This is America, writes Caitlin Johnstone. This is what America is designed to be. The head of a vast, globe-spanning empire needs its rank-and-file citizens to be poor, powerless, and brainwashed at all times.
Author: Consortiumnews.com
COVID-19: Neglected, Sacrificed: Over 65 During the Pandemic
COVID-19: Brazilian Health Workers File ICC Complaint Against Bolsonaro
Catholic bishops in Brazil are also accusing the government of systematically using “unscientific arguments.”
COVID-19: New Government Loan ‘Could Accelerate Demise of US Postal Service’
The U.S. Treasury Secretary and U.S. Postal Service leaders appear to be exploiting the pandemic to hold the Postal Service to unreasonable loan terms without even consulting Congress.
COVID-19: Australia Pours Money Into Insane US War Games Yet Won’t Support Its Own Citizens
Chris Hedges: America’s Social Hell
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘Galveston’s BioLab Amid Global Warming’ — Oct. 2, 2017
OPINION: Bellicose anti-China and anti-Russian Rhetoric is Meant for Us, Not Them
As in the dystopian novel 1984, Western propaganda that seems aimed at Moscow and Beijing is really intended for the citizens of the so-called Free World, writes retired Australian diplomat Tony Kevin.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Hold the Halos
How a Police Spy’s Stunning Testimony Threatens the Official Buenos Aires Bombing Story
Revelations by a former police spy upend the official story blaming Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, and suggest a cover-up, reports Gareth Porter.