Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Refuses to Be \'Gaslit\' by The New York Times
Kasia Anderson | truthdig.com | 2019-09-20
By now, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has gone through more full-on political attacks than President Trump has gone through cabinet members. | Fox News\' abuse of power, and of Ocasio-Cortez, comes as no surprise, given the Murdochian media complex\'s total commitment to making sure their audience sees Ocasio-Cortez and her peers — specifically, congressional \"Squad\"-mates Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley — as the socialist enemies of (white) America that President Trump insists they are. But a perhaps more remar…
truthdig.com/articles/ocasio-cortez-rejects-the-new-york-times-version-of-herself/

America Keeps Getting China All Wrong
Robert Scheer | truthdig.com | 2019-09-20
For decades, China has been an enigmatic foe and friend to the United States. From trade to immigration, the two international giants have been linked in inextricable ways in recent years. With Donald Trump\'s current trade war with China and the Hong Kong protests hitting headlines, Americans are once again thinking about the Chinese in a more nuanced way. Yet there is still a lot of misinformation about the Asian nation circulating at all levels of American society, including within the Trump administrat…
truthdig.com/articles/america-keeps-getting-china-all-wrong/

US and El Salvador Sign Joint Immigration Deal
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-20
The United States and El Salvador have reached a joint deal on immigration, the U.S. embassy in El Salvador said on Friday, without giving many additional details beyond those related to asylum claims. | RELATED: | 126 Central American Mothers Sue US Gov\'t for Asylum Ban | Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan is scheduled to discuss the immigration agreement on Friday at a news briefing in Washington, D.C. | \"The bottom line of this agreement is asylum. It seeks to…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-and-El-Salvador-Sign-Joint-Immigration-Deal-20190920-0009.html

Julian Assange: The great unmentionable as Australian leader wines and dines with Trump
wsws.org | 2019-09-20
Were Assange imprisoned by the Chinese, Russian or Iranian regimes, the response of the Australian government would doubtless be very different.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/20/assa-s20.html

\"Make \'America\' White Again\": White Resentment Under the Obama & Trump Presidencies
Judy Rohrer | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Neo-Nazis, the KKK, the Proud Boys, and various white power groups have been rallying in Portland, Boston, Berkeley, Charlottesville, and Gainsville. Mass shootings and numerous hate crimes targeting immigrant/Latinx/Black/Muslim/Jewish people are on the rise. Four junior women of color U.S. representatives are under constant racist, xenophobic, and misogynist attack. In fact, Rep. Ilhan Omar has…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/make-america-white-again-white-resentment-under-the-obama-trump-presidencies/

Climate emergency \'a new danger\' to peace, youth activists hear ahead of World Day
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-20
Among the efforts to build a sustainably peaceful world, \"urgent climate action is needed\" to curb environmental threats to all our well-being and security, the Secretary-General told the annual peace gathering in New York on Friday, addressing a largely youthful crowd.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046862

Activists Face Felony Charges for Blocking Houston Oil Tanker Corridor
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-20
Under a new law backed by Big Oil and passed in statehouses nationwide, Greenpeace USA activists face felony charges for the action. Texas is the second state to bring such charges under the \"critical infrastructure\" law…
therealnews.com/stories/activists-face-felony-charges-for-blocking-houston-oil-tanker-corridor

US Denies Visa to Afghan Teen Invited to First-Ever UN Youth Climate Summit
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-20
| Climate youth activist Nasratullah Elham of Afghanistan was invited to participate in the first-ever U.N. Youth Climate Summit, but the United States rejected his visa. He breaks the sound barrier to join us from Phuket, Thailand, where he is a 12th grade student, and says his activism is based on the crisis\'s impact on his home country. \"The poor people there are very badly affected in a situation [where] they do not really have much carbon emissions,\" he says. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY…
truthout.org/video/us-denies-visa-to-afghan-teen-invited-to-first-ever-un-youth-climate-summit/

Tory radio host\'s cockeyed crusade against climate strikers gets called out, by a Tory MP
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-09-20
Tory radio host Julia Hartley-Brewer is not a fan of the youth climate movement. Back in August she joined Aaron Banks in \'mocking the silly claims\' of climate activist Greta Thunberg. And on what looks to be the \"biggest day of climate action in planetary history\" she, of course, g…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/09/20/tory-radio-hosts-cockeyed-crusade-against-climate-strikers-gets-called-out-by-a-tory-mp/

