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Alfred W. McCoy — The CIA and Me: How I Learned Not to Love Big Brother

In 2010, almost a decade into this secret war with its voracious appetite for information, the Washington Post reported that the national security state had swelled into a “fourth branch” of the federal government — with 854,000 vetted officials, 263 security organizations, and over 3,000 intelligence units, issuing 50,000 special reports every year. Though stunning, these statistics only skimmed the visible surface of what had become history’s largest and most lethal clandestine...

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Sputnik — Collateral Damage: Hamilton 68 Sows Discord Among US Media

In an article titled "Breitbart, other 'alt-right' websites are the darlings of Russian propaganda effort" published on August 24, USA Today stated that the most popular domains mentioned by a "Russian propaganda Twitter network" during the previous 48 hours included "True Pundit, the Russian government-controlled television network RT, the Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Russian government news agency Sputnik News and Breitbart."USA Today also argued that on that day the aforementioned websites...

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Zero Hedge — Senate Declares War On Assange

Realizing the gravity of the situation of becoming a persona non grata to the US government (and CIA), Assange then siad that “it is an interesting thought experiment to consider where other media outlets lay on this spectrum. It is clear that if the 'Pompeo doctrine' applies to WikiLeaks then it applies equally if not more so to other serious outlets." Outlawing dissent while privileging official propaganda transmitted via compliant media. The road to tyranny leads through the US deep...

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Marx’s “Capital” at 150: History in Capital, Capital in History

Today a new generation, experiencing major capitalist crises, increasingly concerned about its prospects and rising inequality, is powering radical movements in the homelands of capitalism behind figures and forces such as Sanders, Corbyn, Mélanchon, Die Linke, Podemos and Cinque Stelle. Will it bring Capital back into the history of these countries? Not before the burden of western misinterpretation that has accumulated over it for a century and a half, nearly crushing it, is removed. That...

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RT — Cambodian PM calls US democracy ‘bloody & brutal’ in row over USAID-funded NGO

Political tensions have been rising between Phnom Penh and Washington, after Cambodia ordered a USAID-supported organization to halt its activity in the country. The Asian nation says it is defending its sovereignty, while Washington questioned its democracy.In the latest development to the worsening dispute between the two nations, Cambodia's long-ruling leader, Prime Minister Hun Sen, accused Washington of interference in his country's domestic affairs. "We wish to send a clear message...

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Giorgio Cafiero and Elaine Miao — Libya’s Role in the Polarized Sunni World

Backgrounder. MENA is much more complicated than it portrayed in the West. The reasons that the West is there at all are oil and gas, and Israel.LobelogLibya’s Role in the Polarized Sunni World Giorgio Cafiero, CEO and founder of Gulf State Analyticsa Washington, DC-based geopolitical risk consultancy, and Elaine Miao, contributor to Gulf State Analytics

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