Independent News
Welcome to the community for independent journalism, a place to post and engage with diverse, free news media from around the world.
The rundown:
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Posts should link to a current* article from a credible, English, independent news source. If there's a paywall, please put the official link in the URL box and add an archive link in the text body of your post. Blogs, editorials, listicles and reports are welcome.
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Be civil. Be respectful. Be cool. Instance rules apply.
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Comments or sources that call into question the validity of trans identities will be removed.
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Abortion and contraceptive access are considered human rights in this community. Sources that disagree may be removed.
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Tag NSFW and apply content warnings at your discretion.
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Commenters who don’t read the posted article may receive temporary bans. This is a community for informed discussion.
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Because it keeps coming up: This instance has no rules against calls to violence, please don't report general wishes for violence. I will moderate direct implications of violence (i.e. I will shoot x person in the head) at my discretion.
*Independent journalism is generally free from government and corporate interests and is not controlled by a major media conglomerate. "Independence" is a gradient, so use your best judgement when posting.
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For a less serious news community, check out: !wildfeed@sh.itjust.works
Canadian-based independent news: !indy_news_canada@sh.itjust.works
All communities were created with the goal of increasing media literacy and media pluralism.
Some of the independent news sources posted here:
Australia
https://independentaustralia.net/
Canada
Germany
India
https://www.reporters-collective.in/
Philippines
Russia
https://meduza.io/en (based in Latvia)
South Africa
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/
https://groundup.org.za/about/
U.K.
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/
U.S.A.
https://theconversation.com/us
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Oh shit, hi Wren. Happy to oblige.
No love for Russia here. I think all the big players are gross. Further, I understand it's just a prerequisite for having that kind of influence. Though I certainly fall for propaganda from time to time, no one being immune.
Thank you for sharing your perspective. I probably have about the same level of information as you, but I've had plenty of experience with nazis. I've learned that like cockroaches, if you see just one, there are hundreds more nearby that you can't see. So, it's obviously deeply embedded in a significant fraction of the troops.
I've also seen the American military with a very close eye in my life, and I assume a lot of the same subtle power structures exist. Especial since I learned about the white supremacy in Ukraine. Therefore I think that if the Ukrainian "Nazi problem" doesn't have its teeth in leadership, it is at the least only a few key changes away from it.
If I hit a streak of focus and jump down this rabbit hole again, I'll be sure to post you up some links here.
Hey there.
Yeah, I'm on the same page. I haven't had much experience around the American military, but I grew up in the Canadian one, who mainly pride themselves on not being American, at least from what I've seen. But right wing ideology penetrates the armed forces anywhere.
Yeah, I'd love to see more media on here, especially about politics and history in eastern Europe.