ecns.cn (2023-01-03). Digitalization gaining ground in China on wider application. ecns.cn Chinese enterprises' expenditures on digital businesses will witness speedy growth in 2023, as cutting-edge digital technologies, such as 5G, artificial intelligence and cloud computing, have been increasingly applied into a wide range of fields and integrated with the real economy.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-02). 'Nearly Every War Has Been the Result of Media Lies': Julian Assange, State-Corporate Media and Ukraine. transcend.org 14 Dec 2022 – Julian Assange once observed that, 'Nearly every war has been the result of media lies.' For daring to publish evidence of US war crimes, Assange now sits in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, at risk of being extradited to the US within the next few weeks. The prospects for a fair trial range from miniscule to zero.

_____ (2023-01-02). Google's Quest To Digitize Valuable Military Tissue Samples. popularresistance.org In early February 2016, the security gate at a U.S. military base near Washington, D.C., swung open to admit a Navy doctor accompanying a pair of surprising visitors: two artificial intelligence scientists from Google. | In a cavernous, temperature-controlled warehouse at the Joint Pathology Center, they stood amid stacks holding the crown jewels of the center's collection: tens of millions of pathology slides containing slivers of skin, tumor biopsies and slices of organs from armed service members and veterans. | Standing with their Navy sponsor behind them, the Google scientists posed for a photograph, beaming…

_____ (2023-01-02). The Russian Regime Change Trap. strategic-culture.org By Tom LUONGO | Regime change in Russia is all the rage right now. It's another episode of MI-6's longest running show, "Russia — Putin's Fragile Playground," playing daily in our intelligence co-opted media. | And, hey, thanks to Elon Musk that's no longer a conspiracy theory, despite the protestations of the bad guys. | The current picture is one punctuated with regular stories of Ukrainian drone attacks on a Russian air base or power station.

Benjamin Norton (2023-01-02). Pakistan's Imran Khan Compares His Ouster to CIA Coup in Iran, Criticizes Western Colonialism. orinocotribune.com By Ben Norton &#1 ; Dec 31, 2022 | Pakistan's former Prime Minister likened the The CIA-organized coup "was a very similar pattern followed in when my government was dismissed," Khan said. | He likewise praised Iran's independence today, stating that Western sanctions means that "the people of Iran might have suffered, but they h…

WSWS (2023-01-02). Roger Stahl discusses Theaters of War: How the Pentagon and CIA Took Hollywood with WSWS. wsws.org Department of Defense interventions into American entertainment media is to "get people acclimated to the presence of military personnel, military bases, military operations, and weapons… normalizing the presence of the military in almost every aspect of life."

Jon Queally (2023-01-02). 'Why are these conflicts allowed?' corporate giving to group tied to Supreme Court sparks concern. nationofchange.org "You want to 'preserve #SCOTUS history'?'" said one watchdog group. "Hire a curatorial staff. Don't run a pay-for-play."

_____ (2023-01-01). Pakistan's Imran Khan Compares His Ouster To CIA Coup In Iran. popularresistance.org Pakistan's former Prime Minister likened the US-backed parliamentary coup that removed him from power in April 2022 to the violent CIA operation that overthrew Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953. | The CIA-organized coup "was a very similar pattern followed in when my government was dismissed," Khan said. | He likewise praised Iran's independence today, stating that Western sanctions means that "the people of Iran might have suffered, but they haven't lost their dignity." | Khan added that, while Pakistan and Iran may have some differences, "you cannot disagree with them stand…

_____ (2023-01-01). Legalization For All Network Condemns Anti-Immigrant Supreme Court Ruling. popularresistance.org The Legalization for All Network condemns the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on December 27 to force the government to keep the terrible Trump-era 'Title 42' policy in place that closed the US-México border to asylum-seekers. | Trump invoked Title 42 more than two years ago, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to close the border to asylum-seekers attempting to present themselves at the US-México border to request asylum. It is a right under international law to request asylum and have that request considered. That has not happened at the US-México border since Title 42 was imposed. | Trump's implementa…

Jon Queally (2023-01-01). Exposé Reveals Lobbyists Bought Access to Supreme Court Justices With Donations. truthout.org Both alarm and concern were expressed Saturday in response to new reporting about a charitable group with close ties to the U.S. Supreme Court that has been soliciting and accepting donations from corporate interests and far-right activists with cases before the court. The New York Times exposé focused on the activities and fundraising of the Supreme Court Historical Society… |

Editor (2022-12-31). Top Scheer Intelligence Episodes of 2022: Michael Brenner, Ellen Brown, Gabor Maté and More. scheerpost.com

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-12-31). Remembering Professor Muhammad Kenyatta And His Case For Reparations: He Sued The FBI Over Harassment. moguldom.com Muhammad Kenyatta was a renowned legal scholar, law professor and civil rights activist who sued the U.S. federal government in 1969 for harassment by the FBI's illegal Counterintelligence Program, more widely known by its abbreviation Cointelpro. He was also an avid reparations activist who made a thorough case for why they are owed to Black Americans. …

Kelly Hayes (2022-12-31). Learning to Self-Manage Abortions Is Key in a Post-"Roe" Society. truthout.org For many of us, the fall of Roe v. Wade was one of the most devastating events of 2022. When Politico published a leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, I was deeply rattled. My intellectual awareness that such an outcome was likely, given the Republican's seizure of the Supreme Court, had not prepared me emotionally for the sight of those… |