Media Continue to Push Misinformation About Venezuela and Drug Trafficking
FAIR In recent years, Western corporate journalists have turned to systematically citing unnamed sources and secret documents from the US national security state. Indeed, one would be forgiven for thinking it was standard operating procedure. The Wall Street Journal (9/15/19) takes this “deep state” fan fiction genre to new heights with its latest on Venezuela, titled “Venezuela’s […]
IN STRIKE TALKS, UAW DEMANDS GREEN JOBS STAY IN U.S.
The Intercept AS PART OF ITS CONTRACT TALKS, the United Automobile Workers labor union is demanding that General Motors Co. reopen two plants in Lordstown, Ohio, and Hamtramck, Michigan, as electric car factories. The demand underscores the tensions inherent in the coming shift to a green economy, as workers recognize the potential benefits of that new […]
Who is demonstrating and who is being arrested?
The Middle East Eye Protests broke out across Egypt last Friday following weeks of calls from tycoon-turned-whistleblower Mohamed Ali for people to head to the streets and demand the fall of the country’s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. In several different cities, large crowds did just that into the early hours of the morning, demanding Sisi to step down […]
Making Sense of Trump’s Rise
The Nation The most basic question that the Trump presidency raises is: How the hell did this happen? There is, obviously, no single answer for why this particular miscreant became president of the United States. Were it not for the Russians or WikiLeaks or James Comey, etc., etc., we might still resemble a normal nation. […]