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Did The Australian Media and Military Collude to Launch an Infowar Attack on Russia?

December 5, 2020

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation appears to have colluded with the Australian Defence Ministry to launch an information warfare attack on Russia under the pretext of responding to Foreign Minis…

The Digital ‘Iron Curtain’ Descends

December 5, 2020

Opinion

What is a ‘digital Iron Curtain’? It is when Big Digital, as Professor Michael Rectenwald terms these western Tech Goliaths, become ‘governmentalities’, using a word originally coined by Michel Foucau…

A New Strategy for China with Biden? Or is it Too Late?

December 5, 2020

Opinion

During the Obama era, in which Biden served as Vice President, the US approached China quite differently. Will Biden be able to revert to a softer strategy? Donald Trump’s trade war with China is now …

Establishment Journalists Are Piling on to Smear Robert Fisk Now He Cannot Answer Back

December 5, 2020

Opinion

Something remarkable even by the usually dismal standards of the stenographic media blue-tick brigade has been happening in the past few days. Leading journalists in the corporate media have suddenly …

Unrest in the Horn of Africa

December 5, 2020

Opinion

The Horn of Africa itself is of significant interest to many countries that consider themselves a geopolitical entity, since its geographical location allows it to control the connection between the R…

The History of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire

December 5, 2020

Opinion

We’re now living in an age of opacity, as Rudy Giuliani pointed out in a courtroom recently. Here was the exchange: “‘In the plaintiffs’ counties, they were denied the opportunity to have an unobstruc…

The Mainstream Press Has Failed America

December 5, 2020

Opinion

While President Trump continues to maintain that the presidential election was marred by massive fraud, the mainstream press continues to maintain that Trump’s charges are “false” and “baseless” and t…

Three-Spice Combo Improves Chronic Knee Osteoarthritis

December 5, 2020

Food

Turmeric extract, when combined with gingerols in ginger and piperine in black pepper, shows promise for addressing osteoarthritis, with results similar to those achieved by a common anti-inflam…