Kennard is deeply concerned about the presupposition that U.S. actions inside Britain are benevolent. By LOWKEY Today, Watchdog host Lowkey is joined by investigative journalist Matt Kennard to discuss how the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has infiltrated foreign media in an attempt to export obedience to the United States government and promote Washington’s … [Read more...] about How the U.S. Uses the NED to Export Obedience, with Matt Kennard
They Don’t Just Lie to Us About Wars. They Lie to Us About Everything
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE Propaganda isn’t just about manufacturing consent for wars and ridiculous governmental measures we’d never normally accept. That’s what most people think of when they hear that word, but there’s so very, very much more to it than that. The lion’s share of propaganda goes not toward convincing us to accept new agendas of the powerful, but toward keeping us … [Read more...] about They Don’t Just Lie to Us About Wars. They Lie to Us About Everything
Pakistan in the Eye of the Afghanistan Storm
New trends that have appeared in regional security since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan are highly consequential for regional politics. The joint statement issued on February 6 following the four-day visit by the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to China has been an exceptional gesture by Beijing underscoring the highest importance attached to that country as a … [Read more...] about Pakistan in the Eye of the Afghanistan Storm
US government steps up its war on the American People
By Philip GIRALDI What would a completely unscrupulous chief executive whose sole purpose in life is to seize power and never relinquish it do to conceal his evil intentions? He or she would use deception to change the narrative. Many are beginning to recognize that that is precisely what the Democrats are doing and their game plan includes demonizing both Russia and China … [Read more...] about US government steps up its war on the American People
Olympic Games 1936: How USA Supported Hitler Amid International Protest
The U.S. agitates against China as a host country for the Olympics. But in 1936, Hitler’s Germany was able to stage glittering Winter and Summer Olympics – with U.S. help against international protests from Jewish and labor movements Despite the worldwide boycott movement against awarding the 1936 Olympics to Berlin, they finally took place, bigger and more brilliant than … [Read more...] about Olympic Games 1936: How USA Supported Hitler Amid International Protest
The West Loses Mali Which Now Stands as an Example to the Failed Hegemony of the EU and France
Mali’s decision to turn to Russia for help was salt in the wound for Macron and his delusional views of France holding onto the hegemony there. The hypocrisy is both stunning and comical. Mali has been in the news in the last couple of years for having a military coup in 2020 which installed a junta and then again in 2021 when the temporary civilian leader experiment was … [Read more...] about The West Loses Mali Which Now Stands as an Example to the Failed Hegemony of the EU and France
China Shows Its ‘Trump’ Card
In a world of chronic shortages China has realized that commodities hold more value than cash. The current trade war with China began at the very outset of the Trump administration. Apparently alarmed at America’s dependence on Chinese goods, particularly the extent to which its defense industries are reliant on Chinese components and rare earths, Trump had a point but may … [Read more...] about China Shows Its ‘Trump’ Card
Steppe on Fire: Kazakhstan’s Color Revolution
So is that much fear and loathing all about gas? Not really. Kazakhstan was rocked into chaos virtually overnight, in principle, because of the doubling of prices for liquefied gas, which reached the (Russian) equivalent of 20 rubles per liter (compare it to an average of 30 rubles in Russia itself). That was the spark for nationwide protests spanning every latitude from … [Read more...] about Steppe on Fire: Kazakhstan’s Color Revolution
Preparing for War, NATO Keeps the Propaganda Going
The US-NATO military alliance is preparing for war, and the western media are playing its game. In straight reporting of news, the UK’s Guardian newspaper is one of the very few in the western media that maintains balance and objectivity. Its century-old motto, after all, is “Comment is free, but facts are sacred” which “implies honesty, cleanness, courage, fairness, a sense … [Read more...] about Preparing for War, NATO Keeps the Propaganda Going
Meet the Elites of Northern Europe, NATO’s Hardcore Militant
If you want to find the NATO hardcore militant, you have to meet the elites of North Europe, Claudio Gallo writes. The sun has been rising from the North for quite some time on the NATO land. Since mid-2009, the chair of NATO secretary general has been occupied by Northern Europe’s politicians: first the former Danish PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen and then (since October 2014) … [Read more...] about Meet the Elites of Northern Europe, NATO’s Hardcore Militant
A Mass-Murdering Regime Dares to Lecture the World on Human Rights
