Part III Media Brainwashing
Midway in Wimbledon’s championship last July, Denmark’s favorite son, Rune Holger, bashed a forehand over to his senior by 16 years, the seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, who had leg surgery a month before. I missed the return as a loud Danish voice droned over the...
On a recent visit to Russia, I happened to come across a Ukrainian restaurant while walking through Moscow.
Politicians and the media in the West wanted us to believe that Russia intended to annex Ukraine and eradicate its culture. I was therefore both amazed and delighted that this centre of...
Calls for the resignation of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have rung out from civil society and beyond after Yoon declared martial law on December 3rd. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) called for strikes until Yoon steps down, and groups under and beyond that organization are heeding the call...
The CIA likes to fashion itself as a heroic agency that helps to protect national security and uphold democracy around the world.
However, Hugh Wilford’s book, The CIA: An Imperial History (Basic Books, 2024), shows that the CIA draws directly from British and French colonial precedents, and adopts the same...
"What we are witnessing here today is a practical demonstration of Lawfare in Argentina, carried out by the members of the court," announced Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as she was about to be convicted in the first instance.
Now, the Federal Criminal Court of Cassation—the highest criminal court in the country—has...
Yamandú Orsi, from the Broad Front (Frente Amplio—FA), is the president-elect of Uruguay. He will take office on March 1, 2025, and lead the country until 2030.
This marks a consolidation of progressive forces as the majority in Latin America, including notable popular governments in Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and...
According to its mission statement, “AFI FEST… showcase the best films from across the globe to captivated audiences in Los Angeles.
With a diverse and innovative slate of programming, the film festival presents a robust line-up of fiction and non-fiction features and shorts… along with panels and conversations featuring both...
Dissidents in U.S.-allied countries and U.S. political prisoners are ignored while people who try to destabilize their own countries are promoted as heroes
Gonzalo Lira was a Chilean journalist who was arrested in Ukraine in May 2023 for “producing and publishing material that tried to justify the ongoing Russian invasion,”...
At the end of November, groups aligned with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) or the “Levant Liberation Committee” and previously known as the Al-Nusra Front, launched significant attacks on the Syrian government in the Idlib and Aleppo regions, taking part of the city of Aleppo. The Syrian Arab Army has mobilized to push back against HTS...
Sensationalistic headlines about North Korean engagement in Kursk contradicted by statements of Secretary of Defense
On November 24, Newsweek ran a story by Ellie Cook with the headline “Russian and North Korean Troops Shrink Ukraine’s Gains in Kursk.”
The title made it seem like North Korea was fighting on the front-lines...
