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Military-Industrial Complex Assures Investors That Wars Will Be Endless, and Other Notes, by Caitlin Johnstone

17 October 2026 at 05:00
Today in dystopia, the military-industrial complex is reassuring investors that the wars will indeed be endless. Asked about concerns over falling defense stocks in a recent interview on CNBC, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet replied, “Investors need to know and understand that this demand is not fleeting — it’s permanent.” In 2023 Taiclet called Washington’s soaring military...

Exclusive: Iran, a Coiled Cobra Ready to Strike, by Pepe Escobar

17 October 2026 at 05:00
Iran and Pakistan are deep into building a post-American financial order in the intersection between West Asia and South Asia. Let’s get right into the heart of the matter: carefully examining the chessboard, the political and military leadership in Tehran has already reached the conclusion that a joint U.S.-Israeli attack, with planning advancing at a...

The Promise of False Security, by Larry C. Johnson

16 October 2026 at 05:20
Karl Miller’s new report says the Gulf paid for protection it never got, and that it is time to walk away For years the Gulf monarchies have been told that the path to security runs through Washington and Tel Aviv. Sign the Abraham Accords, buy Israeli defense and surveillance technology, invest in the right American...

The Mamdani Era: The Pied-à-Terre Tax, by Danny Goldberg

16 October 2026 at 05:00
It is a truism among pundits that political trends in New York City are not relevant nationally because those of us who live and work here are so different from “real Americans.” On the other hand, the city is home to most national leaders including Donald Trump, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as...

Worried About Russian Meddling In UK Politics? Wait Till You See What Israel Is Up to, by Jonathan Cook

16 October 2026 at 05:00
Andy Burnham’s government is rolling out a new “Centre for Information Defence”. But the outside actors most aggressively undermining what little remains of British democracy are nowhere in its sights Russia “interfered” in the 2016 Brexit vote by running some “anti-EU” articles on its RT channel and promoting a few internet trolls. Even MI5 has...

A Missed Chance to Look Terrible, by Ted Rall

16 October 2026 at 05:00
Trump's decision to back out of his planned public execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter is sad for America. Not because it wouldn't have been a gruesome spectacle that eroded whatever is left of the country's international standing — it would have. Not because Nidal Hasan won't still be killed on Dec. 3 —...

‘Wypipo Do Season Dey Chicken’, by Peter Bradley

16 October 2026 at 05:00
J.-F. Gariépy, White People Food, Independently published, 2026, 320 pp, $58 hardcover, $43 softcover, $29.99 Kindle. One of the more puzzling stereotypes about whites is that we eat bland, tasteless food. French and Italian cuisine have worldwide reputations, so one would expect people to dismiss this idea as typical non-white envy. Yet, the stereotype persists....

Yemen Goes for the (Saudi) Jugular, by Pepe Escobar

14 October 2026 at 05:20
The House of Saud has received a stunning warning from Ansarallah and the Yemeni Armed Forces: if you continue to attack us, you will lose your oil infrastructure and your whole economy. That’s not a threat. That’s a fact. Cue the Ultimate Saudi Decider MbS and his coterie of advisers insisting on attacking a Yemeni...

Why Iran Didn’t Walk Away, by Larry C. Johnson

16 October 2026 at 05:00
I’ve had this article sitting in storage waiting for the right moment to publish it. Tonight, Mario Nawfal hosted a debate on Iran that featured Robert Barnes and Matt Tardio. Matt put out so much disinformation and falsities that I believe now is the time to set the record straight about what happened to the...

ALL Art Is Political When You Live In A Genocidal Dystopia, by Caitlin Johnstone

15 October 2026 at 05:00
During a speech at the Las Vegas Sphere on Saturday, Metallica frontman James Hetfield took aim at artists like Macklemore for making political statements about the genocide in Gaza during their concerts. “I just gotta say, Metallica is not here, like some other entertainers, to influence you with their bullshit, okay?” said Hetfield, adding, “We’re...

The White Man at His Worst, by Jared Taylor

15 October 2026 at 05:00
This video is available on YouTube, Rumble, Bitchute, Odysee, Telegram, and X. South Sudanese — of all people — living in Australia — of all places — were in the news last week. The government of the state of Victoria, where most of them live, reported that South-Sudanese juveniles are 95 times more likely than...

The Brooklyn Strike That Tested Black-Jewish Alliance, by Jose Alberto Nino

15 October 2026 at 05:00
Contrary to the celebratory myth that the Civil Rights movement ushered in an era of seamless egalitarian brotherhood, the actual implementation of its ideals exposed bitter, ethnic rivalries even among the very groups that worked to undermine White society. On May 9, 1968, 19 educators received letters from the Ocean Hill-Brownsville governing board telling them...

Linh Dinh Knocks Me Out!, by Kevin Barrett

15 October 2026 at 05:00
When it comes to truther travel writing, Linh Dinh is the champ. Nobody else comes close. Since 2006 I’ve been scanning the internet for interesting voices contesting the most sacred mainstream narratives. A decade or so later I happened upon Linh. He had been an up-and-coming writer-photographer on the mainstream creative writing circuit, garnering invitations...

Has Trump Handed Democrats the Rope with Which to Hang Him?, by Paul Craig Roberts

15 October 2026 at 05:00
Alexander Dugin thinks that if the Republicans lose control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections, the Democrats will renew their attempt to prosecute Trump as a criminal and members of his administration as well. This is a real possibility. We witnessed the Democrats during Trump’s term and during Biden’s four years use lawfare...

Andrew Breitbart Was Wrong, by Kevin DeAnna

14 October 2026 at 05:10
Politics is not downstream from culture. Culture is downstream from power. Everything from regulatory policy to social movements to the current war against fraternities is ultimately about the determination of an elite to prevent alternative forces of power from arising. The culture war is eternal and its consequences are not just what kind of society...

A Hispanic Defends Colonial "Might Is Right" While an Eastern European Stands as Vanguard of "Western Values", by Hua Bin

15 October 2026 at 05:00
One of the more memorable Hollywood villains is Stephen, the slave butler in Tarantino’s Django Unchained. The character was played by Samuel Jackson. He is the black head slave to Calvin Candie, the white plantation owner played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Stephen hates other black people, especially free ones like Django, played by Jamie Fox. The...

New Issue of JOHNSTONE: Tech Plutocrats Will Not Lead Us Into A Healthy Future, by Caitlin Johnstone

14 October 2026 at 05:00
The new issue of JOHNSTONE is now available to order in print or download as a pay-what-you-want e-book version. This issue features a painting of Jeff Bezos. It says so much about how diseased our society has become that the most revered and respected among us are emotionally stunted man-babies who have used monopolistic thuggishness...
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