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What Did Hillary Clinton Know?
By Robert Parry Source: Consortium News The revelation that Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped pay for the notorious “Steele Dossier” of hearsay claims about Donald Trump’s relations with Russia is not surprising but is noteworthy given … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, History, media, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Bill Clinton, conspiracy, Democrats, Dirty Politics, DNC, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Fusion GPS, Hillary Clinton, Marc E. Elias, Obama, propaganda, Russia, Russia-gate, Steele Dossier, TTIP, TTP, Vladimir Putin, Whitewater
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The Globalisation of Bad Food and Poor Health: Sustainable Development or Sustainable Profits?
By Colin Todhunter Source: RINF The proportion of deaths due to cancer around the world increased from 12 percent in 1990 to 15 percent in 2013. Globally, cancer is already the second-leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. In India, government … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Environment, GMOs, Health, Science, society, State Crime
Tagged Agribusiness, Birth Defects, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Diabetes, Factory Farms, Fast Food, Free Trade, GE Food, Global Food System, Globalisation, GMOs, Green Revolution, Junk Food, local economies, Local Foods, Localisation, Malnutrition, Monocrops, obesity, Pesticides, pollution, Processed Foods, Soil, TTIP
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Neoliberalism and The Globalization of War: America’s Hegemonic Project
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Source: GlobalResearch.ca The world is at a dangerous crossroads. The United States and its allies have launched a military adventure which threatens the future of humanity. Major military and covert intelligence operations are being undertaken simultaneously … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Energy, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, media, Militarization, military spending, Neoliberalism, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Arms Trade, Big Pharma, Biotech, capitalism, corporate media, Drug Trade, drug war, empire, Fossil Fuel Industry, Globalization, Hegemony, IMF, Latin America, military-industrial complex, Money Laundering, NATO, Neoliberalism, New World Order, Povery, propaganda, TTIP, TTP, wall street, war, war on terror, World Bank, WTO
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John Perkins: The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Reposted below is the introduction and sample chapter from John Perkin’s “The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman” (also available in pdf form on his site here). Introduction The New Confessions I’m haunted every day by what I did as … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, black ops, CIA, consciousness, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, media, propaganda, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged black ops, CAFTA, CIA, Corporate Crime, Corporate Globalization, corporate media, corporatocracy, Economic Hit Men, Economic Jackals, EHM, empire, Free Trade, geopolitics, John Perkins, NAFTA, Neoliberalism, State Crime, The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman, TPP, TTIP, World Bank
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NATO and the West Just Became Irrelevant
By F. William Engdahl Source: New Eastern Outlook The dual summits that took place in Russia’s Ufa beginning 9 July were anything but routine. In fact it may be seen by future historians as a signal event that marked the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, society, State Crime, war
Tagged BRICS, Geneva 6, IMF, ISIL, ISIS, NATO, Russia, SCO, TPP, TTIP, World Bank
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The Eurasian Big Bang
How China and Russia Are Running Rings Around Washington By Pepe Escobar Source: TomDispatch.com The several hundred Republicans who have thrown their hats into the ring for the 2016 presidential race and the war hawks in Congress (mainly but hardly … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, History, society, Uncategorized, war
Tagged AIIB, BRICS, EEU, empire, iraq, ISIS, Narendra Modi, NATO, NDB, Putin, RDIF, SCO, TomDispatch.com, TTIP, TTP, Xi Jinping
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Congress Approves Greater Corporate Predation
By Stephen Lendman Source: Steve Lendman Blog On June 18, House members narrowly approved fast track Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) – using procedural gimmicks, bribes and heavy pressure, the usual way corrupt politicians operate. On June 23, Senate members followed … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Empire, Energy, Environment, Financial Crisis, Labor, Law, news, Recession, Social Control, society, Work
Tagged corporatocracy, Fast Track, Food and Water Watch, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Public Citizen, Robert Weissman, TPA, Trade Promotion Authority, TTIP, TTP
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Ferguson and the Logic of Neoliberalism
A Political Economy Premised on Exploitation and Social Repression By Rob Urie Source: Counterpunch.org While the U.S. Department of Justice report on racist policing practices in Ferguson, Missouri provides direct evidence for skeptical Whites that institutional racism is fact, limiting … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, civil disobedience, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Law, military spending, police state, Racism, Social Control, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war, war on terror
Tagged Black Sites, fascism, Fergusen, neo-colonialism, neo-liberal, Neoliberalism, Rob Urie, surveillance, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, TTP
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