Heavy City Rain

Heavy City Rain, Pt. 2

The president and first lady of Ukraine have posed for a romantic photoshoot with Vogue magazine, wherein President Volodimyr Zelensky waxes poetical about his love for his darling wife.

Now, I know what you're thinking: how is Zelensky making time for a Vogue photoshoot amidst his busy schedule of PR appearances for other major western institutions? 

I mean this is after all the same Volodimyr Zelensky who has been so busy making video appearances for the Grammy Awards, the Cannes Film Festival, the World Economic Forum and probably the Bilderberg group as well, and having meetings with celebrities like Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, and Bono and the Edge from U2. It's as busy a PR tour as he could possibly have without having a discussion about the strategic importance of long-range artillery with Elmo on Sesame Street.

Oh yeah, and also isn't there like a war or something happening in Ukraine? You'd think he'd probably be somewhat busy with that too.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Phoniest, Most PR-Intensive War Of All Time

Joe Nathan James Jr was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, against the wishes of his victim's family. He was the eighth person to be put to death in the United States so far this year, and the second from Alabama.

In the moments leading up to his gruesome murder by the state, a news reporter was forced to change her outfit by the Alabama Department of Corrections, because her skirt and her open-toe high-heeled shoes were considered too revealing.

Yes, while a man was being strapped down to meet his end in the world's largest prison system at the hands of a governmental institution designed to serve power rather than justice, Ivana Shatara's skirt and shoes were deemed by authorities to be the most offensive thing going on in that moment.

And it was arguably the most American thing that has ever happened.

Reading by Tim Foley.

In The US You Can't Witness An Execution If Your Skirt Is Too Revealing

Western civilization is a story of full bellies and starving hearts. Of a feast of information and a famine of truth. Of conveyor belts churning out processed food, conformity-enforcing media and power-serving culture. Enough food to stay alive but not enough sustenance to live.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Trapped In The Slaughterhouse

Alan MacLeod has a new article out with Mintpress News showing how most of the supposedly independent "fact-checking" organizations which Facebook has partnered with to police the information people are allowed to see on the platform about the war in Ukraine are, in fact, funded by the United States government.

Reading by Tim Foley.

New Media Are As Intertwined With Imperial Power As Old Media

China is better than the United States of America. Not because China is perfect, but because the US is quantifiably the single most destructive and murderous government on this planet by an extremely massive margin.

Reading by Tim Foley.

China Is Better Than The USA

Sexy Guitar

Rain Against My Window Relaxing Sounds of Rain, Pt. 20

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