There's a motherfucking genocide happening and we're being told we need to be worried about TikTok and defaced portraits of Lord Balfour.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Worrying About TikTok During An Active Genocide

Israel is as dependent as a nation can possibly be. It literally cannot exist without the direct military backing of the most powerful empire of all time, namely the United States and its globe-spanning network of allies and assets.

Reading by Tim Foley.

If Israel Wants To Be An "Independent Nation", Let It Be An Independent Nation

They're condemning Islamophobia and denouncing hate crimes against Muslims at the exact same time as they are helping Israel create a mountain of Palestinian corpses in a genocidal onslaught whose entire premise is that Palestinians are the wrong race and the wrong religion. They are proclaiming their love for the Muslim while plunging a knife into his throat.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Genocidal Psychopaths Celebrate International Day To Combat Islamophobia

They're really going to try to pin all the blame for the incineration of Gaza on Benjamin Netanyahu so that nothing has to change when this is over. The western empire has chosen a single scapegoat to carry away its sins so the status quo can march on unhindered by guilt or consequence.

Reading by Tim Foley.

They're Really Going To Try To Lay All The Blame For Gaza On Netanyahu

This civilization is not your friend. Hopefully someday we'll live in a civilization whose component parts we can trust, but this civilization is rife with poison for our bodies, our minds, and our hearts. And we need to conduct ourselves in accordance with this reality if we want to be healthy.

Reading by Tim Foley.

You Can't Trust Any Part Of This Dystopia If You Want Health And Sanity

You can't equate the violence of the oppressor with the violence of the oppressed. They're not the same, and the oppressor is the ultimate source of the violence from both sides.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Don't Equate The Violence Of The Oppressor With The Violence Of The Oppressed

"The editors of The New York Times know exactly what they're doing packaging a story about Israel's deliberate starvation of Palestinian civilians like it's a troubling prediction about the weather."

Reading by Tim Foley.

It's Journalistic Malpractice To Say Gazans Are Starving Without Saying Israel Is Starving Them

The fact that half of Americans don't know whether Israelis or Palestinians are suffering more deaths in Gaza is the result of the appalling "Palestinian child walks into bullet"-style headlines the mainstream American press have been churning out since this conflict began.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Half Of Americans Have No Idea Whether Israelis Or Palestinians Are Suffering More Deaths

Humanity doesn't just need to escape from the mental prison of imperial indoctrination. It needs to escape from the heart prison as well.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Just Seeing Through The Propaganda Isn't Enough - We've Got To Open Our Hearts As Well

The worst actions of your government happen not in secrecy, but right out in the open under the narrative cover of mass media propaganda. The western empire doesn't hide its worst deeds, it just manipulates the way people think about them.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Empire Doesn't Hide Its Worst Deeds, It Just Manipulates How People Think About Them

"We do not look at Gaza. We look at everything except Gaza."

Reading by Tim Foley.

Ghost Town

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

Worrying About TikTok During An Active Genocide

Caitlin Johnstone

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