Washington is a criminal regime as its illegal wars and deliberate mass murder demonstrate beyond any doubt. An important report published this week reveals in extensive detail the shocking scale of war crimes committed by the United States in the Middle East. Thousands of civilian deaths, including children, are documented as a result of aerial bombardments conducted by … [Read more...] about A Mass-Murdering Regime Dares to Lecture the World on Human Rights
The UN’s Human Rights Failure
Will the UN assume responsibility for failing to protect civilians as governments waged war and plunder? On the occasion of International Human Rights Day which was marked on December 10, the UN pledged to accelerate the implementation of its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), without taking into consideration the various global inequalities which make generic … [Read more...] about The UN’s Human Rights Failure
Khashoggi Murder Starts to Get Its First Real Whitewash. But From the West, not From the Saudis
The truth about Khashoggi, was in fact a million miles from what the Post’s Opinion section crafted in a baptism of sensational storytelling. The reality is that the West can no longer carry off the moral high ground when dishing out the human rights tutelage. London, Paris and Washington are addicted to Saudi arms deals and have exposed woke U.S. media as entirely … [Read more...] about Khashoggi Murder Starts to Get Its First Real Whitewash. But From the West, not From the Saudis
Arrest of Surveillance Officers Shows Denmark Is US’s Lead Eye Into Spying on Other European Allies
Danish military intelligence has been systematically spying upon its own citizens for United States economic profit and political interests. Two former or current secret surveillance officers for Denmark’s Military Intelligence Service (Forsvars Efterretningstjeneste FE) and two current or former Police Secret Service (Politiets Efterretningstjeneste PET) were arrested for … [Read more...] about Arrest of Surveillance Officers Shows Denmark Is US’s Lead Eye Into Spying on Other European Allies
U.S.-Ukraine Plan Emerges… Make Another Afghan Quagmire for Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden and his top aides continue to assert that Russia is building up forces to attack its western neighbor. A senior U.S. Democratic Senator revealed more than he intended when he gleefully expressed a desire to see Russia invade Ukraine and for it to become another “Afghan quagmire”. Senator Chris Murphy who sits on the policy-influencing Senate … [Read more...] about U.S.-Ukraine Plan Emerges… Make Another Afghan Quagmire for Russia
This Is How the Russia-Ukraine War Will Unfold
Russian troop movements earlier this year have prompted speculation that Moscow might consider a military attack on the neighboring Ukraine. Head of the Ukrainian military intelligence announced the date of the Russian offensive, saying it will take place in late January 2022. Strategic Culture obtained details of this secret plan to present them in this exclusive … [Read more...] about This Is How the Russia-Ukraine War Will Unfold
The Rise and Fall of Aljazeera
There was an inevitable conflict in the roles of the Arab television network that inexorably led to its decline, writes As’ad AbuKhalil. By As`ad ABUKHALIL The launch of the Aljazeera television network 25 years ago this month in 1996 was a monumental event in the contemporary history of Arab media. One can easily compare it to the rise of Voice of the Arabs, the Egyptian … [Read more...] about The Rise and Fall of Aljazeera
The U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies say Americans should hope that the CIA director’s recent visit to Moscow helped Washington understand the stakes. By Medea BENJAMIN and Nicolas J. S. DAVIES A report in Covert Action Magazine from the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine describes grave fears of a new offensive by Ukrainian government forces, … [Read more...] about The U.S.-Russia Confrontation Over Ukraine
U.S. Blacklists Strategic Culture Foundation in Attack on Independent Journalism and Political Dissent
Washington’s real objective is to criminalize critical journalism and indeed any form of critical dissent. In an audacious attack on free speech, journalists and writers based in the United States have now been banned by the U.S. federal authorities from publishing articles with Strategic Culture Foundation. We interview one of those authors affected by the ban, New York … [Read more...] about U.S. Blacklists Strategic Culture Foundation in Attack on Independent Journalism and Political Dissent
Another Housing Crisis in America Is Coming
There is now an unprecedented spike in housing costs while COVID-19 has driven down the wealth of the average American. Let’s begin our discussion of the next Housing Crisis with a relevant personal anecdote, that is a microcosm of what is happening all over the United States right now. Some of my relatives made the wise decision to live within their means and build a … [Read more...] about Another Housing Crisis in America Is Coming
UK Prepared for Coup in Colombia by Training Military in Psychological Warfare