Over One Million to Take Part in Youth Climate Strike
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-20
Activists are taking part in 5,000 actions across 157 countries to demand immediate action to address climate change. We\'ll bring you updates throughout the day including on-the-ground reporting from Baltimore and New York…
therealnews.com/columns/over-one-million-to-take-part-in-youth-climate-strike

Greta Thunberg Leads Climate Strikes in 150 Countries (Live Blog)
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-20
Truthdig\'s Michael Nigro reports live from New York City, where the Swedish activist will speak at a global climate change protest.
truthdig.com/articles/greta-thunberg-leads-climate-strikes-in-150-countries-live-blog/

It\'s Time to Strike for the Climate
Sonali Kolhatkar | commondreams.org | 2019-09-20
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, center in orange shirt, participates in a youth climate strike outside the United Nations on Aug. 30 in New York City. Thunberg was also in town to address the U.N. Climate Action Summit on Sept. 23. (Photo: Mary Altaffer / AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sonaliclimatestrike.jpeg …
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Through the Eyes of Jesselyn Radack: A Look at the Vital Role of Whistleblowers and Their Attorneys
Jimmysllama | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-20
\"By protecting whistleblowers, sources, and online activists, we facilitate robust investigative journalism, hold government to account, protect the freedoms of speech, privacy and the press, and foster the most critical component of democratic society: an informed citizenry.\" — Whistleblower and Source Protection Program…
mintpressnews.com/jesselyn-radack-whistleblowers-attorneys/261941/

Friday\'s Daily Brief: World youth call for climate action and peace, record food needs met in Yemen, exclusive sit down with UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-20
A recap of Friday\'s top stories: Climate emergency threatening peace progress; Guterres urges States bring concrete answers to GA; Migrant shooting in Libya signals danger; Xenophobia attacks rise in South Africa; Record number get UN food aid in Libya.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046932

The Struggle for Peace in Afghanistan: Is Community Engagement the Key?
Robert J. Burrowes | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-20
I have just read a superb book by Mark Isaacs, an Australian who has documented several years of effort by a group of incredibly committed young people in Afghanistan to build peace in that war-torn country the only way it can be built: by learning, living and sharing peace. The book, titled The Kabul Peace …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/the-struggle-for-peace-in-afghanistan-is-community-engagement-the-key/

\'Collective\' erosion of two-State solution, continues unabated: Mladenov
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-20
The \"steady deterioration\" of chances that a lasting peace can be negotiated between Israel and Palestine as two States live side by side, reflects a \"collective failure\" of leadership across the region and the world.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046892

The Environmental Left Is Softening on Carbon-Capture Technology. Maybe That\'s OK
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-09-20
At the start of this year, more than 600 environmental groups — including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Sunrise Movement — sent a letter to Congress saying they will \"vigorously oppose\" federal climate legislation that promotes \"corporate schemes\" like carbon-capture and storage. | Congress was not chastened. This past July, tucked in the Senate\'s $287 billion highway reauthorization bill, was a bipartisan measure to support carbon-ca…
theintercept.com/2019/09/20/carbon-capture-technology-unions-labor/

SHOCKER! Area 51 raid FLOPS as bunch of YouTubers chat up guards instead of running to \'see them aliens\' (WATCH LIVE)
rt.com | 2019-09-20
A viral prank that promised to see two million alien hunters breach the gates of Area 51 has ended with a whimper instead of a bang, drawing only a few dozen enthusiasts for the much-anticipated \'raid.\' | Initially a mock Facebook event, \"Storm Area 51\" quickly became a phenomenon that garnered interest from hundreds of thousands of netizens, who signed up to blaze past police and military guards to \"see them aliens\" at the top-secret Nevada facility. Some celebrities who\'d promised to join in heated up the memeful event even more, while the authorities tried to pour cold water on even the idea of a peaceful a…
rt.com/usa/469270-storm-area-51-raid-run/

\"Extinction Rebellion\", \"Green New Deal\" and the \"Rebranding of Global Capitalism\"
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-20
On 20 September students will be mobilizing in a global protest against climate change. | Who is supporting this Worldwide endeavour, who is funding it? | Is this a real rebellion? | *** | It is natural for people to come forward in defense …
globalresearch.ca/uk-really-leading-rebellion/5679379

