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Russia-Ukraine conflict: the propaganda war
What the mainstream media fail to see in the coverage of the current Ukraine crisis is that there is no text (narrative) without context. Long before the mainstream U.S. (and UK) media launched a worldwide propaganda war against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, the CIA had laid the foundations of the conflict in the early years following the Second World War–the Cold War.
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An interview with John Pilger: “Assange is the courageous embodiment of a struggle against the most oppressive forces in our world”
Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange’s extradition to the U.S., where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Sanctions had no effect on Moscow yet Europe lost 4 governments: Orban
The Western strategy to weaken Russia backfires on Europe.
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The value of the federal minimum wage is at its lowest point in 66 years
The value of the federal minimum wage has reached its lowest point in 66 years, according to an EPI analysis of recently released Consumer Price Index (CPI) data.
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Despite domestic priorities, RBI will have to follow the U.S. Fed
India will have to respond by increasing interest rates further sooner rather than later. Higher U.S. interest rates make global capital abandon other countries and rush to American bonds whose market yields have doubled at the shorter end.
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U.S. political prisoner Mutulu Shakur has six months to live. Will courts finally grant compassionate release?
Renowned revolutionary leader and health worker Mutulu Shakur has spent over three decades in prison. As his cancer worsens, activists are demanding his release.
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Trump returns to Washington D.C. to lay out his police state agenda before cheering Republican officials
On Tuesday, Donald Trump spoke to an audience of Republican lawmakers and former Trump administration officials in his first public appearance in Washington D.C. since leaving office on January 20, 2021.
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What’s behind the escalating attacks on trans people?
Thirty-one members of the white supremacist Patriot Front from across the U.S. were detained after preparing an assault on a Pride festival in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, June 12.
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Police departments spend vast sums of money creating “Copaganda”
U.S. police departments spend tens of millions of dollars every year to manipulate the news, flooding the discourse with “copaganda.” These aggressive tactics give the public a distorted view of what public safety means, what threatens it, and how to solve it.
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Why workers’ wages will always be too low
Do you ever feel undervalued at work—like you contribute much more than your pay packet suggests?
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Capital flight from emerging markets
Financial markets in the so-called ‘emerging economies’ are in turmoil. At the end of May 2022, the Financial Times reported that the return delivered by emerging market (EM) sovereign bonds was around minus 15 per cent for 2022, the worst since 1994.
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National Security search engine: Google’s ranks are filled with CIA agents
Google–one of the largest and most influential organizations in the modern world–is filled with ex-CIA agents.
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U.S. Treasury: just because the GDP is negative, does not mean recession
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is claiming that just because the U.S. GDP report is negative, it does not mean the world’s largest economy is in recession, a claim that has no economic foundations whatsoever.
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Former CIA chief admits to U.S. meddling in foreign elections
Former CIA director James Woolsey has admitted that the U.S. “interferes” in elections in other countries to protect its interests.
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Puerto Rico: between colonialism, racism and slavery on July 25
I write this article with the purpose of revealing some details about the Anglo-Saxon-supremacist jurisprudence that gave rise to and govern this colonial territorial status.
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With eye on the CIA, Moscow cracks the whip at Israel
The Jewish Agency is Israel’s life source and the Kremlin shut it down this month. The fallout may be a measurable schism between Moscow and Tel Aviv, in which the latter has a lot to lose.
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Africa taken for ‘neo-colonial’ ride
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR. Like so many others, Africans have long been misled. Alleged progress under imperialism has long been used to legitimize exploitation. Meanwhile, Western colonial powers have been replaced by neo-colonial governments and international institutions serving their interests.
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Registering the ‘Labour Upsurge’ in North America
After a long four-year hiatus, the Labor Notes Conference is back, and bigger than ever with a record-breaking 4,000 registering.
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U.S. plans to send NATO-made jets to Ukraine to fight against Russia
Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, told the newspaper that “discussions are ongoing” to send the fighters to Ukraine.
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Amazon joins the Medicare privatization spree
The retail behemoth has acquired One Medical, which is in the Medicare privatization business.