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Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin Johnstone

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14 hours ago

Just Beneath

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Don’t let the fraudulence of this civilization eclipse the supernova of authenticity hidden just beneath that thin membrane. Don’t let the vapid artificiality of mainstream culture cause you to miss the weird magic of life as it actually is. Don’t let…

Life

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Just Beneath
Just Beneath
Life

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1 day ago

We’re Ruled By Assholes Because We Have Asshole Systems: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ It’s funny to think about how all our abusive, oppressive systems are only there because the people who benefit from them are able to keep everyone else too divided and distracted to notice that we vastly outnumber them and could literally…

Capitalism

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We’re Ruled By Assholes Because We Have Asshole Systems: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative…
We’re Ruled By Assholes Because We Have Asshole Systems: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative…
Capitalism

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4 days ago

Celebrities Protect The Interests Of The Empire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ If you say you oppose Russia because you’re an anti-imperialist but you don’t oppose the US empire for its role in starting and perpetuating this war, then you’re a liar. …

Celebrity

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Celebrities Protect The Interests Of The Empire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Celebrities Protect The Interests Of The Empire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Celebrity

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6 days ago

“Why Don’t You Ever Criticize RUSSIA’S Warmongering??”

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ “Why don’t you ever criticize RUSSIA’S warmongering?” is a question I am often asked with great indignation. …

Russia

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“Why Don’t You Ever Criticize RUSSIA’S Warmongering??”
“Why Don’t You Ever Criticize RUSSIA’S Warmongering??”
Russia

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Jan 27

The Mass Media Used To Publish Perspectives On Ukraine That They Would Never Publish Today

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The other day I stumbled across a 2014 opinion piece in The Guardian titled “It’s not Russia that’s pushed Ukraine to the brink of war” by Seumas Milne, who the following year would go on to become the Labour Party’s Executive…

Ukraine

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The Mass Media Used To Publish Perspectives On Ukraine That They Would Never Publish Today
The Mass Media Used To Publish Perspectives On Ukraine That They Would Never Publish Today
Ukraine

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Jan 26

The West Is Incentivizing Russia To Hit Back

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Well the omnicidal war sluts won the debate over sending tanks to Ukraine, so now it’s time to start arguing for sending F-16s. In an article titled “Ukraine sets sights on fighter jets after securing tank supplies,” Reuters reports the following: …

Russia

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The West Is Incentivizing Russia To Hit Back
The West Is Incentivizing Russia To Hit Back
Russia

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Jan 25

Hardly Anyone Is Thinking Logically About The Risk Of Nuclear War

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its symbolic Doomsday Clock to ninety seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been set since its founding after the second world war. …

Nuclear War

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Hardly Anyone Is Thinking Logically About The Risk Of Nuclear War
Hardly Anyone Is Thinking Logically About The Risk Of Nuclear War
Nuclear War

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Jan 24

“Chinese Aggression” Sure Looks An Awful Lot Like US Aggression

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. …

China

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“Chinese Aggression” Sure Looks An Awful Lot Like US Aggression
“Chinese Aggression” Sure Looks An Awful Lot Like US Aggression
China

6 min read


Jan 23

There Is Always Hope, And There Is Always Wonder

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ I often hear talk of how depressing it is to learn the truth about what’s really going on in our society and in our world, including in the comments sections of the places my own writings appear. …

Hope

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There Is Always Hope, And There Is Always Wonder
There Is Always Hope, And There Is Always Wonder
Hope

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Jan 22

Let’s Nuke The World Over Who Governs Crimea: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Critics of the US empire have spent months compiling mountains of evidence showing that the empire knowingly provoked the war in Ukraine. Supporters of the US empire have spent months posting dog memes and accusing strangers of being paid by Putin…

Nuclear War

6 min read

Let’s Nuke The World Over Who Governs Crimea: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Let’s Nuke The World Over Who Governs Crimea: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Nuclear War

6 min read

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Caitlin Johnstone

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I write about the end of illusions.

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