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No one in British parliament has been more aggressive in inciting ethnic tensions in Kosovo than Alicia Kearns. A closer look at her record reveals intelligence ties and “probably illegal” regime change activities.   by Kit Klarenberg  Part 1 In a remarkable turnaround, after over two decades of turning a blind eye to the slow-motion erasure of Serbs in Kosovo, the EU and US have finally sought to rein in their vassal, issuing frequent condemnations and even imposing sanctions on Pristina. While trivial compared to punitive measures applied to states where the West seeks regime change, the sanctions on Kosovo would have been inconceivable at the start of 2023. Both Brussels and Washington have made clear to Prime Minister Albin Kurti that the penalties will be reversed, if he eases tensions with the aspiring country’s Serb population and reintegrates them into the political fold. Kurti remains defiant, however. One explanation for his intransigence could be the quiet encouragement from

Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation   by Jacob Siegel   Part 10 - COVID-19 By 2020, the counter-disinformation machine had grown into one of the most powerful forces in American society. Then the COVID-19 pandemic dumped jet fuel into its engine. In addition to fighting foreign threats and deterring domestic extremists, censoring “deadly disinformation” became an urgent need. To take just one example, Google’s censorship, which applied to its subsidiary sites like YouTube, called for “ removing information that is problematic ” and “ anything that would go against World Health Organization recommendations ”—a category that at different points in the constantly evolving narrative would have included wearing masks, implementing travel bans, saying that the virus is highly contagious, and suggesting it might have come from a laboratory. President Biden publicly accused social media companies of “killing people” by not censoring enough vaccine disinformation. Using its new powers an

Reuters served as a channel for the UK Foreign Office to covertly fund an Egyptian outlet that clamored for the overthrow of the country’s first democratically elected leader, leaked documents show.   by Kit Klarenberg   Part 3 - Reuters inflates protest numbers at army’s command   In late 2012, Morsi enacted a Constitutional Declaration, under which he temporarily assumed sweeping executive powers, prompting small protests to break out. Aswat Masriya led the charge in condemning the decision, portraying it as a scheme by the president – and by extension the Muslim Brotherhood – to gain total, permanent control over all Egypt’s branches of government. In reality, the Declaration was scheduled to only last three weeks, and had been enacted due to Cairo’s powerful, heavily politicized judiciary repeatedly attempting to impede Egypt’s democratic transition. By that time, judges had already dismissed the country’s first constitutional assembly and elected parliament once, and threatened to

Geopolitical Economy Report   Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar to discuss how NATO has shifted from its proxy war against Russia in Ukraine to targeting China in the Pacific.  

failed evolution   On 11 April 2019, the Ecuadorian government of traitor Lenin Moreno, invited the Metropolitan Police into the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and they arrested Julian Assange . Since then, Assange is kept in Belmarsh high security prison in London, without actual charges.   The real reason world's number one political prisoner is still kept in this high security prison, is because he exposed horrendous war crimes carried out by the US imperialists and their allies.   The ruthless Western imperialist regime wants to punish the No1 real journalist in the world and make him an example for any Whistleblower or real journalist who will attempt to expose its big crimes in the future.   And the Anglo-American axis has now become officially a fascist coalition , framed by the rest of its Western pets. UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel, one of the most ruthless ever, decided to extradite Julian Assange to US. No surprise of course. The only question we had in mind is

The under-formation Bank for Reconstruction of Ukraine will be run by BlackRock (the world's largest investment portfolio company) and banking giant JPMorgan   by Kyra Adam Part 2 - Speculative move The basis for this - at first glance naive "humanitarian action", but in reality a chillingly extreme profit-making activity - is based on the well-known doctrine that war is good for business. The greater the destruction, the greater the suffocating control of Ukraine by "private investors" who will invest, profit and get rich on the carcass of Ukraine.   Many already speak openly about the second and definitive phase of "privatization of Ukraine". The issue takes the form of a doctrine based on the principle "first we destroy, then we rebuild". This is what the profit-driven agenda teaches: "destruction" leads to "reconstruction." Destruction takes the form of the economic and social destruction of sovereign nation-state

The Jimmy Dore Show   Democratic Party operative James Carville is VERY unhappy that Cornel West is running for the Green Party presidential nomination. Dr. West threatens to take votes away from Democrats just like Ralph Nader and Jill Stein did before him, Carville states without offering up any actual evidence for the claim. He then red-baits, Russiagates and misrepresents the Green Party’s actions in the 2016 election. 

