Our Score Caitlin Johnstone—–27 Jun, 2020 12:37 / Updated 4 hours ago America is as authoritarian and intolerant of dissent as any tinpot dictatorship. It generally just goes about quashing it in a subtler, more sophisticated way, aided by a conformist,…
U.S. PRESS DESTROYING ITSELF
Our Score June 14, 2020 The U.S. Press Is Destroying Itself A flurry of newsroom revolts has transformed the American press By Matt Taibbi Sometimes it seems life can’t get any worse in this country. Already in terror of a…
capitalism, Climate Change, Economy, Environmental, Health, National Security, Political, Poverty, Propaganda, Science, Security, Surveillance
OLD NORMAL VS. NEW NORMAL
Our Score The Bigger Picture is Hiding Behind a Virus By Jonathan Cook April 04, 2020 Things often look the way they do because someone claiming authority tells us they look that way. If that sounds too cynical, pause for…
Psychopaths Among Us
Our Score “Only a psychopath would ever think of doing these things, only a psychopath would dream of abusing other people in such a way, only a psychopath would treat people as less than human just for money. The shocking…
American Empire, capitalism, Class, Economy, Elections, Foreign Policy, Media, Political, Poverty, Propaganda, Wall Street
U.S. Is Global Kleptocracy Central
Our Score How the US became the center of global kleptocracy The US has become the key cog in the machine of modern kleptocracy worldwide. But it didn’t start with Trump. By Casey Michel February 03, 2020 Critics of President…
American Empire, capitalism, Economy, Foreign Policy, Media, Military, National Security, Political, Propaganda, Spying, Technology, Wall Street, War, War Crimes
Endless War
Our Score Endless War is a Disastrous (But Profitable) Enterprise By Lawrence Wilkerson Col, USA (Ret) January 30, 2020 “The collapse of the Libyan state has had region-wide repercussions, with flows of people and weapons destabilizing other countries throughout North…
Evangelicals Who Pray For War
Our Score Evangelicals Who Pray for War With Iran Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo, who urged Trump to kill Qassem Soleimani, are ardent proponents of Christian Zionism. By Sarah Posner January 16, 2020 Last Friday, a day after Iranian Maj.…
American Empire, capitalism, Economy, Elections, Executive Branch, Foreign Policy, Media, National Security, Political, Poverty, Propaganda, Wall Street
How Long Will It Take For The US To Collapse?
Our Score How Long Will It Take For The US To Collapse? Fri, 01/03/2020 – 23:45 Authored by Brandon Smith There are a multitude of false assumptions out there on what the collapse of a nation or “empire”…
Truth & Justice Just Might Have A Chance Next Year
Our Score Assange Gives Evidence In Spanish Case Against Security Contractor By Thomas Scripps December 23, 2019 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was brought from Belmarsh Prison yesterday to appear in person at Westminster Magistrates Court and provide video-link witness testimony…
Civil, Class, Military, Political, Poverty, Privacy, Propaganda, Security, Spying, Surveillance, Technology, War, War Crimes
Orwell’s 1984 Revisited
Our Score George Orwell’s ‘1984’ revisited: What Oceania and Israel have in common For George Orwell, the appalling picture of the future starkly depicted in ‘1984’ was not some imaginative exercise. ‘Don’t let it happen. It depends on you,’ he…