How might the lessons of history inform our choices in the present? Does a rules-based world order risk concealing informed discussions, potentially blurring the line between assumptions and reality? 
 
In a world shadowed by its history, Professor Gilbert Achcar from SOAS Development Studies urges us to transcend the rhetoric and slogans of blame when examining contemporary issues - from the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine to the tense Taiwan standoff with China, and the evolving power dynamics between the US, Russia and China in between. Instead Achcar’s analysis of the present political tensions challenged us to transcend the ‘black and white debate’, and unravel the nuances of policy decisions taken at critical junctions, dynamics present in the global structure, and the psychological dimensions shaping this social fabric. By offering us a manual crafted by past lessons, Achcar’s “New Cold War” is a call to take inspiration from how existing institutions like the UN were forged and wield this knowledge to navigate the complex political landscape for a more sustainable path. Achcar’s hopefulness resonates throughout, taking a firm belief that another world was and still is possible.

#5. The New Cold War: The United States, Russia and China, from Kosovo to Ukraine

J. Michael Waller discusses the Marxist subversion and active measures currently being applied to the United States, having now infiltrated to the highest levels of government. Bolshevik programs that initially were meant to destroy Germany took on a life of their own, migrating via the Frankfurt School to America. He discusses Operation Trust, the revolutionary programs like CRT and DEI which have been unleashed to tear our society apart, and Yuri Bezmenov. The FBI and CIA at the time were fighting this, but ultimately failed us. The post-9/11 security state and Obama presidency were key in advancing this agenda. He comments on the potential civil war scenario playing out in Texas.

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About J. Michael Waller
J. Michael Waller is a scholar-practitioner in strategic communication and unconventional conflict.

Presently he is President of Georgetown Research, a political risk and private intelligence company in Washington, D.C.; and is Senior Analyst for Strategy at the Center for Security Policy. He was founding editorial board member of NATO’s peer reviewed Defence Strategic Communications journal (2015-2018).

Dr. Waller holds a Ph.D. in international security affairs from Boston University. He received his military training as an insurgent with the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (contras). For 13 years he was the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of International Communication at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C., where he designed and taught the world’s only graduate program on public diplomacy and political warfare.

He is author or editor of books relating to intelligence, political warfare, public diplomacy, terrorism, and subversion. His latest book is Big Intel: How the CIA and FBI went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains (Regnery 2024). See his page on Academia.edu.

He has written for American Greatness, The American Mind, The Daily Beast, Daily Caller, The Federalist, Forbes, Insight, Investor’s Business Daily, Kyiv Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post and New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Real Clear Politics, USA Today, the Washington Examiner, the Washington Times, and the Wall Street Journal.

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J. Michael Waller: How the CIA & FBI Became Deep State Villains #400

We followed Margit Carstensen to 1981's Possession and we may never be the same again.

Chain Reaction: Open Season

Possession (Margit Carstensen)

https://thecommunists.org/2023/09/15/news/film-review-oppenheimer/

Film review: Oppenheimer

Oh Joe Biden This Is Not The Cold War

https://thecommunists.org/2024/01/20/news/history/who-are-the-imperialists-to-accuse-others-of-terrorism/

Who are the imperialists to accuse others of ‘terrorism’?

Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off):
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773808/a-slow-reckoning/

Read the transcript:
https://otter.ai/u/_ZDbUEgeMZgs_eaXLmNJzs8oWVI?utm_source=copy_url

In this episode, we speak with Vasilly Klimentov, author of the new book, A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists and Islam. Vassily Klimentov is a SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and a Research Associate at the Geneva Graduate Institute, the institution where he got his PhD in International History.

We spoke to Vasilly about how the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan failed in large part due to the Soviets disregard for Islam; how this miscalculation was fueled by communist ideology; and, what parallel lessons the Soviet Union and the United States could have both learned from their occupations of Afghanistan.