Thousands Join World Climate Strike as UN Summit Approaches
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-20
Thousands of people from all over the world took to the streets to join the \"Third World Climate Strike\" on September 20, a protest triggered by the Fridays for The Future (FFF) movement, which demands from governments concrete actions to resolve the ongoing environmental emergency generated by increased global warming. | RELATED: | Brazil Will Not Take The Floor At The UN Climate Summit | In Europe, Asia, Africa and Noth America, hundreds of environmental, social, labor and human rig…
telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-Join-World-Climate-Strike-as-UN-Summit-Approaches-20190920-0003.html

Climate Strike: Sound the Alarm for Climate Change Silent Protest (SF)
Extinction Rebellion, Sunrise Movement | indybay.org | 2019-09-20
Ferry Building, located on the Embarcadero at the foot of Market Street. | Also: Map of additional San Francisco warning siren locations can be found here: | sfdem.org/outdoor-public-warning-system-0…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/19/18826459.php

How E-Commerce Warehouse Development Perpetuates Deforestation
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-20
\"Not in our backyard!\" — Residents of Abingdon, Maryland, demand an end to the deforestation plan and protest in front of Harford County Government Administration Offices.
therealnews.com/stories/how-e-commerce-warehouse-development-perpetuates-deforestation

California School Board Officials Urge School Districts to Allow Students to Take Part in Global Climate Protest
Elected Officials to Protect California | indybay.org | 2019-09-20
Statement from California School Board Members on Youth Climate Strikes…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/20/18826473.php

Tens of thousands join climate crisis protests across world
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-20
Tens of thousands of protesters have joined rallies across Australia on a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action to tackle the climate crisis.Some of the first rallies in what is being billed as a \"global climate strike\" began in Sydney and Canberra, with demonstrators calling on leaders in Australia, the world\'s largest exporter of coal and liquid natural gas, to take more drastic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The Global Strike 4 Climate said protests are being staged in 110 towns and cities across Australia on Friday, with organisers demanding government and business commit to a target o…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/09/20/tens-of-thousands-join-climate-crisis-protests-across-world/

US Will Stage Its Largest Ever Climate Strike
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-20
| The US is to stage its largest ever day of protest over the climate crisis, with tens of thousands of students joined by adults in abandoning schools and workplaces for a wave of strikes across the country. | Climate strikes will take place in more than 1,000 locations in the US on Friday, with major rallies in New York, Washington DC, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami. Globally, more than 4,500 strikes are planned across 150 countri…
truthout.org/articles/us-will-stage-its-largest-ever-climate-strike/

Two Years After the Hurricane, Puerto Rico\'s \"Generation Maria\" Leads a Climate Strike
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2019-09-20
One of the most important moments in 16-year-old Tristán Queriot\'s climate activism came at the international airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in mid-July. Puerto Rico\'s former secretary of education, Julia Keleher, was flying back to the island from Washington, D.C. to stand before a federal judge and confront corruption charges. Queriot and the other protesters ha…
theintercept.com/2019/09/20/climate-strike-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria/

Beyond Coping: How to Find the Strength to Take on Climate Change
Stephanie Van Hook | commondreams.org | 2019-09-20
Students protest in front of the Scottish Parliament on March 15, 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This was part of the global climate strike in March, when students around the world demanded that elected officials take action on climate change. (Photo: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/image_6.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/20/beyond-coping-how-find-strength-take-climate-change?cd-origin=rss

Germany Accepts Climate Protection Deal Amid Worldwide Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-20
The German government reached a consensus Friday on a new climate protection package, which includes a domestic carbon price and the possibility of more stringent measures in future, a source close to the talks said. | RELATED: | Australia \'Sets Standard\' as Thousands Join #ClimateStrike | According to the reports, German Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s conservatives and her Social Democrat partners agreed a carbon price for energy used in buildings and transport in line with the existing…
telesurenglish.net/news/Germany-Accepts-Climate-Protection-Deal-Amid-Worldwide-Protests-20190920-0002.html

To the Adults Who Are Striking Today for the Future, Thank You
Rachel Sarah | commondreams.org | 2019-09-20
Participants of a demonstration clap their hands and write the Icelandic \"Hu\". The demonstrators follow the call of the movement Fridays for Future and want to fight for more climate protection. They want to support the calls for strikes and protests all over the world. (Photo: Patrick Seeger/dpa/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate_strike.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/20/adults-who-are-striking-today-future-thank-you?cd-origin=rss

