Month: September 2020

The Myths of American Imperialism

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Myths of American Imperialism

The United States of America is a world empire. A century ago Teddy Roosevelt expressly campaigned for the expansion of American empire, and today we have all the hallmarks of empire. We have units of our military stationed all over the world. We use our military to enforce what our leaders say are our national interests anywhere in the world with little concern for international law, as when we violated international law by launching a war of aggression against Iraq. Our politicians clamor for the restoration and preservation of “American leadership” in the world, by which they clearly mean American domination over other countries in our own interests, particularly our short-term economic interests. Our military budget is nearly as big as the military budgets of very other nation in the world combined. We act as the world’s policeman, and we are able to and do interject ourselves into remote conflicts that affect us only indirectly. The way in which it is simply assumed that the United States plays a major role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, for example, demonstrates our status as the dominant world empire.

FinCEN Files: Corporate Foundation-Funded Propaganda Tries to Boost US Financial Hegemony

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

FinCEN Files: Corporate Foundation-Funded Propaganda Tries to Boost US Financial Hegemony

While some content on ICIJ’s website appears to be partial disclosures of information incriminating of Western interets – much of it is not and almost all of it is impossible to verify. This is done to create public confidence and the illusion of legitimacy while in reality ICIJ’s main purpose is spreading false information politically beneficial to the United States and its allies. The ICIJ is one of several manufactured Wikileaks counter-operations.

The ICIJ’s “investigations” almost exclusively targets of Washington’s interests. For example it has a “China Cables” section dedicated to spreading propaganda about China and its security operations in Xinjiang specifically.

Even its “investigation” into money laundering appears to attempt to sell the necessity of strengthening and policing the Wall Street-London dominated global monetary system quickly being circumvented and replaced as more nations seek to overcome growing numbers of US sanctions.

A US Government-Funded Petition to Rewrite Thailand’s Constitution

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A US Government-Funded Petition to Rewrite Thailand’s Constitution

For the US, its involvement in Thailand’s internal affairs stems from Thailand’s growing relationship with China and Washington’s desire to reverse this by placing into power political groups of its choosing.

China is now Thailand’s largest trading partner, investor, source of tourism, arms supplier, and a key partner for major infrastructure projects including a regional high-speed rail network.

Nations Should Begin Removing Facebook, Twitter, and Google from Their Information Space

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Thai government has begun legal proceedings against US-based social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Google. This comes at a time when nations around the globe have begun pushing back against the abusive American tech firms and their role in advancing US foreign policy and in particular, illegal US interventions including war.

Nations Should Begin Removing Facebook, Twitter, and Google from Their Information Space

The Historical US Support for al-Qaeda

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Historical US Support for al-Qaeda

And let me tell you about American leaders. In power, they don’t think the way you and I do. They don’t feel the way you and I do. They have supported “awful jihadists” and their moral equivalents for decades. Let’s begin in 1979 in Afghanistan, where the Moujahedeen (“holy warriors”) were in battle against a secular, progressive government supported by the Soviet Union; a “favorite tactic” of the Moujahedeen was “to torture victims [often Russians] by first cutting off their nose, ears, and genitals, then removing one slice of skin after another”, producing “a slow, very painful death”.