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3Jan

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Campaigns, Politics, USA

Metaphor, the Holy Bible and the Western Hero: Corrupting Jesus to Trump the Constitution

Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr by JOHN GRANT Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.– Matthew 7:15A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.– Matthew 7:18Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.– Matthew 22:39 (For Thompson Bradley) Over this past Christmas holiday, I did what I enjoy most about that time of year, I got together with family and friends to share camaraderie, food and drink. It even included a well-attended memorial for a dear deceased friend, an atheist and a socialist, who, as one speaker testified, was a profoundly spiritual man who devoted his life to fighting for the dignity of his fellow human beings. During all the cheer, though, there alwa...

26Dec

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Politics, UN, USA

Chemical Weapons Watchdog Is Just an American Lap Dog

By Scott Ritter A spate of leaks from within the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the international inspectorate created for the purpose of implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention, has raised serious questions about the institution’s integrity, objectivity and credibility. The leaks address issues pertaining to the OPCW investigation into allegations that the Syrian government used chemical weapons to attack civilians in the Damascus suburb of Douma on April 7, 2018. These allegations, which originated from such anti-Assad organizations as the Syrian Civil Defense (the so-called White Helmets) and the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), were immediately embraced as credible by the OPCW, and were used by the United States, France and the Unite...

20Dec

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Media, Politics

The Arrogance Of BBC News

When we started Media Lens in 2001, we had a rather naïve expectation that journalists might: a) want to respond rationally to reasoned criticism; and b) have privileged access to unparalleled journalistic resources, experts and arguments that would enable journalists to respond with serious points to our challenges. In particular, we imagined that BBC journalists and editors – being funded from the public licence fee – might actually feel obliged to respond. We were quickly disabused of such notions. Reasoned debate with journalists employed by the misleadingly-termed ‘mainstream’ media is as rare as a newspaper editorial in support of Jeremy Corbyn in the run-up to last week’s General Election. The dearth of such media debate – in fact, the arrogant and condesce...

18Dec

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Human Rights, Politics, World

I Never Saw a World So Fragmented!

By Andre Vltchek It is amazing how easily, without resistance, the Western empire is managing to destroy “rebellious” countries that are standing in its way. I work in all corners of the planet, wherever Kafkaesque “conflicts” get ignited by Washington, London or Paris. What I see and describe are not only those horrors which are taking place all around me; horrors that are ruining human lives, destroying villages, cities and entire countries. What I try to grasp is that on the television screens and on the pages of newspapers and the internet, the monstrous crimes against humanity somehow get covered (described), but the information becomes twisted and manipulated to such an extent, that readers and viewers in all parts of the world end up knowing close to nothing about their ow...

18Dec

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Politics, USA, World

How the Battle of Seattle Made the Truth About Globalization True

Twenty years ago, experts refused to see the truth about the dark side of globalization. Then Seattle happened. by: Walden Bello Riot police pepper spray nonviolent demonstrators at the 1999 Seattle World Trade Organization protests. (Photo: Steve Kaiser / Flickr) The Battle of Seattle in late November 1999 is, for me, memorable in many ways. For one, I still remember being given a good beating by a policewoman when I tried to prevent her buddies from hauling off the irrepressible Medea Benjamin, then the director of Global Exchange, from a sit-in at the entrance to the Seattle Convention Center. I was lucky to escape serious injury. But for me the main takeaway from Seattle was that it takes action to make the truth true. In the decade prior to Seattle, there were a lot of...

17Dec

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Campaigns, Politics, USA

Why Facebook Should Sit Out The 2020 Election

Digital political advertising is a lawless Wild West. Until rules can be enforced, there's no responsible way for tech giants to participate. By: Melissa Ryan It was the subtweet heard round the world. When Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey announced, via tweet, that the company would no longer allow political advertising, he also took a not-too-subtle shot at Facebook’s own approach to political ads: Dorsey’s reasons were surprisingly nuanced: He said political messages should be earned rather than purchased and that the lack of regulation on political ads played a role in their decision. He also emphasized that paid advertisements and free expression are not the same thing and that ending political ads wouldn’t curb political speech. Both of Dorsey’...

17Dec

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Campaigns, Education, Politics

50 million reasons to be mad at Facebook

Facebook failed to protect consumers from Cambridge Analytica. Only systemic changes can prevent that from happening again. BY MELISSA RYAN Sarah Wasko / Media Matters Tech companies have repeatedly failed to protect the consumers who use their platforms, and despite the outrage that arises when news of another failure breaks, remarkably little has been done to fix the problem. Consumers have been left to deal with fake news, predatory political ads, and data breaches largely on their own without assistance from companies, government, or other institutions. We’re dealing with systemic failures of the social media ecosystem, but the solutions offered largely call on individuals to sort out their online experience for themselves. This past weekend, a series of st...

17Dec

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Politics, World

Humanity at the Crossroads

Connecting the Dots to Our Brave New World By Larry Romanoff Humankind is at a cusp, a point of transition between two different states of governance and existence. The world today is like a sack being slowly filled while the string around the opening is pulled increasingly tighter to prevent the contents from escaping confinement. The shadows of this future are everywhere to be seen but even the keenest of observers tend to view the portents not as the warnings they are, but instead regard all these pieces of one despairing puzzle as disconnected and unrelated events. In this essay, we will take a look at where our world is going, how it is going there, and why it is going there. For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, but man cannot hide what God would reveal. ‘Tis ...

15Dec

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Education, Politics

Why the ‘Left’ is Dead in the Water (revisited)

Introduction: Following his party’s catastrophic defeat, humiliated Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced this morning that he would discuss with the party its need for a ‘process of reflection’ and promised that he himself “will lead the party during this period to ensure this discussion takes place.” I will not hold my breath waiting for Labour to overcome its most acute problems. As a first step toward a recovery I would advise Corbyn and his caricature party that instead of suspending and expelling party members for reading yours truly, instead of expelling MPs for supporting my right to make a living as musician, or spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayers money trying to appease a foreign ardent right wing Lobby., the Labour partly/hardly s...

11Dec

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Politics, World

Popular Theatre as Cultural Resistance: Engaging Audiences Worldwide

By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin “Primarily, I am a prose writer with axes to grind, and the theatre is a good place to do the grinding in. I prefer comedy to ‘serious’ drama because I believe one can get the ax sharper on the comedic stone.” – Gore Vidal “The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.” – Stella Adler “When the play ends, what begins? Seeking conscientization: awareness leading to action” – Sarah Thornton Introduction The importance of theatre is demonstrated by the prevalence and variety of forms it takes both locally and globally in society today. Indeed, over the centuries theatre has played an important sociological and ideological role. It has been used both by communities and elit...