Exclusive: As the Russia-gate hysteria spirals down from the implausible to the absurd, almost every bad thing is blamed on the Russians, even how they turned the previously pristine Internet into a “sewer,” reports Robert Parry.
Category: Media
Human Anxiety in Late-Stage Capitalism
Superficial explanations for today’s social anxiety and political discontent miss the underlying reality: the crisis of late-stage capitalism in its frantic death throes, explains poet Phil Rockstroh.
Understanding the ‘Fake News’ Hysteria
How Netanyahu Pulls Trump’s Strings
The Legacy of Reagan’s Civilian ‘Psyops’
Why North Korea Wants Nuke Deterrence
A Silenced Israeli Critic
Russia-gate Jumps the Shark
Exclusive: Russia-gate has jumped the shark with laughable new claims about a tiny number of “Russia-linked” social media ads, but the U.S. mainstream media is determined to keep a straight face, reports Robert Parry.
Citadels of Paranoia: An Occupation by Phantoms
The frantic fear-mongering of American culture – Russians, North Koreans, Iranians, the Others are out to get us – has generated an alienation that fuels violence, globally and in random acts of murder, writes poet Phil Rockstroh.