By John McEVOY Recently declassified British files reveal how the Foreign Office prepared for a possible military coup in Colombia by secretly training the country’s armed forces in psychological warfare. In 1970, Britain’s Cold War propaganda arm, the Information Research Department (IRD), secretly provided two weeks of counter-insurgency instruction to high-ranking … [Read more...] about UK Prepared for Coup in Colombia by Training Military in Psychological Warfare
Bloomberg CIA Apologia Accidentally Vindicates China’s Strict Domestic Policies
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE In a new article promoting the CIA’s new mission center focused on China and the need to pour more resources into countering Beijing, Bloomberg also accidentally makes the case that many of the Chinese government’s controversial domestic policies are entirely justified and completely necessary. Citing anonymous government officials alongside bloodthirsty … [Read more...] about Bloomberg CIA Apologia Accidentally Vindicates China’s Strict Domestic Policies
The Kingdom’s Tough Choices: Between Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) and a Hard Place
If Saudi Arabia does not choose between sweeping internal reforms or an ambitious external agenda, its ruling dynasty may be in peril. Riyadh’s dwindling resources cannot sustain both. By Ziad HAFEZ In 2016, the Arab National Conference made the assessment that Saudi Arabia would be facing a future of hard choices due to their fast-changing policies and positions. Events … [Read more...] about The Kingdom’s Tough Choices: Between Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) and a Hard Place
Murder by Any Other Name
Scott Ritter explains how the murder of Zemari Ahmadi and nine family members by a U.S. drone attack in August was whitewashed by the Pentagon. By Scott RITTER On Aug. 29, the United States murdered ten Afghan civilians in a drone strike. The U.S. Air Force Inspector Gen., Lt. Gen. Sami D. Said, was appointed on Sept. 21, to lead an investigation into the circumstances … [Read more...] about Murder by Any Other Name
Americans have detached from reality, which is the definition of psychosis.
Americans suffer the same disabilities as the Europeans of 1919: They cannot think. They cannot speak plainly among themselves. By Patrick LAWRENCE “We modern civilizations have learned to recognize that we are mortal like the others. We had heard tell of whole worlds vanished, of empires foundered … sunk to the inexplorable depths of the centuries with their gods and laws, … [Read more...] about Americans have detached from reality, which is the definition of psychosis.
Fifty Years Since the End of Bretton Woods: A Geopolitical Review
Ironically, it was Stalin who was responsible for the economic reconstruction of Europe and the Bretton Woods system’s birth, Mauricio Metri writes. On August 15th, 1971, the then-president of the United States, Richard Nixon, made an eighteen-minute speech to the country whose effects impacted the world. Among other subjects, he announced the end of the dollar-gold parity, … [Read more...] about Fifty Years Since the End of Bretton Woods: A Geopolitical Review
The Prevalence of Chile’s Right-Wing
Will the rewriting of Chile’s constitution be enough to veer the country’s trajectory away from the neoliberal experiment ushered in decades ago by the U.S.? A year ago, Chileans voted to rewrite the dictatorship era constitution – the first step in building a more inclusive society since the democratic transition in the country which was plagued by vestiges of Augusto … [Read more...] about The Prevalence of Chile’s Right-Wing
Color Revolutions Fade Away
The day of “color revolution” seems to be running out. The mechanics are noticed and countered, Patrick Armstrong writes. Probably the first U.S.-plotted “colour revolution” was the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893. The Hawaiian Islands had been united in the early 1800s and were internationally recognised as an independent country, but the native Polynesians had … [Read more...] about Color Revolutions Fade Away
Netflix to Launch WikiLeaks Smear Job Three Days Before Assange Court Date
Netflix will begin streaming a brazen hatchet job on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks for its American subscribers on October 24th, just three days prior to a significant court date in Assange’s fight against extradition from the UK to the United States on October 27th. “You can stream We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks on Netflix starting Sunday, October 24, 2021, at 12 AM … [Read more...] about Netflix to Launch WikiLeaks Smear Job Three Days Before Assange Court Date
Is the U.S. Justice System Taking a Back Seat to ‘Black Privilege?’
With a court system more interested in the rights of criminals than the victims, the United States can expect the crime wave to continue unabated. A recent school shooting in the United States indicates that the judicial system and the U.S. media are fully prepared to forgive and apologize for acts of violence – if they are carried out by minority groups. On October 6, … [Read more...] about Is the U.S. Justice System Taking a Back Seat to ‘Black Privilege?’
