False Witnesses and Sinister Plots: Exposing the CIA Connection in the ‘Chinese Police Station’ Narrative

Kit Klarenberg reveals how much of the hysteria surrounding ‘Chinese police stations’ in the West is being fueled by a shadowy CIA-linked organization called Safeguard Defenders.

Kit Klarenberg
By Kit Klarenberg
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For months, mainstream media across the Western world – in particular English-language outlets based in the constituent members of the ‘Five Eyes’ global spying network – have been rabidly awash with terrifying news of secret “Chinese police stations” operating the world over. It is claimed these “stations” are unofficial, covert Chinese

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Chris Hedges on Weapons to Ukraine, Military buildup to China and Pentagon Spending

Join MintCast hosts Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod to discuss Washington’s permanent drive to war with author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges.

Mnar Adley
Alan Macleod
By Mnar Adley
And Alan Macleod
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The war in Ukraine is well into its second year, and the United States is insistent on pumping billions more into the quagmire that has already seen thousands of lives lost and millions displaced. The U.S. has already approved more than $113 billion in aid to Ukraine, most of which is weaponry. This year, President Biden has earmarked a

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The Inevitable De-Dollarization of the Global Economy, with ​Ben Norton

Ben Norton returns to the Watchdog to shed light on the rapid decline of the U.S. dollar and its implications for American empire as countries worldwide shift away from the dollar in favor of regional currencies and China’s rise challenges Washington’s global dominance.

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By Lowkey
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The MintPress podcast “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know – including intelligence, lobby, and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light

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John Pilger: From Yellow Journalism to China Bashing, the Media’s Enduring Role in Promoting War

Today, war by media is a key task of so-called mainstream journalism, reminiscent of that described by a Nuremberg prosecutor in 1945: ‘Before each major aggression[…] they initiated a press campaign calculated to[…] prepare the people psychologically[…]”

John Pilger
By John Pilger
John Pilger: From Yellow Journalism to China Bashing, The Media’s Enduring Role in Promoting War

In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They called on 'the hundreds of poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, short story writers and journalists' to discuss the 'rapid crumbling of capitalism' and the beckoning of another war. They were electric events which, according to one

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Why China’s Winning and the US Is Panicking, With Gregory Mahoney

China expert Dr. Joseph Gregory Mahoney joins Lee Camp to discuss the rise of China on the world stage on the heels of the US empire’s decline.

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
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One of the most important topics going on right now in our world is, as the U.S. government likes to call it, the “great power conflict” between China and the U.S. To explore this topic, Lee Camp brings on a political science professor from Shanghai to break the issue down. Dr. Joseph Gregory Mahoney of the East China Normal University joins us

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How The Global South Has Risen in The Face of US Sabotage with Ajamu Baraka

Ajamu Baraka joins Lee Camp to discuss how the media demonizes enemies of the US empire, the US military’s global command structure, neocolonial behavior, and the white supremacy inherent to its hegemony.

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By Lee Camp
Lee Camp Ajamu Baraka Feature photo

Ajamu Baraka is a former U.S. Green Party vice-presidential candidate, a longstanding political activist, and a spokesperson for the Black Alliance for Peace. He joins Lee Camp this week for an interview with “Behind the Headlines.”China’s rise, U.S. meddling worldwide, international resistance to Western domination, and much more are covered in

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