the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

Roger Waters Palestine Will Be Free

Trump loyalist and CIA contractor Larry Ellison’s purchase of CNN appears imminent, and marks the latest venture into media for the world’s second-richest individual. But Ellison is not alone. Indeed, the world’s seven richest individuals are all now powerful media barons, controlling what the world sees, reads, and hears, marking a new chapter in oligarchical control over society and striking another blow at a free, independent press and diversity of opinion.   by Alan Macleod  Part 1 - Media Monopoly   Paramount Skydance– an Ellison-owned company– is in pole position to purchase Warner Brothers Discovery, a conglomerate that controls gigantic film and television studios, streaming services like HBO Max and Discovery+, franchises like DC Comics, and TV networks such as HBO, TNT, Discovery Channel, TLC, Food Network, and CNN. This lead is largely due to Ellison’s proximity to President Trump, who will ultimately have to sign off on such a deal. Ellison has already spoken ...

As panic-inducing travel advisories and doomsaying media reports prophesy the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate attacking fuel convoys, the government has re-secured supply routes and hosted Mali’s first international defense expo in a supposedly besieged capital.   by Pavan Kulkarni  Part 3 - Attacks on fuel convoys Early this September, the JNIM started attacks on drivers and their tankers carrying fuel from the Ivory Coast in the Sikasso region of southern Mali. “Due to disruptions in fuel supplies that are affecting the movement of school staff,” the Education Ministry suspended classes for two weeks on October 26. “Do Not Travel to Mali for any reason due to crime, terrorism, kidnapping, unrest, and health,” the US State Department said in a travel advisory on October 25. Three days later, the department issued a second alert, insisting that its citizens in Mali “should” leave the country “using commercial aviation, as overland routes to neighboring countries may not ...

The Wall Street Journal has revealed details of a secret plan developed by Germany in the event of war with Russia.   The plan was drawn up by around a dozen senior German officers. Work on it began about two and a half years ago. The 1,200-page document sets out in detail how 800,000 German, US and other NATO troops would be moved eastward to the front line. It maps the ports, rivers, railways and roads they would use, as well as how they would be supplied and protected along the way. German officials earlier said that they expect Russia to be ready and willing to attack NATO in 2029. But a series of espionage incidents, sabotage attacks and incursions into European airspace suggest it may be preparing to strike earlier.                                 [ Related: European imperialist warhawks imply a false flag operation to drag...

Drop Site News   Jeremy Scahill says young people are waking up to decades of lies about Palestinians: “We are told to believe these are terrorists… young and free-thinking people are recognizing the lies they have been told. This is one of the most legitimate causes of national liberation in the history of humanity.” Scahill also discusses Arab nations' complicity and the push to deploy troops following the UN Security Council vote. Scahill says “Saudi Arabia and the UAE from the very beginning really wanted Israel to crush Hamas,” and lays out why their rhetoric doesn’t match their actions. He challenges claims of regional solidarity: “Oh ‘We’re at war with the Zionist entity’… Ok, you’re at war. Have you done anything in that war? Are you going to do anything about the fact that they’re burning children alive every day… that you have Israeli terrorists known as settlers running around burning Qurans… that they’re raping prisoners?” Instead, he says, “what your action is on the g...

The visit of Syria’s interim president to Washington has once again showcased the ambivalence of US counter-terrorism policy, which changes according to temporal interests   by Aseel Saleh Part 4 - Syria joins US-led international coalition against ISIS When he was asked whether he committed to having his country join the US-led international coalition to fight ISIS in the West Asia region, Al-Sharaa answered: “We have fought many battles against ISIS over the past ten years and endured great suffering, losing a significant number of men. While there are reasons for the US military presence in Syria, this presence must now be coordinated with the Syrian government. We need to discuss these issues and reach an agreement regarding ISIS.” On Tuesday, November 11, Syria’s information minister, Hamza al-Mustafa, and a US official announced that Syria signed a “political declaration” with the coalition, confirming that it will have a role in “combating terrorism and supporting regional s...

