By John Pilger
Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done.
Silencing the Lambs — How Propaganda Works
Silencing the Lambs — How Propaganda Works
Tag: Taliban
Suicide bombing outside Russian embassy in Kabul kills 2 staffers
The Russian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, is hit by an explosion that claims the lives of two Russian embassy staffers.
Suicide bombing outside Russian embassy in Kabul kills 2 staffers
We won’t be fooled again, say people of Pakistan
Politicians in Pakistan rise to power and fall from grace with alarming regularity, so much so that not a single prime minister has ever completed a full term in office. The one constant has been the genuine love and affection ordinary people have for the military. However, that could be about to change now that some inconvenient truths are beginning to surface in the increasingly clumsy attempts to silence Imran Khan.
We won’t be fooled again, say people of Pakistan
Taliban accuses Pakistan of letting US drones use airspace
US accused over huge ‘covert pro-Western’ digital campaign targeting Middle East
Dozens of social media accounts operating for years in an attempt to influence people in the Middle East and Asia have been shut down. Now a major new study believes the US is likely behind it
US accused over huge ‘covert pro-Western’ digital campaign targeting Middle East
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Evaluating Five Years of Pro-Western Covert Influence Operations
The US government got caught using sock puppets to spread propaganda on social media
The data analyzed came from 146 Twitter accounts (which tweeted 299,566 times), 39 Facebook profiles, and 26 Instagram accounts, along with 16 Facebook pages and two Facebook groups. Some of the accounts were meant to appear like real people and used AI-generated profile pictures. Meta and Twitter didn’t specifically name any organizations or people behind the campaigns but said their analysis led them to believe they originated in the US and Great Britain.
For anyone who’s ever been within 15 feet of a history book, the news that the US is using covert action to push its interests in other countries won’t come as a surprise. It is, however, interesting that these operations were uncovered just as social media companies are gearing up to deal with a wave of foreign interference and misinformation in our own elections.
The report also comes right on the heels of a bombshell whistleblower report from Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security, which accused the company of lax security practices and misrepresenting the number of bots on its platform (something the US government is investigating and that Twitter has strongly denied).
Oliver Boyd: From Our Taxes, Windfall Profits for “Defense” Industry. What Ukraine is mainly about
By Prof. Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Substack, 8/14/22
Yes, it would be simpler and less messy all around if we just transferred the money directly from our bank accounts to Raytheon, Lockheed and the rest of them.
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Should Ukraine simply sign over sovereignty to Russia? Well, Ukraine already signed over sovereignty, but to the USA, in 2014. The current war serves Washington interests, not Ukrainian.
Oliver Boyd: From Our Taxes, Windfall Profits for “Defense” Industry. What Ukraine is mainly about
Previously:
Russian Ops in Ukraine – Russian Advances, Ukraine Shelling Nuclear Power Plant
NPR Distorts History of US Invasion of Afghanistan
NPR Distorts History of US Invasion of Afghanistan
If the Bush administration had wanted to “defend Americans from another terrorist attack,” it would have pursued the criminal network* responsible for the original attack. Instead, it wanted vengeance, and launched an illegal war that killed thousands of innocent people.
Missing link:
Afghan Central Bank Funds Belong to Afghans, Not 9/11 Families
*That would have required pursuing the Bush Administration. 😉
70% of Western weapons sent to Ukraine don’t reach troops – CBS
US Has No DNA Confirmation of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s Death
The White House says it has ‘visual’ confirmation and confirmation through ‘other sources’
US Has No DNA Confirmation of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s Death
H/T: Antiwar News 8/3/22: China Responds to Pelosi Provocation, Yemen Truce Extended Two Months, and More
Previously:
On U.S. Foreign Policy, the New Boss Acts a Lot Like the Old One
WASHINGTON — A fist bump and meeting with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. Tariffs and export controls on China. Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. U.S. troops out of Afghanistan.
On U.S. Foreign Policy, the New Boss Acts a Lot Like the Old One
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No more mean Tweets, at least. /sarcasm
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