US Victim of Own Propaganda in Ukraine War
The U.S. embassy in Prague furthered the suppression of the historical context of the Ukraine conflict, which has dangerously trapped Americans in ignorance about the war.
Shocked By Niger Coup, Victoria Nuland Appeared ‘Desperate’ During Africa Tour
A veteran South African official detailed meeting with an unprepared and “desperate” Acting Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, begging for local help rolling back the popular coup in Niger.…
Putin’s Assassination of Prigozhin Decapitates Wagner’s Empire in Libya, Sudan, Syria and E. Europe, and Puts Oligarchs on Notice
By Dan Dinello / Informed Comment Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Russia confirmed Tuesday that Yevgeny Prigozhin, ex-convict oligarch and leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries, died in a…
Gofundme Freezes Grayzone Fundraiser ‘Due to Some External Concerns’
Gofundme has indefinitely frozen donations to The Grayzone “due to some external concerns.” The company’s actions follow a campaign of repression against our personnel by the British and Ukrainian governments.
Millions Sick and Untreated, Thanks to Medicaid ‘Unwinding’
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch During the pandemic, poor people did not have to renew their Medicaid annually. Now that covid is supposedly over, that has changed. Unwinding, in normal…
John Kiriakou: Banks, Felons & Jeffrey Epstein
JPMorgan Chase is accused of transferring more than $1.1 million from convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to “girls or women.” If so, where were his “suspicious activity” reports?
BRICS Calls for Global Economic Decision Making in the Interest of the Majority
Policies followed by the West such as sanctions, conditionalities in loan disbursal, and dollar hegemony were the targets of speeches made by the BRICS leaders on the first and second…
Mass Media — Stop Being a Trump Megaphone and Cover Civic Critics Rebutting Him
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Marc Fisher of the Washington Post is often the “go-to” reporter editors choose to write Page One stories that synthesize and analyze the Big Story…
The New York Times Tries to Lie About Ukraine Without Lying
By David Swanson / World BEYOND War I’m pretty sure I usually read the New York Times differently from how some people read it. I read it looking for two…
‘Historic and Wonderful’: Ecuadorians Reject Oil Drilling in Precious Amazon Region
"A remarkable example for other countries in democratizing climate politics."
Israeli Minister Eliyahu: The Palestinians Aren’t Under Apartheid, They’re Just in a Prison Camp
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Other members of the the extremist Jewish Power Party are adding fuel to the firestorm that broke out last…
Journalist Sues Over Gag Rules At County Jail In Pennsylvania
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Journalist Brittany Hailer has sued a county jail in Pennsylvania for “strictly enforcing” gag rules against prisoners and the jail’s employees and contractors. Hailer…
Missing Links in Textbook History: Defining Democracy
"Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a Democracy yet, that did not commit suicide." — John Adams in a letter to John…
60 Years Since MLK Jr.’s Historic ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the iconic speech delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.