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Tag Archives: Mexico
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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‘New World Order’ is falling apart
By Wayne Madsen Source: Intrepid Report One of the more welcomed outcomes of the paring back of the U.S. State Department bureaucracy is the elimination of scores of “status quo enthusiasts.” Since the end of World War II, the State … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, CIA, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Revolution, society
Tagged Algeria, Austria, California, Cannabis, Catalonia, CIA, Colorado, DEA, drug war, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, India, marijuana, Mexico, neo-colonialism, New World Order, Nigeria, NWO, Secession, Servia, Somalia, Spain, States' Rights, US Foreign Policy, US State Department, World War II
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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
Posted in black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Drug War, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Neoliberalism, Revolution, Social Control, society, State Crime
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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2016 election decides who controls the drug trade
By Daniel Hopsicker (Mad Cow Morning News) In the Presidential Election of 2016, Republican and Democratic insiders are wrestling like two dogs over a bone over who controls the illegal drug trade. To the victor go the spoils. Who wins the … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, Conspiracy, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, Drug War, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Law, police state, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Big Banks, Bill Clinton, Cartels, Columbia, Democrats, drug war, Election 2016, geopolitics, Global Drug Trade, Harm Reduction, Hillary Clinton, Mena, Mexico, NAFTA, Narcos, Operation SCREENPLAY, Presidential Elections, Republicans, Turkey, UN, War on Drugs
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Blood Money: Four More Years of Drug War Horror with HRC
By Chris Floyd (Empire Burlesque) The Drug War, like the Terror War, is essentially a vast machine for profiteering by the purveyors of weapons and tools of repression. Like the Terror War, the Drug War demonstrably exacerbates the problems it … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Drug War, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Bill Clinton, drug war, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights Watch, Libya, Mexico, Militarization, military-industrial complex, Moamar Gaddafi, US State Department, War on Drugs, war on terror, war profiteers
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Saturday Matinee: Walker
Following the modest successes of “Repo Man” and “Sid and Nancy”, director Alex Cox took a chance on an Acid Western filmed in Nicaragua about soldier-of-fortune William Walker. Featuring a script by cult screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer, a great soundtrack by … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, consciousness, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Saturday Matinee, society, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged acid western, Alex Cox, Colonialism, Ed Harris, Foreign Intervention, imperialism, Joe Strummer, Mexico, Nicaragua, Rudy Wurlitzer, Walker, William Walker
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TPP: NAFTA on Steroids
by Stephen Lendman The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade deal from hell. It’s a stealth corporate coup d’etat. It’s a giveaway to banksters. It’s a global neoliberal ripoff. It’s a business empowering Trojan horse. It’s a freedom and ecosystem … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil liberties, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Energy, Environment, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, GMOs, History, internet freedom, Labor, Law, media, news, Privatization, Social Control, society
Tagged American Jobs, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Global Trade Watch, Mexico, NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement, Steve Lendman, TPP, Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership, United States
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