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This A Photograph Of The Toxic Media Culture In Britain
We remember the three-year-old girl who would now be a teenager—probably planning another family beach holiday. In a year time, she would be off to university. Maybe she would follow her parents' path to medical school. Instead, she is frozen in time—the blonde three years old girl who vanished from the holiday apartment she was staying with the rest of her family on 3 May 2007.
By Anton Black6 years ago in The Swamp
One Flew Over the Cuckold Press: A Lifetime of Fake News Backfires!. Top Story - June 2020.
The big mainstream media organisations and all of their many collaborators are in imminent danger. The many years of spinning and falsifying news stories for the police, national intelligence services, big corporations, and the various western governments, have caught up with them. Most of the so-called “professional journalists” today are little more than parrots repeating the official establishment lines and avoiding conflict with any official body by complying with all their wishes without any questions asked.
By Johnny Vedmore6 years ago in The Swamp
I Will Not Grieve if Covid-19 kills Neoliberalism.
The old world we know seems so long ago. We who have been furloughed or can work from home have adapted to a new quasi monastic order where we are allowed out to exercise, attend a doctor or service the economy by buying food and alcohol.
By Axel P Kulit6 years ago in The Swamp
A vocal student...
"I hope you and your families are doing great during these tough pandemic times" - Greetings for the day in the current COVID world. I am Tushar, a master's student from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal.
By Tushar Patel6 years ago in The Swamp
The World Would Be Better if We Lived like the Indigenous People of America
The Indigenous People of America are not alone in their struggles- I believe that America has tormented multiple groups with their existence and growth of their nation. With power, it seems that others must suffer and blood must be shed.
By Chantel6 years ago in The Swamp
Are Protests Acts of Communication?
Originally published on New York City Sophist Debating over the value and limits of the recent protests against police violence toward black people in the United States usually centers around the question of what an appropriate protest looks like.
By Steve Llano6 years ago in The Swamp
Not Seeing The Same Things
It gets tiring sometimes. I began writing this at three in the morning. It might meander in places and seem emotive. It is an emotive time, a troubled time. There are stereotypes and expectations. There is reason and rhetoric. Most of all there is emotion, a lot of emotion. Black lives matter…as well is the appendage some seem to need to hear. For some, the eyes are rolling at seeing that three-word mantra. All lives matter don’t they? They do. They absolutely do but not all lives are equal. It is not always easy to explain or articulate racism.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in The Swamp
Journeying through an ever changing world.
I'm so tired of the news. Aren't you? I know i'm not the only one who has gone as far as considering temporarily deleting SM during this time, and turning the TV off just for the sake of peace. Everyone is so opinionated and emotional right now, it's hard to feel like you're getting all the right facts. Everyone is either fighting over their opinions and what they feel to be "fact", or they're fighting just to be fighting.
By Madelyn Carpenter6 years ago in The Swamp
Racism, political and moral questions
Racism, political and moral questions. Discrimination which feeds racial discontent. This is a difficult subject to write about, to find the correct words, since so many people appear to be willing to misinterpret what ever is written, into meanings that the writer did not intend.
By Peter Rose6 years ago in The Swamp
The Left Is Not Inclined to Violence
The left is not inclined to violence. All it takes is a cursory glance at history to see an overwhelming trend of tolerance from the left for the often aggressive protests of the right.
By Walter Rhein6 years ago in The Swamp
The Mounting Crisis Within
One can not help think that the horrific actions of 4 police officers set off a chain of events when they brutally murdered George Floyd. They knew full well that their actions decimated the rule of law, violated civil rights, and out right committed murder with malicious intent. As a result coinciding with other police atrocities of the past that also targeted African Americans have unleashed what just could be the spark that ignites the flames of open rebellion.
By Dr. Williams6 years ago in The Swamp
Oh No! Some Workers May Not Want To Return To Work?
Oh No! Some Workers May Not Want to Return to Work? The Federal Reserve reported in its latest Beige Book report that the enhanced $600.00 in extra Unemployment Benefits is discouraging some workers from returning to work. Why should anyone be surprised?
By Anthony Chan6 years ago in The Swamp