In 1961, Dwight Eisenhower famously identified the military-industrial complex, warning that the growing fusion between corporations and the armed forces posed a threat to democracy. Judged 50 years later, Ike’s frightening prophecy actually understates the scope of our modern system—and the dangers of the perpetual march to war it has put us on.
The Tyranny of Defense Inc.
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Report: US Tells Ukraine Talks Don’t Need to Happen After Milley’s Comments
Milley said this winter will provide an opportunity for diplomacy, but other senior US officials don’t agree
Report: US Tells Ukraine Talks Don’t Need to Happen After Milley’s Comments
Bolton: ‘Opposition’ groups in Iran being armed with weapons from Iraqi Kurdistan
Former US national security advisor Bolton says subversive groups in Iran, which he characterized as the opposition, are being armed with weapons seized from Basij forces and imported from Iraq’s Kurdistan.
Bolton: ‘Opposition’ groups in Iran being armed with weapons from Iraqi Kurdistan
U.S. Officials Had a Secret Oil Deal With the Saudis. Or So They Thought.
After Saudi leaders pushed to slash oil production despite a visit by President Biden, administration officials have been left fuming that they were duped.
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“I keep listening to, ‘Are you with us or against us?’ Is there any room for, ‘We are for Saudi Arabia and the people of Saudi Arabia’?” he said. “We will have to deliver our ambitions.”
U.S. Officials Had a Secret Oil Deal With the Saudis. Or So They Thought.
Open Letter on Haiti Intervention to ALBA Secretary General Sacha Llorenti
Haitians are in the streets against puppet governments, harsh austerity measures, poverty and neglect, and decades of foreign coups and invasions. Stop the new US led re-invasion and occupation of Haiti!
Send an email to US and UN Authorities to demand NO FOREIGN INVASION IN HAITI!!!
Open Letter on Haiti Intervention to ALBA Secretary General Sacha Llorenti
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The US is ushering a new foreign policy doctrine through “The Global Fragility Act.” We need to not only understand these new forms of imperial practice, but to also see the cunning use of language in the service of US imperialism.
Prologue: The Global Fragility Act, April 2022
US Recruits Elon Musk’s SpaceX for Iran Regime Change Op
Oct 25, 2022 – The US is now openly involving itself in what was from the beginning US-engineered unrest in Iran.
Providing material support including communication equipment is a stated policy of US plans for regime change and specifically in regards to Iran.
Evidence from 2009 onward exposes the US government’s use of US-based tech giants – Google, Twitter, and Facebook – and now Elon Musk’s SpaceX – to advance US foreign policy in violation of international law and the UN Charter.
US Recruits Elon Musk’s SpaceX for Iran Regime Change Op (Odysee) via The New Atlas
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Read More »Thirty Progressive House Democrats Urge Biden to Negotiate With Russia
In a letter to the president, the lawmakers call for the US to push for a diplomatic settlement to the war in Ukraine
Thirty Progressive House Democrats Urge Biden to Negotiate With Russia
Payback For OPEC+ Cuts? Biden May Press U.S. Companies To Limit Saudi Business, Report Says
Payback For OPEC+ Cuts? Biden May Press U.S. Companies To Limit Saudi Business, Report Says (archived)
The Biden administration wants to leverage U.S. companies with ties to Saudi Arabia but without sacrificing regional security efforts, according to the report.
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The Biden administration will immediately begin scaling back its diplomatic and military activities in Saudi Arabia, at least until OPEC+’s next meeting on December 4, NBC reports, citing an unnamed senior administration official who said the meeting will “be a key test” of how OPEC+ will respond to European Union sanctions that ban Russian oil imports, effective December 5.
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The OPEC+ conglomerate–a Saudi-led alliance of oil-producing countries, including Russia–plans to curb oil production by 2 million barrels a day beginning in November. The move, characterized by the Saudi government as an effort to stabilize energy markets, is expected to increase global oil prices and raise gas prices. The Biden administration has vowed “consequences” for Saudi Arabia over the announcement, and Democratic lawmakers have urged the president to halt arms sales to the kingdom, but the White House has yet to announce how, exactly, it will retaliate and is not expected to do so until Congress returns from recess after the November midterms.
Saudis say US sought 1 month delay of OPEC+ production cuts
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Thursday that the U.S. had urged it to postpone a decision by OPEC and its allies — including Russia — to cut oil production by a month. Such a delay could have helped reduce the risk of a spike in gas prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections next month.
Saudis say US sought 1 month delay of OPEC+ production cuts
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Saudi Arabia Defied U.S. Warnings Ahead of OPEC+ Production Cut
The one-month delay requested by Washington would have meant a production cut made in the days before the election, too late to have much effect on consumers’ wallets ahead of the vote.
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To entice the Saudis to delay their decision, U.S. officials told the kingdom they would buy oil on the market to replenish Washington’s strategic stockpiles if the price of Brent, the main international benchmark, fell to $75 a barrel, according to U.S. officials and people inside the Saudi government.
Quid pro quo, huh?! 🧐💭
Biden’s Fearmongers About A Russian Nuclear Threat That No One Has Made
The Biden administration is spewing ridiculous fear mongering propaganda
Biden’s Fearmongers About A Russian Nuclear Threat That No One Has Made
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Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence
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