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Iran Blasts YouTube Ban On Lego Mockery Videos

April 16, 2026 Stephen Prager, Consortium News. , , , , ,
Iran’s Foreign Ministry is accusing YouTube of trying to “suppress the truth” by banning the account responsible for a series of viral Lego-style animations mocking the U.S.-Israeli war. The small [Iranian digital media] team known as Explosive Media has racked up tens of millions of views across several platforms, with slickly produced music videos mercilessly lampooning the Trump administration and glorifying Iran’s struggle against the U.S. and Israel in attacks that began at the end of February. Last week, Explosive Media had its channel suspended from YouTube for “violent content,” which its owners disputed.

Climate Coverage Plunges, Though Crisis More Dire Than Ever

April 15, 2026 Olivia Riggio, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. , , ,
The UN just released its 2025 Global Climate Report, and, predictably, the outlook for our earth is incredibly dire. The past 11 years were the 11 warmest on record, and Earth’s energy imbalance—the amount of solar energy absorbed versus the amount Earth radiates back into space—is also the highest on record. Greenhouse gas emissions continued to increase through 2025, despite the world crossing the 1.5°C threshold marked in the Paris Agreement above which the worst effects of global heating will take place. There is no shortage of urgent climate news right now.

US Satellite Firm Blacks Out Iran War Images

April 6, 2026 Alan Mosley, Antiwar.com. , , , ,
Planet Labs says it will “indefinitely withhold” satellite visuals of Iran and the wider Middle East war zone after a request from the US government and the Trump administration. In an email to customers, the firm said it is shifting to a “managed distribution” model, releasing imagery only case-by-case for “urgent, mission-critical requirements,” or when release is deemed “in the public interest.” Planet also said it will withhold imagery dating back to March 9, and it expects the policy to remain in effect until the conflict ends. On March 6, Planet Labs announced a mandatory 96-hour delay on new imagery collected over the Gulf states, arguing that near-real-time pictures could be exploited to “endanger allied, NATO, and civilian personnel.”

‘Kuffiyehs In Buchenwald’ Campaign Challenges Germany’s Anti-Palestinian Culture Of Remembrance

March 31, 2026 Leon Wystrychowski, Mondoweiss. , , , ,
For more than ten years now, Germany has seen a large-scale campaign against alleged antisemitism that in reality targets nothing more than criticism of Zionism – or even criticism of Israeli policy. This campaign has been driven primarily by the major political parties, the mainstream media, and several foundations, and initially focused above all on the arts and cultural sectors. Those targeted included the Cameroonian historian Achille Mbembe, the U.S. philosopher Judith Butler, the Israeli sociologist Moshe Zuckermann, the former director of the Jewish Museum Berlin Peter Schäfer, the British musician Roger Waters, and the late Syrian artist Burhan Karkutli. F

Psychoanalysts Are Resigning From The International Psychoanalytical Association

March 30, 2026 Palestine Mental Health Networks, Mondoweiss. , , , , ,
Psychoanalysis understands, better than most disciplines, that silence is never neutral. What is not said does not disappear but returns, distorted, in symptoms. Freud called this the return of the repressed and built an entire method on the insight. What, it is worth asking, is the International Psychoanalytical Association’s (IPA) silence on the genocide in Gaza a symptom of? We are the Palestine Mental Health Networks, a collective of mental health professionals from twenty-three countries, brought together by our commitment to psychoanalytic principles and the fundamental dignity of all human beings — a category from which Palestinians are often excluded.

Free Speech For Me But Not For Thee

March 23, 2026 Andrew P. Napolitano, Consortium News. , , ,
The chair of the Federal Communications Commission has threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media entities that do not relate events in Iran or Ukraine as the Trump administration would like them to be related. He also attacked The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times for the same reasons. This followed by one day a verbal attack on CNN by the secretary of defense who made known his bitter unhappiness with CNN’s coverage of the Iran war. Yet, CNN is not regulated by the FCC, which only regulates broadcast media — not cable or streaming; and newspapers, thanks be to God, are totally unregulated.

Trump Administration Threatens Media Licenses And Treason Charges

March 17, 2026 Jordan Atwood, Nation of Change. , , , , ,
The Trump administration is facing growing criticism after the chair of the Federal Communications Commission suggested that television broadcasters could lose their licenses if they air reporting about the ongoing war with Iran that the administration considers inaccurate. The warning came as President Donald Trump also escalated his attacks on news organizations, suggesting that media outlets reporting information he disputes about the conflict could face treason charges. Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr posted a message on social media Saturday that appeared to warn broadcasters about how they cover the war.

