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Press TV says the move is “part of an anti-Iran purge as the West sets its sights on regime change in Iran.”  Without warning, tech giant Google “permanently removed” Iranian government-owned media channel  Press TV UK ’s YouTube channel Monday night amid increasing American hostility to Iran. “This attack on the freedom of speech of  Press TV ’s journalists seems to be part of an anti-Iran purge as the West sets its sights on regime change in Iran,”  Press TV   said . Its content,   in its own words , focuses on “anti-imperialism, anti-racism, and covers aspects of the news which the mainstream corporate media in the United Kingdom have refused to air.” The London-based outlet had over 28,000 subscribers on its YouTube account at the time of its deletion. British-Sudanese journalist Ahmed Kaballo accused Google of acting like the “judge jury and executioner” for his employer’s channel, expressing his great disappointment that his journalistic...

As the world stumbles from one crisis to another it is increasingly apparent that existing systems and institutions are incapable of responding to the challenges of the time and the growing demands of the people. Creative ways of thinking free from ideology are needed, allowing for a revolution of ideas to take place and new ways of living to emerge based on altogether different values to those that are currently so pervasive; values that cultivate cooperation, tolerance and understanding in place of competition, prejudice and ignorance, and allow for a sense of unity and social responsibility to flower naturally. At the heart of the required changes – which need to be both gradual and radical – must be education. Like all our current structures, education throughout the world is in crisis; while some flourish under the present approach, most do not. Competition, coupled with reward and punishment and conformity characterize much of institutionalized education; the pressures on c...

This conflict is essentially over policies that put the avaricious demands of financial markets ahead of the needs of the people, writes Diana Johnstone.  Striking ballet dancers perform at the entrance to the Opera Garnier in Paris, Dec. 24, 2019.  (YouTube screenshot) By  Diana Johnstone  in Paris  Special to Consortium News  T he people are angry with their government.  Where? Just about everywhere. So what makes ongoing strikes in France so special?  Nothing, perhaps, except a certain expectation based on history that French uprisings can produce important changes – or if not, can at least help clarify the issues in contemporary social conflicts. The current ongoing social unrest in France appears to pit a majority of working people against President Emmanuel Macron.  But since Macron is merely a technocratic tool of global financial governance, the conflict is essentially an uprising against policies that put th...