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US Foreign Policy: War Is Peace
By Stephen Lendman Source: StephenLendman.org A permanent state of war on invented enemies is longstanding US policy. It’s been this way throughout most of the post-WW II period. Terror-bombing Syria last Thursday was one of many examples — escalating US … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Deep State, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Israel, James Paul, Joe Biden, Mahdi Nazemroaya, NATO, Neocons, Sergey Lavrov, State Terror, Syria, US Foreign Policy, war
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Facebook hires ex-NATO press officer and social media censor Ben Nimmo as intel strategist
By Alan Macleod Source: The Grayzone Ben Nimmo, a former NATO press officer and current senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, has announced Facebook has hired him to “lead global threat intelligence strategy against influence operations” and “emerging threats.” Nimmo specifically named Russia, Iran … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neoliberalism, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Atlantic Council, Ben Nimmo, censorship, china, corporate media, disinformation, Dystopia, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Jeremy Corbyn, MAx Blumenthal, NATO, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, Social Media, Technocracy, US Foreign Policy, Valentina Lisitsa
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A Killing in Iran: Who Gains From Yet Another Assassination?
By Philip Giraldi Source: Strategic Culture Foundation It is not often that one can agree with the pronouncements made by former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan, but his tweeted comment on the killing of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh suggesting that … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, news, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, Assassinations, Benjamin Netanyahu, CIA, Donald Trump, General Qassem Soleimani, geopolitics, Iran, Israel, Maryam Rajavi, MEK, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Mojahedin e Khalq, State Terror, US Foreign Policy
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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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Undeclared Israeli War on Syria
By Stephen Lendman Source: StephenLendman.org In cahoots with the US and their ISIS, al-Nusra, and other terrorist proxies, Israel has been waging undeclared war on Syria for years. Ruling regimes of both countries partner in each other’s high crimes of … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, news, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Al Nusra, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, geopolitics, Hamas, Hezbollah, IDF, Israel, State Crime, Syria, US Foreign Policy, war
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Hiroshima Denial is Terror
By Finian Cunningham Source: Information Clearing House Those who deny history, or who are oblivious, are apt to repeat it. That is the frightening, perhaps most disturbing aspect of the 75th anniversary this week of the American atomic bombing of … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, military spending, society, State Crime, war
Tagged American History, Atomic Bombs, empire, Genocide, geopolitics, Hiroshima, imperialism, Mass Murder, Nagasaki, Nuclear War, State Terror, US Foreign Policy, war, War Crime
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ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 75: Scholars Speak Out Against ‘Unnecessary’ Attacks
Japan was ready to surrender, making the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, and Nagasaki two days later, totally unnecessary and morally indefensible, say a panel of scholars in two video discussions. By Consortium News The debate … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, society, State Crime, war
Tagged atomic bombings, Dana Priest, empire, Gar Alperovitz, Genocide, geopolitics, Harry Truman, Hiroshima, imperialism, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin, Nagasaki, Peter Kuznick, US Foreign Policy, Walter Pincus, war
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As Long As Mass Media Propaganda Exists, Democracy Is A Sham
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com A new Reuters/Ipsos poll has reportedly found that a majority of Americans believe the completely discredited narrative that the Russian government paid Taliban-linked fighters to kill the occupying forces of the US and its allies … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bountygate, corporate media, empire, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Mass Media, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, US Foreign Policy
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