13 September 2017 — SumOfUs
The EU Commission is about to approve Monsanto’s favourite weedkiller chemical for another decade — unless we convince three key national governments to stop it.
Call on the German, Italian and French government to reject the EU Commission’s disastrous proposal to approve glyphosate! Continue reading
13 September 2017 — Drone Wars
After a long delay the UK MoD has produced its new doctrine publication on the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (commonly known as drones). Its predecessor, ‘The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ (JDN 2/11), caused a stir in 2011 as it acknowledged real ethical and legal issues with the growing use of these systems. The subsequent press coverage so horrified the MoD that they removed the publication from their website only restoring it six months later when things had calmed down. Perhaps that is why the new document is so bland.
13 September 2017 — Media Lens
As the late media activist Danny Schechter wrote, when it comes to the corporate broadcast media: ‘The more you watch, the less you know.’
Schechter’s observation only fails in one key respect: ‘mainstream’ output does tell us a lot about which foreign governments are being lined up for regime change.
13 September 2017 — Drone Wars
Regular readers of the Drone Wars blog will be aware that in 2016 a US State department initiative led to a political declaration endorsed by 53 states on the export and use of armed drones. However as we detailed at time, this process had a number of problematic aspects, including the weakness and vagueness of the principles it articulated.
12 September 2017 — FAIR
Professional truth-teller and self-appointed Russian counter-propagandist Jake Tapper had Arizona Sen. John McCain on his State of Union show (CNN, 9/10/17) for a chummy interview Sunday night. The interview began with Tapper lobbing softballs at McCain about his mortality and reminiscing about buddying up on the 2000 campaign trail (Tapper was, according to his then-editor David Talbot, a McCain “groupie”) before moving on to “issues.”
12 September 2017 — Global Research
Sixteen years ago, Bush officially launched the “Global War on Terrorism”, paving the way for a war without borders. The corporate media backed this illegal act of war which in turn galvanized the public for immediate support. Did Americans unhesitatingly buy the allegations that Al-Qaeda masterminded the WTC attack and that Osama bin Laden was the number one enemy of the Western world?
After 16 years of unrelenting debunking of the 9/11 official narratives by genuine progressive activists, do Americans still believe what their government told them?
Below is a selection of articles.
The New Dark Age 