In March 2006, the Harvard Kennedy School published a working paper, “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,” by influential political scientists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt. The paper, which ran in the London Review of Books and became the basis for a book published the following year, was an unflinching analysis of the impact of pro-Israel advocacy and lobbying groups on the U.S. political system, and the role of organizations like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in shaping U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East. Mearsheimer and Walt described a loose coalition of philanthropists, think tanks, advocacy groups, and Christian Zionist organizations that routinely pulled U.S. policy toward the Middle East away from America’s national interest, as the U.S. was being drawn into a military quagmire in Iraq. “Other special interest groups have managed to skew U.S. foreign policy in directions they favored,” Walt and Mearsheimer wrote, “but no lobby has mana...

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on the UN's approval of the US-Israeli plan to re-occupy Gaza under international cover, and the abstentions of Russia and China despite their stringent objections. 

Geopolitical Economy Report   The most overvalued stock on Earth may be that of Palantir, the corporate Big Brother that is getting huge contracts from the Trump administration and helps the US government wage war and carry out mass surveillance.    Executives have been selling billions of dollars worth of shares, yet CEO Alex Karp attacks short-sellers like "Big Short" investor Michael Burry, claiming they're "crazy" for thinking the company is in a bubble. Ben Norton explains.

GVS Deep Dive  Saudi Arabia just secured two of the most powerful assets in modern geopolitics: the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter and tens of thousands of Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips. Washington hoped this would pull Riyadh firmly back into the American orbit. But the outcome is something neither side fully expected: Mohammad bin Salman outplayed both Washington and Beijing — and used the great-power rivalry to his advantage.

The Grayzone   On Piers Morgan, The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal confronts former US ambassador to Venezuela James Story over his history of coup plotting and collaboration with violent opposition elements.  

Israel’s genocide is being powered by Microsoft. From creating a massive digital dragnet, aiding in the production of A.I.-generated kill lists, hiring hundreds of Israeli spies to run its internal affairs, and suppressing figures opposing the slaughter, the Seattle-based tech corporation has played a key role in the violence.   by Alan Macleod    Part 6 - Targeting Enemies   Company employees are far from the only target of Microsoft’s wrath, however. In May, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, announced that Microsoft had locked him out of his official ICC email account, just as he was formalizing charges against Netanyahu and other top Israeli leaders. For many, the timing was not a coincidence, but rather a message. The British lawyer joined a vast plethora of Palestinians who have complained that Microsoft has terminated their accounts without warning. A BBC investigation found dozens of Palestinians who, after attempting to use Mic...

As panic-inducing travel advisories and doomsaying media reports prophesy the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate attacking fuel convoys, the government has re-secured supply routes and hosted Mali’s first international defense expo in a supposedly besieged capital.   by Pavan Kulkarni  Part 2 - French-spawned terror groups Mali was among the first and worst affected by these terror groups. Its former colonizer, France, which was a key participant in Libya’s destruction, then deployed its troops, ostensibly to protect Mali. Over the years, its military presence expanded across the Sahel. Alongside, the armed groups also grew in strength, increasing attacks and the area under their control. This led to a growing perception that French troops in the region were not fighting the terror groups it helped create but guarding its own economic and political interests in maintaining its neocolonial grip over the troubled former colonies. Amid mass protests against the French troop de...

Geopolitical Economy Report   The US economy depends on an unsustainable stock market bubble driven by AI companies that are almost all losing money. Nvidia seems healthier, but serious red flags explain why its stock price is extremely volatile, and why its market capitalization dropped $600 billion in just one day. Ben Norton explains.

The Why Files   A behavioral expert who trains Navy SEALs and CIA operatives created a 20-point test that detects psychological manipulation with mathematical precision. Chase Hughes recently appeared on Shawn Ryan's podcast to discuss this system, and the same patterns appear in government propaganda, corporate deception, and social media algorithms. From a teenage girl's testimony that sold the Gulf War to Big Tobacco's forty-year lie, the scoring system reveals when you're being controlled. The formula works on anything—news coverage, corporate messaging, even the controversies you're arguing about right now. But once you learn to spot manipulation everywhere, you face a different danger. Foreign adversaries benefit when Americans trust nothing and question everything so intensely they can't function. The tool shows you how information is delivered. Deciding what's true is still your job.  

