How to Get Press for Peace Activists, with Norman Solomon and Kathy Kelly
Speaking truth to AND ABOUT power with Kathy Kelly and Norman Solomon.
Glenn Greenwald: Matt Taibbi on How “Free Speech” Turned Into a “Far Right” Slogan
Is Big Tech independent? How and why the mainstream corporate media (MSM) is establishment and what that means.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Mad Propaganda Push To Normalize War Profiteering In Ukraine
Ukraine is a giant advertisement for weapons of mass slaughter, and the cost of that corporate ad is not money but human blood.
Matt Taibbi: Dao Prize Acceptance Speech and Interview with Glenn Greenwald
Bari Weiss, Michael Shellenberger and I win the inaugural Dao Prize for excellence in investigative journalism, for the Twitter Files reports. Dao Prize Acceptance Speech MATT TAIBBI / Racket News / November 2, 2023 I was a little nervous in Washington last night, so my speech didn’t come out exactly like this, but this More
Rumble faces consequences for refusing UK’s demand to ban Russell Brand, by Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald addresses more attempts to control independent voices on the internet that are not part of the closed propaganda system, this time on Rumble. https://youtu.be/CzIDVjduO5E?si=cfQef8ihMb99rSz6 Editor's note: Such attempts were made in England before when the poet William Blake was charged with sedition in 1803 for saying "Damn the King. The soldiers More
Another Day, Another CIA Press Release Disguised As News, BY Caitlin Johnstone
One of the craziest things happening in our world today is how westerners are being trained to overlook the massive amounts of western propaganda they’re inundated with day in and day out and focus instead on “Russian propaganda”, which has no meaningful existence in the west
Matt Taibbi: Eleven Minutes of Media Falsehoods, Just On One Subject, Just On One Station
You’re not hearing one or two stories about Russian bots or evil anti-vaxxers or even the treachery of Jill Stein and the Green Party, you’re hearing hundreds just on one channel, and God knows how many more in other outlets and via social media.
Chris Hedges: Why Americans can’t debate politics anymore
Six corporations control what's often referred to as the Legacy Media but there are still just a handful of corporations that control digital media as well, so we're looking at about maybe 10 or so corporations that control all of the media that people use, I think that's a really important factor when we talk about this because increasingly people of all age groups say they get their "news" from these digital outlets... [From transcript]
Kevin Gosztola Interview: Do People Know Assange?
Why isn't Julian Assange a household word?
Patrick Lawrence: The Power of Images
Once again, it is down to the propagation of images. How dangerously they are wielded among our irresponsible media.
Homeland Security’s “Disinformation Board” is Even More Pernicious Than it Seems
One problem which emerges with this censorship regime is the question of how “disinformation” is determined or, more aptly, who determines it? This new Disinformation Board is intended to place that immense power in the hands of the U.S. Security State, such that it can now place an official “disinformation” designation over any idea or view it wishes to discredit.
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"The past two weeks have seen blows against freedom of speech for independent news outlets and, indeed, for all Americans. I’m not being hyperbolic here. There are real threats to our freedom of speech against which we ought to mobilize....""Independent voices must be heard. Freedom of speech and press were among the basic tenets upon which this country was founded. We should all be willing to fight to keep those freedoms." John Kiriakou