Geopolitical Economy Report   The United States is the largest historic contributor to climate change, yet Washington is condemning Beijing for supposedly not doing enough. In reality, China is leading the world in the transition to renewable energy technology.  

Newly declassified British files shed disturbing light on the origins and internal workings of Operation Gladio, a covert NATO plot deploying fascist terror militias across Italy. Have spies in London applied these lessons in Ukraine?   by Kit Klarenberg   Part 4 - “one or more of Moro’s kidnappers was secretly in touch with the security apparatus”   On March 16th 1978, a unit of the leftist militant Red Brigades kidnapped Moro. He was on his way to a high-level meeting where he planned to give his blessing there to a new coalition government that relied on communist support, when the kidnappers violently extracted him from his convoy. Five of Moro’s bodyguards were murdered in the process. After almost two months in captivity, when it became clear the government would neither negotiate with the Red Brigades nor release any of its jailed members in return for Moro, the kidnappers executed the former Italian Prime Minister. His bullet-riddled corpse was left in a car trunk to rot, and f

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The Jimmy Dore Show   20th century astronomer and television star Carl Sagan once gave an interview to PBS’s Charlie Rose and warned about the problems of authoritanianism in a society that lacks basic scientific knowledge. Sagan warned that authorities could use public ignorance to push policies that erode citizens’ fundamental rights.  

Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation   by Jacob Siegel   Part 9 - The NGO Borg In November 2018, Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media Politics and Public Policy published a study titled “The Fight Against Disinformation in the U.S.: A Landscape Analysis.” The scope of the paper is comprehensive, but its authors are especially focused on the centrality of philanthropically funded nonprofit organizations and their relationship to the media. The Shorenstein Center is a key node in the complex the paper describes, giving the authors’ observations an insider’s perspective.                           In this landscape analysis, it became apparent that a number of key advocates swooping in to save journalism are not corporations or platforms or the U.S. government, but rather foundations and philanthropists who fear the loss of a free press and the underpinning of a healthy society. ... With none of the authoritative players—the government and platforms who push the conte

Reuters served as a channel for the UK Foreign Office to covertly fund an Egyptian outlet that clamored for the overthrow of the country’s first democratically elected leader, leaked documents show.   by Kit Klarenberg   Part 2 - British spies strike secret deal with Reuters   In the wake of Egypt’s revolution in February 2011, chaos reigned untrammeled. What path the country should take, whether and when free elections would be at last held, and if so who would be entrusted by the public with governing Cairo moving forward, was far from clear. Large-scale protests against the interim military administration following Mubarak’s departure were an almost daily occurrence, as were violent and sometimes fatal clashes between demonstrators and security forces. Along the way, protesters ransacked and occasionally occupied the offices of local police forces and intelligence services, attacked foreign embassies, and torched government buildings. Against this tumultuous backdrop, Egypt prepared

Caitlin Johnstone   "Let the market decide" really means let the manipulators decide, because the markets are dominated by those who excel at manipulating. We're taught that letting the market decide means letting supply and demand take its natural course, as though we're talking about ocean tides or seasons or something, but in reality both supply and demand are manipulated constantly with extreme aggression. Manipulating the supply of diamonds. Manipulating the supply of housing. Manipulating the supply of oil. Manipulating people into wanting things they'd never thought to want before through advertising. Manipulating women into feeling bad about their bodies so they'll buy your beauty products. Manipulating people into paying $2000 for a $20 bag using branding. Manipulating people into buying Listerine by inventing the word "halitosis" and convincing them to be worried about it. Manipulating people into believing Beanie Babies were prized collect

failed evolution   On 11 April 2019, the Ecuadorian government of traitor Lenin Moreno, invited the Metropolitan Police into the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and they arrested Julian Assange . Since then, Assange is kept in Belmarsh high security prison in London, without actual charges.   The real reason world's number one political prisoner is still kept in this high security prison, is because he exposed horrendous war crimes carried out by the US imperialists and their allies.   The ruthless Western imperialist regime wants to punish the No1 real journalist in the world and make him an example for any Whistleblower or real journalist who will attempt to expose its big crimes in the future.   And the Anglo-American axis has now become officially a fascist coalition , framed by the rest of its Western pets. UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel, one of the most ruthless ever, decided to extradite Julian Assange to US. No surprise of course. The only question we had in mind is

