31 May 2017 — Information Clearing House
Terror In Britain: What Did The Prime Minister Know?
By John Pilger
The causes of the Manchester atrocity, are being suppressed to protect the secrets of British foreign policy.
Month: May 2017
The Manchester Saga: Cui Bono? Selected Articles
31 May 2017 — Global Research
In the quest for truth and the zest of bringing it out, Global Research introduces to you a number of incisive articles on the Manchester terror attack.
Unspoken questions should now be answered. According to John Pilger, information is being “suppressed to protect the secrets of British foreign policy”.
In the words of Prof. Michel Chossudovsky:
”The established consensus is that the role of a government is to protect its people. That myth has to be sustained. The media’s role is to ensure that the truth does not trickle down to the broader public”. Continue reading
Video: LiarLiar!
26 May 2017 — The Peoples Assembly
We’ll be protesting and partying to the tune outside the BBC HQ as the Chart Show is aired to demand the track is played. If they wont play it on the airways we’ll blast the song to the public ourselves!
Captain Ska’s “Liar Liar GE2017” is a scathing attack on the Conservative’s record in office, attacking the Tories over food banks, the NHS crisis, education funding crisis and a drop in living standards.
Continue reading
WaPo’s Laziest Columnist Calls Protesters ‘Fascists,’ Equates Them to Manchester Bomber
31 May 2017 — FAIR
For the Washington Post‘s Richard Cohen (5/29/17), students who protested eugenics–the pseudo-science used by the Nazis to justify the Holocaust–are the real fascists.
Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen (5/29/17) continues his impressive streak of downplaying racism and being wrong with his latest half-baked column, “Protesters at Middlebury College Demonstrate ‘Cultural Appropriation’—of Fascism.”
COLDTYPE Issue 141 June 2017 – is now on line
HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER JUNE 2017
30 May 2017 — Housmans Books
NEWS
1. London Radical Bookfair 2017
2. Bread & Roses and Little Rebels shortlists
“It was incessant.” Former RAF Reaper pilot speaks to Drone Wars By Chris Cole
30 May 2017 — Drone Wars
RAF pilot operating Reaper drone from Creech air force base in Nevada
Drone Wars UK is publishing an exclusive interview with former British Reaper drone pilot Justin Thompson (a pseudonym), who for three years flew RAF Reapers over Afghanistan while based at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. Continue reading
Trump’s “Diplomatic Getaway”: From the Middle East to Europe: Selected Articles
29 May 2017 — Global Research
President Donald Trump has concluded his eight-day trip to four countries that started in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Italy and ended in Belgium attending the NATO and G7 Summits. In this first set of trips as President of the United States, aside from fueling roadmaps towards global militarization and hegemonization, what else did he get from his ‘diplomatic’ getaway?
ICH Headlines 29 May 2017
29 May 2017 — Information Clearing House
Russia Calls House Bill an “Act of War.”
By Gar Smith
The bill presumes to grant the US “inspection authorities” over shipping ports (and major airports) specifically, ports in China, Russia, Syria, and Iran. Continue reading
ICH Headlines 27 May 2017
27 May 2017 — Information Clearing House
You Only Hate Assad Because Your TV Told You To
By Caitlin Johnstone
Are you the sort of person who can face uncomfortable truths and revise their worldview accordingly.
Video: Exxon Climate Change Cover Up: What Did Exxon and CEO Rex TIllerson Know and What Did They Do About It?
26 May 2017 — TRNN
Rex Tillerson now acknowledges climate change science, but as CEO of Exxon Mobile did he do anything about it? The New York State Attorney General wants to know says Investigative journalist David Hasemeyer (inc. transcript)
Selected Articles: A Corrupted View of Reality in the Western Media
26 May 2017 — Global Research
Below is a selection of recent articles which bring to the forefront the process of media disinformation which supports a corrupt and criminal political agenda.
