Russia vs Ukraine
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Russia vs Ukraine: War Crimes, Propaganda and the Scourge of Modern Warfare

Russia vs Ukraine. We hear so many reports of genocide and war crimes from the iron tentacles of the Mainstream Media you'd think Mariupol is comparable to Riga, Latvia circa 1941. And folks it's certainly far from that. I've seen the footage from Bucha, whom do we believe when anyone with a camera and youtube account these days are deemed journalists? The reports from "professional" news source, Reuters are at
Petro-Dollar
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Demise of the Petrodollar

If you're not quite sure what the Petrodollar is, it's pretty uncomplicated. Back in the 1970's, at the height of the oil crisis, United States President Richard Nixon conceived an economic master plan. He offered to help defend Saudi Arabia from their burgeoning Middle East rivals. In exchange for that promise, the Saudi kingdom assured all of its oil production be traded in USD (energyandcapital.com). This strategic stroke of genius
Small acts of resistance
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Small Acts of Resistance – A Users Guide

Is it time? Peaceful protest suppressed. Brutal policing encouraged. A divisive Home Secretary. A deceitful PM. An increasingly sham democracy.   Tell me, is it time to rebel?   A Resistance Library Here are 67 small acts of resistance from @EthicalRenewal on Twitter, documented by the Ethical Renewal collective alongside followers and friends. Any selection may be suitable to your personal circumstances, or none at all. @EthicalRenewal are anti-authoritarian pacifists,
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Twelve Thoughts on Ukraine

Twelve Thoughts On Ukraine. by Going Rogue with Caitlin Johnstone.   Putin has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the goal of which he claims is not to occupy the country but to “demilitarize” and “de-Nazify” it. We've no reason to put blind faith in any of those claims. Only time will tell. As of this writing dozens have reportedly been killed so far. All war is horrific. We can only hope that
Our society is sick but here's the cure
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ANTIVIRAL SOFTWARE FOR THE MIND

The attack You are under attack. We all are. This isn’t conspiracy theory. It’s plain common sense. Why else would political parties and corporations spend tens of millions on political and commercial advertising? Why else would the PR industry exist? It’s an extended brain hack – and the brain they’re hacking into is yours.   Universality Advertising, the news media, social and political commentators, television celebrities, influencers, politicians – they’re
Thatcher
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A Child of Thatcher

We would like to introduce Dr Bethany Usher to our pages, and post her view of the Thatcher years which she published on her blog in 2013.  We take the view that a great deal of what is taking place today has been as a direct result of the "Thatcher Years", which many of our younger readers may well have heard about but never experienced first hand. Many thanks to
Syrian War
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The Decade of War and Catastrophe in Syria: Part 3

The Decade of War and Catastrophe in Syria: Part 3 - Assad the Puppet, US/Israeli Bombs and No Future On March 15th, 2021 it became 10 years since a war which was born out of the Arab Spring with hopes of overthrowing dictator Bashar Al-Assad and wound up becoming something so much more complex, involving several world powers, numerous proxies and militias, as well as the most brutally barbaric terrorist
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The Enigma of Covid

The date was December 19, 2019, the location, an institute of virology in Wuhan, China, where the most significant and deadly pandemic in more than a century was released upon an unsuspecting, unprepared planet (dates courtesy of brittannica.com). The source of the Covid virus is still very much a mystery. Did it really originate and spread from a meat market in the center of the city of the Wuhan, China?
Spanish Flu Pandemic 1918
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The Pandemic Epidemic

This piece is sincerely dedicated to everybody out there that honestly believes the events of the last 2 years are somehow a remarkable and unusual series of events. I am probably older than many of our readers and can assure you that I have witnessed most of the incidents you are about to read about. (except the bit about the 1918 Spanish/American Flu. I am not 104 years old.) 1918