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American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: the propaganda that upholds the status quo

The Real News Network In the book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People's History of Fake News From the Revolutionary War to The War On Terror , authors Roberto Sirvent and Danny Haiphong assert that “ The mainstream corporate media is one of the chief propagators of American exceptionalism and innocence...the narratives of American exceptionalism and American innocence work together to serve white supremacy, empire, capitalism, and the US war machine. ”  Jacqueline Luqman talks to author Danny Haiphong about what this means in relation to real life issues and policy today.

Did the banks just tell us a massive crash is coming?

Thom Hartmann Program The Fed just dumped $75 Billion into the economy.... and possibly to avert a massive financial crash. Monday morning, large short term loans became unavailable and rates for these gigantic loans shot up. High interest rates caused financial crashes in the past. The Fed panicked and flooded the market with lots of money! The question is why were short term loans unavailable, where did that money go and what shot up the interest rates? 

Τζεφ Μπέζος: Βγάζει 3.182$ το δευτερόλεπτο και κόβει τις παροχές υγείας σε εργαζομένους του

Είναι ο καπιταλισμός ηλίθιε! Όταν ο Τζεφ Μπέζος, ο πλουσιότερος άνθρωπος στον πλανήτη, έκοψε στις 13 Σεπτεμβρίου τις παροχές υγείας για τους ημι-απασχολούμενους εργαζόμενους της αλυσίδας καταστημάτων τροφίμων Whole Foods, ουσιαστικά γλύτωσε όσα χρήματα βγάζει σε μερικές ώρες. Αυτό σύμφωνα με τον οργανισμό Decision Data, που υπολόγισε πως τα περίπου 19 εκατ. δολάρια ανά έτος που απαιτούνται για την κάλυψη υγείας των εργαζομένων που δουλεύουν λιγότερες από 30 ώρες την εβδομάδα, καλύπτονται με τα κέρδη 4,5 ωρών από τις μετοχές και τις επενδύσεις του Μπέζος. Η Decision Data χρησιμοποίησε παλαιότερη έρευνα που είχε υπολογίσει πως ο Μπέζος βγάζει περίπου 4,5 εκατ. δολάρια την ώρα, ενώ η πιο πρόσφατη αντίστοιχη ανάλυση του Business Insider έχει καταλήξει στα 9 εκατ. δολάρια ανά ώρα. Όλα αυτά, ενώ το κύριο «όχημα» κέρδους του Μπέζος, η εταιρεία Amazon, ουσιαστικά δεν πληρώνει φόρους στο αμερικανικό κράτος.  https://info-war.gr/tzef-mpezos-vgazei-3-182-to-deyterolepto-kai-ko

How the CIA, Mossad and “the Epstein Network” are exploiting mass shootings to create an Orwellian nightmare

Following another catastrophic mass shooting or crisis event, Orwellian “solutions” are set to be foisted on a frightened American public by the very network connected, not only to Jeffrey Epstein, but to a litany of crimes and a frightening history of plans to crush internal dissent in the United States. by Whitney Webb Part 4 - Carbyne’s ties to U.S. intelligence While Epstein and Barak are the two financiers of Carbyne whose ties to intelligence are clearest, another funder of Carbyne, Peter Thiel, has ties to U.S. intelligence and a history of investing in other companies founded by former members of Unit 8200. Thiel co-founded and still owns a controlling stake in the company Palantir, which was initially funded with a $2 million investment from the CIA’s venture capital fund In-Q-Tel and quickly thereafter became a contractor for the CIA. After the success of its contract with the CIA, Palantir became a contractor for a variety of federal agencies, including the FBI

The Citgo conspiracy: Opposition figures accuse Guaidó officials of ‘scam’ to liquidate Venezuela’s most prized international asset

Venezuela’s opposition has long accused the Bolivarian government of corruption and mismanagement. But with Citgo on the verge of liquidation, Guaidó’s officials are too incompetent — or too devious — to save it. by Anya Parampil Part 6 - Vecchio covers for Hernández amid more accusations of “fraud” In his own attempt at damage control, Hernández turned to TV Venezuela, a Miami-based news network.  “ I recused myself from this case in March of 2019 ,” Hernández told the network on July 31. While Hernández produced no public evidence to support that claim, he circulated a letter supposedly proving the recusal to allies among Venezuela’s opposition. This letter was signed by Hernández and obtained by The Grayzone . The letter states the lawyer had “ decided to recuse [himself] from conversations which could begin with Crystallex ” due to “ an independent expert testimony ” he provided the company “ in one of the lawsuits [it] maintained against the State. ” Dated

