Tuesday, October 31, 2023

What To Read

You won't likely read about this event in Maine's newspapers or see it featured on local news tv channels even though they will all receive a press release about it.
Image credit: Elizabeth Olbert

I do this every few years: respond to inquiries about what news, opinion, or analysis sources I consider worthy of my time. Of course the list keeps changing as tighter control of dissident opinions is effected, especially via social media distribution denials and outright censorship.

It's time for a new list for a few reasons.

  • I'm going to participate in National Novel Writing Month (nanowrimo.org) beginning November 1. It's my third attempt to produce a first draft short novel in a month; in 2021, nanowrimo got me started on a fictional tale about kids growing up in poverty, and two long excerpts from Heaven Spelled Backwards will be published soon by the Bollard. So, I won't be posting as often to my blog in November and when I do it will probably be to re-post some popular and/or relevant past content.
  • Corporate media are doing an unprecedentedly bad job covering the massive outpouring of support for Palestine as Israel moves into phase two of its plan to either kill or relocate every person in Gaza and the West Bank.
  • Alternative media sources I once trusted -- e.g. Democracy Now!, The Intercept) have changed their tune, probably because of a desire to please their funding sources.

My list will privilege text sources over video only because I, personally, like to read and dislike watching videos to get information. But I'll include some good video sources at the end of my list as I know many of my readers feel differently.

What to read

The Cradle

Mondoweiss

Consortium News

Pearls & Irritations

System Update (Glenn Greenwald's streaming video show also publishes a transcript which I often read)

Reality Theories (Eva K. Bartlett)

Black Agenda Report

Workers World

Peace & Planet News

Counterpunch

Belfast, Maine for Gaza October 29, 2023 -- photo credit: Robin Farrin


Caitlin Johnstone

Organizing Notes (Bruce Gagnon)

Popular Resistance 

Electronic Intifada

Scheerpost

RT

Danny Haiphong's substack

Kit Klarenberg's substack

Al Jazeera

CGTN

World Socialist Website

telesurEnglish

Geopolitical Economy Report (video format but comes with a transcript)

Racket News (Matt Taibbi)

Scott Ritter Extra

MintPress News

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (F.A.I.R.)

Ellsworth, Maine for Gaza  October 28, 2023


What to watch

Empire Files with Abby Martin

Sabby Sabs

Revolutionary Blackout Network

Middle Nation (Shahid Bolsen)

The Grayzone

Useful Idiots (actually a podcast)


This is not an exhaustive list. Did I skip one of your favorites? Consider adding it in the comments.

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