שרון גל - 15-02-23 - שעה ראשונה

TPC 284

Samples
Robert Wyatt - Just As You Are

Fool of Me

The way the war in Ukraine allows mainstream liberals to play-act as rebellious anti-imperialists is a good illustration of how the empire gives people the illusion of fighting the power without their ever opposing the empire.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Empire Gives People The Illusion Of Fighting The Power Without Ever Endangering Real Power

Do you see what they're doing there? These professional China hawks are explicitly trying to frame peace as a strange "aberration", and war as the status quo norm. They're saying Australians require a "psychological shift" and a "mobilisation of mindset" from thinking peace is normal and healthy to thinking war is normal and healthy.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Imperial Narrative Managers Always Try To Make Peace Seem Unnatural

The US State Department's spokesperson Ned Price is being replaced by a man named Matthew Miller. Like Price, Miller has had extensive prior involvement in both the US government and the mass media; Price is a former CIA officer and Obama administration National Security Council staffer who for years worked as an NBC News analyst, while Miller has previously had roles in both the Obama and Biden administrations and spent years as an analyst for MSNBC.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The US Needs Separation Of Media And State

So when people try to frame Assange's persecution as a matter of public perception and fighting foreign narratives about the US, they are incorrect. The issue is not that Assange's persecution makes the US look bad, the issue is that it proves the US is bad.

Reading by Tim Foley.

US Moral Authority Is Dead And Buried

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

The Empire Gives People The Illusion Of Fighting The Power Without Ever Endangering Real Power

Caitlin Johnstone

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