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Spy v spy: why ‘counter-misinformation’ never works
Thanks to Biden and Truss, cold war-style state-sponsored schemes to combat ‘enemy propaganda’ are back – and they're just as useless as before, inevitably doling out misinformation of their own, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Todd Leventhal (left) was caught denying white phosphorus was
used against people in Iraq
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
JOE BIDEN’S attempt to get a state-run “anti-disinformation” unit flying has crashed into the ground.
Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board has been “paused” — probably permanently — thanks to criticism from the right.
Sadly, I don’t think the right is wrong here, because in my personal experience, as well as our historic experience, these attempts at state-sponsored “anti-disinformation” units usually end up spreading disinformation themselves.
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