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Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements”

Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations. However, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a pro-regime-change think tank based in DC, is most preoccupied with those in China and Russia.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements”

Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations. However, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a pro-regime-change think tank based in DC, is most preoccupied with those in China and Russia.

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NATO Video Talks ‘Diversity, Respect, Embrace’ But Critics See Through the Wash Job

NATO’s latest video is yet another example of how superficially progressive language is used to put a gloss on fundamentally regressive institutions.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
NATO Video Talks ‘Diversity, Respect, Embrace’ But Critics See Through the Wash Job

NATO’s latest video is yet another example of how superficially progressive language is used to put a gloss on fundamentally regressive institutions.

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Twitter Deletes Dozens of Russian Accounts for “Undermining Faith in NATO”

A propaganda system is far more effective — and dangerous — when those inside are unaware of it and believe themselves to be free from influence.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Twitter Deletes Dozens of Russian Accounts for “Undermining Faith in NATO”

A propaganda system is far more effective — and dangerous — when those inside are unaware of it and believe themselves to be free from influence.

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CNN Declares BBC ‘Banned’ but CGTN ‘Withdrawn’ as UK and China Fire off in Propaganda Battle

While this was clearly a tit-for-tat decision, many in the media still managed to frame it as a chilling blow for free speech in China, ignoring decades of media repression in the West.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
CNN Declares BBC ‘Banned’ but CGTN ‘Withdrawn’ as UK and China Fire off in Propaganda Battle

While this was clearly a tit-for-tat decision, many in the media still managed to frame it as a chilling blow for free speech in China, ignoring decades of media repression in the West.

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Facebook Hires NATO Press Officer Ben Nimmo as Intelligence Chief

It is now difficult to distinguish where the deep state ends and the fourth estate begins and Ben Nimmo’s move from NATO to NATO-aligned think tank to Facebook is just another example of this phenomenon.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Facebook Hires NATO Press Officer Ben Nimmo as Intelligence Chief

It is now difficult to distinguish where the deep state ends and the fourth estate begins and Ben Nimmo’s move from NATO to NATO-aligned think tank to Facebook is just another example of this phenomenon.

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Head of Strategic Command: US Must Prepare for “Very Real Possibility” of Nuclear War With China

In an era when international cooperation in the face of pandemics and climate change is essential, the world appears to be racing towards a new Cold War, and unfortunately, few except the military top brass are talking about it.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Head of Strategic Command: US Must Prepare for “Very Real Possibility” of Nuclear War With China

In an era when international cooperation in the face of pandemics and climate change is essential, the world appears to be racing towards a new Cold War, and unfortunately, few except the military top brass are talking about it.

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“At First I Thought it Was a Joke”: Academic Media Censorship Conference Censored by YouTube

The entire video record of the conference — estimated at around 24 hours of material — was mysteriously disappeared from YouTube say conference organizers.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
“At First I Thought it Was a Joke”: Academic Media Censorship Conference Censored by YouTube

The entire video record of the conference — estimated at around 24 hours of material — was mysteriously disappeared from YouTube say conference organizers.

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