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Strong Message on Ukraine From a Blog Reader

October 31, 2022 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Neo-Nazis, Russia, U.S. Aggression, Ukraine

by David O., published on Bruce Gagnon’s Organizing Notes, October 30, 2022 Just want to relay how much I appreciate and rely on reading “Organizing Notes.” Especially enjoyed your thoughts in the post, October 16, 2022, entitled: Seasons Change and So Did I. Your call for clear-headed analysis and incisive expression in this crucial moment we find ourselves in —[…]

The Federal Bureau of Tweets is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents

July 2, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Free Speech

by Alan MacLeod, published on MintPress News, June 21, 2022 This is pretty overwhelming. It seems like Elon Musk should not waste his money on purchasing Twitter, if he really wants to devote his resources to an open platform. Better to just start a new one that has not already been corrupted. [jb] Twitter has been on a recruitment drive[…]

Musk, Twitter, Google: Censorship and the National Security State

May 14, 2022 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Imperialism

by Barry Shepard, published on Socialist Action, May 8, 2022 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is buying the social media company Twitter for $44 billion. If he was in Russia, Western propaganda would call him an “oligarch” but since he in in the United States he is referred to as a very successful businessman, a euphemism for a capitalist[…]

Google Steps Up for Hong Kong Protesters

September 23, 2019 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, China, Hong Kong

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, September 4, 2019 Google stripped away the illusion that the continuing protests in Hong Kong are about democracy when on Aug. 20 the internet monopoly suspended 936 Twitter accounts and disabled 210 YouTube channels, charging them with seeking to “discredit Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and sow political discord in the city.” (theguardian.com, Aug. 23) Twitter[…]

The Silence as Manipulation

October 18, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Paths to Emancipation, Revolution

by Rosa Miriam Elizalde, from Resumen Latinoamericano, October 2, 2018 Readers and spectators, political parties, movements of various kinds, secret services, hackers, journalists and central animators of the Internet (Twitter, Facebook, youtube, Google, Instagram, etc.) make up a vast market of manipulation. This is not coming from “communist propaganda”, but scientists from prestigious universities and independent centers in Europe and the[…]