I love this point you often press and have recently been hammering on, that we are all human beings. I have been thinking a lot about the super hero narrative lately as perhaps the most pervasive and insidious form of propaganda. It promotes toxic individualism. The cult of the self. Christian saviorism. It reminds you in good faith that somebody outside of yourself will show up in the nick of time to save the world, or in some cases pressures you to be the one who saves the world. No matter how you internalize it, it's harmful. There is no idolic savior waiting in the wings. And also stop waiting in the wings. Just participate and stop treating people with such precious esotericism. We're all an equal part of this god damned shared existence. Ask, tell, be. Radical transparency is imminent. Trap the obfuscators in a prism of truth. That is the task.

Yeah, the Russians attacked the Kremlin AND Nord Stream pipes. Those clever devils. What does it all mean?

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The Biden administration's Department of Justice has just charged four members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) for conspiring to act as agents of Russia by using speech and political action in ways the DOJ says "weaponized" the First Amendment rights of Americans.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Biden DOJ Indicts Four Americans For "Weaponized" Free Speech

I say we arm Russia against Russia. If it's bombing its own government buildings, its own pipelines, its own captured power plants, then it's the best proxy force against Russia we've got. Send the Russians tanks and F-16s immediately.

Russia's fighting Russia over there so we don't have to fight Russia over here.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Kremlin Did Not Kill Itself

The single most overlooked and under-appreciated aspect of our society is the way domestic propaganda is used to shape the way mainstream westerners perceive and think about their world.

Typically the only time you'll ever hear the word "propaganda" mentioned in mainstream discourse is in reference to things other countries do to their own citizenry or as part of foreign influence operations, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of the times we've encountered propaganda in our day to day lives, the call was coming from inside the house.

The western media have been exposing their role as propagandists for the US-centralized empire a bit more than usual lately. Here are a few recent examples.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Western News Media Exist To Administer Propaganda

Naviar Haiku 489

Dividing the autumn sky
Into two
A huge chinquapin tree

Takahama Kyoshi was a Japanese poet active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was the editor of the haiku magazine Hototogisu (previously edited by Shiki), where he promoted a more traditional style of haiku, as opposed to other popular schools which did not follow the pattern of seventeen syllables at that time.
Kyoshi also highlighted the symbolic function of the kigo (the seasonal reference), even though the more modern trends were already tending towards seasonless haiku.

Trees and Tangents

Trees and Tangents (Naviarhaiku489)

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Persistive

Multivocalness

Intermediate

Paleontographic

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

The Kremlin Did Not Kill Itself

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