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by Will Griffin
Writer, Dandelion Salad
February 14, 2023
GNspace4peace on Dec 19, 2022
Where does the security state end and social media begin?
Will Griffin: Cyberspace Social Media Information War
Chris Hedges: Hamilton 68 and the Russiagate Hoax
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with Chris Hedges
TheRealNews on Feb 10, 2023
Matt Taibbi has published an investigation about a vast propaganda campaign called “Hamilton 68,” launched a year after Donald Trump won the presidency, to smear critics of the Democratic Party, from the left and the right, as Russian assets.
Chris Hedges: Ukraine, Iran, Palestine, Twitter Files, Media Censorship and Assange
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acTVism Munich on Dec 16, 2022
In this episode of The Source, we interview Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Chris Hedges about the war in Ukraine. We also examine recent developments in Iran, Israel and Palestine. And finally, we look at freedom of speech issues such as the Twitter Files and the Julian Assange case.
The New Corporate Dictators – Super-Rich and Super-Immune, by Ralph Nader
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by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, May 13, 2022
May 14, 2022
Ever since the heads of East India Trading Company (1600) and Hudson Bay Company (1670), were incorporated by English Royal charters, there have been corporate dictators. Their range and actions, have varied widely however. Today’s new corporate dictators shatter past restraints.
George Galloway, Jill Stein, Chris Hedges and Scott Ritter: Crushing Dissent
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with Chris Hedges
Consortium News on Apr 15, 2022
We examine the information warfare being waged to enforce a single narrative about the war in Ukraine.
Chris Hedges: Cancel Culture
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Apr 24, 2021
On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses cancel culture with Dan Kovalik, author and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh.
The Ruling Class Wants Us To Accept War As Never-ending, by Rainer Shea
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by Rainer Shea
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Rainer Shea: Anti-Imperialist Journalist
February 28, 2021
The ruling class of the U.S./NATO empire justifies the heinous actions of its military forces, the brutality of its internal police states, and the cruelty towards the poor of its neoliberal economic deprivation by claiming that everything it does is necessary to combat some grand evil. Whether this evil is Islam, or communism, or the very presence of opposition to Washington’s war narratives, the threat is portrayed as being so all-encompassing and enormous that it should solely occupy our political concerns.
Debate: Chris Hedges VS Ramesh Srinivasan: Is Big Tech Too Powerful?
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with Chris Hedges
Democracy Now! on Jan 11, 2021
Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies have removed President Trump from their platforms, after years of debate about the disinformation he shared to millions of followers from his accounts.
Chris Hedges: Shredding Journalistic Credibility
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Oct 31, 2020
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Matt Taibbi journalist and author, about the rapidly disintegrating media landscape and its consequences.
Chris Hedges: The Dark World of Silicon Valley and the New Capitalism
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Nov 3, 2018
Richard Walker, Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses his new book, Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area with journalist Chris Hedges. The book reveals Silicon Valley’s tech giant elitism, its role as a symbol of new capitalism, and the dark world of underpaid workers who lack security and rising homelessness.
Max Blumenthal: Scaremongering Over Russia And China Is Being Exploited To Silence Dissent On Social Media
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Part 1: Facebook Purge of Alternative Media Is ‘Just the Beginning,’ Boasts DC Neocon Operative
TheRealNews on Oct 26, 2018
As Facebook and Twitter are purging alternative media outlets, a neoconservative operative at a US government-funded think tank says more censorship is on its way. Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague discuss how scaremongering over Russia and China is being exploited to silence dissent on social media.
Max Blumenthal: Social Media Purge Silences Alternative Media Outlets
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Part 1: Facebook Erases Hundreds of Alternative Media Pages in Mass Purge
TheRealNews on Oct 18, 2018
Facebook is erasing popular alternative media pages that had millions of likes and suspending anti-war and anti-police brutality accounts, in coordination with Twitter. Journalist Max Blumenthal says this is part of a larger political crackdown; EFF’s David Greene says the implications are dangerous.
Peter Kornbluh: USAID is the New CIA — USAID is Clearly in the Job of Regime Change in Cuba
US fueled dissent in Cuba with fake Twitter
RT America on Apr 3, 2014
In 2009, the US Agency for International Development, USAID, created a Twitter-like social network called ZunZuneo in order to fuel dissent in Cuba. According to the Associated Press, the service was intended to let users not only discuss topics such as sports and music, but also organize protests, voice dissent, and avoid censorship in the island nation. Topping out at around 40,000 users that the US gathered demographic and other information on, the program was ended after a government grant expired in September 2012. RT’s Ameera David dives into the details of this newly revealed USAID program.
The media battle for Egypt + Changing the US vision of the Middle East + Eliminate the Witnesses
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AlJazeeraEnglish | February 05, 2011
Despite the best efforts of Hosni Mubarak’s government, images of millions of Egyptians protesting on the streets of Cairo, Alexandra and Suez have been beamed around the world. But while the clashes between anti- and pro-Mubarak protestors dominated the airwaves, the journalists covering the fighting became targets themselves. Many were harassed, arrested and beaten while others had their equipment confiscated, but they continued to cover the story.
The government pulled the plug on the country’s internet connection, cut the phone lines for a time, poured propaganda out on state-controlled media but the momentum of the demonstrators was unstoppable. We trail the coverage of one of the biggest political protests in Arab history, one that came together online, dominated the headlines and sent tremors all the way from Sanaa to Washington.
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