P. GREANVILLE—Irrepressibly, largely spontaneously, and with ever greater force and speed, a new information paradigm is being born to meet the urgent survival needs of humanity. This paradigm, conceived in a still hotly contested digital matrix where the dying system still exerts heavy influence through a variety of advantages, is nonetheless largely grounded in truth. State power, corporate ownership, and huge chunks of badly brainwashed humanity can delay the process, and they do, but eventually reality will win. Moral integrity in mass journalism is an idea whose time is come.
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EDITOR—The panel also discusses Biden’s (the Empire’s) options in regard to the Israel/Palestine conflict. It’s clear the Empire, and especially the Biden admin ·from the p.r. standpoint) has only bad options. If Biden allows Netanyahu to go on genociding the Palestinian people, the reputational damage is enormous. If he orders him to stop, and freezes all financial and military support, he gets in trouble with the powerful Zionist lobby. Either way, it’s clear that the US, the EU and Israel have suffered already a major defeat in their propaganda war, with possible lasting consequences, and, despite their arrogant moves to amplify the war, such as in Yemen or Iran, they may end up losing the war or dragging the whole world into a nuclear confrontation.
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A wide-ranging discussion by Garland Nixon and Joti Brar on the tasks ahead to save humanity from the collapse of imperialism, a process that connotes constant wars, increased repression, and the immiseration of the working class across the globe. Garland also dissects the Neocon’s “Narcissist” personality which suits the empire to a “T”, given the US empire’s pathological arrogance, criminality, and complete lack of empathy, among other narcissistic traits. Incidentally, even Google accepts that: “Marxist–Leninist states are commonly referred to as “communist states” by Western academics. Marxist–Leninists reject anarchism and left communism, as well as reformist socialism and social democracy. They oppose fascism and liberal democracy, and are anti-imperialists.”
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BILLY BOB—Blowback: Exposing Imperial Decline welcomes special guests Jeremiah Kim, Serafina Harris, and Jahan Choudhry. These activists, journalists, and artists are contributors to the Avant-Garde journal that launched on November 9th. All contributors are associated with the Saturday Free School. Each guest discussed their work including Jahan’s provocative critique of Gerald Horne, Serafina’s Black Reconstruction painting: “The Black Worker and World Peace”, and Jeremiah’s provocative article on Norman Finkelstein. The roundtable also discussed current events and the necessity of properly contextualizing our current situation in order to make the most of the opportunities that present themselves due to the increasing geopolitical upheavals that lie ahead.
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GLENN GREENWALD—It is really hard to overstate how consequential and how nefarious this disinformation industry is. It received woefully inadequate attention until the emergence of these articles. It is one of the greatest threats to a free Internet yet manufactured. It is rapidly spreading as a result of the backing of some of the world’s most powerful governments and most influential neo-liberal billionaires. And without hyperbole or melodrama, its goal is nothing less than the end of the Internet as one of our last instruments for expressing and organizing meaningful dissent.
