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12 hours ago

Modern Empire Apologia Is Mostly Just Westerners Arguing With Reality

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): It’s funny how much empire apologia in the 2020s consists of westerners saying that governments who aren’t aligned with the United States shouldn’t have the security concerns they have and shouldn’t regard their national interests the way they…

Russia

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Modern Empire Apologia Is Mostly Just Westerners Arguing With Reality
Modern Empire Apologia Is Mostly Just Westerners Arguing With Reality
Russia

4 min read


1 day ago

People Are Dying For Inches In Ukraine, The “World’s Largest Arms Fair”

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): There’s a heartbreaking graphic going around right now showing the almost microscopic changes that have occurred to the frontline of the war in Ukraine this year despite nonstop death and destruction of unfathomable horror the entire time. The…

Ukraine

4 min read

People Are Dying For Inches In Ukraine, The “World’s Largest Arms Fair”
People Are Dying For Inches In Ukraine, The “World’s Largest Arms Fair”
Ukraine

4 min read


2 days ago

The News Has Nothing To Do With Newsworthiness

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Caitlin Johnstone): I don’t mention it often but I actually have a degree in journalism. I graduated with distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2003, and while it would be another 13 years before I’d ever put…

News

4 min read

The News Has Nothing To Do With Newsworthiness
The News Has Nothing To Do With Newsworthiness
News

4 min read


3 days ago

Unprecedented Times Call For Unprecedented Measures

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child, Listen to the DON’TS Listen to the SHOULDN’TS The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT’S Listen to the NEVER HAVES Then listen close to me — Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be. ~ Shel Silverstein …

Humanity

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Unprecedented Times Call For Unprecedented Measures
Unprecedented Times Call For Unprecedented Measures
Humanity

4 min read


4 days ago

Nobody Who Fought Against Russia Could Possibly Be Bad!

Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix ❖ Just because Ukraine has Nazi paramilitaries and just because it’s impossible to take photos of Ukrainian soldiers without capturing Nazi insignia and just because Ukrainian Nazis get applauded in parliament doesn’t mean we’re on the side of the Nazis, you crazy Russian shill. https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1706116389029969957 Western minds have become so…

Russia

4 min read

Nobody Who Fought Against Russia Could Possibly Be Bad!
Nobody Who Fought Against Russia Could Possibly Be Bad!
Russia

4 min read


5 days ago

Bill Kristol’s Refreshingly Honest Ukraine War Ad

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The Bill Kristol-led group “Republicans for Ukraine” has released a TV ad to help drum up GOP support for Washington’s proxy war against Russia, and it’s surprisingly honest about what this war is really about: advancing US strategic…

Ukraine

5 min read

Bill Kristol’s Refreshingly Honest Ukraine War Ad
Bill Kristol’s Refreshingly Honest Ukraine War Ad
Ukraine

5 min read


6 days ago

This War Wasn’t Just Provoked — It Was Provoked Deliberately

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): In an interesting speech about the way US imperial aggression provokes violence around the world, antiwar commentator Scott Horton made reference to an April 2022 article from Yahoo News that had previously escaped my attention. The article is…

Ukraine

5 min read

This War Wasn’t Just Provoked — It Was Provoked Deliberately
This War Wasn’t Just Provoked — It Was Provoked Deliberately
Ukraine

5 min read


Sep 23

We’re Being Prepared For The Ukraine War To Last Into The 2030s

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Western officials and media pundits are now directly acknowledging that Ukraine’s much-touted “spring counteroffensive” has been a catastrophic failure, but rather than seeing this as a reason to reconsider the mainstream political consensus on this war, they are…

Nato

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We’re Being Prepared For The Ukraine War To Last Into The 2030s
We’re Being Prepared For The Ukraine War To Last Into The 2030s
Nato

5 min read


Sep 22

Okinawa Disproves The US Narrative About Overseas Bases

Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki has implored the UN for international backing in his opposition to the prefecture being overrun with US military bases. The Japan Times reports: “I am here today to ask the world to witness the…

News

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Okinawa Disproves The US Narrative About Overseas Bases
Okinawa Disproves The US Narrative About Overseas Bases
News

6 min read


Sep 20

War Profiteers Are A Sign Of A Profoundly Sick Society

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): “War is good for business.” So reads a quote from an arms industry executive in a recent Reuters article titled “At London arms fair, global war fears are good for business” about Europe’s biggest arms show, the biennial…

War

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War Profiteers Are A Sign Of A Profoundly Sick Society
War Profiteers Are A Sign Of A Profoundly Sick Society
War

5 min read

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