Propaganda
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Nicaragua and the Western ‘Human Rights ‘Industry
John Heartfield’s famous photomontage of a newspaper cabbagehead had the caption “Whoever Reads Bourgeois Newspapers Becomes Blind and Deaf!” The caption is even more true now as the 21st Century moves into its third decade. Continue reading
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Tankie, Conspiracy Theorist, And Other Pejorative Tools Of Narrative Control
Bloomberg pundit Noah Smith had a very revealing interaction on Twitter the other day that I’ve been meaning to write about ever since. It began with Smith sharing a screenshot of an article by journalist Yasha Levine which condemns US imperialist escalations against China and ties them to the sudden spike in anti-Asian hate crimes we’ve been seeing. Smith shared his screenshot… Continue reading
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Even as a White Helmets boss admits ‘former’ militant links, Canadian national media talks ‘Russian disinfo’
Even when a high-ranking White Helmet admits that some of the ‘rescuers’ came from the ranks of Syrian militants, all he gets from Canada’s national broadcaster is unquestioning praise and concern about “Russian disinformation.” Continue reading
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The Vaccine Passport Propaganda Template
With reports that President Joe Biden’s administration is planning for imposing a vaccine passport mandate in America, expect to see in the media a deluge of vaccine passport propaganda. What will that propaganda look like? A template illustrating several elements you can expect to see in the propaganda push was provided several weeks ago in… Continue reading
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Truth is the Last Call of the Perpetrators of Falsehoods About China’s Population Policy
Two senior Chinese officials have in this past week met their American counterparts in the United States city of Anchorage, Alaska. Initial reports of the meeting were not encouraging. The Chinese leader reacted angrily to the United States’ opening statement that accused China of committing various crimes including against the Uighurs and the citizens of… Continue reading
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Propaganda By Omission: Libya, Syria, Venezuela And The UK
We live in a war-like society; one that supports, and is in league with, the world’s number one terrorist threat: the United States of America. Corporate media propaganda plays a key role in keeping things that way. Continue reading
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Bellingcaught: Who is the mysterious author of Bellingcat’s attacks on OPCW whistleblower?
After publishing fraudulent claims in a bid to smear OPCW whistleblowers, Bellingcat has been caught in another subterfuge that contradicts its stated allegiance to “transparency and accountability”: a hidden, external author writing its material. Continue reading
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The Uyghur ‘Genocide’
‘INDEPENDENT’ REPORT CLAIMING UYGHUR GENOCIDE BROUGHT TO YOU BY SHAM UNIVERSITY, NEOCON IDEOLOGUES LOBBYING TO ‘PUNISH’ CHINA Continue reading
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“Vaccines” Are the Keys to World Control
“It’s better to die on your feet than to live on your knees”, ascribed to Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, is quoted by many, but few seem willing to live it. In any case, the pharmaceutical industry and its operatives throughout government, media and the medical establishment have terrorized an already infantilized society and brought it to its collective… Continue reading
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U.S. Aggressiveness Follow Up
Can’t believe how many outlets are running with the same totally false translation of what Putin said. The idiom Putin used is much closer to “the names you call others is what you should be called.” Continue reading
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Do U.S. and UK Have the World’s Most-Censored Press?
How can democracy exist in a nation where none of the mainstream media, and few even of the non-mainstream media, are reporting the realities that all of the controlling billionaires want the public not to know? Continue reading
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Watch: Is China Committing Genocide? Behind the US Government’s Propaganda Campaign
The U.S. and its allies have declared China is guilty of genocide against Uighur Muslims. Behind The Headlines’ Dan Cohen examines the claim and the extremist figures behind the propaganda blitz. Continue reading
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You Know “We’ll Never Know,” Don’t You? Review of Adam Curtis’s six-part documentary ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’
The reviewer Lucy Mangan of The Guardian approvingly writes, the film is “a dazzling, overwhelming experience.” This is true, but not in the way she thinks with her five-star rating. The film does dazzle, and fascinate, but in the sense of bewildering or casting a spell. Continue reading
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Massive Secret UK Propaganda Campaign in Former Soviet Republics Seeds Contempt
From the Skripal affair to Navalny’s rise to the Russian Olympic doping scandal, these damning revelations should be enough to dispel any notions of truth in what the UK and allies tell their citizens through mainstream media outlets and the social media landscape they control. Continue reading
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Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements”
A new report from Washington D.C.-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concludes that the U.S. government should work closely with social media companies to ensure that protest movements around the world result in an outcome more conducive to American interests. Along with intern Riley McCabe, the organization’s senior fellow, Samuel… Continue reading
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After Years of Propaganda, American Views of Russia and China Hit Historic Lows
A new Gallup poll finds that U.S. public opinion on China and Russia has crashed to all time lows. Only 20% of Americans hold favorable views towards China. This is a remarkable decline, considering that only three years ago, the majority of the country saw the Asian giant in a positive light. The public image… Continue reading
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Watch: BBC, Reuters Caught Running Secret IO
Leaked documents reveal the BBC and Reuters received secret British government contracts to interfere politically both inside Russia and in nations along Russia’s borders. It is a documented case in reality of everything (and worse) the West has accused Russia of doing in unfounded fiction. Continue reading
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The metrics of fear
Fear is the most powerful of emotions and, as emotions are stronger than thoughts, fear can overpower the clearest of minds. We shouldn’t feel bad about being frightened. From an evolutionary perspective, it is key to our survival, it protects us from danger. And that is precisely what makes fear one of the most powerful… Continue reading
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Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat participated in covert UK Foreign Office-funded programs to “weaken Russia,” leaked docs reveal
New leaked documents show Reuters’ and the BBC’s involvement in covert UK FCO programs to effect “attitudinal change” and “weaken the Russian state’s influence,” alongside intel contractors and Bellingcat. Continue reading