The primary reason the U.S. government opposes the Lukashenko administration is not its authoritarianism, real as that might be. Instead, Lukashenko’s steadfast refusal to privatize state assets, join NATO, or open the country up for foreign exploitation are Washington’s principal objections.
US Writes Belarus into Its Familiar Regime-Change Script
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Lost In Translations – The Dangers Of Being Misled By Them
Lost In Translations – The Dangers Of Being Misled By Them
The issue of errors in translations, innocent as well as intentionally misleading ones, may soon become an even bigger issue. The U.S. Congress is providing money to produce many more of them:
The House bill introduced by Democratic Representatives Joaquin Castro and Bill Keating and Republicans Mike Gallagher and Brian Fitzpatrick would provide for the establishment of a federally funded Open Translation and Analysis Center (OTAC) focused on China.
It would be based on the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS), which provided translation and analysis of Soviet bloc and other foreign government media during the Cold War.
The bill calls for funding of $80 million for fiscal 2022 and that same amount annually for each fiscal year through 2026 as well as “such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.”
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Referring to the acronyms of the People’s Republic of China and its ruling Communist Party and armed forces, the aide said OTAC would “systematically translate PRC/CCP/PLA speeches, documents, reports, strategies, news articles, commentaries, journal articles, procurement contracts into English and publish them freely online.”
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Castro said that for the United States “to effectively both compete and cooperate with” countries like China and Russia it needed a better understanding of them.
“A nuanced understanding of foreign countries is impossible without reading how they communicate in their own languages,” he told Reuters.
EU Parliament report says regime change needed in Russia, recommends Brussels launch propaganda TV channel to help it happen
Coalition Pushing Beijing Olympics Boycott Comprised of US-Funded Destabilization NGOs
A syndicate of interconnected NGOs funded by the US government and hellbent on Balkanizing China is behind the #BoycottBeijing2022 campaign.
Coalition Pushing Beijing Olympics Boycott Comprised of US-Funded Destabilization NGOs
Russian media outlets linked to British state conjure up false story blaming RT for Amnesty’s downgrading of Navalny’s status
Within hours, the news outlet Mediazona, founded by members of the Pussy Riot punk collective, published an extraordinary exclusive, duly translated by Latvia-based website Meduza. It claimed Amnesty’s decision wasn’t influenced by Navalny’s past statements and refusal to repudiate them, but in fact resulted from a sinister Kremlin-orchestrated “campaign.”It’s certainly been a highly effective deflection operation, with far bigger outlets – such as British state broadcaster the BBC – uncritically regurgitating the outlandish charge.
Kremlin urged to freeze payments from ‘foreign agents’ such as US state media outlets over claims they fund info war in Russia
Orlov claims in his statement that one such organization has been demonstrated to have “organized unauthorized street political actions in Russian cities.” He added: “At the same time, representatives of the organization disseminated information on social networks and in the media that they were ready to pay the fines of citizens received as a result of committing offenses at these events.”
Signal, the ‘encrypted messenger of the future,’ has shady links to US national security interests
If the sudden popularity of the encrypted messenger Signal has seemed suspicious to you, you may be onto something – the app is at least partially funded through American foreign influence cutouts.
Signal, the ‘encrypted messenger of the future,’ has shady links to US national security interests
Spy-funded privacy tools (like Signal and Tor) are not going to protect you from the government
Notorious Hacker ‘Fxmsp’ Sold Access to SolarWinds Machines
Notorious Hacker ‘Fxmsp’ Sold Access to SolarWinds Machines
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The Washington Post Can’t Stop Babbling About Russians ‘Hacking Our Minds’
But let’s blame Russia! 🙄
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