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BRICS under attack: Western banks, governments launch full-spectrum assault on Russia

Russia is the target of a multi-faceted, asymmetric campaign of destabilization that has employed economic, political, and psychological forms of warfare -- each of which has been specifically designed to inflict maximum damage on the Kremlin. by Eric Draitser PART 1 The U.S.-NATO Empire, with its centers of power in Washington, on Wall Street, and in the city of London, is on the offensive against the BRICS countries. This assault takes many forms, each tailored to its specific target. The ongoing soft coup in Brazil has recently entered a new stage with the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff of the left-wing Workers’ Party. Simultaneously, the destabilization of the ANC-led government in South Africa continues as political forces align to remove President Jacob Zuma. These two situations illustrate clearly the very potent forms of subversion via Western-funded political formations and movements being employed against Brazil, Russia, India, China and So

Cyber wars: Already a common practice in Cold War 2.0?

Years ago the Stuxnet virus showed the possibility of anonymous “kinetic” attacks in the cyber arena, leading many military and defense analysts to worry that World War III may be carried out with a keyboard. On Thursday, senior cybersecurity officials from the US and Russia began two-day meetings in Geneva. The US says that the two countries are renewing efforts to prevent rushing into a cyber war “by mistake,” but many wonder what defines a "cyber war," and whether it actually poses a credible risk. In recent years, America has pushed the boundaries of cyberwarfare while Western media focused on imagined threats from Russian and Chinese hackers. Beginning in 2010, with Operation Olympic Games, the US and their Israeli counterparts released the Stuxnet virus, crippling Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility and demonstrating the potential of "kinetic effects" as a result of cyberwarfare. [...] Recently, a series of cyberattacks by Iran d

Did Bernie ever really have a chance?

Voter fraud is a major theme in this year’s election cycle. While the Republicans are completely ignoring voters, Democrats are resorting to other methods. The result? The ballet boxes are being used to suppress the will of the people. The woman, on her to way to vote in the primaries, checked all of her documents once again. She had moved not too long ago, and although she had notified the proper authorities of her change of address and had reregistered with her party, she still wanted to make sure her i’s were dotted and her t’s crossed. Once she got to her neighborhood voting station, she went up to the man at the front desk, introduced herself and asked for a ballot. The man looked over his list and frowned. Double checking the name, he told her that she wasn’t on the list and asked if she had registered. The woman exclaimed yes and told the man her story. Quickly looking at her watch, she realized that she didn’t have time to vote, because she was going to be

Bulgaria in the trap of neoliberalism

In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell and the so-called “transition period” for Central and Eastern Europe began. The goal pursued was a radical change of society at economic, political and social level. In relation to this, Bulgaria endorsed a variety of development programs, which were manipulated by the two supranational institutions – the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The country was quickly encompassed by a wide network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) whose number amounts nowadays to 38,000. The UN agencies, supranational authorities and NGOs organized and coordinated Bulgaria’s transition through the same methods, ideas and language, which were being used for the Third World Countries by that time. by Daniela Penkova PART 6 - The Results “ Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” - Edward Abbey, „Desert Solitaire” For 25 years of democratization the Bulgarian population has melted by over 1,600,000 –

Η απόλυτη παράνοια της νεοφιλελέ εικονικής πραγματικότητας

του system failure Και ξαφνικά βγήκε η eurostat μιλώντας για “ ... πρωτογενές πλεόνασμα 0,7% του ΑΕΠ, ή 1,1 δις ευρώ, έκλεισε το 2015 σύμφωνα με την έκθεση της Eurostat – μια έκθεση, που διαψεύδει ξανά τις προβλέψεις του ΔΝΤ. ” Η κυβέρνηση το διατυμπανίζει λέγοντας πως το ΔΝΤ έπεσε πάλι έξω, αλλά ... έχει καμία σημασία πλέον; Με αυτά που έχει κάνει το ΔΝΤ, με τις καταστροφικές συνταγές, με τα "λάθη" σε πολλαπλασιαστές και με τόσα άλλα, θα έπρεπε κανονικά να έχει φύγει με τις κλοτσιές. Για να μην αναφερθούμε στις τελευταίες αποκαλύψεις με την "λύση" ενός πραξικοπήματος τύπου Ντράγκι που σκέφτονταν ο Τόμσεν με την Βελκουλέσκου στους περίφημους διαλόγους που διέρρευσαν μέσω WikiLeaks. Αν ήταν στην αντιπολίτευση, η "Αριστερή" κυβέρνηση θα έλεγε το αυτονόητο: δεν έχει καμία σημασία το ΑΕΠ, το χρέος, ή, το πρωτογενές πλεόνασμα, αφού η πραγματικότητα που βιώνουν εκατομμύρια Έλληνες συνεχώς χειροτερεύει. Η σχιζοφρένεια του κυ