Missing From Pandora Papers: The Main Offenders and Accomplices
Missing from the elaborate Pandora “disclosure” are not only the main financial havens, companies and banks, but also today’s leading investors. At a cost of many millions of dollars, euros, pesos, etc., 600 journalists from 148 media outlets and 117 countries have compiled the “Pandora Papers” over several months as part of the International Consortium of Investigative … [Read more...] about Missing From Pandora Papers: The Main Offenders and Accomplices
The Vindictive Empire Strikes Back, in Peru
There are hints that reliable imperial pawn Llosa is being cultivated as the new Latin American “elder statesman” who will be entrusted with whipping errant colleagues into line, Stephen Karganovic writes. Not content with conning the gullible natives in Ecuador to elect its favored candidate to the Presidency (assuming the vote was honest and Dominion had nothing to do … [Read more...] about The Vindictive Empire Strikes Back, in Peru
Another Tempestuous Balkan Pot Is Boiling
As relations between major geopolitical players steadily deteriorate the Balkans are acquiring increasing importance for NATO powers for exactly the same reasons that they were essential to Nazi Germany in the early forties As elections approach, the political atmosphere in the Republika Srpska, Russia’s tiny Balkan ally, is heating up. For at least the last ten years, color … [Read more...] about Another Tempestuous Balkan Pot Is Boiling
What Is Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
Virtually unknown across the West, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is the foremost Eurasian political, economic and security alliance. Founded in 2001, it is the world’s largest regional organization in geographic scope and population, covering three-fifths of the Eurasian continent, 40% of the world population, and more than 20% of global GDP. (Click on the … [Read more...] about What Is Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
Will Germany Succeed in Detaching Itself From the Death Grip of the Anglo-American Empire?
As Germany moves ever closer to the Russian-Chinese’s multipolarism, will it succeed in avoiding the last squeeze from the Anglo-American Empire’s death grip? As Pepe Escobar eloquently put it in his essay “Requiem for an Empire: A Prequel,” the days of clueless cold warriors dreaming of a Germany-Japan axis, and Washington’s opportunity to erect itself as Supreme World … [Read more...] about Will Germany Succeed in Detaching Itself From the Death Grip of the Anglo-American Empire?
Up Periscope! It’s up to Uncle Sam to keep patrolling the China seas.
By Eric MARGOLIS Australia has been a very close US ally – one could even say protectorate – since the beginning of World War II. A US Marine formation is based there. The US Navy makes routine port and maintenance calls in Australia, which lies right on the dividing line between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Aussies now feel increasingly threatened by the rapid … [Read more...] about Up Periscope! It’s up to Uncle Sam to keep patrolling the China seas.
The Great Reset: How a ‘Managerial Revolution’ Was Plotted 80 Years Ago by a Trotskyist-turned-CIA Neocon
The roots of the Great Reset agenda can very clearly be traced back to 80 years ago, when James Burnham, wrote a book on his vision for “The Managerial Revolution,” Cynthia Chung writes. Klaus Schwab, the architect of the World Economic Forum (f. 1971), a leading, if not the leading, influencer and funder for what will set the course for world economic policy outside of … [Read more...] about The Great Reset: How a ‘Managerial Revolution’ Was Plotted 80 Years Ago by a Trotskyist-turned-CIA Neocon
‘COVID Zero’ New Zealand Has Completed Its Transformation Into a Full-Blown Police State
By Jordan SCHACHTEL New Zealand, the last of the dedicated “COVID Zero” nations on earth, has completed its transformation into a full-blown tyrannical regime, and shockingly, it has come with the consent of the vast majority of Kiwis. Ja, smittskydd är jobbigt… Det skyddar ju bara liv, hälsa & ekonomin. 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/YGfEqBy5B4 — jan höglund (@janhoglund) … [Read more...] about ‘COVID Zero’ New Zealand Has Completed Its Transformation Into a Full-Blown Police State
A New Storm Is Brewing in the Balkans
Well, what else is new? Afghanistan is said to be the graveyard of empires, but turbulence in the Balkans often is also the precursor to an empire or two being buried in its wake. Not for nothing, in the fall of 1918, as the Salonica front was crumbling, Kaiser Wilhelm complained to his General Staff what a shame it was for the outcome of the Great War to be decided by 70,000 … [Read more...] about A New Storm Is Brewing in the Balkans
Imperial Business-As-Usual… Biden-Zelenksy Meeting Shows U.S. Learned Nothing From Afghanistan
There was a staggering display of double-think this week from U.S. President Joe Biden. In reverse order, Biden hosted Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the White House on Wednesday and announced that the United States was to provide an additional $60 million in military support to the Kiev regime “in the face of Russian aggression”. The day before, however, Biden … [Read more...] about Imperial Business-As-Usual… Biden-Zelenksy Meeting Shows U.S. Learned Nothing From Afghanistan
