Book Review: Giants – The Global Power Elite. Peter Phillips. Seven Stories Press, New York, 2018. Abby Martin’s interview with Peter Phillips (see video below) was the instigator for reading Peter Phillips’ now slightly outdated but highly valuable work, “Giants – The Global Power Elite.” The interview is valuable unto itself and like all Abby Martin’s work is concise and … [Read more...] about Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world
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Graphika: The Deep State’s Beard for Controlling the Information Age
NEW YORK – Graphika is the toast of the town. The private social-media and tech-intelligence agency that tracks down bots and exposes foreign influence operations online is constantly quoted, referenced and profiled in the nation’s most important outlets. For example, in 2020, The New York Times published a fawning profile of the company’s head of investigations, Ben Nimmo. “He … [Read more...] about Graphika: The Deep State’s Beard for Controlling the Information Age
Private Facebook Group That Organized the July Protests in Cuba Plans Bigger Ones Soon
After gaining access to their private Facebook group, MintPress can reveal that the people who sparked the July 11 protests in Cuba are planning similar actions for October and November. The group, La Villa del Humor, is widely credited with providing the initial spark that ignited nationwide protests on the Caribbean island in the summer, the most significant demonstrations … [Read more...] about Private Facebook Group That Organized the July Protests in Cuba Plans Bigger Ones Soon
The Final Nail in the Constitutional Coffin: How the Atlantic Council’s “Domestic Extremism” Argument Lays the Foundations for Shadow Governance
The creation of new structures for domestic rule that are militarized, invisible to the public and offer no possibility of appeal to the judicial is the defining characteristic of the Biden administration. The Atlantic Council’s report “Domestic violent extremism and the intelligence challenge” (May 2021) is the locus classicus for many new arguments made by the administration … [Read more...] about The Final Nail in the Constitutional Coffin: How the Atlantic Council’s “Domestic Extremism” Argument Lays the Foundations for Shadow Governance
Facebook Hires NATO Press Officer Ben Nimmo as Intelligence Chief
It is now difficult to distinguish where the deep state ends and the fourth estate begins and Ben Nimmo's move from NATO to NATO-aligned think tank to Facebook is just another example of this phenomemon. 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 … [Read more...] about Facebook Hires NATO Press Officer Ben Nimmo as Intelligence Chief
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