by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… Despite, though likely because, Iran is ready to restart negotiations with the so-called P5+1 group (the five members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) over its civilian nuclear program, belligerent rhetoric and sharply-worded political attacks from Israel and the United States have escalated. Indeed, as investigative journalist Robert Parry [...]
by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… With all the bluster of late in Western media that President Obama is assiduously working to “restrain” Israel from launching a preemptive attack on Iran, recent developments should put paid the lies of this dog-and-pony show. Last Sunday during an interview with NBC News, the president made it clear that [...]
By Patrice Greanville, TGP The Founding Fathers: a communist cabal? How would Jefferson be handled these days by the establishment’s commentariat? – Down the centuries, and especially in the age of “managed democracy” a lot of hot air has been heard in sanctimonious quarters on the matter of when violence is “legitimate” as a solution [...]
by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… The dogs of war are off the leash. In meeting rooms in London, Tel Aviv and Washington the dice have been thrown: snake eyes. Flashback, 1963: When John F. Kennedy decided not to escalate the soon-to-be disastrous Vietnam war and issued National Security Action Memorandum 263 (NSAM 263), he signed [...]
By Vigilant Citizen | Originally published April 28th, 2010 | Category: Vigilant Reports Image source deesillustration.com Mass media is the most powerful tool used by the ruling class to manipulate the masses. It shapes and molds opinions and attitudes and defines what is normal and acceptable. This article looks at the workings of mass media through the theories of its [...]
Are We Happy Yet? The art of mass disassociation. By Franco Bifo Berardi | Adbusters What if society can no longer resist the destructive effects of unbounded capitalism? What if society can no longer resist the devastating power of financial accumulation? We have to disentangle autonomy from resistance. And if we want to do that, we [...]
by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… When the European Union declared on Monday that it will impose an oil embargo on the Islamic Republic, it set the stage for a new escalation of the Western-created crisis over claims that Iran has an active nuclear weapons program. In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama declared [...]
From our archives: # 3 in our series about capitalist propaganda (NOTE: First published April 1982; unfortunately nothing much has changed in the way the media handle this fraudulent formulation. Presented as a debating points memo to OWS activists as they confront status quo defenders in various forums.) “Capitalism and economic freedom are inseparable from [...]
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