Caitlin Johnstone 2

They're using bureaucratic red tape and arbitrary restrictions to put as much inertia on the effort to rush aid into Gaza as possible.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Israel Is Still Starving Gaza, And Other Notes

It is easy to miss the cloud reflections in the puddles
when the drones are perching on the telephone wires
and boats are exploding off the coast of Venezuela.

It's easy not to notice the flirtatiousness of the wind
when there is black smoke over Palestine
and everything's coated in oil.

It's easy to overlook the electricality in our bodies
when the billionaires and bank boys
are trying to replace our minds with chatbots.

Don't let them trick you into forgetting the moon,
or the dragon eggs incubating in your ribcage.
Don't let them trick you into exchanging your heartbeat
for an algorithm and a memecoin.
There are still birds in the skies of this world.
There are accordion angels playing in the ruins.

Though at times it may feel like a giraffe bleeding to death
in an abandoned Presbyterian church
in a forgotten factory town
with faded billboards and faded eyes,
beneath the click clack marching of the robot dogs,
there is still birdsong.

There is still birdsong.

Reading by Tim Foley.

It Is Easy To Miss The Cloud Reflections

Our rulers want us to be stupid, misinformed, distracted, sick, struggling and suffering, because if we all had enough time, information and mental acuity to form an understanding what’s going on in our world, things would get mighty guillotiney real quick. They have a vested existential interest in keeping us all in a mental fog of propaganda, diversion, ignorance, illiteracy, and psychological dysfunction.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Things Are Shitty Because We Are Ruled By People Who Want Things To Be Shitty

Just today I saw two viral tweets that had received Community Notes from Twitter users warning that the posts featured AI-generated videos. Both were shared by right wing accounts with large followings, and both were used to spread Islamophobia.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Artificial Intelligence Is Making Everything Dumber

Secretary of War™ Pete Hegseth said during a speech on Friday that the US is at "a 1939 moment" of "mounting urgency" in which "enemies gather, threats grow," adding, "We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing."

Reading by Tim Foley.

The US Empire Keeps Getting Creepier

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