Glenn Diesen   Propaganda as a science seeks to manipulate the audience without appealing to reason. Freud's idea of group psychology overwhelming the rational individual was developed further by his nephew, Edward Bernays, who laid the foundation for the propaganda literature. Joseph Goebbels developed the Nazi propaganda based on the work of Bernays, and the same literature has been at the foundation of NATO's propaganda.  Related: A short story of the term invented to replace 'propaganda' in times of peace

The visit of Syria’s interim president to Washington has once again showcased the ambivalence of US counter-terrorism policy, which changes according to temporal interests   by Aseel Saleh Part 3 - Al-Sharaa says the visit marks new beginning for strategic relations with the US For his part, Al-Sharaa considered his visit a new beginning for strategic relations between his country and the United States. During an interview with Fox News following his meeting with Trump on Monday, Syria’s new ruler said: “For the past sixty years, Syria has been isolated from the rest of the world, and the relations were cut off between the United States and Syria. This is the first time a Syrian president has visited the White House since the establishment of Syria in the 40s of the last century.” “After the fall of the former regime, Syria has entered into a new era and this will build on a new strategy specially with the United States,” Al-Sharaa added. Source, links: https://peoplesdispatch.org/...

Free Palestine TV   Laith Marouf and Hadi Hotait travel to Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in the city of Saida (Saidon) in south Lebanon, where Zionists attacked an indoor sports complex, murdering 16 youth as they played football, and injuring many more. The two then chase Zionist jets in the Bint Jbeil district, as they conduct 6 raids on civilian homes and businesses in 6 villages.  

Caitlin Johnstone   /  Secular Talk   Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz made some very revealing remarks during an appearance at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly on Sunday, expressing frustration with the way younger Jews are dismissing pro-Israel arguments because of the carnage they've seen in Gaza. 

Danny Haiphong   Tucker Carlson isn't the only journalist breaking with Trump. In this video, Patrick Henningsen goes scorched earth on Trump's massive betrayal of what he promised his "MAGA" base and blows the lid off how his massive lies serve as a cover up for a much bigger structural problem in America's 'Israel First' political system, what Tucker and major voices in elite MAGA won't tell you.  

overzealots   The Nobel Peace Prize and the role it plays in laundering the image of the imperialist capitalist West. From Barack Obama, Henry Kissinger, and Menachem Begin to contemporary picks like María Corina Machado, the Nobel Peace Prize functions as a tool of empire. 

Προβολή στο Threads

Israel’s genocide is being powered by Microsoft. From creating a massive digital dragnet, aiding in the production of A.I.-generated kill lists, hiring hundreds of Israeli spies to run its internal affairs, and suppressing figures opposing the slaughter, the Seattle-based tech corporation has played a key role in the violence.   by Alan Macleod    Part 5 - Cracking Down on Internal Resistance   A greater threat than Iran to Microsoft, however, is its own employees, hundreds of whom have organized to oppose its role in the genocide. Under the banner of No Azure for Apartheid,  workers demand that: Microsoft terminates all Azure contracts with Israel; disclose all ties to the Israeli national security state; publicly call for a ceasefire, and stop persecuting employees who speak out about the genocide. This fourth demand is particularly salient, as the corporation has shown little to no tolerance for dissent. In October 2024, it fired two workers for organizing a ...

As panic-inducing travel advisories and doomsaying media reports prophesy the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate attacking fuel convoys, the government has re-secured supply routes and hosted Mali’s first international defense expo in a supposedly besieged capital.   by Pavan Kulkarni  Part 1 Amid a barrage of media reports prophesying the fall of Mali to an Al Qaeda affiliate disrupting its fuel supply by attacking tankers, delegates from ten African countries, Iran, and Turkey attended a defense expo in the capital Bamako from November 11 to 14. The city was reported to be “under siege”, encircled by jihadists closing in on power. Some version of “Is Mali about to fall?” was a rhetorical question across headlines, while the Atlantic Council declared the country was “unraveling”. Dismissing this portrayal as a scenario “concocted in the office of foreign intelligence services”, Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop insisted that “the fate of Mali, and the destiny of the people i...