Crushing The Right To Conscientiously Object

March 10, 2026 Elizabeth Vos, Consortium News. , , , ,
As the U.S. and Israel’s deeply unpopular war with Iran enters its second week, social media platform X is censoring the accounts of people providing information to military servicemembers on how they can refuse to serve. This is particularly relevant as fears have grown that U.S. ground troops may enter the conflict. The Center on Conscience & War, an 80-year-old nonprofit that, according to its website, “advocates for the rights of conscience, opposes military conscription, and serves all conscientious objectors to war,” was banned on X for 12 hours.

Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro To Sociology Textbooks Illegal

March 8, 2026 Zachary Leveson, Truthout. , , , ,
Imagine the following scenario: You’re teaching Introduction to Sociology at a community college in Florida, and today, you’re trying to explain the well-documented pay gap between men and women in the United States. You check the guidance you just received from your dean, who received instructions via email from the executive vice chancellor of the Florida College System. The instructions state explicitly that explaining “unequal outcomes between men and women” in terms of “institutional sexism” would violate state law.

The British Museum Cannot Erase Palestine

February 24, 2026 Ilan Pappe, The Electronic Intifada. , , , ,
The assertion by the British Museum that the name Palestine is no longer historically neutral is a travesty. Amid broad outrage, the institution’s response has been evasive. “It has been reported that the British Museum has removed the term Palestine from displays,” it said on 16 February. “It is simply not true. We continue to use Palestine across a series of galleries, both contemporary and historic.” The real question is whether the museum removed the term from any display, not whether it still uses it in other exhibits. Indeed, a spokesperson appeared to confirm to The Guardian that the museum replaced the term Palestine with “Canaan” in at least one exhibit.

Organizers Fight Back As Missouri Cracks Down On Free Speech In schools

February 18, 2026 Marianne Dhenin, Mondoweiss. , , , , ,
A bill moving through the Missouri legislature threatens to censor public school curricula, lead to attacks on teachers, and chill First Amendment speech. If passed, HB 2061 would adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism into codes of conduct for Missouri’s public schools and universities. That definition has been the subject of intense critique from dozens of civil society and rights groups since its adoption in 2016, including Jewish organizations and thinkers who warn that legislating a definition of antisemitism singles out Jews in a way that runs counter to the goal of decreasing antisemitism.

Seth Harp Speaks On New York Times Spiking US Foreign Policy Interview

February 10, 2026 Stephen Prager, Scheer Post. , , , ,
Investigative journalist Seth Harp has accused the New York Times of burying his interview with a prominent opinion columnist. He told Common Dreamsthat the paper is trying to silence his forceful critiques of US foreign policy. In a post on social media Thursday, Harp blasted Ross Douthat, a conservative opinion columnist for the paper, after learning that a conversation the two had recorded last month had been cut. “Ross Douthat challenged me to a debate on foreign policy,” Harp wrote. “We recorded a 90-minute segment for his show, Interesting Times, on January 15, 2026. But I defeated him so decisively that he refuses to air the footage. What an absolute coward.”

Knowledge Is Under Attack, But Library Advocates Are Fighting Back

January 18, 2026 Chauncey K. Robinson, People's World. , , ,
Heated debates surrounding book bans, censorship, and the defunding of public libraries continue to make headlines. A new report by EveryLibrary details organizational efforts nationwide to defend the right to read, support sustainable library funding, and strengthen public access to information.  The group considers the work critical to combating what they consider the “Trump Project 2025 agenda” that has included “censorship, funding erosion, and unprecedented political interference.” The nonprofit national organization’s Annual Impact Report outlines efforts to support local library ballot measures, campaigns to return books to shelves, and legislative activity tied to the right to read, while also documenting the broader policy and political environment affecting libraries nationwide. 

Western Media Whitewashes Deadly Riots In Iran

January 13, 2026 Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed, The Grayzone. , , , , , , , ,
Western media has ignored a growing trove of video evidence showing terrorist tactics deployed across Iran by protesters described by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as “largely peaceful.” Recent videos published both by Iranian state media and anti-government forces reveal public lynchings of unarmed guards, the torching of mosques, arson attacks on municipal buildings, marketplaces and fire stations, and mobs of armed gunmen opening fire in the heart of Iranian cities. Instead, Western media has focused almost exclusively on violence attributed to the Iranian government.

Australian Writers’ Festival Cancelled After Disinviting Palestinian Author

January 13, 2026 Middle East Eye. , , , , ,
One of Australia’s largest art festivals has axed its writers’ week amid a boycott by more than 180 authors and guests after the cancellation of Randa Abdel-Fattah, a prominent Palestinian-Australian author and scholar. In a statement published on Tuesday, the Adelaide Festival’s board said its “decision has created more division and for that we express our sincere apologies”. It also added that its three remaining board members would also be stepping down. Four board members - including the chairperson of the festival - had resigned over the weekend. The board also added that it “apologise(d) to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah for how the decision was represented”.
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