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The Russian attack on Ukraine exposes the Western propaganda system
The British media is right cover the plight of the Ukrainians in detail — but if it paid the same attention to Yemen, a conflict Britain is actually a major player in, that war would be over in a week, explains IAN SINCLAIR
Western press coverage of the Russian invasion is in stark contrast to the lack of attention shown to Saudi Arabia's brutal war on Yemen – now in its seventh year
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
THE Russian invasion of Ukraine has confirmed the criminal barbarity of the Russian government and the leadership of its armed forces.
On March 8 Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said two million people had fled Ukraine since the Russian attack on February 24. The same day the World Health Organisation reported attacks on hospitals, ambulances and other healthcare facilities had surged and the International Committee of the Red Cross described the conditions in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol as “apocalyptic.” On March 10 the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights verified a total of 564 civilian deaths, with close to 1,000 injured.
In addition to this horror, the crisis has also highlighted the extraordinary power and influence of the mainstream media. In particular, it has proven the continuing relevance of Edward Herman’s and Noam Chomsky’s analysis in their 1988 book Manufacturing Consent: A Political Economy of the Mass Media.
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