The imperial murder machine has many strengths, but it also has weaknesses.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Protest And Dissent Can Absolutely Push The Empire To Retreat On Gaza

"It's like responding to warnings of another holocaust by babbling about Sauron."

Reading by Tim Foley.

Using A Fictional Antisemitism Crisis To Support A Real Genocide

When nobody in power will lift a finger to earn your vote but they're falling all over themselves trying to stomp out a robust protest movement, that tells you what the powerful are actually afraid of and where you should really be focusing your political energy.

Reading by Tim Foley.

When Your Rulers Ignore Voters But Are Terrified Of Protesters, That Tells You Something

I don't spend my time attacking the US war machine because I have any special love for Hamas, Iran, Russia, China, or any other power. I do it because the US empire is quantifiably the most destructive and tyrannical force on this planet, by an extremely massive margin.

Reading by Tim Foley.

I Criticize The US Power Alliance Because It's The Most Destructive Force On Earth

It's actually a brilliant self-reinforcing scam. It works like this:

Step 1: Murder people in the middle east in the name of fighting "terrorism".

Step 2: This causes people to hate you and your allies and to want to retaliate with violence.

Step 3: Designate these people "terrorists".

Step 4: Send more war machinery to the region to go fight "terrorism".

Step 5: Murder more people in the middle east in the name of fighting "terrorism".

Do you see how this cycle would repeat over and over again, leading to more and more US military expansionism in the middle east? That's exactly what we've been seeing, and it's exactly what the US empire wants.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The US Empire Deliberately Stokes Hatred And Violence In The Middle East

It's important to understand that there's nothing unusual about the western empire's depravity in Gaza or the mass media's constant lies and distortions about it - they do these things constantly, year after year. What's unusual is that people are waking up to it.

Reading by Tim Foley.

It's Not Unusual That We're Being Lied To, It's Unusual That People Are Noticing

And this just says so much about the nature of this "democracy" - a word which literally means "rule by the people". If the people were actually in charge, there would be some option available to them to end the worst thing happening in the world right now. But the people are not in charge. When it comes to matters of the most importance, they never get a vote.

Reading by Tim Foley.

If You Can't Even Elect A Candidate Who'll End A Genocide, How Real Is Your "Democracy"?

While the antiwar zeitgeist has been quite understandably focused on the genocide in Gaza, over the past few weeks we've been seeing some very disturbing reports about empire managers ramping up nuclear brinkmanship escalations in Ukraine that are worth going over.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Meanwhile, We're Still WAY Too Close To Nuclear Armageddon

For the last eight months people have been expressing frustration and confusion about the reluctance of celebrities to use their immense platforms to speak out against the US-backed slaughter in Gaza. But it's not really a mystery why this happens: celebrities are reluctant to criticize the US-centralized empire because they benefit from it directly.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Why Celebrities Aren't Speaking Up About Gaza

Well it finally happened: Biden is now letting Ukraine strike Russian territory with US-supplied weapons. Escalations in nuclear brinkmanship which would have been unthinkable a few short years ago are becoming increasingly common as Ukraine loses more and more territory and runs out of soldiers to fight.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Biden Lets Ukraine Strike Russia With US Weapons While Ukraine Attacks Russian Nuclear Defenses

The light of awareness makes it very difficult for an empire which is fueled by human blood to operate, which is why so much effort has been going into shutting off the lights.

Reading by Tim Foley.

They Can't Control The Gaza Narrative Because Too Much Has Been Seen

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

If You Can't Even Elect A Candidate Who'll End A Genocide, How Real Is Your "Democracy"?

Caitlin Johnstone

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