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Bots are flooding social media with pro-US propaganda demonizing China, Russia & Iran, studies show
China, Iran, Media, Russia, USA

Bots are flooding social media with pro-US propaganda demonizing China, Russia & Iran, studies show

Posted by: John Phoenix Scientific studies show huge numbers of bots are spreading pro-Western disinformation on social media, demonizing China, Russia, and Iran. 90% of bots posting about the proxy war in Ukraine push pro-NATO propaganda. By: Benjamin Norton (Se puede leer este informe en español aquí.) Two studies published this August expose how large numbers of fake accounts are spreading pro-Western and pro-NATO propaganda on social media, while demonizing US geopolitical adversaries like China, Russia, and Iran. An investigation by scholars in Australia found that more than 90% of bots posting on Twitter about the proxy war in Ukraine were promoting pro-Ukraine propaganda, whereas just 7% were promoting pro-Russia propaganda. A separate ...
Imperialism and capitalism are ‘bleeding the world dry’: At UN, Nicaragua calls for global rebellion
Nicaragua, UN

Imperialism and capitalism are ‘bleeding the world dry’: At UN, Nicaragua calls for global rebellion

Posted by: John Phoenix At the United Nations General Assembly, Nicaragua’s Sandinista government called for a global rebellion against the “imperialist and capitalist system” that is “bleeding the world dry.” Condemning illegal sanctions and war, it urged a new multipolar order. ByBenjamin Norton Denis Moncada (Se puede leer esta nota en español aquí.) Nicaragua’s Sandinista government used its platform at the United Nations General Assembly to call for a global rebellion against the “imperialist and capitalist system” that is “bleeding the world dry.” https://youtu.be/DcsYtdEIQu0 “It is time to say enough to the hypocritical imperialism that politicizes, falsifies, and denigrates human rights, that they themselves violate and deny every day,” declared...
87% of world doesn’t support West’s new cold war on Russia
Europe, USA, World

87% of world doesn’t support West’s new cold war on Russia

Posted by: John Phoenix Two ex US diplomats admitted 87% of the world’s population refuses to enforce the West’s sanctions on Russia, showing neutrality over the proxy war in Ukraine. They said “the outbreak of Cold War II” has led countries “to become increasingly multi-aligned,” especially in the Global South. By: Benjamin Norton Two former US diplomats have acknowledged that the vast majority of the global population does not support the West’s new cold war on Russia. In a Newsweek op-ed titled “Nearly 90 Percent of the World Isn’t Following Us on Ukraine,” ex diplomats Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell wrote: While the United States and its closest allies in Europe and Asia have imposed tough economic sanctions on Moscow, 87 percent of the world’s population has dec...
In mind-blowingly hypocritical UN speech, Biden tries to rewrite history
Russia, USA

In mind-blowingly hypocritical UN speech, Biden tries to rewrite history

Posted by: John Phoenix Journalist Ben Norton fact-checks US President Joe Biden’s hypocritical speech at the United Nations General Assembly, where he accused Russia of “imperial ambitions” and said the UN must prosecute countries that invade others and commit war crimes. By: Benjamin Norton US President Joe Biden spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on September 21. He used the platform to try to portray the United States, the world’s leading violator of international law, as its protector. Biden called “to hold Russia accountable for the atrocities and war crimes” it allegedly committed in Ukraine. Biden himself strongly supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq. As vice president under Barack Obama and now president, he personally oversaw the US wars a...
Economist Michael Hudson on debt relief, inflation, Ukraine disaster capitalism, petrodollar crisis
Russia, Ukraine, USA

Economist Michael Hudson on debt relief, inflation, Ukraine disaster capitalism, petrodollar crisis

Posted by: John Phoenix Economist Michael Hudson discusses partial student debt relief in the US, inflation and the Fed, disaster capitalism in Ukraine, and China’s challenge to the petrodollar. ByBenjamin Norton Economist Michael Hudson joins Multipolarista host Ben Norton to discuss partial student debt relief in the US, inflation and the Fed, disaster capitalism in Ukraine, and China’s challenge to the petrodollar. Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/AEZBOaPKWjw?feature=oembed Podcast https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1340332111&show_artwork=true&maxheight=1000&maxwidth=880 Transcript BEN NORTON: Hey everyone, this is Ben Norton of Multipolarista. I’m joined by one of my favorite...
Zelensky is literally selling Ukraine to US corporations on Wall Street
Ukraine, USA

