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Revolutionary Terror: Mark Steven’s ‘Splatter Capital’
By Michael Grasso Source: We Are the Mutants Splatter Capital: The Political Economy of Gore Films By Mark Steven Repeater Books, 2017 “Splatter confirms and redoubles our very worst fears. It reminds us of what capital is doing to all … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Economics, Empire, Film, History, media, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Art, capitalism, Cold War, Corporate Globalization, cult cinema, culture, Economics, film, Horror Movies, Marxism, media, Neocolonialism, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, politics, society, Splatter Films, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, Violence, war on terror
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Financialization, precarity and reactionary authoritarianism
By increasing global competition, the precariousness wrought by financialization has laid the foundations for reactionary authoritarianism around the world. By Max Haiven Source: ROAR Financialization: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life, released last month in paperback from Palgrave … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Geopolitics, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged austerity, Authoritarianism, capitalism, Corporate Globalization, Debt, Economic Collapse, Economics, financial crisis, Financialization, Free Market, geopolitics, Neocolonialism, Neoliberalism, Palgrave Macmillan, precariousness, Precarity
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The Choice: Traitor to Empire, or Traitor to Mankind
By John Rohn Hall Source: Dissident Voice I envy you. You North Americans are very lucky. You are fighting the most important fight of all. You live in the belly of the beast. — Dr. Ernesto “Che” Guevara A birth … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, State Crime, war
Tagged 9/11, Blowback, Chalmers Johnson, Che Guevara, CIA, corporate media, empire, Hugo Chavez, imperialism, James W. Douglass, JFK, John Perkins, Maistream Media, Michael C. Ruppert, Neocolonialism, Revolution, Terorrism
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War on Terror: Greatest Covert Op
(Editor’s Note: The following commentary is drawn from a speech delivered by Douglas Valentine at a 2010 peace conference. In expanded version is included as the final chapter of his book “The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, conditioning, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Empire, False Flag, Geopolitics, History, media, Militarization, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged 9/11, CIA, Deep Politics, empire, False Flags, geopolitics, imperialism, National Security State, Neocolonialism, police state, politics, State Terror, state violence, terrorism
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Why Okinawa Should Matter
By Richard Falk Source: Foreign Policy Journal Okinawa has been a mostly unhappy host of American military bases, and the issue has been prominent at times on the agenda of the Japanese peace movement. When President Barack Obama visited Hiroshima … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, military spending, Social Control, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Colonialism, Emperialism, empire, geopolitics, Japan, Kadena Air Base, Military Bases, Neocolonialism, Okinawa, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, World War II
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How Does Corporate Media Manufacture False Narratives?
By Nauman Sadiq Source: RINF What bothers me is not that we are unable to find the solution to our problems, what bothers me more is the fact that neoliberals are so utterly unaware of the real structural issues that … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate media, Corporatism, Libya, Militarism, military spending, military-industrial complex, Neocolonialism, Neoliberalism, Neoliberals, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Poverty, Syria, terrorism, wall street, war, war on terror
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Yes, Hillary Clinton Is a Neocon
By Robert Parry Source: Consortium News If there were any doubts that Hillary Clinton favors a neoconservative foreign policy, her performance at Thursday’s debate should have laid them to rest. In every meaningful sense, she is a neocon and – … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, Neocons, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Abby Martin, AIPAC, assad, Cold War, empire, Empire Files, Gaza, Hillary Clinton, iraq, Israel, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO, Neocolonialism, Neocons, Netanyahu, no-fly zones, Palestine, Putin, regime change, Robert Kagan, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Syria, Turkey, US Foreign Policy, Victoria Nuland, war
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