In the words of award winning investigative reporter Robert Parry (see article below):
“The mainstream U.S. media is congratulating itself on its courageous defiance of President Trump and its hard-hitting condemnations of Russia, but the press seems to have forgotten that its proper role within the U.S. democratic structure is not to slant stories one way or another but to provide objective information for the American people.”
What this suggests is that more than ever we need to stand together to continuously question politics, false statements, and the suppression of independent thought.
Elite Media Need to Recognize Assaults on Reporters as a Pattern–and a Threat
25 May 2017 — FAIR
It is heartening at least that Montana newspapers withdrew their endorsements of Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, after he grabbed Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs by the neck for trying to ask him a question, slammed him to the floor and punched him repeatedly (Fox News, 5/24/17). More heartening would be a full recognition across elite media that the incident is far from isolated.
As Huffington Post‘s Michael Calderone (5/24/17), for one, pointed out, a Republican state senator in Alaska, David Wilson, reportedly slapped reporter Nathaniel Herz earlier this month over a story Wilson didn’t like; FCC security pinned reporter John M. Donnelly against a wall for trying to ask a commission member a question last week; and West Virginia reporter Dan Heyman was arrested May 10 for trying to ask a question of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who declared himself pleased with that outcome.
Media: WaPo Provides Platform for Calls to Imprison WaPo Sources
25 May 2017 — FAIR
Washington Post editorial (9/16/16)
For the third time in a year, the Washington Post has promoted the prosecution of Washington Post sources.
Last September, the Post controversially published “No Pardon for Edward Snowden” (9/16/16), an editorial calling for prosecution of the whistleblower who helped the paper win a Pulitzer Prize in 2014.
In the past weeks, two Post columnists have joined the Post editorial board in calling for Post sources to be jailed—this time in regard to the Post’s major scoop (5/16/17) about President Donald Trump leaking classified intelligence to Russian diplomats.
FreedomInfo.org Update – May 25, 2017
25 May 2017 — Freedom Info
freedominfo.org is a one-stop portal that describes best practices, consolidates lessons learned, explains campaign strategies and tactics, and links the efforts of freedom of information advocates around the world. It contains crucial information on freedom of information laws and how they were drafted and implemented, including how various provisions have worked in practice. Continue reading
ICH Headlines 25 May 2017
25 May 2017 — Information Clearing House
Trump’s Art of the Deal: Selling Wars and Terrorism
By Finian Cunningham
Donald “the peace-maker” is sowing decades of further violence in the war-torn region.
Selected Articles: The Manchester Bombing: Unanswered Questions
25 May 2017 — Global Research
Following the blast at the Ariana Grande Concert in Manchester last Monday, the MSM reported of an alleged terrorist attack which leads to heightened police security in the area.
Global Research News has a collection of incisive articles that provide an in-depth analysis of the occurrences in the UK. Read below.
More on Monsanto’s Glyphosate Coverup
24 May 2017 — SumOfUs
A federal judge in the United States recently ordered Monsanto to release 250 pages of internal documents, and what they revealed is practically criminal: Monsanto has known for 17 years that glyphosate, the main ingredient in its pesticide Roundup, could cause cancer.
And they launched a massive coverup to make sure we never found out.
Video: John Pilger on the Manchester Concert Attack, Trump, Saudi & WikiLeaks
24 May 2017 — Youtube
We speak to award winning author and filmmaker John Pilger as anti-war campaigners protest today ahead of the NATO summit in Brussels. Continue reading
Media: Arms Deal Stories Omit War Crimes Arms Will Be Used For
24 May 2017 — FAIR
Reports on the Trump/Saudi arm deals focused on who would get paid–and ignored who it would cost.
The Trump administration wrapped up a weapons deal with the Saudi Arabian government this week that will be worth up to $350 billion over the next ten years. News of the deal came as Trump visited Riyadh and paid fealty to one of the United States’ most enduring allies in the Middle East.
The vast majority of the reports on the topic, however, omitted a rather key piece of context—namely, whom the weapons will be used to kill.
The New Dark Age 