Zelensky is literally selling Ukraine to US corporations on Wall Street

Posted by: John Phoenix Ukraine’s Western-backed leader Volodymyr Zelensky opened the New York Stock Exchange telling Wall Street his country is “open” for foreign corporations to exploit it with $400 billion in state selloffs. By: Benjamin Norton Ukraine's Western-backed leader Volodymyr Zelensky rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on September 6 Ukraine’s Western-backed leader Volodymyr Zelensky virtually opened the New York Stock Exchange on the morning of September 6, symbolically ringing the bell via video stream. Zelensky announced that his country is “open for business” – that is to say, that foreign corporations are free to come and exploit its plentiful resources and low-paid labor. https://www.youtube.com/embed/2fHZCfRE3n4?feature=oembed ...
US launched 251 military interventions since 1991, and 469 since 1798
Human Rights, USA

US launched 251 military interventions since 1991, and 469 since 1798

Posted by: John Phoenix The US military launched 469 foreign interventions since 1798, including 251 since the end of the first cold war in 1991, according to official Congressional Research Service data. By: Benjamin Norton A map of countries where the United States has militarily intervened (Source: Congressional Research Service) The United States launched at least 251 military interventions between 1991 and 2022. This is according to a report by the Congressional Research Service, a US government institution that compiles information on behalf of Congress. The report documented another 218 US military interventions between 1798 and 1990. That makes for a total of 469 US military interventions since 1798 that have been acknowledged by the Congress. https://...
Asia’s new ‘Donors’: the Paris Club and Dollar Debt Colonialism
India, Sri Lanka

Asia’s new ‘Donors’: the Paris Club and Dollar Debt Colonialism

Wither Reform of the International Development Architecture? By: Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio by Darini Rajaisngham-Senanayake Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. All links to Gospa News articles have been added aftermath. As the visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF), team boarded a return flight to Washington DC after a week in Colombo, the Paris Club, stepped in though a revolving door at the strategic Indian Ocean island’s Bandaranaike International Airport in the first week of September. The signing of a ‘Staff Level Agreement’ with the deeply unpopular ‘Ranil Rajapakse’ regime accused of Economic Crimes was announced before the IMF team’s departure. However, the contents of the agreement ...
Sexual and Predatory Magnitude of Allied Forces After WWII
Europe, Human Rights, USA

Sexual and Predatory Magnitude of Allied Forces After WWII

Giles MacDonogh: “A Russian lieutenant walked into a barber’s shop and proceeded to rape the [German] cashier in front of the customers.” By: Jonas E. Alexis, Senior Editor The evidence is quite clear that raping women and children was a form of revenge for the Allied forces. As one scholar puts it, “rape was an earth-shattering experience.” [Hanna Schissler, The Miracle Years: A Cultural History of West Germany, 1949-1968 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001), p. 28] Antony Beevor has written that the Soviet soldiers “raped every German female from eight to 80.” Many Western historians are scared to to write about these issues because the Allied Forces, of course, have been viewed as liberators. But the fact is that the Allied Forces viewed themselves...
Rain of American Armaments for Ukraine. Huge Arsenal donated to Kiev by the Pentagon for US War against Russia
C.I.A, Russia, Ukraine, USA

Rain of American Armaments for Ukraine. Huge Arsenal donated to Kiev by the Pentagon for US War against Russia

By: Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio On the cover image the graphic on the US armaments delivered to Kiev Army and, beside, the Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III meets with Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Nov. 18, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) by Carlo Domenico Cristofori «Today the Department of Defense (DoD) announced approximately $1.1 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI). This USAI package underscores the U.S. commitment to continuing to support Ukraine over the long term. It represents a multi-year investment in critical capabilities to build the enduring strength of Ukraine’s Armed Forces as it continues to defend Ukraine’s sovereignty an...