Link to an article by Alfie Bown:
“Video Games Are Political. Here’s How They Can Be Progressive”
Bonus link: “Socialism at Play”
Vijay Prashad – America’s Reporter: The Hersh Method
Link to an article by Vijay Prashad, reviewing Seymour Hersh‘s book Reporter: A Memoir (2018):
Michael Parenti – The JFK Assassination
Link to a revised excerpt from the book Dirty Truths (1996) by Michael Parenti:
“The JFK Assassination: Defending the Gangster State”
This is quite a few years old, but still seems mostly on the mark. A significant amount of new information points in precisely the same direction as the information Parenti collects.
Estelle Sommeiller & Mark Price – The New Gilded Age
Link to a report by Estelle Sommeiller & Mark Price:
“The New Gilded Age: Income Inequality in the U.S. by State, Metropolitan Area, and County”
Ted MacDonald – Major Broadcast TV Networks Mentioned Climate Change Just Once During Two Weeks of Heat-wave Coverage
Link to an article by Ted MacDonald:
Paul Lyons – YouTube’s Content ID: A Case Study
Link to an article by Paul Lyons:
“YouTube’s Content ID — A Case Study”
The DMCA was pejoratively referred to as the “Microsoft Bill” when it was passed, and few had any illusions at the time that it was anything other than industry-written special-interest legislation.
Bonus links: The People’s Platform and “The Limits of the Web in an Age of Communicative Capitalism” and Platform Capitalism and “The Market Economy: Theory, Ideology and Reality” and Articles on Silicon Valley Monopolies and Alternatives (“instead of fighting this monopoly through the state apparatus (remember the court-ordered splitting up of the Microsoft Corporation), would it not be more ‘logical’ simply to nationalize it, making it freely accessible?”)
Joe Lauria – Clinging to Collusion
Link to an article by Joe Lauria:
Rather curious how much press this unsubstantiated “Russian meddling” trope gets, whereas the old story of tampering with voting machines by Republican party operatives received little: “The Ghost of Rigged Elections Past: New Revelations on the Death of Michael Connell”. See also “Reflections on Media Gone Russia-Wild” and “The Utility of the RussiaGate Conspiracy”
Jim Kavanagh – Fighting Fake Stories
Link to an article by Jim Kavanagh:
Jim Naureckas – NYT Sees ‘Dystopia’ in Chinese Surveillance—Which Looks a Lot Like US Surveillance
Link to an article by Jim Naureckas:
“NYT Sees ‘Dystopia’ in Chinese Surveillance—Which Looks a Lot Like US Surveillance”
Bonus link: “Welcome to the Quiet Skies”
Wayne Au – They’ve Been Doing This Massive, Anti-Democratic Model of Education Reform
Link to an interview with Wayne Au conducted by Janine Jackson:
Bonus link: The New Prophets of Capital Review