained campaign of war propaganda. “AQ [Al Qaeda] is on our side in Syria.” Senior Policy Adviser Jake Sullivan’s 2012 email to Secretary of State Hillary[…]

NYT’s Warmonger Bret Stephens Says the U.S. Must Attack Iran: Some Necessary Iran-US history

October 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Censorship and Propaganda, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Joseph Palermo, published on Socialist Action, October 8, 2024 Reprinted from The LA Progressive [Editor’s note, Jeff Mackler: We reprint below Joseph Polermo’s Los Angeles Progressive factual account obliterating NYT’s rightwing editorialist Bret Stephen’s call for a punishing US war against Iran for its recent retaliatory firing of missiles on the genocidal Zionist Israeli entity. Polermo more than adequately[…]

NYTimes Ignites China Doping Controversy Leading Into the Olympics

August 11, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Hybrid Warfare, Imperial Lies and Liars, International Institutions, Political Analysis, Propaganda, US Hypocrisy

by Rick Sterling, published on Dissident Voice, May 10, 2024 I chose this article because it was full of details about the original incident and following attacks in the New York Times. Following the Paris Olympics, Rick discussed this issue on the most recent China Report, a podcast from Breakthrough News: Western accusations of doping by Chinese swimmers threaten to[…]

Netanyahu’s Speech Was as American As It Gets

July 25, 2024 UNAC Editor Israel, US Hypocrisy, US Politics, Zionism

by Caitlin Johnstone, published on Substack, July 25, 2024 Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress was everything you’d expect: packed full of lies and propaganda spin, yet simultaneously very illuminating and revealing. The Israeli prime minister received no fewer than 58 standing ovations while speaking before both houses of Congress and spewing the most despicable lies you could possibly imagine in[…]

Inside China-Focused Congressional Hearings, Panic, Paranoia, and Hypocrisy Reign

July 13, 2024 UNAC Editor China, Propaganda, Racism, Socialism, US Politics, War and Peace

by Megan Russell, published on Countercurrents, July 9, 2024 Good to know we have some educated people keeping an eye on our decidedly uneducated congress. [jb] On June 26th, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability sat down for a Congressional Hearing titled, “Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party’s Political Warfare.” This was one of many Congressional hearings aimed at[…]

Reuters Exposes Washington’s Global Disinformation Campaign: The Rest of the Story

June 30, 2024 UNAC Editor Press Freedom, Propaganda, Soft Power Imperialism, Thailand, The Philippines

by Brian Berletic, published on The Struggle/La Lucha, June 18, 2024 In a recent article, Reuters confirms what many knew for years, that the United States government and its various departments and agencies have been conducting global disinformation campaigns targeting nations it seeks to undermine, and whose governments it seeks to overthrow. Washington was Deliberately Harming American “Allies” The article titled, “Pentagon[…]

D-Day 2024 and the Unspoken Truth About the Second World War

June 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, US Hypocrisy, War and Peace, War Crimes

by Diana Johnstone, published on Consortium News, June 14, 2024 In retrospect, it becomes clear that the Cold War “communist threat” was only a pretext for great powers seeking more power. Ceremonies were held last week commemorating the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Anglo-American landing on the beaches of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944, known as[…]

Pro-Israel War Propaganda and Censorship

October 28, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, October 25, 2023 “I have been informed that I am being replaced as the Editor in Chief of @eLife for retweeting a @TheOnion piece that calls out indifference to the lives of Palestinian civilians.” Michael B. Eisen Michael B. Eisen is just the latest victim of unrelenting pro-Israel war propaganda spread by[…]

Rally targets Media Censorship of Palestinian Resistance

October 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Censorship and Propaganda, Imperial Lies and Liars, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine

by Betsy Piette, published on Workers World, October 16, 2023 Responding to a call from the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, hundreds of people turned out at noon on Oct. 12, outside the Philadelphia offices of local NPR/PBS affiliate WHYY TV and radio. Protesters called out the media censorship of Palestinian resistance and the media whitewashing of Israeli genocide. A flier distributed[…]

Refuting the “Israeli” Claims Regarding Evading their responsibility for the Massacre of the Gaza Baptist Hospital

October 18, 2023 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Statement

Hamas publishes a memorandum in English, republished below (1/2): — Refuting the “Israeli” Claims Regarding Evading their responsibility for the Massacre of the Gaza Baptist Hospital Today, the “Israeli” Occupation Entity is trying to evade their responsibility for the crime of bombarding the “Baptist” Arab National Hospital in Gaza City, which the “Israeli” Occupation Forces (IOF) committed on the evening[…]