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Good Little Maoists
Good Little Maoists Sometimes societies just go batshit crazy. For ten years, 1966 to 1976, China slid into the chaotic maw of Mao Zedong’s “cultural revolution.” A youth army called the Red Guard was given license to terrorize authorities all over the nation — teachers, scientists, government officials, really just about anyone in charge of […]
Tech Company Censorship – Apple Bans App Cataloguing Every U.S. Drone Strike; Facebook Blocks Ad for “Negativity”
Tech Company Censorship – Apple Bans App Cataloguing Every U.S. Drone Strike; Facebook Blocks Ad for “Negativity” One thing I’ve learned from my three and a half years of writing publicly on the internet, is you never know which posts are going to go viral. Nothing proves this point more than last week’s post, The UN […]
The UN Releases Plan to Push for Worldwide Internet Censorship
The UN Releases Plan to Push for Worldwide Internet Censorship The United Nations has disgraced itself immeasurably over the past month or so. In case you missed the following stories, I suggest catching up now: The UN’s “Sustainable Development Agenda” is Basically a Giant Corporatist Fraud Not a Joke – Saudi Arabia Chosen to Head […]
America’s News Is Heavily Censored
America’s News Is Heavily Censored On 7 September 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush blatantly lied to concoct a “new report” by the IAEA about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction program, and the U.S. news-media reported the statement but hid that it was a lie. He said (and CNN and others quoted it): “a report came […]
Obama prosecuted whistleblowers for working with media, not with foreign govts – Assange to RT
Obama prosecuted whistleblowers for working with media, not with foreign govts – Assange to RT © / RT “Academic censorship” in journalism and foreign relations is one of the US’ greatest sins according to whistleblower Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Assange spoke to RT about the “US Empire” and mechanisms it uses to expand […]
China “Punishes” Hundreds For “Maliciously” Manipulating The Market
China “Punishes” Hundreds For “Maliciously” Manipulating The Market The deadly chemical blast in the Chinese port of Tianjin was a preventable catastrophe in which more than 100 people lost their lives thanks in part to what looks like the political connections of the warehouse’s owners and although an upfront, transparent investigation and honest assessment of […]
The End of Freedom of Speech in Spain
The End of Freedom of Speech in Spain Spain has shown that it is fully on board with the Brussels authoritarian direction of ending democracy. Those in power have simply convinced themselves that the people do not understand what is good for them so they must impose their will upon the people but raw force. […]
Effort by Japan to Stifle News Media Is Working
Effort by Japan to Stifle News Media Is Working It was an unexpected act of protest that shook Japan’s carefully managed media world: Shigeaki Koga, a regular television commentator and fierce critic of the political establishment, abruptly departed from the scripted conversation during a live TV news program to announce that this would be his last […]
The Limits of Propaganda
The Limits of Propaganda As Paul Craig Roberts has recently reported, the US government is in the process of launching an all-out war on truth. Those who express views contrary to the party line out of Washington will be labeled a threat. Eventually they may find themselves carted to one of the concentration camps which Halliberton […]
Obama Administration Sets New Record for Censoring and Denying Access to Government Documents
Obama Administration Sets New Record for Censoring and Denying Access to Government Documents War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength Censorship is Transparency Many of you will have heard about how the White House recently celebrated National Freedom of Information Day by removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of […]
And It’s Gone! After 3 Days, Beijing Bans Discussion Of Viral China Smog Documentary
And It’s Gone! After 3 Days, Beijing Bans Discussion Of Viral China Smog Documentary Just 3 days after “Under The Dome” went massively viral (152 million views on China’s Tencent alone), exposing the reality of China’s disastrous pollution in an in-depth 104-minute documentary, The FT reports Chinese censors have moved to tamp down discussion domestically. We had […]
Birth of What Will Prove a Short Siege
Birth of What Will Prove a Short Siege I see with no surprise that Washington is stepping up its campaign to censor the internet. It had to come, and will succeed. It will put paid forever to America’s flirtation with freedom. The country was never really a democracy, meaning a polity in which final power […]
Why U.S. Reporters Are Always Pro-War
Why U.S. Reporters Are Always Pro-War 5 Reasons that Both Mainstream Media – and Gatekeeper “Alternative” Websites – Are Pro-War There are five reasons that the mainstream media and the largest alternative media websites are always pro-war. 1. Self-Censorship by Journalists Initially, there is tremendous self-censorship by journalists. A survey by the Pew Research Center […]
Facebook allows users to weed out fake news
Facebook allows users to weed out fake news Facebook has unveiled a new feature, which allows users to flag news articles deemed “purposefully fake or deceitful news.” The move is said to be aimed at restricting the number of fake stories, hoaxes and scams appearing on the social network. The new algorithm developed by the […]
Aaron Swartz Died 2 Years Ago Today – In Remembrance of This Special Soul
Aaron Swartz Died 2 Years Ago Today – In Remembrance of This Special Soul Two years ago humanity lost a brave, brilliant and kindhearted individual named Aaron Swartz. On that day, I composed a post expressing my outrage and sadness. I reposted it on the anniversary of his death last year, and am reposting it […]
