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US hegemony and its perils

Report by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China   Part 6 - Cultural Hegemony / Spreading False Narratives   The global expansion of American culture is an important part of its external strategy. The United States has often used cultural tools to strengthen and maintain its hegemony in the world. ◆ The United States embeds American values in its products such as movies. American values and lifestyle are a tied product to its movies and TV shows, publications, media content, and programs by the government-funded non-profit cultural institutions. It thus shapes a cultural and public opinion space in which American culture reigns and maintains cultural hegemony. In his article The Americanization of the World , John Yemma, an American scholar, exposed the real weapons in U.S. cultural expansion: the Hollywood, the image design factories on Madison Avenue and the production lines of Mattel Company and Coca-Cola. There are various vehicles the United States uses

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The government has asked Apple, Meta, Google and Microsoft to produce data on almost 20,000 accounts between 2013 and 2021, making Ireland one of the most surveilled societies in the world. #HowIrelandWorks https://t.co/9pMahPBHHR pic.twitter.com/GbBBoZCpwX — Mick Caul (@caulmick) April 16, 2023

Day 1466: Julian Assange still in prison and under slow-motion execution by the Anglo-American imperialist criminals

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

Leaked Pentagon docs show US & UK special forces already in Ukraine as war heads to stalemate

Democracy Now!    

Iran’s unrest triggers explosion of fake news

Some of the most incendiary accusations made against Iran’s government by corporate media, celebrity influencers and Western leaders in the past months are little more than fabrications. And most remain uncorrected.   by Setareh Sadeqi and Christopher Weaver   Part 11 - Euronews reports shootings of protesters across Iran, produces zero evidence   The Persian website of Euronews posted a series of random images alleging that Iran’s security forces had opened fire on protesters across the country. According to Euronews , “ news circulating on social media ” indicated that protests were held in Tehran and other cities including Isfahan, Arak, and Sanandaj. It then claimed that “ some other users also reported shootings around Azadi Square as well as in Isfahan and cities in the west of the country. ” As seen below, the report by Euronews contained revealing caveats like “ based on news published on social media ”; “ Euronews cannot verify the authenticity of the news ”; and “ it is sai

European antiwar protests gain strength as NATO’s Ukraine proxy war escalates

Europeans are storming the streets in unprecedented numbers to protest NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine and their own declining living standards. The Grayzone has covered demonstrations and interviewed protest leaders in several countries since the war erupted.   by Stavroula Pabst and Max Blumenthal   Part 5 - The view from Greece: “Americans are the killers of the people”   As the conservative Mitsotakis government bends over backwards to please Washington, average Greek citizens struggle with impossibly high living expenses and energy bills. Protesters I spoke with in Athens on February reflexively linked their government’s support for NATO’s proxy war with their own eroding living conditions. Their anger is widespread throughout a country where anti-NATO and anti-EU sentiment remains relatively high. Banners at the February 21 protest denounced US Secretary of State Blinken, while slogans like “Solidarity is the peoples’ gun!”, and “They killed Lambrakis and Beloyiannis — Americans are

Unacceptable: How endless spending in Ukraine causes suffering at home

Glenn Greenwald    

Where is Julian Assange now? 4 Years after his arrest

acTVism Munich April 11, 2023, marks four years since Julian Assange brutal arrest in England in 2019. We recap what has happened during the past four years and how you can help free Assange and protect your right to know and access information.

CIA freaks out over Saudi-Iran peace talks

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the recent trip to Saudi Arabia by CIA director William Burns amid Chinese-brokered peace talks between the Saudis and Iran, and the waning influence of the US over the global economy.

US world dominance is over, Marco Rubio admits

The Jimmy Dore Show   Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio took note of the announcement that a number of nations around the globe, including some very powerful ones, are planning to go off the petrodollar and use other currencies as international mediums of exchange. If that happens, Rubio observes, the United States will lose virtually all its ability to threaten and otherwise terrorize “rogue” states with economic sanctions.