EDITOR—A tour de force analysis of how the US Empire is imploding, as it fights its multiplying contradictions and the collapse of long-held myths giving it legitimacy—starting with the illusion of American democracy, freedom, and ruling class patriotism—while its military supremacy is also eroding fast and has actually been surpassed by peer nations such as Russia and China. In this context, the Western totalitarian ruling class sees no way out from the necessity of imposing ever more stringent censorship and repression on sectors of the population that insist on spreading “inconvenient truths”. Same extreme methods are being used to keep the Empire’s vassals in line, which the Empie is cannibilising. Trump obviously offers no real change, but, as a super imperialist anchored in nationalism, he promises to make the working class gets its share of the imperialist loot.
CITIZEN TOOLS
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We’ve Seen This “Antisemitism Crisis On The Left” Script Before
25 minutes readCAITLIN JOHNSTONE—It sure is a crazy coincidence how western politicians and media always start urgently telling us about an invisible epidemic of left wing antisemitism every time western military ties to Israel are subjected to widespread public scrutiny.
It’s getting bad, and it will likely get worse.
The mass media are filling up with op-eds and cable news segments about how antisemitic leftist anti-genocide protesters are becoming.
Instagram progressive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently hosted two virulent Zionists in a livestream where the three spent their time concern trolling about the rise of antisemitism in left-wing activist circles.
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MOATS—Everyone wants to be in the big chair, says Miko Peled, as Israeli war hawk Benny Gantz quits Netanyahu’s government. He thinks it’s his moment. It’s not really about ideology, says Peled. Things will remain the same toward Palestinians no matter who is at the top of the current government. Israelis, by a wide margin, have been looking for ways to attain complete ethnic cleansing of Palestinians for many years. Some polls, as other sources have noted, show that most Israelis believe the government is not doing enough to eliminate Palestinians. Their expressions of undying hatred for Palestinians can be read on any social platform publishing opinion in Hebrew.
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JOHN VAROLI—Five months remain before the elections in November, and no election in modern America is complete without a witch hunt for “Russian spies and agents of influence”. If you believe the White House, these extraordinary super-agents can dupe millions of Americans into voting for ‘right-wing’ candidates just by posting videos on websites that few people have seen, as well as humorous memes on social media.
Our fragile American democracy is easily subverted by these nefarious ‘Russian agents’. They hate us for our freedoms and want to enslave us with their communist ideology. If you listen to U.S./ NATO officials, these Russian agents are everywhere; so always be vigilant. How to discern a ‘Russian agent’? One clear sign, of course, is that they criticize the White House’s policies and agitate for peace on Earth.
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Land of the Free? Better watch what you say and to whom
25 minutes readPHILIP GIRALDI—Ritter, to be sure, has been a powerful voice critiquing the Iraq War, where his inspections turned up no WMD and he declared, in August 2002, that a case had not been made for attacking Saddam Hussein. If George W. Bush and his gang of neocons plus Congress had only paid attention to Scott Ritter, the US would have been spared the loss of thousands of soldiers and the utter waste of trillions of tax dollars. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis also died as a result of the US attack on their country.
Since that time, Ritter has been an activist who calls for dialogue, negotiation and diplomacy to avoid wars, particularly in the current context where the United States is supplying tens of billions of dollars in arms to expand the war with Russia, sustain the attacks on Gazans and establish a pretext for a war with China over Taiwan.