globinfo freexchange    The lunatic circus of European imperialist clowns, has turned the course of the sinking Euro-ship towards a suicidal direct hot war with Russia.   Normally, most of them should be inside a high-security psychiatric clinic by now, yet they are the ones who decide the fate of millions of Europeans, ready to throw them into an absolutely devastating war with unpredictable consequences.   On November 15, the German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that a war between Russia and NATO could allegedly begin before 2029. "We have always said that this could happen in 2029. However, now there are those who say that this is possible as early as 2028, and some military historians believe that this year was our last peaceful summer," the minister claims. According to him, the alliance "has significant deterrence potential," including nuclear. Hours after the German Defense Minister's dr...

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on the WMD-grade lies underpinning the Trump administration's case for attacking Venezuela, and the hidden history of Washington's friendship with narco-tied pro-US leaders.

The visit of Syria’s interim president to Washington has once again showcased the ambivalence of US counter-terrorism policy, which changes according to temporal interests   by Aseel Saleh Part 2 - Trump hails Al-Sharaa, vows to support Syria In what was interpreted as paving the way for Al-Sharaa to remain in office after Syria’s transitional period ends, Trump praised the former Al-Qaeda militant, saying: “He’s a very strong leader, he comes from a very tough place. He’s a tough guy. I like him. I get along with the president, the new president of Syria, and we’ll do everything we can to make Syria successful because that’s part of the Middle East.” Source, links: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/11/13/syrias-president-from-al-qaeda-to-white-house-guest/   [ 1 ][ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]  

Geopolitical Economy Report   Donald Trump vowed to "take over" and "own" Gaza. The US government plans to divide the Palestinian territory into a "green zone" run by Western allies, while trapping Gazans in a "red zone", which won't be rebuilt. The USA hopes investors will make hundreds of billions of dollars. Ben Norton reports on the colonial scheme. 

Free Palestine TV   Laith Marouf & Rabih Ghannam travel to Athens, Greece, and take a walking tour with local activists Evan Katsounis and Maria Kosmidi, to discover the rich history of anti-Zionist and anti-Fascist actions in the city, as well as the current Zionist incursion into the property sector and the counter actions directed at the presence of these War Criminals on the streets of the city. 

A list of Palestinian children murdered by Israel. This isn't a list. It's a cemetery in text form. Each name is a Palestinian child murdered by Israel with Western funding and diplomatic cover pic.twitter.com/c3LzutyTyD — Ounka (@OunkaOnX) November 17, 2025

Middle East Eye   Trump's MAGA base has been tested by a series of scandals: War with Iran. Support for Israel. H-1B visas for foreign workers. And most recently, the release of the Epstein files. So, how are these scandals tearing apart the Republican MAGA coalition? And are political rivals looking to take the mantle of 'America First' from the US President?

Military TV   Tension rises in the Caribbean as Venezuela’s Su-30MK2 jets are spotted carrying Russian Kh-31 supersonic anti-ship missiles. These sea-skimming weapons could put U.S. warships at real risk near Venezuelan waters. What does this mean for Washington, Moscow, and the future of the region?   

Israel’s genocide is being powered by Microsoft. From creating a massive digital dragnet, aiding in the production of A.I.-generated kill lists, hiring hundreds of Israeli spies to run its internal affairs, and suppressing figures opposing the slaughter, the Seattle-based tech corporation has played a key role in the violence.   by Alan Macleod    Part 4 - Corporate Zionism: Roots in Israel’s War Economy   The Azure/IDF partnership is the result of a decades-long relationship between Microsoft and the State of Israel, one which has helped both entities. Microsoft established its first branch in Israel in 1989, and two years later, opened a research and development center in the city of Herzliya near Tel Aviv. The first of its kind outside the United States, the center has continued to expand, and now directly employs an estimated 2,700 workers. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Microsoft began signing deals with Israeli firms and government agencies, and, by the 2010s,...

Li Jingjing   Is China a socialist or capitalist country? Will China become the next hegemon as its global influence continues to grow?   Renowned leftist historian and writer, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Vijay Prashad, shared his analysis in this talk.

