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Whither Russiagate?
By Philip Giraldi Source: OffGuardian Two years have passed since the 2016 presidential election. Allegations that foreign interference had influenced the result, perhaps decisively, began to surface even as the last ballots were being counted. Against all odds underdog Donald … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Cold War, corporate media, Dirty Politics, Donald Trump, empire, Foreign Interference, geopolitics, imperialism, Mainstream News, Neocons, propaganda, Robert Mueller, Russia, RussiaGate, Stephen Cohen, US Elections, war
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US Collapse – the Spectacle of Our Time
By Finnian Cunningham Source: Axis of Logic May you live in interesting times, goes the Chinese proverb. Few can doubt that we are indeed living in such an interesting time. Big changes are afoot in the world, it seems. None … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, news, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, American Empire, American exceptionalism, Cold War, corporate media, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, empire, financial crisis, geopolitics, imperialism, Mainstream News, Militarism, national debt, Poverty, propaganda, Rogue State, Russia, RussiaGate, war
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Coincidence? Every Time the US Threatens to Pull Out of Syria, Assad Uses Chemical Weapons
For the second time in a year, immediately after the US says they are going to pull out of Syria, Assad conveniently gasses his own people to make sure that won’t happen. By Matt Agorist Source: Free Thought Project Late … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Empire, False Flag, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Bashar Assad, Chemical Weapons, corporate media, Deep State, Donald Trump, empire, False Flag, geopolitics, imperialism, ISIS, Mainstream News, Nikki Haley, propaganda, Russia, Syria, US Foreign Policy, war, White Helmets
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Reviving the Spirit of Existential Rebellion in a World of Propaganda, Lies, and Self Deception
By Edward Curtin Source: Dissident Voice Search for nothing anymore, nothing except truth. Be very still and try to get at the truth. And the first question to ask yourself is: How great a liar am I? — D. H. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, corporate news, culture, media, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Spirituality
Tagged Albert Camus, corporate news, culture, D.H. Lawrence, Existentialism, Fake News, Freedom, Gandhi, Jacques Ellul, Mainstream News, media, MSM, Oligarchy, Philsophy, propaganda, Rebellion, society, Truth
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The Acceleration of Censorship in America
By Joe Lauria Source: The Unz Review Under increasing pressure from a population angry about endless wars and the transfer of wealth to the one percent, American plutocrats are defending themselves by suppressing critical news in the corporate media they … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged censorship, conspiracy, corporate media, Crowdstrike, DNC, Hillary Clinton, Mainstream News, McCarthyism, NATO, news, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, propaganda, RT, Russia Today, Russian Hackers, social control
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The Collapse of Major Media
By John Rappoport Source: NoMoreFakeNews.com As I indicated in a recent article, the B-team, or even the C-team, is now heading up the national evening news in America. These anchors’ faces and voices (Muir, Glor, and Holt) are not even … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, CIA, conditioning, corporate news, culture, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, surveillance state
Tagged censorship, CIA, CNN, corporate media, culture, Fake News, independent media, Mainstream News, media, mind control, News Anchors, propaganda, Psy-ops, social control, society
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The attack on “fake news” is really an attack on alternative media
As the author of an article labeled “pro-Russia propaganda,” I can testify that unorthodox views are under attack By Dave Lindorff Source: Salon.com These are tough days to be a serious journalist. Report a story now, with your facts all … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Alternative news, Broadcasting Board of Governors, censorship, Center for Information Analysis and Response, Cold War, corporate media, corporate news, Department of Defense, Donald Trump, Fake News, Mainstream Media, Mainstream News, Media Literacy, NDAA 2017, propaganda, ProporNot, Russia, Ukraine, US State Department, washington post
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RT America Torched In Witch Hunt ’17
By Chris Hedges Source: Popular Resistance In one of the most horrendous blows to press freedom since the anti-communist witch hunts of the 1950s, the U.S. Department of Justice has forced the news broadcaster RT America to file under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, culture, divide and conquer, Dystopia, freedom of speech, media, Neoliberalism, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Abby Martin, Black List, censorship, civil liberties, corporate media, Corporate Propaganda, Director of National Intelligence, DNI, FARA, Foreign Agents Registration Act, freedom of speech, Mainstream News, Neoliberalism, police state, propaganda, Red Scare, RT, RT America, Russia Today, surveillance state, The World Socialist Web Site, Totalitarianism, Truthdig, U.S. Department of Justice
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