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Category Archives: State Crime
Gaza: The End of the Jewish Joy Ride?
By Michael Lesher Source: Off-Guardian You almost want to feel sorry for Israel’s professional apologists in mainstream media these days. Their job, a fetid one at best, has been especially trying lately. First they assure us that Israel has no … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Anti-Defamation League, anti-semitism, corporate news, COVID, Deep State, Donald Trump, empire, Ethnic Cleansing, fascism, Gaza, Genocide, Genocide Joe, geopolitics, Gloria Steinem, Israel, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, Palestine, police state, propaganda, US Foreign Policy, Zionism
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The Magnitude of Western defeat in Ukraine is higher than expected
By Salman Rafi Sheikh Source: New Eastern Outlook Europe is in a state of desperation; the continent is losing in Ukraine despite the ‘mighty’ strength of NATO; and European leaders are now vowing for a ‘stronger’ response, including via sending … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, NATO, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Deep State, empire, EU, Europe, fascism, France, geopolitics, imperialism, Josep Borrell, Military conflict, military spending, NATO, Russia, Russia s Special Military Operation, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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Our Real National Security Budget
$2 Trillion, Here We Come. By Andrew Cockburn Source: Spoils of War The Biden Administration has just published its proposed budget, generating copious commentary, much of it displaying a commensurate degree of misunderstanding, especially regarding our gargantuan national security spending. … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, CIA, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, FBI, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, military-industrial complex, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Corruption, Deep State, Defense Budget, Department of Energy, Dystopia, Economics, empire, FBI, Geoppolitics, imperialism, Joe Biden, military spending, military-industrial complex, National Defense Authorization Act, National Security, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers, Winslow Wheeler
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HOW THE WESTERN MEDIA HELPED BUILD THE CASE FOR GENOCIDE IN GAZA
From obscuring the West’s role in starving Gaza to sensationalised accounts of mass rape by Hamas, journalists are playing the role of propagandists, not reporters. By Jonathan Cook Source: Declassified UK The past five months have been clarifying. What was … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, Neocons, Neoliberalism, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged Anat Schwartz, BBC, corporate news, Deep State, empire, Ethnic Cleansing, fascism, Flour Massacre, Gaza, Genocide, geopolitics, Global Elites, Hamas, imperialism, Israel, Mainstream Media, mass starvation, Neoliberalism, New York Times, Normal Finkelstein, Palestine, Pramila Patten, propaganda, Psyops, UNRWA, US Foreign Policy, Western Media, Zionism
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Washington’s Wars Eroding its Global Clout
By Salman Rafi Sheikh Source: New Eastern Outlook If war is politics by other means, Washington’s ongoing wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe are meant to buttress its global influence on the one hand and undermine its competitors … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military-industrial complex, NATO, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged BRI, China, empire, fascism, Genocide, geopolitics, Houthis, imperialism, Israel, Middle East, NATO, Neocons, Palestine, politics, Red Sea, Russia, UAE, Ukraine, war
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The Language of Force: How the Police State Muzzles Our Right to Speak Truth to Power
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “If the state could use [criminal] laws not for their intended purposes but to silence those who voice unpopular ideas, little would be left of our First Amendment liberties, and little … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, freedom of speech, internet freedom, Law, media, Media Literacy, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, COVID, Dystopia, fascism, free speech, Human Rights, law, Militarization, Militarized Police, police state, press freedom, propaganda, protest laws, Technocracy, tyranny, William O. Douglas
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The Resistance’s Disruptive Military Innovation May Determine the Fate of Israel
By Alastair Crooke Source: The Unz Review Looking back to what I wrote in 2012, in the midst of the so-called Arab Spring and its aftermath, it is striking just how much the Region has shifted. It is now almost 180° re-orientated. … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Al-Aqsa, Arab Spring, BRICS, empire, Europe, Gaza, geopolitics, Hizbullah, imperialism, Iran, Israel, Labanon, Palestine, US Foreign Policy, Zionism
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