Andrew Gavin Marshall
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The Debtor’s War: A Modern Greek Tragedy By Andrew Gavin Marshall
Early on Thursday, 7 November 2013, Greek riot police stormed the offices of Greece’s main public broadcaster, which had been under a five-month occupation by workers who opposed the government’s decision to shut down the broadcaster, firing thousands and destroying a major cultural institution. The broadcast seems to have come to an end. Continue reading
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Empire Under Obama, Part 1: Political Language and the ‘Mafia Principles’ of International Relations By Andrew Gavin Marshall
On August 21, the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad was accused of using chemical weapons on its own population, prompting Western countries – led by the United States – to declare their intention to bomb Syria to somehow save it from itself. The reasons for the declared intention of launching air strikes on Syria was… Continue reading
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Egypt Under Empire, Part 1: Working Class Resistance and European Imperial Ambitions By Andrew Gavin Marshall
For any and every empire that has sought to exert control over the Middle East, Asia or Africa, control over Egypt has been a pre-requisite. Its strategic location has only become more important with each subsequent empire. Continue reading
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The Global Economic Crisis: Causes and Devastating Consequences By Global Research
This important collection provides the reader with “a most comprehensive analysis of the various facets – especially the financial, social and military ramifications – from an outstanding list of world-class social thinkers.” Continue reading
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Podcast: Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 39
Taking a look at the use of psychiatry and psychology in social control and social engineering. From the days of ‘mad doctors’ to modern day pharmacological approaches to the mind, the concept of a ‘cure’ is associated with brain damage, while the definition of madness or ‘mental illness’ is in a constant state of change. Continue reading
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Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 10
The Western imperial powers seem intent on regime change in Iran. It has been said that, “the road to Tehran is through Damascus,” and such sentiments have been expressed by the King of Saudi Arabia, a ruthless tyrant who represses his own and neighboring populations (such as in Bahrain), and who calls for Syria to… Continue reading
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Fighting the “Rising Tide” of Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Syrian Crisis By Andrew Gavin Marshall
The following sample is a compilation of unedited research, largely drawn from official government documents of the State Department, CIA, Pentagon, White House, and National Security Council, outlining the development of the Eisenhower Doctrine and the American imperial perceptions of the threat of ‘Arab Nationalism.’ Continue reading
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The U.S. Strategy to Control Middle Eastern Oil By Andrew Gavin Marshall
In the midst of World War II, Saudi Arabia secured a position of enormous significance to the rising world power, America. With its oil reserves essentially untapped, the House of Saud became a strategic ally of immense importance, “a matter of national security, nourishing U.S. military might and enhancing the potentiality of postwar American hegemony.” Continue reading
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Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 8
29 February 2012 — www.boilingfrogspost.com “Black History in the United States: Slavery, Segregation, and Social Control” In a highly critical black history of the United States, this episode examines the social construction of race (and racism) starting in the late 1600s as a means of social control, devised through the colonial legal system to separate white Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Newslinks 8-9 October 2011
9 October 2011 — williambowles.info 9 October 2011 Is it Revolution 2.0? Green Left Weekly issue #782 Today at 10:28 Sun, 09/10/2011 By Chris Atkinson There’s no doubt that the explosion of social media, mobile technology and online-organising capabilities have dramatically altered the battle terrain of class struggles today in ways good, bad and ugly. Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Newslinks 2-4 October 2011
4 October 2011 — williambowles.info 4 October 2011 Obama Machine Prepares To Hijack ‘Occupy Wall Street’ GlobalResearch.ca Today at 22:51 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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Full-Scale NATO Ground Invasion of Libya is likely soon: Andrew Gavin Marshall
Andrew Gavin Marshall from the Centre for Research on Globalization says that a ground invasion is quite likely, and that the process is already underway. Continue reading
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Punishing Pakistan and Challenging China By Andrew Gavin Marshall
Following along the same lines as the dismantling of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the destabilization of Pakistan is aimed at wider strategic objectives for the Western imperial powers: namely, the isolation of China. Continue reading
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Bilderberg: Who Manages the World? Selected Articles By Global Research
14 June 2011 — Global Research Bilderberg And You – by Global Research – 2011-06-13 Continue reading
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Bilderberg: Death of Democracy Behind Closed Doors By grtv
Heads of state, CEOs and NATO officials are gathering at the top secret Bilderberg conference this week in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Are the global elite meeting to carve up the world or is this just simply a talk shop? With these meetings perhaps shaping the future of the globe, why is the media not being… Continue reading
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Pakistan in Pieces, Part 1: Imperial Eye on Pakistan by Andrew Gavin Marshall
As the purported assassination of Osama bin Laden has placed the focus on Pakistan, it is vital to assess the changing role of Pakistan in broad geostrategic terms, and in particular, of the changing American strategy toward Pakistan. Continue reading
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Truth, Propaganda and Media Manipulation By Global Research
Never before has it been so important to have independent, honest voices and sources of information. We are – as a society – inundated and overwhelmed with a flood of information from a wide array of sources, but these sources of information, by and large, serve the powerful interests and individuals that own them. The… Continue reading
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