The US empire has been doing everything it can to restrict the flow of inconvenient information as public opposition to its criminality swells at home and abroad. Propaganda, censorship, the war on the press, banning TikTok, consolidating the collaboration of Silicon Valley with US government agencies, police crackdowns on campus demonstrators, and quashing political dissent are all outward manifestations of the agenda to manipulate the way the public thinks about what’s happening in the world. 

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https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/washington-further-escalates-its?r=39z3o&utm_medium=ios

Washington Further Escalates Its War On Dissent

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While the allegations against Ritter are not yet public, the FBI has hinted at concerns over national security and potential violations of federal law. But the raids on Ritter’s home and the surveillance of Gabbard have more to do with intimidation because they have been outspoken critics of US foreign policy – consistently challenging the narratives promoted by the government and mainstream media.

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https://open.substack.com/pub/georgehazim/p/totalitarian-america-free-speech?r=39z3o&utm_medium=ios

Totalitarian America: Free Speech Is Dead

If Americans weren’t convinced they’re living under totalitarian rule, then today’s events should have signalled to everyone their First Amendment Rights no longer exist and their right to free speech no longer exists.George’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.

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TikTok has agreed “off-the-record” to enacting the same ban… as was adopted by Meta on July 9 Meta’s recent policy change, which was championed by CyberWell, bans many critical uses of the term ‘Zionist’ – a reference to those who call for an independent state in the Middle East which privileges Jews over other ethnic groups… CyberWell’s leadership includes several former high-level Israeli security officials

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https://open.substack.com/pub/leefang/p/tiktok-to-ban-some-criticisms-of?r=39z3o&utm_medium=ios

TikTok to Ban Some Criticisms of Zionism Following Pressure from NGO Backed by Former Israeli Intelligence Officials

In a podcast interview published on Sunday, CyberWell chief executive Tal-Or Cohen stated that TikTok had agreed “off-the-record” to adopt Meta’s policy on criticisms of Zionism.

Lee Fang

This suppression comes from the top, most recently with NYCPS Chancellor David Banks’ Zionist internal communications and decision-making.

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https://mondoweiss.net/2024/07/silenced-at-school-nyc-public-schools-chancellor-suppresses-palestinian-voices/

Silenced at School: NYC Public Schools Chancellor suppresses Palestinian voices

New York City Public Schools has been suppressing Palestinian narratives and activism. NYC Educators for Palestine has attempted to meet with Chancellor David Banks for months, but he keeps dodging our meeting.

Mondoweiss
Pro-Israel billionaires urged New York crackdown on Gaza protests: Report

WhatsApp leaks reveal group of business leaders discussed ways to pressure officials to clear pro-Palestine protesters.

Al Jazeera
My show on The Real News has been canceled because of my critiques of the Democratic Party and Joe Biden

I was just informed by Max Alvarez, the Editor-in-Chief at The Real News, that they will no longer run my show. The reason for the cancellation, he said, is that my critiques of Biden, especially for the genocide in Gaza, jeopardizes his nonprofit status. My last show with Dennis Kucinich, who is running as an independent for Congress in Ohio, was removed from the site.

The Chris Hedges Report

1984 Circa, Edward Said, a professor from Columbia University along with American-Palestinian academics issued an argument that rocked the international public. They concluded that Palestine was not given permission to speak.

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https://voi.id/kr/bernas/52391

Digital Apartheid: Israel's Systematic Way Of Silencing Voices For Palestinian Liberation Via Social Media

The voices of supporters for the liberation of Palestine began to be heard. Even though it hasn't resonated. Not because of the low number of supporters, but there are attempts at "systematic silencing" that Israel is intensifying through social media platforms. This practice is also known as digital apartheid.

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Deschool society, the best and the brightest as Halberstam noted lead to disastrous wars and ethnic cleaning-

It’s about enforcing imperialism and capitalism, it’s about maintaining an imbalance of power between these institutions and the students who attend them, and an imbalance of power in society at large. The wealthy people who populate private college boards don’t want students rocking the boat politically, either at these schools or outside of them. And the political actors who control public universities often feel the same.

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https://open.substack.com/pub/newmeans/p/colleges-are-attacking-students-for?r=39z3o&utm_medium=ios

Colleges are attacking students for supporting Palestine

Jack Petocz, a 19-year-old student at Vanderbilt University, is among multiple students who have just been expelled from school, while others have been suspended. Their offense? Protesting for Palestine. As Jack writes, “After exhausting every other avenue, 27 students engaged in a sit-in at our chancellor’s office.” In response to a protest the week, the school called the cops.

New Means

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between the international genocidal pariah and Zuckerschmuck:

Independent Palestinian journalism outlets were deplatformed, and disinformation campaigns aimed at justifying the collective punishment of all Palestinians spread widely across Meta’s platforms… when Meta established its independent Oversight Board, a former head of the Israeli Ministry of Justice, who led the ministry during the creation of the Cyber Unit, was chosen to sit on the board

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https://www.apc.org/en/blog/meta-israel-nexus-silencing-palestinian-voices-digital-landscape

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