Media on Trial event banned
Media on Trial has released the following statement: Today, on World Press Freedom Day, Leeds City Museum, a city council owned and operated venue, cancelled the Media on Trial’s...
The Disappointing Jeremy Corbyn
by David Lindsay We all know what a disappointment Theresa May has turned out to have been. Her purported energy price cap has been scarcely worth mentioning, while there...
How Social Media Platforms Suppress Key Truths
by Eric Zuesse On April 23rd, the great independent investigative journalist, Craig Murray — a former British diplomat — headlined at his blog, “Condemned By Their Own Words”, and...
"Are there ordinary people living in Syria?"
by KJaquesson Just days before Kari Jaquesson traveled to Syria, she told a a woman she wanted to give a voice to ordinary Syrians. The woman exclaimed “Ordinary People?...
What “community standards” did this comment breach? #16
This comment – written and sent in by Jay-Q, one of our readers – was censored by the Guardian. Which of the well-publicised CiF “community standards” did it breach?...
Israel’s Legislature Votes War Against Syria
Eric Zuesse The key decision now will be made by Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. On May 1st, Al Masdar News headlined “Netanyahu is granted the ability to wage...
WATCH: The Weaponisation of Social Media
Now openly admitted, governments and militaries around the world employ armies of keyboard warriors to spread propaganda and disrupt their online opposition. Their goal? To shape public discourse around...
Op-ed: The west closes its ears to Douma testimony
Jonathan Cook writes in his blog The response from the US, UK and France to a briefing on Thursday at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...
Why the U.S. Regime Hates Vladimir Putin
by Eric Zuesse Here is Putin in extemporaneous discussion and interview (translated into English): The second of those videos shows Putin offering Russia’s billionaires the choice between being dispossessed...
Lawyers for 9/11 families launch petition for new inquiry, citing “conclusive” evidence for explosives in WTC dust
On April 10 this year, the Lawyers’ Committee for 9-11 Inquiry, a group representing families of the 9/11 victims, filed a petition with the US Attorney for the Southern...
The League of Assad-Loving Conspiracy Theorists
by CJ Hopkins So the global capitalist ruling classes’ War on Dissent is now in full swing. With their new and improved official narrative, “Democracy versus the Putin-Nazis,” successfully...
Crisis in Armenia: Is the Empire Attacking Russia from the South?
by Tyler Durden, via ZeroHedge, April 23, 2018 Western-Backed Regime Change Looms As Armenia PM Resigns Following Mass Protests After 11 days of mass protests and violent clashes over...
Speaking the Unspeakable: The Assassination and Martyrdom of Thomas Merton
A Quasi-Review by Edward Curtin of The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton by Hugh Turley & David Martin Killing a man who says ‘No!’ is a risky business,” the priest...
Syria and Chemical Weapons: Debating the Regime-Change War in Syria
by Roger Annis, A Socialist In Canada, April 24, 2018 Like the rest of Canada’s corporate media, the state-run CBC is virulently anti-Russia and a constant voice favouring the...
ITV Journo accuses Russian OPCW Ambassador of threatening a child…
Please note, that as of the time of posting, NO evidence has been cited that these people have changed their story, and NO evidence has been cited that they...
Douma: Part 1 — Deception in Plain Sight
Media Lens UK corporate media are under a curious kind of military occupation. Almost all print and broadcast media now employ a number of reporters and commentators who are...
Is False-Flag Attack On US Navy Ship Next?
by Nick, via The Saker, April 23, 2018 The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group left the east coast Naval Station Norfolk, VA on 11th April. The aircraft...
What was the success-rate of the April 14th missiles against Syria?
by Eric Zuesse The U.S. and Russia provide diametrically opposite accounts of the percentages of U.S.-and-allied missiles that hit their targets in Syria on the night of April 13th-14th....
“When Israelis murder Palestinians, it's a tragedy — for Israelis.”
by Richard Hugus Since the start of the latest massacre in Gaza — the killing with live fire of almost 40 and wounding of almost 3,000 unarmed Palestinian protestors...
Diagnosing the West with Sadistic Personality Disorder (SPD)
Western culture is clearly obsessed with rules, guilt, submissiveness and punishment. By now it is clear that the West is the least free society on Earth. In North America...