Rising corporate profits have caused 45% of inflation in Europe, compared to 40% for rising import prices and just 15% for workers’ wages, according to research by IMF economists.   by Ben Norton   Part 3 - Rethinking inflation   Contemporary mainstream economists typically discuss three types of inflation: demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation, and built-in inflation. Cost-push inflation happens when the prices of inputs used in the production process increase. When the international prices of commodities like oil or gas skyrocket, in response to the war in Ukraine for instance, this contributes to cost-push inflation. Built-in inflation accounts for expectations that inflation that happened in the past will repeat in the future. Corporations often increase their prices every year, for example, simply because they expect costs to increase, not because they actually did increase (but by doing so, costs do sometimes increase). However, discussions of inflation among Western neolibe

The under-formation Bank for Reconstruction of Ukraine will be run by BlackRock (the world's largest investment portfolio company) and banking giant JPMorgan   by Kyra Adam Part 1 At the recent European Council the partners again dealt extensively with Ukraine and at one point of the conclusions it is stated:                               The European Council underlines the need to ensure, together with partners, stable, predictable and sustainable financial support for Ukraine for the years to come. The European Council reiterates its call for the European Investment Bank, in close cooperation with the Commission and International Financial Institutions, to step up its support for Ukraine’s most urgent infrastructure needs. The European Union also remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s repair, recovery and reconstruction, in coordination with international partners ... This latest commitment of the EU for " coordination with international partners " is not at all in

The Hill   Edit for The Grayzone Max Blumenthal weighs in on Green Party candidate Cornel West's call to end NATO.

Newly declassified British files shed disturbing light on the origins and internal workings of Operation Gladio, a covert NATO plot deploying fascist terror militias across Italy. Have spies in London applied these lessons in Ukraine?   by Kit Klarenberg   Part 3 - British involvement in the coup effort   Fulci was eventually quizzed by attendees of the North Atlantic Council summit “ as to whether Gladio had deviated from its proper objectives. ” In other words, beyond operating strictly as a “ stay behind ” force, to be activated in the event of Soviet invasion. While “ he could not add to what was in the aide-mémoire, ” Fulci confirmed “ weapons used in some terrorist incidents had come from stores established by Gladio. ” This may reflect the fact that political violence was one of Gladio’s “ proper objectives. ” A June 1959 SIFAR report unearthed by historian Daniele Ganser confirms guerrilla action against “ domestic threats ” was hardwired into the operation from its inception.

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal joins Aaron Mate to discuss his testimony before the UN Security Council on the corruption, bloodlust and hypocrisy driving $110 billion in US aid to Ukraine, and the reaction he received in the council. 

Geopolitical Economy Report   Neoliberalism is often misunderstood, but it is very important to understand this ideology that has dominated global economics and politics for decades. Ben Norton discusses the history of the neoliberal "Washington consensus", and how it was imposed on the world. 

Thirteen ways of looking at disinformation   by Jacob Siegel   Part 8 - The Rise of “Domestic Extremists” A few weeks after Trump supporters rioted in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, former director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center Robert Grenier wrote an article for The New York Times advocating for the United States to wage a “ comprehensive counterinsurgency program ” against its own citizens. Counterinsurgency, as Grenier would know, is not a limited, surgical operation but a broad effort conducted across an entire society that inevitably involves collateral destruction. Targeting only the most violent extremists who attacked law enforcement officers at the Capitol would not be enough to defeat the insurgency. Victory would require winning the hearts and minds of the natives—in this case, the Christian dead-enders and rural populists radicalized by their grievances into embracing the Bin Laden-like cult of MAGA. Lucky for the government, there is a cadre of experts who are a

Reuters served as a channel for the UK Foreign Office to covertly fund an Egyptian outlet that clamored for the overthrow of the country’s first democratically elected leader, leaked documents show.   by Kit Klarenberg   Part 1   This July 3 marks the 10th anniversary of Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah Sisi’s violent seizure of power in Cairo. The first democratically elected leader in 5000 years of Egyptian history, Mohamed Morsi, was swept from office, his supporters were massacred by the hundreds, and he ultimately died in prison. With US and UK support, Sisi quickly reversed any tentative democratic gains made during the country’s brief, difficult transition from the rule of longtime Western-backed autocrat Hosni Mubarak. In the decade since Sisi’s coup, his government has systematically crushed opposition to his rule. Political parties and critical media have been banned en masse, activists, journalists, and civil society actors harassed, disappeared, tortured and jailed,