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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Totalized Censorship

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Totalized Censorship

February 20, 2023 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Content warning, canceling, de-platforming, denying access: The fate of Sy Hersh’s Democracy Now! interview on YouTube is the latest indication of how much rougher press suppression is in this new media era.  When I awoke Sunday morning to the news that YouTube…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Empire’s Last Stand

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Empire’s Last Stand

September 20, 2021 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

The origins of the first Cold War have been hopelessly blurred in the histories. We can watch this time. It is occurring before our eyes.   In the early months of 1947, President Harry Truman and Dean Acheson, his secretary…

They’re lying about Ukraine, again: Primitive prejudice, stupidity and the reflexive compliance of the New York Times

They’re lying about Ukraine, again: Primitive prejudice, stupidity and the reflexive compliance of the New York Times

May 15, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

We have had the full-frontal porn of an American subversion op, a coverup — then the media’s supine cooperation However Ukrainians settle their drastic differences — and they can, providing all sides find the will to do so — a…

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