February 5, 2020
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How Capitalism’s Structural and Ideological Crisis Gives Rise to Neo-Fascism
Globalization sociologist William I. Robinson explains how global capitalism has been mired in a structural crisis since the 1970s, but especially since 2008, which has also led to a crisis of legitimacy, giving rise to neo-fascism around the world. (Inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Starting to Crack a Hard Target: U.S. Intelligence Efforts Against the Soviet Missile Program through 1957
U.S. Learned of the First ICBM Test from a Soviet Press Release and the Second from a Remark Made to a French Politician UNAWARE OF SPUTNIK I AND II UNTIL THEY WERE IN ORBIT Continue reading
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The United States of America’s Doll House: A Vast Tapestry of Lies and Illusions
3 February 2020 — Edward Curtin By Edward Curtin This is an updated and revised version of the full cover-story that appeared in the important publication, garrison: The Journal of History and Deep Politics, Issue 003. Issue 004 is due out this week and I urge readers to purchase it. You will read articles there Continue reading
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Buttigieg Backer Top Funder of Group Behind Iowa’s Disastrous Voting App
At the time of publication, 12 hours after voting in the Democratic Party’s Iowa caucuses ended, the results have not been announced. The delay in reporting is the result of a failed app developed by a company appropriately named Shadow Inc. Continue reading
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DNC Loses Public Trust in Primary Process on Very First Day
After a 2016 presidential primary race riddled with scandals, all of which worked against Bernie Sanders to the advantage of anointed establishment favorite Hillary Clinton, the 2020 Democratic presidential primary elections officially began with a massive scandal working against Bernie Sanders to the advantage of an establishment favorite. Continue reading
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Ireland’s Faustian pact with U.S. capital
The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald’s cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley’s technologies to flourish is called the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. —Thomas Friedman, New York Times,… Continue reading
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STOLEN! Bernie Campaign APP caught DNC RED HANDED
Clipped from 2-3-20 Exclusive ROKFIN Livestream Niko House comes on with BREAKING NEWS. Bernie Sanders campaign had anticipated election rigging and developed an APP that allowed Precinct Captains to track down the votes…the votes that did come out were not matching up…Did Bernie catch the Democratic Party redhanded? Continue reading
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“Organic is the future”
Vandana Shiva, a pioneer of organic farming in India, is incensed by the 2019 draft law to compulsorily register all seeds used by farmers. On a wintry afternoon, at her farm Navdanya in the Himalayan foothills, the noted ecologist spoke on the future of the organic farming movement in India. Excerpts: Continue reading
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Why Turkey won’t hitch Syrian wagon with US By M.K. Bhadrakumar
The remark by President Recep Erdogan on Friday that Turkey might militarily intervene in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province fuelled speculation that tensions between Ankara and Moscow have reached a point of no return. Continue reading
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VIDEO of fake chemical attack in Syria already complete, White Helmets co-produced footage – Moscow
The White Helmets have shot a new fake video of ‘Assad’s chemical attack’ in Syria’s Idlib, the Russian MoD has said. The movie, co-produced by the notorious White Helmets, is expected to be released shortly on social media. Continue reading
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A murderous system is being created before our very eyes
Nils Melzer, why is the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture interested in Julian Assange? That is something that the German Foreign Ministry recently asked me as well: Is that really your core mandate? Is Assange the victim of torture? Continue reading