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US Propaganda, Censorship & Our Huxleyan Servitude

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A recent article in The Guardian parroted a US state-funded group's evidence-free allegations that The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté -- who has reported extensively on the OPCW’s Syria cover-up scandal -- is "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" about Syria among a "network" of "conspiracy theorists."

Aaron called Guardian reporter Mark Townsend on the phone to ask him to substantiate these defamatory claims, and why he didn’t reach out before printing them. 

Guest: Mark Townsend. Reporter for The Guardian who wrote the story, “Network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified” — now updated with Aaron Maté’s response. 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/19/russia-backed-network-of-syria-conspiracy-theorists-identified

Note: to reduce repetition, the recording of the phone call between Aaron and Mark Townsend has been shortened. Townsend was contacted for comment prior to publication of this segment, but did not respond.

Grayzone challenges Guardian reporter on US state-funded Syria smears

Western governments and corporations met in Switzerland to plan harsh neoliberal economic policies to impose on post-war Ukraine, calling to cut labor laws, “open markets,” drop tariffs, deregulate industries, and “sell state-owned enterprises to private investors.” 

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rbxudlFTN1E

Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/07/28/west-neoliberal-recovery-conference

West prepares to plunder post-war Ukraine with neoliberal shock therapy

The history of how Wall Street capitalists helped to create the US national security state under the Harry S. Truman administration, as Washington built its post-World War II empire.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IOviqBC3o-0 

This is PART 12 of the Empire and the Deep State series I am co-hosting with historian Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast.

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How Wall Street gave birth to the CIA and US national security state (with historian Aaron Good)

Historian Aaron Good explains how the Western Big Oil corporations that dominated the global crude industry, known as the "Seven Sisters," had significant influence in the government of US President Dwight Eisenhower and inspired the CIA's first ever coup, the 1953 putsch against Iran's elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kv9n4q7IM64

This is PART 14 of the Empire and the Deep State series Multipolarista editor Ben Norton is co-hosting with Aaron Good and producer Seamus McGuinness of the American Exception podcast.

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How oil corporations influenced US President Eisenhower and CIA coup in Iran

The BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is “developing a fairer system of monetary exchange” to challenge the “dominance of the dollar”. Saudi Arabia is considering selling oil in other currencies. Economist Zoltan Pozsar says the US “unipolar era” is over.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ryKuoB9JEBE

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/21/brics-us-dollar-saudi-oil-currency-multipolar

China ‘counters US dollar hegemony’ with gold reserves, Argentina yuan currency swap deal: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/08/china-dollar-gold-reserves-argentina-yuan

BRICS challenges US dollar, Saudi considers selling oil in other currencies: Financial multipolarity

Today's episode is a recording of Brian Becker's speech during the launch of the International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. This event was held at The People's Forum in New York City on January 28, and featured a wide range of anti-war leaders and experts on international law. Brian discusses the urgent need to build the anti-war movement, and the importance of rejecting the demonization of targeted countries and putting the fight against sanctions at the forefront. Brian makes the case that U.S. empire is rooted in the insatiable search of capitalists for profits.

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Brian Becker at People's Tribunal: "End the Scourge of Capitalism and Imperialism!"

Biden’s administration used an Air Force F-22 Raptor jet fighter and Raytheon’s Sidewinder missile, to shoot down a meandering Chinese balloon on Saturday. Republicans in Congress called the balloon a “show of force,” and Biden canceled Secretary of State Blinken’s trip to China.

Brian is joined by Dr. Ken Hammond, professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University, founding director of the Confucius Institute at New Mexico State University, and leading organizer with Pivot to Peace.

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The War Drive Against China Keeps Ballooning

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We talk with Seth Harp about the mysterious crime wave around the US military’s special forces headquarters at Ft. Bragg.

Seth Harp is an investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, and magazine writer. He is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, and has also reported from Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Mexico for publications including Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Intercept, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, and the Columbia Journalism Review. Harp is a veteran of the Iraq war, and before becoming a journalist was an assistant attorney general for the state of Texas.

He is currently working on a book about the subject we discuss in this episode: The Ft. Bragg Murders.

Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

Music: "Nine Times" by Mock Orange

Episode 103: Ft. Bragg Murder Mysteries w/Seth Harp

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German-based artist Adam Broomberg talks about being smeared and literally canceled by German officials as an antisemite for the crime of defending Palestinian Human Rights and criticizing Israel. Broomberg, who is Jewish and who lost relatives in the Nazi Holocaust talks about having his latest show canceled by the German Government and what he's observed in Palestine.

Then, journalist Bryce Greene updates us on the latest news about the Nordstream Pipeline explosion, discusses the smearing of journalist Seymour Hersh and talks to us about how Facebook is protecting Nazis to protect the Proxy War in Ukraine.

Adam Broomberg (b. 1970, Johannesburg) is an artist, activist and educator. He currently lives and works in Berlin. He is on the faculty of the MA Photography & Society program at The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague which he co-designed.  His work is held in major public and private collections including Centres Pompidou,  MoMA, The Stedelijk Museum, Tate, Yale University Art Gallery and Victoria & Albert Museum.

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NY Times' Laughable Nordstream Story and Canceled Artist Adam Broomberg

Economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss de-dollarization, the global drive to drop the US dollar, and the transition away from financialized neoliberalism toward a new economic system.

VIDEO (with slides): https://youtube.com/watch?v=0Jxl4LRpIpw

Transcript here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/29/de-dollarization-neoliberalism-radhika-desai-michael-hudson

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De-dollarization is about more than currencies: As dollar system declines, what comes next?

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