1869, Ep. 147 with Vassily Klimentov, author of A Slow Reckoning

war (prod by Echo)

This month marks the 78th anniversary of what is likely the most impactful political speech of the 20th Century.  Delivered on March 5, 1946 in Fulton, MO, in the heartland of America. The venue was tiny Westminster College, hardly the place one thinks of for a historic address to the nation.

The Russian-American Conflict: Part 1 The Cold War

The American-Russian Conflict P1 The Cold War

Propaganda is necessary for governments, and you crave it. So says Jacques Ellul in chapter 3 of "Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes." Aside from the objective necessity of Propaganda to the modern state, Ellul's hatred of the psychology of cities, and some struggle sessioning as to the hosts psychological triggers, the boys find some time to rant about DC's 12 seasons, passport bureaucrats, and street tacos portion size. Have a listen!

(Free online text: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/jacques-ellul-propaganda)

425 The Problem with..."Street Tacos and Propaganda, Part 4"

March 12th is the anniversary of then President Harry S Truman’s speech before a joint session of Congress where he announced the Truman Doctrine, “I believe it must be the policy of the United States to support free people’s who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure.” The year was 1947 and the speech marked the beginning of the Cold War.

March 12: Truman Doctrine Speech Opens Cold War, 1947

In 1961, the CIA launched a false flag attack on the island nation of Cuba. On this episode, Nathan and Lee discuss how spectacularly flawed the plan was, and how the resulting disaster set the stage for  a crisis that almost ended the world.

The Bay Of Pigs Invasion

Today's the day that the term "Cold War" was invented, but something even colder was the patent that was created on this day over 120 years ago...

Learn what it was and all the other crazy historical events that happened on this day, plus what AMAZING movies came out on this day, by listening right HERE:

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 4 - 16

Nuclear Winter

https://thecommunists.org/2024/03/06/news/history/inspirational-women-soviet-spy-colonel-africa-de-las-heras-ww2-ussr/

Inspirational women: Spanish-born Soviet spy Colonel Africa de las Heras

Too dark for meditation, yet somehow optimistic. Heavily modulated Make Noise STOs sent through Xaos Belgrad filter (on lowpass + highpass mode), and Magneto tape delay in shift mode. I was doing a lot with the sync and linear FM inputs here.

Elafonisos

https://thecommunists.org/2024/04/04/news/daily-mail-doxes-young-people-attending-russian-festival/

Daily Mail Doxes Young People On Their Return From Russian Festival

The Geopolitics & Empire Podcast conducts interviews with prominent international experts on a wide-range of topics.

Past guests have included diplomats, government officials, whistleblowers, soldiers, spies, economists, academics, scientists, wealthy investors, dissidents, journalists, and musicians.

The broadcast seeks to gain insight from guests who come from the left, right, and beyond. It should go without saying that the host does not always agree with beliefs espoused by podcast invitees, but maintains an open mind, and believes it important to respectfully listen to a multitude of voices and let listeners come to their own conclusions.

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Marxist analysis of current events and scientific socialist theoretical insights from the CPGB-ML. Get educated and get organised!

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A book/bourbon appreciation club hosted by one catholic, one anglican, and one orthodox nerd. We talk about book chapters, special topics, and what we're drinking. 

Currently: 
-Jacques Ellul's Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (421- onwards)

Previously:
-Carl Trueman's Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (407-410, 412-413, 415-416)
-Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death (402 and 405)
-Richard Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences (314-318) 
-Iain McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary (213-310)
-Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue (101-114,116-119)

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Podcast series from Cornell University Press. Changing the world one book at a time.

Applying reason, research, and thought to conspiracy theories.  Write  to us at podcast@theuncoverup.com

Three friends agree to watch every episode and movie of the television hit Hart to Hart to determine once and for all if Hart to Hart is a good show. Join Ellen Ito (the devoted lover) Erik Blood (the nostalgic acquaintance) and Joe Garber (the dubious virgin) on a journey filled with fabulous fashions, furious fistfights, and of course MURDER!

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