Rise Up Times: Media For Justice And Peace, Looking At Gaza And More…Post Summary
GAZA: Hedges, Pilger, David Swanson, Johnstone, WAMM, more; MEDIA: Alternative, Taibbi, Censorship, Greenwald; ASSANGE: Belmarsh Tribunal, Lies of War; more ...
Patrick Lawrence: Bad Faith and Blank Checks
All mainstream journalism is “embedded journalism” now, for the battlefield is everywhere, writes Patrick Lawrence in this excerpt from his new book, Journalists and Their Shadows. Bad Faith and Blank Checks By Patrick Lawrence / Consortium News ScheerPost September 6, 2023 byEDITOR An embedded civilian journalist taking photographs of U.S. soldiers in Dana, More
Seven ways to restore our press freedoms before we end up with another authoritarian dictator
"Disturbingly, the number of journalists killed worldwide in 2020 doubled from 2019. We have to remember that a free press was viewed as so important to our foundational democracy, it was the only profession the Founding Fathers named in our Constitution."
Mainstream Media Assaults on Freedom of Speech. “The Truth” is No Longer “Important”
Attempts at limiting freedom of expression continue apace, while attacks on alternative media outlets by institutions of power grow.
Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer Discuss the Silencing of the Left (Video)
"I consider this one of the most frightening moments, and I've been around a long time," Scheer said.
Noam Chomsky | Can We Save Our Democracy and History! (Video)
Chomsky on the media, labor movement, education, immigrants, racism, and current politics.
Noam Chomsky | Can We Save Our Democracy and History! (Video)
Chomsky on the media, labor movement, education, immigrants, racism, and current politics.
David Swanson | How I Produce Fake News for Russia
Somehow I've produced a veritable flood of Russian propaganda, most of it not even mentioning Russia at all.
Mr. Fish | A Nonpolitical Moment of Humanity at Dilworth Park in Philadelphia
The inimitable Mr. Fish.
ActOutonOccupy: Interview with Mnar Muhawesh of Mint Press News
We talk to trailblazing editor in chief of the alternative media site, Mint Press News, Mnar Muhawesh about the alternative media revolution, her work, and her life as an activist entrepreneur — from death threats to coloring books. https://youtu.be/uSIJxIpJN18 MintPress News @MintPressNews · Apr 26 2015 Published on Apr 23, 2015 Occupy.com Subscribe or “Follow” us More
Andre Vitchek: The Empire Is Crumbling. That Is Why It Needs War
Let us make sure that it goes away, crumbles, step by step, without destroying the world, without dragging it into WWIII. Let us unite, individuals and nations, movements and parties. At least until the most dangerous period passes.