ECOWAS in the larger context of Africa’s historic interactions with China, France, USA, UK and Russia
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[2003] When the CIA financed European Intellectuals
To counteract the Soviet influence in Europe, at the end of WWII the United States created a network of pro-American elites. Thus, the CIA financed the Congress for Cultural Freedom in which many European intellectuals participated. Among the most distinguished ones were Raymond Aron and Michel Crozier. Responsible for designing an anti-communist ideology welcomed by the conservative right as well as the socialist and reformist left of Europe during the Cold War, these networks were reactivated by the Bush administration. Today, they are the European sounding board of American conservatives.
When the CIA financed European Intellectuals
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Tom Braden, Real-Life Dad Behind ‘Eight Is Enough’ and ‘Crossfire’ Pundit, Dies
As a CIA official in the early 1950s, Mr. Braden was head of the International Organizations Division, which promoted anti-communism by secretly funding groups including the AFL-CIO and the National Student Association, sending the Boston Symphony Orchestra on a European tour and publishing Encounter magazine. After Ramparts magazine exposed the CIA’s system of funding anti-communist front organizations all over the globe, Mr. Braden defended the program in an article in a 1967 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. He said the secret program was his idea.
[2014] 14 African Countries Forced By France To Pay Colonial Tax For The Benefits Of Slavery And Colonization
Did you know many African countries continue to pay colonial tax to France since their independence till today!
14 African Countries Forced By France To Pay Colonial Tax For The Benefits Of Slavery And Colonization
French “civil war”? Or a Gladio operation triggered by US Globalist class?
French “civil war”? Or a Gladio operation triggered by US Globalist class?
Video via Vanessa Beeley
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The connection between RAIR and the Nahel Merzouk ‘protests’ is through the social media Counter-Jihad Movement. 👇
Read More »“Keep the Russians Down, the Americans in, and authoritarian China out” — What???
In this video I’m discussing Bart M. J. Szewczyk’s recent Foreign Policy article on “How Macron Is Blocking EU Strategy on Russia and China” and the distorted world view of these neocons. I’m discussing a shortened version. If you want to read the whole article, you can read it here:
How Macron Is Blocking EU Strategy on Russia and China
“Keep the Russians Down, the Americans in, and authoritarian China out” — What??? via Neutrality Studies
Is G7’s fear of Taiwan conflict justifiable?
Fears of conflict over Taiwan dominated the recent G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Sapporo, but are they really justified?
Is G7’s fear of Taiwan conflict justifiable?
Video via Fridayeveryday
McCarthyism, Polish Style
In Poland these days it is becoming dangerous to one’s career to publicly voice opposition to the government’s policy vis-à-vis the war in Ukraine.
McCarthyism, Polish Style
Volodymyr Zelensky soon on stage at the Zenith?
On Wednesday 18 January 2023, after the unfortunate helicopter crash near Kiev that killed at least fourteen people, including the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, that day Volodymyr Zelensky and his communications team sent out an official video clip for French taxpayers in an attempt to obtain a free transfer of Leclerc tanks to a song by the late Claude François.
Volodymyr Zelensky soon on stage at the Zenith?
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[1986] MISSIONARIES FOR DEMOCRACY: U.S. AID FOR GLOBAL PLURALISM
Largest concentration of NATO and Russian naval forces in the N. Aegean Sea
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Largest concentration of NATO and Russian naval forces in the N. Aegean Sea
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