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Flattening the curve or flattening the global poor? How Covid lockdowns obliterate human rights and crush the most vulnerable
By Stavroula Pabst and Max Blumenthal Source: The Grayzone Marketed as life-saving public health measures, lockdowns triggered death and economic devastation on a global scale while doing little to slow the spread of Covid-19. Now, they’re back with a vengeance. … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, imperialism, Inequality, Labor, Mass Incarceration, news, Oligarchy, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Work
Tagged Australia, Austria, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Christian Parenti, COVID vaccinations, Covid Variants, Covid-19, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Dystopia, Economics, fascism, geopolitics, Germany, Global Hunger, Honduras, India, Lockdowns, Mass Incarceration, Mass Poverty, Mexico, Neil Ferguson, New Zealand, Oligarchy, Omicron, Pandemic, Public Health, SARS-CoV-2, society, South Africa, Technocracy, Uganda, unemployment, vaccine mandates, Zero-COVID
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REVIEW: Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies by Edward Curtin
By Ray McGinnis Source: Off-Guardian Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies is a selection of essays. They reveal what stirs author Ed Curtin’s heart, his mind, and his path toward clarity. With each chapter he passionately reflects on the state … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, Art, black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged 9/11, Alex Constantine, black ops, CIA, conspiracy, corporate media, culture, David McGowan, Donald Trump, Dystopia, Edward Curtin, empire, geopolitics, Honduras, Hugo Chavez, JFK, Jim Garrison, Joe Biden, Manuel Zelaya, Nicolas Maduro, propaganda, Psyops, Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies, society, venezuela
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Biden and the Democrats will Sow Chaos in Latin America
By Timothy Alexander Guzman Source: Silent Crow News Election Interference, Regime Change and a Possible Humanitarian Intervention is on Washington’s Agenda US President Joseph Biden, a relic from Washington’s old political establishment will continue the same imperialist policies in Latin … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Afghanistan, Anthony Blinken, CAFTA, Daniel Ortega, Deep State, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, Honduras, imperialism, Joe Biden, Juan Guaidó, Latin America, Libya, Manuel Zelaya, Nicaragua, Nicolas Maduro, Samantha Power, Syria, venezuela
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It’s back to the future with Venezuelan ‘Contras,’ the neocons, and the CIA
By Wayne Madsen Source: Intrepid Report Donald Trump displayed his full neocon colors on February 18 during a speech at Florida International University in Miami. With convicted Iran-contra felon Elliott Abrams now acting as his “special envoy” in charge of … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged black ops, Blackwater, CIA, Contras, corporate media, Coups, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Elliott Abrams, empire, front companies, geopolitics, Haiti, Honduras, imperialism, John Bolton, Jovenel Moise, Neocons, Nicaragua, Nicolas Maduro, Ronald Reagan, venezuela
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US plotting coups in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua?
By Stephen Lendman Source: Intrepid Report The US wants all nations worldwide colonized, their resources looted, their people exploited as serfs, including ordinary Americans. Sovereign independent governments everywhere are targeted for regime change—by coups d’état or wars. That’s what imperialism … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, Social Control, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Arab Spring, black ops, Bolivia, Brazil, CIA, Coups, Cuba, Dictatorship, Egypt, empire, geopolitics, Global South, Haiti, Honduras, imperialism, Latin America, Neocons, Nicaragua, Nicolas Maduro, Paraguay, Plan Colombia, regime change, South America, State Terror, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, venezuela
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The Obsession with and Lies about Nicaragua
By S. Brian Willson Source: Dissident Voice The intense focus on the “ills” of Nicaragua completely misses the deep issues of continued US intervention – imperial neocolonialism – into the sovereign lives of other countries, as here with Nicaragua. Whether … Continue reading
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Tagged disinformation, El Salvador, empire, Fake News, geopolitics, Honduras, Humanitarian Intervention, imperialism, Militarism, NGOs, Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega, propaganda, United States, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, US Media, US Terrorism, US War Crimes
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Neoliberalism: Serving the Interests of the International Business Elitists
By Edward S. Herman Source: Dissident Voice Mark Weisbrot, a co-director with Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), has written an enlightening book that pulls together many of the analyses that CEPR has been producing … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, Corporate Crime, Economics, Empire, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, Racism, Social Control, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Argentina, Book Review, central banks, CEPR, Debt, ECB, Economy/Economics, Edward S. Herman, Energy, environment, EU, Greece, Honduras, IMF, Italy, Mark Weisbrot, Neoliberalism, Portugal, Spain, Structural Adjustment Programs, venezuela, World Bank
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Oligarchs, Bankers, and Swindlers
Washington’s “New Managers” in Latin America By James Petras Source: Dissident Voice Amid raging corruption, social pathologies and outright political thuggery, a new gang of vassal regimes has taken-over Latin America. The new rulers are strictly recruited as the protégé’s … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Argentina, austerity, Banks/Banking, Brazil, capitalism, Corruption, Coups, Democracy, drug war, Economics, empire, Finance, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, IMF, Ixachilan, Latin America, Manuel Zelaya, Mexico, neo-colonialism, Neoliberalism, Paraguay, South America, wall street, War on Drugs, World Bank
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