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Tag Archives: Yemen
There Are No Permanent Allies, Only Permanent Power
If we do not build left-right coalitions on issues such as militarism, health care, a living wage and union organizing, we will be impotent in the face of corporate power and the war machine. By Chris Hedges Source: The Chris … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, CIA, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Afghanistan, Ann Wright, antiwar, Anya Parampil, Capitol Hill Citizen, CIA, Code Pink, Cynthia McKinney, Deep State, Dennis Kucinich, empire, False Claims Act, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Jill Stein, Jimmy Dore, Libya, Max Blumenthal, military-industrial complex, Nick Brana, Oligarchy, Pakistan, Rage Against the War Machine, Ralph Nader, raq, Ron Paul, Scott Horton, Somalia, Syria, The People's Party, Veterans for PEace, war, Yemen
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‘Rules-Based International Order’ Means Washington-Based International Order
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com The US government has shut down multiple news media websites based in the Middle East, including Iran’s state-owned Press TV, and al-Masirah TV which is owned by the Houthi group Ansarullah in Yemen. The Department of Justice said … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, news, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged al-Masirah TV, Alternative news, censorship, civil liberties, empire, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, Internet Freedom, iron, Joe Biden, media, news, press freedom, Press TV, rules-based order, Technocracy, The Biden administration has been bleating “rules-based order” so frequently and with such obvious meaninglessness that even The New York Times voiced some criticism of the way that vapid, Totalitarianism, US Foreign Policy, Yemen
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US seizes PressTV.com and 32 other Iranian media website domains
By Kevin Reed Source: WSWS.org The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DoJ) confirmed on Tuesday that the US had seized 33 websites affiliated with the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU) and three others operated by Kata’ib Hizballah (Hezbollah … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, internet freedom, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war on terror
Tagged Al-Masirah, censorship, civil liberties, Department of Justice, empire, fascism, free speech, geopolitics, imperialism, Internet Freedom, Iran, Kata’ib Hizballah, Lebanon, media, PressTV, propaganda, tyranny, war on terror, Yemen
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The American Exceptionalism of Secretary of State Antony Blinken
By Kevin Gosztola Source: Shadowproof “American leadership still matters. The reality is the world simply does not organize itself,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken proclaimed at his confirmation hearing. “When we are not engaged, when we are not leading, then … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, culture, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, Health, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, news, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged American exceptionalism, Antony Blinken, Deep State, Donald Trump, empire, Iran, JCPOA, Joe Biden, Juan Guaidó, Libya, Mike Pompeo, Nicolas Maduro, regime change, Ukraine, venezuela, war, war on terror, Yemen
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Human Extinction Now Imminent and Inevitable? A Report on the State of Planet Earth
By Robert J. Burrowes There is a significant body of evidence that human extinction is now imminent; that is, it will occur within the next few years and possibly this year: 2020. There is also a significant body of evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, education, elites, Empire, Energy, Environment, freedom of speech, Geoengineering, Geopolitics, GMOs, Health, imperialism, Inequality, internet freedom, Militarization, military spending, news, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged 5G, Afghanistan, bioengineering, Climate Change, corporate media, Economics, Education, environment, fascism, Fossil Fuels, free speech, General Qassem Soleimani, geoengineering, Global Elite, Human Extinction, Iran, iraq, military spending, NATO, Nuclear Power, Parenting, Philosophy, pollution, psychology, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slavery, Socialization, Sociology, Tax Havens, vaccinations, Violence, war, Yemen
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War Profiteers and the Demise of the US Military-Industrial Complex
By Dmitry Orlov Source: Club Orlov Within the vast bureaucratic sprawl of the Pentagon there is a group in charge of monitoring the general state of the military-industrial complex and its continued ability to fulfill the requirements of the national … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Afghanistan, Arms Trade, BAE Systems, Boeing, DARPA, Defense Contractors, Defense Spending, EBITDA, General Dynmics, geopolitics, INDPOL, Iran, Lockheed Martin, military-industrial complex, North Korea, Northrop Grumman, Nuclear Weapons, Raytheon, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, The Pentagon, Turkey, US DOD, war, War Criminals, war profiteers, Yemen
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Trump escalates war threats after drone shootdown over Iran
By Bill Van Auken Source: WSWS.org US President Donald Trump authorized military strikes against Iran Thursday before unexpectedly cancelling them, the New York Times reported. The abrupt move leaves open the imminent possibility of a major new war in the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Energy, False Flag, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, news, society, State Crime, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged CENTCOM, Charles E. Schumer, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, Global Hawk, imperialism, Iran, Iranian nuclear agreement, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Persian Gulf, RQ-4B, Russia, S400, Sevom Khordad, Strait of Hormuz, US Foreign Policy, war, Yemen
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Lies America’s News-Media Tell
By Eric Zuesse Source: Strategic Culture Foundation Here are America’s recent targets for regime-change (against which have been used economic sanctions, invasion, and enormous destruction) — and all of them are nations that never invaded nor threatened to invade America: … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, culture, Deep State, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, society, State Crime
Tagged Alexander Rubinstein, corporate media, Democracy, Dictatorship, empire, EU, European Council, fascism, geopolitics, imperialism, iraq, Libya, Mainstream News, MSM, RussiaGate, Syria, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, venezuela, war crimes, Yemen
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