25 Ways the Canadian Health Care System is Better than Obamacare for the 2020 Elections
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Dear America: Costly complexity is baked into Obamacare, and although it has improved access to healthcare for some, tens of millions of Americans still cannot afford basic medical care for their family. No healthcare system is without problems but Canadian-style single-payer — full Medicare for all — is simple, affordable, comprehensive and universal for all basic and…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/25-ways-the-canadian-health-care-system-is-better-than-obamacare-for-the-2020-elections/

How To Get The U.S. To Care About The War In Yemen
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-09-20
progressive.org/dispatches/how-to-get-the-u-s-to-care-war-in-yemen-fiore-190920/

In Defense of Cory Morningstar\'s Manufacturing for Consent Series
Hiroyuki Hamada | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-20
Good investigative journalism doesn\'t only reveal hidden mechanisms of our time; it also exposes those who refuse to confront the mechanisms. Remember when the late Bruce Dixon courageously and cogently called Bernie Sanders \"a sheep dog candidate\"? Remember when Eva Bertlett, Vanessa Beeley and others truly stood with Syrian people in opposing the western intervention? …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/in-defense-of-cory-morningstars-manufacturing-for-consent-series/

\'Neoliberalism Deteriorates Human Rights in Brazil\': Report
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-20
On Thursday morning, the Human Rights and Minorities Committee of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (CDHM) delivered to Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (HNCHR), a report on the current human rights situation in Brazil, a document which provides detailed information on President Jair Bolsonaro administration\'…
telesurenglish.net/news/Neoliberalism-Deteriorates-Human-Rights-in-Brazil-Report-20190920-0005.html

Apartheid Made Official: Deal of the Century is a Ploy and Annexation is the New Reality
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving quickly to alter the political reality in Palestine, and facing little or no resistance. On September 10, Netanyahu declared his intentions to annex swathes of Palestinian land adjacent to the Jordan River, an area that covers 2,400 square kilometers, or nearly a third of the Occupied West Bank.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/apartheid-made-official-deal-of-the-century-is-a-ploy-and-annexation-is-the-new-reality/

Why Are Modi and His Cohort Paranoid About Diversity?
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Home Minister Amit Shah of the BJP now bats for Hindi as the unifying language that India requires. In India, several decades ago, the uncritical reversion to fundamentalism and the attempt to create a \"unified\" political identity in the wake of right-wing nationalist movements led to the erosion of unique and distinctive cultural identities. In…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/why-are-modi-and-his-cohort-paranoid-about-diversity/

Strike for the Environment, Strike for Social Justice, Strike!
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
A very large chasm exists between those in power, including most of the 2020 presidential candidates, and environmentalists and scientists intent on acting now to resolve growing environmental crises. To reiterate what is known, the United Nations, through its IPCC and the IPBES committees, has provided comprehensive evidence that little time remains to avert catastrophic global warming. And the world is already in the midst of the sixth mass extinction.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/strike-for-the-environment-strike-for-social-justice-strike/

El Desmadre: The Colonial Roots of Anti-Mexican Violence
Miguel Gutierrez | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
On August 3, 2019 a white supremacist walked into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas and murdered 22 people and injured dozens more. Shortly before the attack, he posted online comments complaining about a \"Hispanic invasion.\" He later told authorities that he was specifically targeting \"Mexicans.\" Just a few days before the El Paso massacre, another shooting in Gilroy, California left 3 dead and many more injured. The murderer in this case had online postings about invading \"hordes of mestizos\" and recommended that people read a white supremacist favorite \"Might is Right\" which, among other things, exalts the racial su…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/el-desmadre-the-colonial-roots-of-anti-mexican-violence/

The Rising Monopoly of Monsanto-Bayer
Valerie Reynoso | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Monsanto was an agrochemical and agricultural biotech company established in the US that became a large producer of GMO crops, with their main GMO crop having been corn. Monsanto was bought by Bayer, a German multinational pharmaceutical company, in late 2016 for $63 billion dollars. This deal was approved in early 2018 by the European Union…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/the-rising-monopoly-of-monsanto-bayer/

The Official U.S. Poverty Rate is Based on a Hopelessly Out-of-Date Metric
Shawn Fremstad | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
The poverty rate in the United States fell to 11.8 percent in 2018, according to data released last week by the Census Bureau — the lowest it\'s been since 2001. But this estimate significantly understates the extent of economic deprivation in the United States today. Our official poverty line hasn\'t kept up with economic change.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/the-official-u-s-poverty-rate-is-based-on-a-hopelessly-out-of-date-metric/

