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Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat participated in covert UK Foreign Office-funded programs to “weaken Russia,” leaked docs reveal
New leaked documents show Reuters’ and the BBC’s involvement in covert UK FCO programs to effect “attitudinal change” and “weaken the Russian state’s influence,” alongside intel contractors and Bellingcat. By Max Blumenthal Source: The Grayzone The UK Foreign and Commonwealth … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, hacktivism, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Alexei Navalny, Andy Pryce, Atlantic Council, BBC, BBC Media Action, BELARUS, Bellingcat, Belsat, Britain, British Foreign Office, CDMD, Color Revolution, Conflict, Counter Disinformation & Media Development, CSSF, Eliot Higgins, empire, geopolitics, Gordon Macmillan, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Mediazona, Meduza, NATO, Navalny, Omidyar, propaganda, Reuters, Russia, Stability & Security Fund, Thomson Reuters Foundation, uk, UK FCO, USAID, Vladimir Putin
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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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“Charity” Accused of Sex Abuse Coordinating ID2020’s Pilot Program For Refugee Newborns
A biometric identification program backed by the ID2020 alliance will see its new “digital id” program rolled out for refugee newborns in close coordination with a charity tied to Wall Street and prominent Western politicians whose workers have been accused … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, elites, Geopolitics, news, NGOs, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Biometrics, Blockchain, CIA, Covid-19, ID2020, iRespond, Mae La refugee camp, Microsoft, Myanmar-Thailand border, sex-for-food, Technocracy, USAID
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Toxic Agriculture and the Gates Foundation
By Colin Todhunter Source: Dissident Voice The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was launched in 2000 and has $46.8 billion in assets (December 2018). It is the largest charitable foundation in the world and distributes more aid for global health … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Empire, Environment, GMOs, Health, imperialism, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Oligarchy, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Technology
Tagged AGRA, Agrochemicals, BASF, Bayer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Biopiracy, Cargill, CGIAR, Corporate Philanthropy, Corteva, Diversity Seek, DuPont, environment, FMC, Food Security, food sovereignty, Gates Foundation, Global Justice Now, Global South, Globalization, Glyphosate, GMOs, Health, Herbicides, imperialism, Monocrops, Neoliberalism, NGOs, Poverty, Syngenta, USAID, WHO
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State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as ‘state-backed’
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a Western government-backed information warfare shop smeared The Grayzone and independent reporter Jordan Chariton, falsely claiming both are “state-backed media accounts.” By Alex Rubinstein Source: Grayzone The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, censorship, CIA, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Empire, freedom of speech, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Afshin Rattansi, Alliance for Securing Democracy, alternative media, ASD, bernie sanders, censorship, CIA, Clint Watts, Cold War, corporate media, Craig Newmark, Democratic National Committee, DNC, Election 2020, German Marshall Project, Hamilton 68, Iowa Caucus, Jordan Chariton, Klarman Family Foundation, Lee Camp, neo-McCarthyites, Neocons, Pete Buttigieg, Pierre Omidyar, propaganda, Russia, Sandler Foundation, Seth Klarman, The European Commission, Tyrel Ventura, USAID
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8 VENEZUELA LIES THE US GOVERNMENT & MAINSTREAM MEDIA WANT YOU TO BELIEVE
By Makia Freeman Source: Waking Times Venezuela lies abound. Both the USG (United States Government) and its lapdog MSM (Mainstream Media) have been going into overdrive, exaggerating or just plain lying about the state of affairs in Venezuela. Truth is … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, corporate news, culture, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, NGOs, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged chavez, china, CIA, corporate media, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, John Bolton, Juan Guaidó, Maduro, NGOs, propaganda, Psy-ops, Russia, Socialism, United Nations, US Foreign Policy, USAID, venezuela
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Senate Report on Russian Interference Was Written By Disinformation Warriors Behind Alabama ‘False Flag Operation’
Hailed by Congress and the media as defenders of democracy, high-tech Russiagate hustlers Jonathon Morgan and Ryan Fox have been exposed for waging “an elaborate ‘false flag’ operation” to swing the 2017 Alabama senate race. By Dan Cohen Source: Gray Zone … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, conditioning, Conspiracy, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Dystopia, Election Fraud, elites, Empire, False Flag, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neoliberalism, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technology
Tagged Alabama, Cold War, DARPA, Democratic Party, Department of Defense, disinformation, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Facebook, False Flag, geopolitics, GGV Capital, Hamilton 68, Hillary Clinton, Information Warfare, Joint Special Operations Command, Jonathon Morgan, JSOC, Mark Warner, NATO, Neoliberalism, New Knowledge, propaganda, Reid Hoffman, Richard Burr, Roy Moore, Russia, RussiaGate, Russian Hackers, Ryan Fox, Senate Intelligence Committee, Social Media, USAID
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‘Corruption’ as a Propaganda Weapon
By Robert Parry Source: Consortium News Sadly, some important duties of journalism, such as applying evenhanded standards on human rights abuses and financial corruption, have been so corrupted by the demands of government propaganda – and the careerism of too many … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, conditioning, Conspiracy, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Economics, Empire, History, media, news, propaganda, Social Control, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Bellingcat, BRICS, corporate media, Corruption, G-7, George Soros, Information Warfare, Journalism, Mainstream News, Natalie Jaresko, National Endowment for Democracy, Neocons, Open Society, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Panama Leak, Petro Poroshenko, President Putin, propaganda, Russia, Syria, The Panama Papers, U.S. Agency for International Developmen, Ukraine, USAID, Victoria Nuland
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