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Era of US Domination of Latin America Coming to an End
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Source: Dissident Voice Despite its failings at home, the United States intervenes in countries across multiple continents seeking to control their governments and resources. This week, we look at the US’ latest efforts in Nicaragua, … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Bolivia, Daniel Ortega, elliot abrams, Evo Morales, FSLN, geopolitics, imperialism, Jeanine Añez, Juan Guaidó, National Endowment for Democracy, Nicaragua, Nicolas Maduro, Operation Gideon, Organization of American States, Responsive Assistance In Nicaragua, US Foreign Policy, USAID, venezuela
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Freedom Rider: Protest and the Corporate Media
By Margaret Kimberly Source: Black Agenda Report The corporate media are steadfast partners with the United States government and faithfully follow the party line on foreign policy issues. “The networks and the newspapers can seldom be believed.” Corporate media always … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neoliberalism, news, NGOs, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged china, corporate media, Economics, Emanuel Macron, empire, France, geopolitics, Hong Kong, imperialism, Iran, Mainstream Media, media, Media Literacy, Moscow, MSM, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Nicolas Maduro, propaganda, Russia, US Foreign Policy, venezuela, Vladimir Putin, Yellow Vest Movement
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How GMO Seeds and Monsanto/Bayer’s “RoundUp” are Driving US Policy in Venezuela
With Juan Guaidó’s parallel government attempting to take power with the backing of the U.S., it is telling that the top political donors of those in the U.S. most fervently pushing regime change in Venezuela have close ties to Monsanto … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Economics, elites, Empire, Environment, Geopolitics, GMOs, History, imperialism, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, Social Engineering, society
Tagged AEI, Agrochemicals, American Enterprise Institute, Bayer, Betsy DeVos, Big Ag, Big Oil, Biotech, Chavista United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Corporate Crime, Dow Chemical, Elliott Abrams, Fred Kagan, geopolitics, Glyphosate, GMOs, Hugo Chavez, imperialism, John Bolton, José Cardenas, Juan Guaidó, Marco Rubio, Martin Rodil, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Monsanto, Neocons, Nicolas Maduro, Paul Singer, Paul Wolfowitz, Roger Noriega, Roundtable of Democratic Unity, Roundup, Trump Administration, venezuela
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Coup Attempt in Venezuela: What You’re Not Being Told
By Derrick Broze Source: The Conscious Resistance As self-proclaimed “Interim President” Juan Guaidó attempted to stage a military coup in Venezuela, the country’s U.N. ambassador declared President Nicolas Maduro victorious and called the United States a “rogue nation.” The turbulent situation … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, corporate news, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, society, State Crime
Tagged activism, Antonio Guterres, corporate media, Embassy Protection Collective, empire, geopolitics, Human Rights Watch, imperialism, Juan Guaidó, Mike Pence, Neocons, Nicolas Maduro, propaganda, Samuel Moncada, venezuela
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The Triumph of Evil
By Paul Craig Roberts Source: PaulCraigRoberts.org Today (April 17) I heard a NPR “news” report that described the democratically elected president of Venezuela as “the Venezuelan dictator Maduro.” By repeating over and over that a democratically elected president is a … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged black ops, china, CIA, Cuba, Daniel Ortega, empire, geopolitics, Hugo Chavez, imperialism, International Law, John Bolton, Juan Guaidó, Latin America, Mike Pompeo, Neocons, Nicaragua, Nicolas Maduro, Russia, venezuela
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US Regime Change Blueprint Proposed Venezuelan Electricity Blackouts as ‘Watershed Event’ for ‘Galvanizing Public Unrest’
The US-funded CANVAS organization that trained Juan Guaido and his allies produced a 2010 memo on exploiting electricity outages and urged the opposition “to take advantage of the situation…towards their needs” By Max Blumenthal Source: Grayzone A September 2010 memo … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, Conspiracy, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Neocons, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged CANVAS, Center for Applied Non-Violent Action and Strategies, empire, geopolitics, Hugo Chavez, Imnperialism, Jorge Rodriguez, Juan Guaidó, Marco Rubio, Mike Pompeo, Nicolas Maduro, Otpor, Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant, Srdja Popovic, venezuela, Venezuelan Blackout, Venezuelan coup
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Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia Merger: Global Empire of Dystopia?
By Gilbert Mercier Source: News Junkie Post The nature of reality in times of universal confusion The world and our interpretation of it are often at best an idea and, at worse, a figment of our imagination. In our full-blown … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, black ops, civil disobedience, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Arthur Schopenhauer, Authoritarianism, culture, disinformation, Dystopia, empire, France, free speech, geopolitics, Gilets Jaunes, Hugo Chavez, imperialism, Juan Guaidó, Nicolas Maduro, Philosophy, propaganda, venezuela
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It’s back to the future with Venezuelan ‘Contras,’ the neocons, and the CIA
By Wayne Madsen Source: Intrepid Report Donald Trump displayed his full neocon colors on February 18 during a speech at Florida International University in Miami. With convicted Iran-contra felon Elliott Abrams now acting as his “special envoy” in charge of … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Neocons, news, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged black ops, Blackwater, CIA, Contras, corporate media, Coups, Donald Trump, El Salvador, Elliott Abrams, empire, front companies, geopolitics, Haiti, Honduras, imperialism, John Bolton, Jovenel Moise, Neocons, Nicaragua, Nicolas Maduro, Ronald Reagan, venezuela
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