Another false flag operation? The neocon cabal wants to make sure that Trump will stay on the track for war with Iran in his second term

globinfo freexchange Right after Donald Trump decided again to exercise one of his - as it seems - favorite habits, we had a major event towards a new circle of destabilization in the flaming middle east. Just when Trump fired the most bloodthirsty, anti-Iran neocon, John Bolton, who was seeking to drag the US into a war with Iran at least since 2003, these "spectacular" drone attacks on two major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia "coincidentally" happened. Well, it smells a lot like another CIA-type false flag operation, and Mike Pompeo made sure to give an extra credit to this scenario through his completely amateurish reaction to rush to blame Iran for the attacks. Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia while Rouhani and Zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy. Amid all the calls for de-escalation, Iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply. There is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen. — Sec

George Galloway: the ruling elite in Britain in a state of panic

globinfo freexchange                     The ruling elite in Britain are absolutely in a state of panic. There are only a few weeks to go before Britain leaves the European Union, and they've tried everything that they can. As we already pointed out : It appears that, for now, the globalized capital has lost all the battles. As the - once powerful - neoliberal center has essentially collapsed in the political field, the international capitalists attempted to create their own political vehicle , using the remaining centrist material from both major UK parties. The result of the latest euroelections showed that this attempt too has failed miserably. Then, Boris Johnson came to make things worse. He purged all the Remainers from the conservative party and now, the pro-Brexit capital is ready for a merciless counterattack against the globalist faction of the City/CBI capitalists who seem to be running out of time and options.

Nearly 50,000 General Motors auto workers go on strike in US

Workers from 31 plants opted to walk out after talks between the company and the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) hit an impasse as they tried to negotiate a replacement agreement when the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired. How long the labor action might last was uncertain. " The strike can take a little while longer, " Brian Rothenberg, a spokesman for the powerful union, told AFP. He said that only two percent of issues under negotiation had been agreed upon. " We have to find common ground on 98 percent of the remaining issues, " he said, after the strike began at midnight Sunday, with placard-waving strikers forming picket lines outside assembly plants. Talks were due to resume later in the morning, UAW officials said. Car production at the Detroit giant, which was saved by a multi-billion dollar bailout from the Obama administration after the 2008 economic crash, was brought to a complete standstill on Monday, Rothenberg said. On W

Russia & Iran to switch to SWIFT-free banking system

Russia and Iran will transfer payments using an alternative system to the internationally recognized SWIFT money transfer network, the governor of the Iranian central bank, Abdolnaser Hemmati, announced. Instead of SWIFT, a system that facilitates cross-border payments between 11,000 financial institutions in more than 200 countries worldwide, the two countries will use their own domestically developed financial messaging systems – Iran’s SEPAM and Russia’s SPFS. “ Using this system for trade and business exchanges between EAEU [Eurasian Economic Union] member states can help develop and expand trade exchanges between the member states as well, ” Abdolnaser Hemmati said, as cited by Mehr News Agency on Tuesday. Tehran is set to officially join the Russia-led free-trade zone, the EAEU, next month. The document on Iran’s participation was ratified in June by the nation’s parliament (Majlis) and President Hassan Rouhani has already ordered that the free trade zone agreement be im

Jeremy Corbyn: in the next few weeks, the establishment will come after us with all they’ve got

 globinfo freexchange Real politics for me is about giving power to people who don't have a lot of money. And don't have friends in high places. We're ready to unleash the biggest people-powered campaign we've ever seen in this country and in this movement. In the next few weeks, the establishment will come after us with all they've got because they know we are not afraid to take them on. We're going after the tax avoiders. We are going after the bad employers. We are going after the dodgy landlords. We are going after the big polluters destroying our climate and natural world. In the next few weeks, the establishment will come after us with all they’ve got - because they know we're not afraid to take them on. pic.twitter.com/BQXolBwTg2 — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) September 16, 2019