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What is the Rules-Based Order?
By Kim Petersen Source: Dissident Voice In fits of, what might well be termed, masochism, some of us now-and-then tune in to the legacy media. When doing so, one is likely to hear western-aligned politicians rhetorize ad nauseam about the linguistically vogue … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Deep State, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, International Law, Joe Biden, Julian Assange, language, Legal/Constitutional, Maidan Coup, Narrative, propaganda, rules-based order, Ukraine, United Nations, US Foreign Policy
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Silencing the Lambs — How Propaganda Works
Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done. By John Pilger Source: Consortium News In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged 9/11, Azov, China, empire, geopolitics, Harold Pinter, imperialism, iraq, Joe Biden, Julian Assange, Leni Riefenstahl, Libya, Lloyd Austin, NATO, Nazis, neo-Nazis, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, WWII
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Ukraine and the Politics of Permanent War
Permanent war requires permanent censorship. By Chris Hedges Source: The Chris Hedges Report No one, including the most bullish supporters of Ukraine, expect the nation’s war with Russia to end soon. The fighting has been reduced to artillery duels across … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, black ops, CIA, conditioning, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged CBS, censorship, CNN, Consortium News, corporate news, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, independent media, Julian Assange, Mainstream Media, Militarism, NATO, NewsGuard, permanent war, propaganda, Russia, The Daily Caller, The Permanent War Economy, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers
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Repression, Terror, Fear: The Government Wants to Silence the Opposition
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil disobedience, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, freedom of speech, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Whistleblowers
Tagged censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, Covid-19, Dystopia, free speech, Julian Assange, Mainstream Media, police state, surveillance state, Technocracy, William O. Douglas
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Assange Is Doing His Most Important Work Yet
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com British Home Secretary Priti Patel has authorized the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to be tried under the Espionage Act in a case which seeks to set a legal precedent for the prosecution of … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony Blinken, CIA, disinformation, Dystopia, empire, fascism, Free Press, freespeech, Gabriel Shipton, geopolitics, Human Rights, imperialism, Julian Assange, media, Priti Patel, propaganda, tyranny, US Foreign Policy, war, war crimes, whistleblowers
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On Censorship and Disinformation
By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views The best way to combat disinformation is with more and better information. Censorship isn’t the answer. The Biden administration has reached a different conclusion, creating a “Disinformation Governance Board” under the Department of Homeland Security. … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Tech, censorship, civil liberties, Daniel Ellsberg, disinformation, Disinformation Governance Board, Donald Trump, free speech, Government, I.F. Stone, Internet Freedom, Jimmy Dore, Jow Biden, Julian Assange, Ministry of Truth, Nina Jankowicz, police state, propaganda, Psyops, surveillance state, Technocracy, whistleblowers, WikiLeaks
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The Mind Control Police: The Government’s War on Thought Crimes and Truth-Tellers
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”— George Orwell The U.S. government, which speaks in a language of force, is afraid of its … Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, CIA, civil liberties, conspiracy, corporate media, Covid-19, Deep State, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Domestic Terror, Dystopia, FBI, First Amendment, free speech, George Orwell, Joe Biden, Joe Rogan, Julian Assange, Mainstream Media, Newspeak, NSA, police state, propaganda, psy ops, State Terror, surveillance state, Technocracy, Thought Police, WikiLeaks
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Resolution for 2022: Dare to Build Your Own Opinions and Then Defend Them!
By Alfred De Zayas Source: CounterPunch – Sapere aude!, Horace Anyone who has followed the political culture in the US, Canada, UK, EU over the past twenty years must have realized that a war on epistemology, on truth, on semantics is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, 2022, censorship, corporate news, Democracy, Dystopia, Freedom, geopolitics, George Orwell, Human Rights, iraq, Julian Assange, lawfare, Libya, mainstream meida, military-industrial-financial complex, NATO, New Normal, Newspeak, patriotism, Peace, propaganda, war, weaponization, whistleblowers
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