Alan Macleod
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An Intellectual No-Fly Zone: Online Censorship of Ukraine Dissent Is Becoming the New Norm
Alan Macleod investigates the spate of deplatforming and online censorship of journalists and anti-war activists critical of Ukraine. → Read More
Closer Scrutiny Reveals How Close To State Power Sacha Baron Cohen Really Is
MintPress reviewed documents and spoke to a former CIA agent who worked with Sacha Baron Cohen to reveal how the famed actor worked with the national security state to sell America's wars., Borat, CIA, Department of Defense, Israel, Mossad, Sacha baron Cohen, The Dictator, → Read More
Revealed: Documents Show Bill Gates Has Given $319 Million to Media Outlets
Bill Gates has bankrolled hundreds of media outlets and ventures, including CNN and NPR, to the tune of at least $319 million. → Read More
Private Facebook Group that Organized the July Protests in Cuba Plans Bigger Ones Soon
The involvement of foreign nationals in the domestic affairs of Cuba is on a level that can scarcely be conceived of in the United States., Cuba, La Villa del Humor, Protests, Regime Change, Social Media, → Read More
Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, and the New Cold War
While the jury is still out on who committed the attacks against U.S. officials, or even whether there were any attacks at all, directed energy weapons certainly do exist. Havana Syndrome might be science fiction, but directed energy weapons are very much science fact. , Directed Energy Weapons, Havana Syndrome, Media, Russia, United States, → Read More
Revealed: Mercer Street’s Parent Shipping Company a Front for Israeli Intelligence
Zodiac Maritime, the Mercer Street’s operator, has a long history of working closely with both the Israeli Defense Force and Mossad. → Read More
“I Was Living Like Scarface”: The Ludicrous Costs of the War in Afghanistan Revealed in New Documents, Testimonies
“Holy cow, I was living like Scarface...I was paying out anywhere between $300-400,000 per week to $5 million per week at times. All in cash.” Matthew Hoh, U.S. Marine Corps Captain and former State Department official → Read More
Media Play Up Protests, Play Down Effect of US Sanctions in Cuba
The corporate press consistently downplayed one of the primary causes of Cuban unrest: the increasingly punitive US blockade. → Read More
Key Assange Witness Recants—With Zero Corporate Media Coverage
A key witness against Julian Assange has recanted his testimony, but this blow to the US case has received zero media coverage. → Read More
US Censorship Is Increasingly Official
Although many like to hold up the US as a bastion of free speech, the idea is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. → Read More
Stability: Media Codeword for 'Under US Control'
Once we remember what “stability” and “destabilizing” mean, news from many of our most influential outlets makes much more sense. → Read More
'Divisive': How Corporate Media Dismiss Ideas Unpopular With Elites
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (Twitter, 12/29/20) described a $2,000 Covid relief check as “divisive,” even though 75% of Americans (and 72% of Republicans) wanted the government to prioritize another universal payment. All too often, words such as “divisive,” “contentious” or “controversial” are used merely as media codewords meaning “ideas unpopular with the […] → Read More
Biden Backs Revival of His Brainchild: Plan Colombia 2.0 Set to Begin Next Month
Colombia is set to return to a massive aerial campaign of spraying Monsanto’s glyphosate across the country, a plan Biden once fought hard with his Republican colleagues to enact., cocaine, Colombia, glyphosate, Joe Biden, Monsanto, Plan Colombia, → Read More
Humanitarian imperialism: How the media exploits liberals' empathy to sell them war
Under Obama, Trump and now Biden, mainstream media has tugged at progressive heartstrings to justify endless war → Read More
Saturday Night Live Controversy Hides Greater Issues Around Israeli Apartheid
Saturday Night Live (SNL) has come in for a storm of criticism after airing a joke critical of Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout policy. → Read More
As Macron Courts the Far-Right, France Launches Crackdown on “Islamo-Leftism”
Islamo-leftism is a label coined by the far-right, with many pointing out the distinct similarities between it and “Judeo-Bolshevism.” → Read More
Billionaire-Owned Media Look Out for Neediest by Demanding They Get No More Money
A lot of extremely rich people seem to be against the idea of giving money to the rest of us. In recent weeks, as the US continues to flounder amidst a surging Covid-19 epidemic, a wide range of political figures, from Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump, have come out in support of a one-time $2,000 check to Americans who make less than $75,000. | By Alan MacLeod → Read More
‘Freedom Is Blossoming’: After Dismembering a Journalist, Saudi Arabia Goes on a PR Spree
Since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Mohammed bin Salman has been on a media charm offensive, trying to present one of the most repressive states in the world as a progressive, emerging country. → Read More
France's New Security Law May Have Just Sparked a “George Floyd” Moment
Sparked by a new bill that would make publishing photos of police illegal and a viral video soon after that shows French police brutally beating a black man, it appears that France may be headed for its own “George Floyd” moment. → Read More
Media Outlets Owned by Billionaires Very Quick to Tell Readers Taxing the Rich Is Bad Idea
The coronavirus pandemic has greatly increased wealth inequality in the United States, a key issue in the upcoming presidential election. Polls are currently looking good for the Democrats, many of whom have been murmuring about—or even demanding—a new wealth tax. | By Alan MacLeod → Read More