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Maturity Is Realizing That Propaganda Isn’t Something That Only Happens To Other People
Maturity Is Realizing That Propaganda Isn’t Something That Only Happens To Other People Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ I’ve been doing a lot of commentary on the western propaganda campaign against China lately, so my online notifications have been full of brainwashed human livestock regurgitating all the lines they’ve been programmed to bleat […]
Veterans target US military’s outsized impact on the climate crisis
Veterans target US military’s outsized impact on the climate crisis With no mention of military emissions at COP26, a coalition is mobilizing to force the Pentagon to disclose and reduce its enormous carbon footprint. More than 100,000 people protested the United Nations Climate Change Convention, or COP26, in Glasgow last month, where they networked, forged […]
Here’s what data the FBI can get from WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal, Telegram, and more
Here’s what data the FBI can get from WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal, Telegram, and more Not every secure messaging app is as safe as it would like us to think. And some are safer than others. A recently disclosed FBI training document shows how much access to the content of encrypted messages from secure messaging services US law […]
Exactly Which Dystopian Novel Are We Living In?
Exactly Which Dystopian Novel Are We Living In? There’s a debate going on among the disaffected/terrified over which dystopian novel we’re now living in. As John Rubino remarks, some point to social media addiction and designer drugs to suggest Brave New World. Others see mass surveillance and pandemic lockdowns as putting us squarely in 1984. Still others cite […]
Facebook Fact Checkers getting Fact Checked
Facebook Fact Checkers getting Fact Checked We really have desperate need of independent investigation of both government and Facebook. But the likelihood of an honest investigation is up there with admitting that climate always changes and there is no global warming. The Office of Inspector General is really the ONLY hope of ever having anyone investigate the government. People […]
The Assange Case Explained Simply
The Assange Case Explained Simply Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ One of the most common reasons I hear from people on their reluctance to wade into the Assange debate is that they don’t understand it. It looks like a complicated issue to them, so they leave it to the experts. In reality, […]
The Assange Issue Is NOT Complicated: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
The Assange Issue Is NOT Complicated: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The most powerful regime on the planet imprisoning a journalist for journalistic activity is as brazen and obvious an act of tyranny as you could possibly come up with, and yet you still […]
‘The Big Stall’ details how neoliberal think tanks blocked action on climate change
‘The Big Stall’ details how neoliberal think tanks blocked action on climate change Donald Gutstein’s well-researched new book is a deep dive into the strategies that Canadian oil companies and their friends have implemented to prevent political action and reverse catastrophe. The Bill Stall: How Big Oil and Think Tanks are Blocking Action on Climate […]
How I Robbed the World Bank
How I Robbed the World Bank I have always had a bad attitude toward official secrets regardless of who is keeping them. That prejudice and John Kenneth Galbraith are to blame for an unauthorized withdrawal I made from the World Bank. When I lived in Boston in the late 1970s, I paid $25 to attend a […]
They’re Killing Him: Assange’s Stroke Reveals The Western Version Of The Saudi Bone Saw
They’re Killing Him: Assange’s Stroke Reveals The Western Version Of The Saudi Bone Saw Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Julian Assange suffered a mini-stroke in October during the hearing for the US appeal of a UK court’s ruling on his extradition case. “The WikiLeaks publisher, 50, who is being held on remand […]
Julian Assange Loses Appeal: British High Court Accepts U.S. Request to Extradite Him for Trial
Julian Assange Loses Appeal: British High Court Accepts U.S. Request to Extradite Him for Trial Press freedom groups have warned Assange’s prosecution is a grave threat. The Biden DOJ ignored them, and today won a major victory toward permanently silencing the pioneering transparency activist. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media outside the High […]
Against Doomsday Scenarios: What Is to Be Done Now?
Against Doomsday Scenarios: What Is to Be Done Now? John Bellamy Foster is the editor of Monthly Review and a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon. John Molyneux edits the Irish Marxist Review, is a member of People Before Profit, is coordinator of the Global Ecosocialist Network, and has written widely on Marxism and ecosocialism. Owen McCormack is a longstanding socialist […]
What It Means To Be Human
What It Means To Be Human William-Adolphe Bouguereau Whisperings of Love 1889 What’s the difference between Julian Assange being robbed of his freedom for 12 years and you being robbed of yours for two? From a legal point of view, very little. Because both are based on, “justified by”, no existing laws. They are based on people […]
Loyalty – Family or Government?
Loyalty – Family or Government? America’s sweetheart, Dr. Fauci, would like to divide families this holiday season by urging people to ensure their relatives and friends are vaccinated. Fauci said only vaccinated groups should gather so that “vaccinated people can feel comfortable.” So tell your grandfather with the pacemaker to stay home alone this Christmas. Perhaps tell […]
Does Russia Threatens Us All By Simply Existing?
Does Russia Threatens Us All By Simply Existing? This article is focused on giving readers a better understanding of the Russian threat. Few of us have had the pleasure of visiting Russia so what we do know about it has generally been filtered through a national security apparatus so entrenched in a cold war mindset […]
