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Category Archives: anti-war
Saturday Matinee: Stranger at the Gate
How Many Strangers Are At the Gate? By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy Spolier Alert: if you want to watch an excellent 30-minute film without knowing what happens, scroll down and watch it before reading any of these words. … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video, war, war on terror
Tagged Documentary, Joshua Seftel, Mac McKinney, Short Film, Stranger at the Gate, war
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The Lords of Chaos
The politicians and shills in the media who orchestrated 20 years of military debacles in the Middle East, and who seek a world dominated by U.S. power, must be held accountable for their crimes. By Chris Hedges Source: The Chris … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Anne Applebaum, Bill Keller, CIA, Condoleezza Rice, corporate media, David Brooks, David Frum, David Remnick, Deep State, Dick Cheney, empire, Fareed Zakaria, geopolitics, George Packer, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, imperialism, iraq, Iraq War, Jeffrey Goldberg, Joe Biden, Jonathan Chait, Mainstream Media, Neocons, Nicholas Kristof, Peter Beinart, propaganda, Richard Cohen, Robert Kaplan, Thomas Friedman, Ukraine, war, war crimes, War Criminals, war on terror, William Kristol
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Did the US Blow Up Nord Stream If There is No Media to Report It?
By Margaret Kimberley Source: Black Agenda Report A respected investigative journalist explains how the U.S. sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines. But corporate media working in service to the state ignore the story and endanger the world. “If a tree falls in the … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, corporate news, Deep State, Empire, Energy, False Flag, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, NATO, Neocons, Science, Social Control, society, State Crime, war
Tagged black ops, censorship, corporate media, Deep State, Democrats, empire, geopolitics, Germany, imperialism, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, NATO, Neocons, Nord Stream, Republicans, Russia, Seymour Hersh, US Foreign Policy, war
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Signs of Early Onset Activist Syndrome
By Mickey Z. Source: Dissident Voice In my very young days, I lived in a fourth-floor apartment in a five-story, pre-war, walk-up building. On the second floor, you’d find an older Italian couple: Mr. and Mrs. Larucci. (I say “older” … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, consciousness, culture, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, society, Sociology, war
Tagged activism, antiwar, culture, Duck Soup, Groucho Marx, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, society, Vietnam
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War Certainly Is A Racket
By Iain Davis Source: Off-Guardian In 1935, Major General Smedley Butler’s seminal book “War Is A Racket” warned of the dangers of the US military-industrial complex, more than 25 years before the outgoing US President Eisenhower implored the world to … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged Bulgaria, corporate media, CPA, Deep State, DynCorp, empire, EU, geopolitics, George Bush, imperialism, iraq, Kazakhstan, KBR, Lukoil, Moldova, MSM, NATO, propaganda, Russia, Smedley Butler, Syria, Teresa May, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers, Yugoslavia
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Hegemon USA and Its Western Vassals: An Unparalleled Threat to Humanity
By Stephen Lendman Source: Stephen Lendman Blog From inception, hegemon USA has been a warrior state, an aggressor abhorrent of peace and stability. In its near-250-year history, it’s been at peace during only 21 of those years — at war … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, black ops, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, NATO, news, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Chemical Weapons, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Joe Biden, John Waters, NATO, Nazis, Russia, Ukraine, UN, US Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, war
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There Are No Permanent Allies, Only Permanent Power
If we do not build left-right coalitions on issues such as militarism, health care, a living wage and union organizing, we will be impotent in the face of corporate power and the war machine. By Chris Hedges Source: The Chris … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, CIA, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Afghanistan, Ann Wright, antiwar, Anya Parampil, Capitol Hill Citizen, CIA, Code Pink, Cynthia McKinney, Deep State, Dennis Kucinich, empire, False Claims Act, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Jill Stein, Jimmy Dore, Libya, Max Blumenthal, military-industrial complex, Nick Brana, Oligarchy, Pakistan, Rage Against the War Machine, Ralph Nader, raq, Ron Paul, Scott Horton, Somalia, Syria, The People's Party, Veterans for PEace, war, Yemen
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Worst Ever State of the Union in US History
By Stephen Lendman Source: The Stephen Lendman Blog With lines scripted for him to recite via teleprompter, crib notes, and an earpiece for instructions, the fake Biden mumbled and bumbled through the regime’s Tuesday state of the union (SOTU) address … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Deep State, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Neocons, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Caesar Act, China, Deep State, DNC, Economics, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Joe Biden, Neocons, propaganda, Russia, Sanctions, SOTU, State of the Union, Syria, war
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