The law enforcement breed can be a pretty dark lot. To be paid to think suspiciously leaves its mark, fostering an incentive to identify crimes and misdemeanours with instinctive compulsion. Historically, this saw the emergence of quackery and bogus attempts to...
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ICE Witch-Hunts and the Soul of the Nation
Victor Brauner Totem of the Wounded Subjectivity II, 1948 Because the one, agreed-upon faith in the US, internalized in the belief system of all too many of the nation’s citizenry, is monetary fundamentalism in combination with perpetual (shallow,...
R is for Regressive
If we’re going to divide the voting public into two warring tribes, we should understand what allegiance to each of the major parties actually represents. Here we look at the ‘R’, next the ‘D’. History adds clarity and perspective. Here is the U.S. Federal Income Tax...
Danger in Trump’s Mind
On 7 April, a Mondoweiss headline ran as “Trump announces surprise Iran talks during Netanyahu meeting.” United States president Donald Trump had met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss “Gaza, tariffs, and the alleged nuclear threat of Iran.” As...
Back to the Future
SETTING: Rome DATE: March 411 CE SCENE: Ruins of the Diocletian Baths PRINCIPALS: Four habitués gather in the remains of the tepidarium The foursome is made up of local cognoscenti – self-styled pundits who gather to exchange impressions of what’s happenings in the...
A Financial Coup: How the Deep State Is Using Manufactured Crises to Seize Power
What we’re witnessing is the calculated use of emergency powers to concentrate power in the hands of the president, enrich the Deep State, and dismantle what remains of economic and constitutional safeguards. Nearly 250 years after our nation’s founders rebelled over...
Are There Trump Internment Camps for Political Opponents in America’s Future?
Japanese Americans gather at Santa Anita Assembly Center in 1942 shortly before being shipped off to one of the 10 internment camps set up by the U.S. government in World War II. Is there a Trump Internment Camp in your future? In addition to scooping immigrants up...
Hamas Succeeded in Exposing the True Face of the Empire
One thing October 7 did accomplish was getting Israel and its allies to show the world their true face. Getting them to stand before all of humanity to say, “If you resist us, we’ll kill your babies. We’ll deliberately shoot your kids in the head. We’ll massacre...
Amber Alert
See “B.C. Children’s Ministry overrules parents, orders surgery to treat boy’s rare condition,” Vancouver Sun. And “Lim Family Traumatized by Vancouver Police Department.”The post Amber Alert first appeared on Dissident Voice.
Meet the DC Think Tanks Impoverishing Masses of Latin Americans
These top Washington think tanks are lobbying lawmakers for sadistic sanctions on some of the hemisphere’s poorest countries while raking in millions from corporations and arms makers. Sanctions are a form of hybrid warfare that harms or even kills the target...
“All Governments Lie”: Why We Need a Radical and Independent Free Press Now
Media scholar Carl Jensen was deeply influenced by the independent muckraking journalists of the twentieth century—so much so that he founded Project Censored at Sonoma State University, in 1976, in the wake of the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal, as a...
McKinley or Lincoln? Tariffs vs. Greenbacks
President Trump has repeatedly expressed his admiration for Republican President William McKinley, highlighting his use of tariffs as a model for economic policy. But critics say Trump’s tariffs, which are intended to protect U.S. interests, have instead fueled a...