Lie, Cheat, and Steal: The CIA’s Disastrous Scientific Legacy

Owen Marshall Seena Mavaddat As the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) marks its seventy-fifth anniversary, it has made conspicuous efforts to rebrand itself as a progressive force for scientific and technological change. Facing the retirement of its notoriously “pale, male, and Yale” Baby Boomer cohort, it has awkwardly adopted the language of neurodiversity and intersectionality…

Economy Must Be ‘at the Service of Life’: Resisting Debt and Neocolonialism in Africa

Tanupriya Singh An image from the music video ‘IMF’ by Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 (Knitting Factory Records) featuring Dead Prez’s M1, directed by Jerome Bernard and produced by Duck Factory A dossier and accompanying discussion hosted by the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research interrogates the vicious cycle of debt rooted in neocolonial extraction that…

Cognitive Warfare: Hate and Fear in the Electoral Communication Menu

Fernando Buen Abad Domínguez Since the ruling class wants the “new” war scenarios to be the brains directed by NATO they also want the “new generation” ideological communicational armaments to be installed there, for hybrid and unrestricted demoralizing conflicts; they also want us to be fond of them, to accept that they have always been…

Liberia and the Challenges of US Imperialism

 Djibo Sobukwe For those who are concerned about the US interference and its debilitating colonial and neocolonial impact on Africa, the study of Liberia is instructive. As professor Niels Hahn argues in his book, Two Centuries of US Military Operations in Liberia, Challenges of Resistance and Compliance: “Liberia is the country in Africa where the United…

Canada’s Hypocrisy: The Blood on Trudeau’s Hands in Palestine, Yemen and Beyond

Karl Fluri Fellow comrades of the revolutionary struggle. It is with great outrage and indignation that I report to you the treacherous and criminal actions of the Canadian government. Once again, we find ourselves facing the grim reality of Canadian imperialism and its destructive impact on the world’s oppressed peoples. From Palestine and Yemen to…

China’s Report on US Cyber Attacks Only Scratches Surface of Washington’s Impunity

Danny Haiphong Photo taken of the White House and stop sign in Washington, D.C., United States, August 4, 2022. /Xinhua China’s report sends a signal to the international community that the U.S. must be held accountable for its actions on the international stage. U.S. political leaders and media analysts often hype “threats” from abroad in…

Patterns of Deception and Deviance in the Post-Truth Period

Daniel Broudy “Let no man deceive you by any means …” – 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3 1. Introduction Patterns of deception are everywhere and their deeper meanings patently plain. We need only be willing to see what is present before our eyes and try to notice, too, what is absent. Such are some of the key…

Weapon of Power, Matrix of Management: NATO’s Hegemonic Formula

Grey Anderson Mlitary alliances, by definition, are an agreement on the use of force against a rival. But this is not their only, or even primary role.1 Ensuring internal order, encouraging commerce and disseminating ideology are additional alliance activities, far from exhaustive. As well as offering a framework for collective defence, and thus for coercive…

NATO’s Fabulators

Joshua Rathz ‘That reptile’, Brecht once wrote in his journal, referring to Thomas Mann, ‘cannot imagine anyone doing anything for Germany (and against Hitler) without orders from anywhere’. The Manns had been spreading rumours around Los Angeles that Brecht was Moscow’s pawn: ‘slurs . . . they know full well can do a great deal…

Russian Oil Floods Global Markets via Major Asian Intermediaries

F.M. Shakil Despite western sanctions, there is more Russian fuel being exported around the world than before the Ukraine crisis. It’s just coming via Saudi Arabia, India, China, and other trading states – with steep commissions. Despite western sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, some Asian and specifically West Asian economies are importing significant…

International Conference on Venezuela Concludes in Colombia with Call for Lifting US Sanctions

Peoples Dispatch Colombia hosted the International Conference on the Political Process in Venezuela on April 25, 2023, with the participation of representatives from 19 countries and the European Union (EU). (Photo: Colombian Presidency/Twitter) The conference was organized with the objective to reignite the dialogue and negotiation process between the Venezuelan government and the platform of…

Why are ‘Sensitive US Nuclear Technologies’ in Ukraine?

Drago Bosnic Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant When talking about various reasons as to why Russia launched its counteroffensive against NATO aggression in Europe the points usually revolve around historical and strategic/geopolitical aspects of the Ukrainian conflict. And while those points certainly stand regardless, there are other crucial reasons, almost entirely overlooked or even censored by…

US Resumes Construction of Biolabs in Ukraine

Russian Defense Ministry briefing on analysis of documents related to U.S. military and biological activities April 07, 2023 According to the document, despite a forced pause due to a special military operation, activities under the Program have now been resumed. The main tasks at this stage are to continue the construction of biolaboratories in Ukraine,…

Canada: The Case Against Iran Sanctions

Greg ShupakA mural in the holy city of Qom depicts Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, on the left and Ali Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, on the right. Photo by David Stanley “We hear the pleas of the Iranian people and we commend them for their bravery and resilience,” Minister…

In a Major Shift, Brazil Challenges OPCW’s Syria Cover-Up

In a geopolitical shift, Brazil has come out in favor of accountability for the OPCW’s Syria cover-up scandal. At a meeting of UN Security Council members on March 23rd, Brazil criticized the OCW’s “poor” handling of the issue and rebuked the UK and other states for blocking the testimony of veteran Brazilian diplomat Jose Bustani,…

UN Complicity in Terrorism: The Case of Nicaragua

Stephen Sefton A new, anonymously-produced UN report denouncing Nicaragua’s government whitewashes the brutal US-backed 2018 coup against it while refusing to interview victims of sadistic opposition violence. Abuse and weaponization of the United Nations system by the United States and its vassal governments to both mislead and intimidate the rest of the world have been…

The Pentagon’s Budget from Hell

William D Hartung On March 13th, the Pentagon rolled out its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The results were — or at least should have been — stunning, even by the standards of a department that’s used to getting what it wants when it wants it. The new Pentagon budget would come in at $842…

US Biolabs in Georgia and Ukraine: Are Young Soldiers Still Being Used as White Rats?

Henry Kamens Once something is denied, and adamantly, you can suspect it is either true or something which raises too many inconvenient questions. Old news, such as US Produced Sarin Gas Used in Syria in Ukraine Lab, is now very current when we see vivid clips of Russian soldiers suffering horrific deaths from canister of poison gas…