How We Launched Our Forever War in the Middle East
H. Bruce Franklin | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Late on the night of July 14, 1958, I navigated our KC-97 aerial tanker to refuel a lone B-52 on a secret radio-silence mission near the Arctic Circle. On our way home, our number three engine conked out as we approached the Gaspé Peninsula. We got permission to make an emergency landing at Loring, the…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/how-we-launched-our-forever-war-in-the-middle-east/

The Threat of Bolton Has Retreated, But Not the Threat of War
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
John Bolton tried his best. The national security adviser entered the Trump administration as a predictable warmonger with an unslakable thirst for power. He streamlined the national security apparatus to maximize his access to the president. At least at first, he played the role of loyal adjutant to Trump. As in his days as an…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/the-threat-of-bolton-has-retreated-but-not-the-threat-of-war/

Unipolar Governance of the Multipolar World
Ismael Hossein-Zadeh | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
The emergence in recent years of the economic and military powers in countries like China, Russia and India has given rise to theories and hopes of a multipolar world that could temper the heavy-handed unilateral/unipolar policies of the United States on a global level. Such hopes are further buoyed by the fact that these rising poles of economic development have instituted a number of regional international organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the China-sponsored Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and the Eurasian Economic Union that incorporates Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzsta…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/unipolar-governance-of-the-multipolar-world/

Mayor Obedience Training, From the Pet Products Industry
Lee Hall | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Mars Petcare US–purveyor of pet products including Whiskas Æ, Greenies‚Ñ¢, Sheba Æ, Cesar Æ, and Iams‚Ñ¢–is a division of the $35 billion Mars (M&Ms) chocolate empire. Mars chocolate is problematic in its own ways–serious ways–but today I focus on the corporation\'s pet fetish. Mars\'s 2019 BETTER CITIES FOR PETS‚Ñ¢ gimmick was announced at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Summer Meeting…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/mayor-obedience-training-from-the-pet-products-industry/

Noblesse the Sleaze
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Trump is enormous; this is true, in all ways of the word, but certainly in terms of an enormous lack of empathy for others. But America is (and always has) selected for and advanced those with sociopathic traits. A touch of sociopathy seems to be an affliction ideally suited to a nation that covets individual…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/noblesse-the-sleaze/

Working in America: Paychecks for Silence
Louis Yako | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Let us begin with just a few recent and disturbing statistics about working in America. First, most Americans (nearly 78%) live paycheck to paycheck, which makes them vulnerable to abuse and bullying by employers. Second, a 2018 Harris Poll found that…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/working-in-america-paychecks-for-silence/

Small Town Values
Vincent Emanuele | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Well I was born in a small town And I live in a small town Probably die in a small town Oh, those small communities\' — John Mellencamp A few weeks ago, another young man was shot to death in Michigan City, Indiana. He was the fourth or fifth in the past several months (no…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/small-town-values/

A Rebellion for the Wild West
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
Christopher Ketcham\'s \"This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism and Corruption are Ruining the American West\" is a politically explosive and beautifully written chronicle of the ongoing struggle to preserve publicly owned land in the West. This is home to iconic endangered species such as the grizzly bear, the wolf, and the wild horse. Much of the…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/a-rebellion-for-the-wild-west/

The Police State\'s Language of Force
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/the-police-states-language-of-force/

Israelis Have Shown Netanyahu the Door. Can He Inflict More Damage Before He Exits?
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
For most Israelis, the general election on Tuesday was about one thing and one thing only. Not the economy, nor the occupation, nor even corruption scandals. It was about Benjamin Netanyahu. Should he head yet another far-right government, or should his 10-year divisive rule come to an end? Barring a last-minute upset as the final…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/israelis-have-shown-netanyahu-the-door-can-he-inflict-more-damage-before-he-exits/

Media Omit Context Behind Latest North Korean Missile Tests
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-09-20
by Joshua Cho | In his 2004 book North Korea: Another Country, historian Bruce Cumings described the irony of corporate media\'s perpetual narrative of North Korea as an unhinged or devious adversary of the US with hostile nuclear ambitions: Almost always, media discussion of North Korea assumes that Washington is in a position of original innocence, and the North is assiduously trying to obtain and then to use \"weapons of mass destruction\"–the ubiquitous media trope for the arsenals of American enemies since the Cold War ended. Yet the American record in Northeast Asia since the 1940s is one of consistent us…
fair.org/home/media-omit-context-behind-latest-north-korean-missile-tests/