Too many of my friends are telling me “I can’t bear to listen to the news. It’s all so horrible!” Indeed it is. But the only force that can stop any of this horror is popular opposition. Which is why, I regret, we must try to share information.

I’m not going to tell you what’s going on in Ukraine. I’m not going to explain to you why Russia’s “invasion” wasn’t an invasion, far less an “unprovoked” one. Nor will I explain to you that most US “sanctions” are (a) illegal, (b) more often than not, crimes against humanity and (c) counter-productive. I certainly will not explain to you how the perfidious corporate media has prevented us from hearing the truth about the Middle East. Finally, neither I nor my faithful computer will live long enough to be able to compile a list of all US crimes against humanity.

There are others who can do all that and much more with far greater expertise and insight than I.

I merely propose a list of some – I must emphasise the word – outlets that dedicate their efforts to debunking the prevalent lies about US foreign policy which European statesmen are lapping up as Biblical truths.

There are many outlets I am not listing; more and more of them, fortunately, and they tend to refer to one another, thereby promoting each other in a joint effort to challenge the official narrative.

The ones I include in my list are the ones I personally use the most. Some I enjoy simply because I like their style. Others impress me with the breadth and width of the information they impart. Others again are specialists in some or other field.

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Consortium News: This a hub, as it were, a haven for many outstanding journalists who after years of service with prestigious news outlets, have opted to preserve their journalistic integrity in these difficult times of Newspeak and Doublethink (cf. the novel 1984). They are joined from time to time by professionals from various fields. For a long time I knew of no other outlet that squarely contested what I knew to be lies and fabrications about US “defence of Democracy and freedom”. CN has a relatively long and noble history as a lone wolf among hyenas. It is the first outlet I turn to every morning over my coffee.

Craig Murray is having a spot of trouble right now in Beirut, but he writtes wonderfully poignant but often also humorous commentaries.

Chris Hedges knows more about the Middle East than most.

Declassified: Is the UK turning into a police state?

The Duran: mainly about Ukraine

Glenn Greenwald: 1st amendment issues, defence of freedom of information, press iniquities

Glenn Diesen, professor of geopolitical economy, analyses the causes of the current debacle in the West.

Greyzone: investigative journalism mostly about the Middle East now, but also for instance about Honduras, Bangladesh, …

Geopolitical Economy explains for instance the nefarious effect of sanctions, but also about information warfare

Larry Johnson: (one of the VIPS – Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity) offers insight into military aspects of US militarism. He also hosts and joins interesting conversations with people from other fields of expertise, e.g. Pepe Escobar.

Nima Alkhorshid / “Dialogue Works” hosts some impressive guests on his videos. I don’t follow him because I try to avoid Youtube to the extent possible

Colonel Wilkerson doesn’t have his own outlet, but he appears on some of the above. His knowledge is impressive, updated and precise, for instance on military aspects of the potential war on Iran

Finally, the list of US crimes against humanity is longer than you want to know, whoever you are. Most Norwegians love the USA. Most Europeans likewise, not to mention US Americans. All over the world US “Soft power” is not just an expression, it’s dynamite. We’ve been adoring whatever idols dominated the sound waves and screens for generations.

What we’ve been (and still are) reluctant to bear in mind was that while Elvis and Debbie Reynolds were doing their stuff, the USA was killing, killing and killing. And they have been doing so ever since. Killing. The USA is a killing machine.

I don’t write books. If I did, you wouldn’t want to read them. But you might be willing to see a documentary, and I would start with Oliver Stone’s “Untold history”? You will find “chapter 1″ here.

And I would go on to the late John Pilger‘s documentaries.