Tag: media blackouts

Trump, Gaza, and the Network State: Tech Colonialism Rises + Cuba

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Trump, Gaza, and the Network State: Tech Colonialism Rises

Trump’s fixation on taking Gaza, like his obsession with acquiring Greenland, reveals a clear alignment with the Network State ideology.

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But don’t take my word for it. Earlier this month, Anduril founder Palmer Luckey gave a statement to Pirate Wiresin which he proposed a new “Liberty City” at the site of the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba. (Pirate Wires is a website owned by Peter Thiel deputy Mike Solana.)

Related:

I’ve suspected for a while that these Network States could be used as staging grounds for regime change operations, and, well… seems I wasn’t too far off. 

NED targets Cuba with $6.6 million in 2025

Trump Administration Restores US National Endowment for Democracy’s Funding

Working paper: Freedom Cities-Magatte Wade-Próspera Africa-Atlas Network

Israel war cabinet resolves to shut down Al-Mayadeen in Palestine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Israel’s war cabinet on 13 November approved the decision to ban and shut down media companies that “give the nation a poor image,” with Hebrew media reports saying Israeli Minister of Communications, Shlomo Qurei, signed an order to end the operation of Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Israel war cabinet resolves to shut down Al-Mayadeen in Palestine

Babies die, patients shot as Israel besieges hospitals in Gaza’s north

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)
Rumble

Israel has besieged hospitals in the northern half of the Gaza Strip since Thursday.

Medical facilities have been “under relentless bombardment” for the past 24 hours, Doctors Without Borders said on Saturday.

Babies die, patients shot as Israel besieges hospitals in Gaza’s north

Previously:

State Dept. May Well Be Trying to Abrogate the Fourth Geneva Convention, Turning Gaza and the West Bank into Free-Fire Zones