Δείτε αυτή τη δημοσίευση στο Instagram. Η δημοσίευση κοινοποιήθηκε από το χρήστη MintPress News (@mintpress)

Danny Haiphong   Trump has bent the knee to Israel for the last time. Patrick Henningsen exposes his horrid record and all the elements that has led to his rapidly coming collapse. 

The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel   Francesca Albanese’s new report examines how 60+ countries are complicit in Israel’s war crimes — and how their contributions will come back to haunt their own citizens.

The visit of Syria’s interim president to Washington has once again showcased the ambivalence of US counter-terrorism policy, which changes according to temporal interests   by Aseel Saleh Part 1 Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa arrived in Washington on Monday, November 10, to discuss various issues of mutual interest with US President Donald Trump. The occurrence, which marks Al-Sharaa’s first visit to the United States has stirred controversy, and invited the mockery of critics, as it came a mere two days after Al-Sharaa was removed from the US Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) sanctions list. This in turn has exposed the ambivalence of US counter-terrorism policy, which apparently designates or revokes persons and organizations from terrorism lists based on US interests at any given moment. One day before being revoked from the SDGT sanctions list, the United Nations Security Council had also adopted a US resolution to remove Al-Sharaa and his Interior Ministe...

Geopolitical Economy Report   Donald Trump admitted he wants to “take over” Venezuela and its oil. Marco Rubio is overseeing the war plans, aiming to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro and install US puppet María Corina Machado, who vowed to privatize Venezuela's natural resources and sell off $1.7 trillion of her country's assets to North American corporations. Ben Norton explains.  

Owen Jones   Israeli soldiers confessing that they indiscriminately slaughter Palestinian civilians. Absolutely sickening details.

MintPress News   Sudan is being systematically destroyed - not by accident, but by design. This investigation reveals how US imperialism, through Israeli and UAE proxies, has engineered Sudan's collapse since the 1990s to crush the axis of resistance, block China's Belt and Road, and loot Africa's resources families are killed, children starve, and the west profits. 

The Jimmy Dore Show   In recent years several alleged anti-Semitic incidents, including graffiti and vandalism, were later revealed to have been staged or “false flag” operations carried out by Jewish perpetrators to create sympathy or shift the public narrative in Israel’s favor. Jimmy Dore presents investigations that revealed hoaxes and uses them to argue that media and political institutions exploit victimhood to silence criticism of Israel. He then expands the discussion to accuse Israeli and Zionist figures of deceit in global politics and misinformation about Gaza. It ends with commentary that the term “anti‑Semitic” has lost meaning due to its politicization and misuse.

The Jimmy Dore Show   President Donald Trump is planning a White House welcome for Syria’s new president, former al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, who was installed after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Jimmy Dore argues that the U.S. and its allies, including Israel, have long funded extremist groups such as ISIS and al-Qaeda to serve foreign policy interests in the Middle East, so the embrace of al-Sharaa makes sense, even if it might confuse anyone who thought we took seriously the so-called “War on Terror.” He and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger contrast Trump’s willingness to meet with alleged terrorists to his refusal to engage in dialogue with leaders like Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, accusing U.S. policy of hypocrisy and imperialism.  

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's promises at a Miami business conference to sell off her country's resources as rapidly as possible. 

Israel’s genocide is being powered by Microsoft. From creating a massive digital dragnet, aiding in the production of A.I.-generated kill lists, hiring hundreds of Israeli spies to run its internal affairs, and suppressing figures opposing the slaughter, the Seattle-based tech corporation has played a key role in the violence.   by Alan Macleod    Part 3 - Microsoft Sees No Evil, Only Profits   Throughout all this, Microsoft has protested its innocence – and ignorance – of Israeli crimes. “At no time during this engagement or since that time has Microsoft been aware of the surveillance of civilians or collection of their cell phone conversations using Microsoft’s services, including through the external review it commissioned,” a spokesperson for the company stated, adding, “Any allegations about Microsoft leadership involvement and support of this project … are false.” But leaked documents suggest Microsoft engineers understood exactly what sort of data was being st...