The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
The media hides the unpalatable truth from the general public
IAN SINCLAIR looks at a recent report on how the media covers up the bloody reality of Western wars in the Middle East
HEAR NOTHING, SEE NOTHING, SAY NOTHING: (L to R) Jonathan Freedland, David Aaronovitch, George Monbiot
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Media Lens at 25: David Cromwell and David Edwards reflect on a quarter-century of media criticism, explaining why independent journalism is more important than ever
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
Emergency phone alerts could help Britain respond to rising wildfire risk, but Australia’s experience suggests they work best as part of a broader strategy, write ELLIOT CONVERY-FISHER and KATE PARKINS
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
FROM what I can tell, a new report from monitoring group Airwars, concerning US media coverage of the US-led military interventions in Iraq and Syria since 2014, has been ignored by the entire British media, except for the Morning Star.
“News reporting on civilian casualties from international and US actions was found to be largely absent during key periods of the conflict,” the study concludes.
The extraordinary depth of this Western power-friendly journalism is highlighted by Airwars’ survey of more than 900 US Department of Defence transcripts of press conferences.
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