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The Subtleties of Anti-Russia Leftist Rhetoric
By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain While the so-called liberal and conservative corporate mainstream media – all stenographers for the intelligence agencies – pour forth the most blatant propaganda about Russia and Ukraine that is so conspicuous that it … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war
Tagged Christian Parenti, corporate news, Doublethink, Dystopia, empire, geopolitics, George Orwell, imperialism, Liberals, Mainstream Media, NATO, Neocons, Noam Chomsky, Russia, The Intercept, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war
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No Way Out but War
Permanent war has cannibalized the country. It has created a social, political, and economic morass. Each new military debacle is another nail in the coffin of Pax Americana. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost The United States, as the near unanimous … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, CIA, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Militarization, military spending, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Andrew Bacevich, CEBR, China, CIA, corporate media, Democratic Party, DNC, Economics, elites, empire, financial crisis, geopolitics, George McGovern, imperialism, Liberals, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Oligarchy, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers
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Liberal Russophobia and War Propaganda
By Margaret Kimberley Source: Black Agenda Report U.S. liberals are the worst perpetrators of Russophobic behavior. They are most likely to follow the dictates of corporate media and the democratic party and proudly take part in discriminatory acts. But foolish … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged BELARUS, Boston Athletic Association, Boston Marathon, Cold War, culture, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Liberals, NATO, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, Russophobia, society, Ukraine, war
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The left’s contempt for bodily autonomy during the pandemic is a gift to the right
By Jonathan Cook Source: Dissident Voice When did parts of the left get so contemptuous of the principle of “bodily autonomy”? Answer: Just about the time they started fetishising vaccines as the only route out of the current pandemic. Only … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, elites, Health, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged abortion rights, censorship, civil liberties, COVID vaccines, Covid-19, elites, Human Rights, Jeremy Corbyn, Liberals, Pandemic, propaganda, Public Health, Systemic Racism, Technocracy, vaccine mandates
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Freedom Rider: The “Resistance” Is Silent on Julian Assange
By Margaret Kimberly Source: Black Agenda Report Liberals are just as much true believers in imperialism as the right wing they claim to oppose. “Attacking the person who revealed war crimes is compliance in the service of the state.” Ever … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Chelsea Manning, Collateral Murder, corporate media, DNC, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Julian Assange, Liberals, Mainstream Media, media, MSM, police state, resistance, State Crime, war, war crimes, WikiLeaks
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NYT: Don’t Be Progressive, Be a ‘Liberal’
By Jim Naureckas Source: FAIR A New York Times op-ed by political scientist (and former Bob Kerrey aide) Greg Weiner (7/13/18) may well be the New York Times–iest op-ed ever. Its ostensible subject is why Democrats should call themselves “liberals” … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Financial Crisis, History, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society
Tagged Cold War, Conservatives, corporate news, Democrats, Great Society, Greg Weiner, Liberals, Lyndon Johnson, Mainstream Media, media, New York Times, NYT, Poverty, Progressives, Redbaiting, Russia
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The Simulacra Democracy
By John Steppling Source: CounterPunch … a nation in which 87 percent of eighteen- to twenty-four year olds (according to a 2002 National Geographic Society/Roper Poll survey) cannot locate Iran or Iraq on a world map and 11 percent cannot … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, CIA, conditioning, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, media, Militarization, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Racism, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Afghanistan, AFRICOM, American Culture, American History, CIA, Clinton, conspiracy, corporate media, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, empire, Gaddafi, geopolitics, Harvey Weinstein, Hegemony, hollywood, Hugo Chavez, imperialism, iraq, Liberals, Libya, NATO, Obama, propaganda, social control, society, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, wall street, Yemen
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