Submitted by: Don Hank
The US Establishment wants to own your mind
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Recently, the FBI blacklisted Strategic Culture Foundation for serving “Russian propaganda.” https://www.strategic-culture.
This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment rights of these dissident authors and the site owner – especially since there is no clear-cut definition of propaganda and the notion that Russia is somehow inherently evil and that its views must be suppressed has never been confirmed – even though the US Empire deems it to be so. The US public has never been shown precisely why its government wants it to hate Russia.
State Dept condemns web sites as RU disinformation, but gives no examples of actual disinformation in the sense of false information.
State calls Russia-friendly authors “fringe thinkers” but does not define that term or show how being a so-called “fringe thinker” harms the American people. The use of this term by the State Department clearly reveals that fringe thinkers are merely dissidents who disagree with the views promoted by the US elites, who are mostly oligarchs – ie, billionaires – who have seized the power in the government and promote war. Is it important to protect the warmongers who in fact are the actual fringe thinkers compared to the general public, which does not want war?
When dissidents appeared in Russia, we supported them. If you want to smear them now, show how they harm the public.
But just as in the Soviet Union, the dissidents stand athwart the dictators in charge.
The State Department demonizes them but fails to make a strong case for their being in any way deleterious to the average American’s welfare.
The FBI’s blacklisting of a web site, Strategic Culture Foundation, shows that the US Establishment is fearful of dissidents for the same reasons that the Soviet leadership was fearful of Russian dissidents.
Here is what the State Department says of this organization at its official site: https://www.state.gov/wp-
Excerpt, with my notes in red and [brackets[]:
Summary The Strategic Culture Foundation is an online journal registered in Russia, directed by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) [this is not a proven fact], and closely affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The outlet plays a central role among a group of linked websites that proliferate Russian disinformation and propaganda.2 [State uses the term “Russian disinformation” and “Russian propaganda” liberally but never once attempts to define this. To do so, it would have to prove that its reports are not factual, but it makes no attempt to do so, of course. Its mainstay of support is the fact that the US public has long been exposed to the notion that Russia is evil, as when Reagan called the Soviet Union an evil empire. State knows that the words Russian and Russia are emotional trigger words and that it does not need to show how being Russian or being affiliated with Russia is bad. They will automatically associate the word with communism and dictatorship.
Americans just accept that. But we shouldn’t because:
1—assuming Russia is evil is a variant of racism, and
2—The Soviet Union is dead and buried and the Russian Federation is not a reincarnation of it – despite US propaganda to the contrary.
Americans have been indoctrinated to believe that Russia is evil simply because of the Soviet past. Yet Russia was an indispensable ally in WW II, that killed 3/4 of all the Nazis killed in the conflict, whereas Germany and Japan, the enemies, did incalculable harm to the West in terms of human lives and property lost. So why is Russia the ONLY one of these three that is associated with evil today? Especially in view of the fact that the allies may have lost WWII without Russia’s help.
It’s US Establishment propaganda and disinformation.]
One of its core tactics is to attract authors who are Western fringe thinkers and conspiracy theorists [Note how the derogatory term “fringe thinkers” is used and the word “dissident” is avoided, although that is exactly what the SCF writers are, dissidents], giving them a broader platform and obscuring the Russian origins of the journal [But Russia is not really evil, only in the minds of the US elites who need the fable of Russia as an “enemy” to stoke the hate and keep up with the ongoing brainwashing needed to uphold the warmongering government, arms makers, NATO and incompetent politicians on both sides of the aisle]. This tactic helps the site appear to be an organic voice within its target audience of Westerners. Strategic Culture Foundation (SCF) online journal is a prime example of long-standing Russian tactics to conceal direct state involvement in disinformation and propaganda outlets [This State Department site itself is in fact blatant “state involvement in disinformation and propaganda.” Why is it perfectly fine for the US government to proselytize against Russia but not ok for Russia-friendly sites to openly disclose their affiliation? The only reason sites appearing in the US can hardly disclose their ties to Russia is the extreme prejudice toward Russia specifically as fomented by the US government], and to cultivate local voices to serve as surrogate messengers. SCF finds obscure Western fringe thinkers and conspiracy theorists and gives their typically virulent [Virulent is a gross exaggeration. The official views of the US Establishment are MUCH more virulent than any view expressed by Russian friendly sites. The US Establishment has slaughtered MILLIONS of mostly civilians in foreign countries like Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and the many other countries listed here: https://vividmaps.com/
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Ony YOU can prevent the next world war
Each war after WW II has been promoted by the msn, each time by blaming a country for something, typically with little substantiation (eg, WMDs in Iraq). But the most egregious lies and fables are the accusations against Russia and China. And these are the most dangerous ones since both are nuclear powers.
What the US government is doing is tantamount to climbing through a fence into a pasture hosting a raging bull and kicking the bull in the shin.
The official US viewpoint rammed down your throat by the warmongering Establishment (not just one party) falsely claims that Russia is the aggressor in Ukraine.
But in fact, the Ukraine government has been attacking residential areas in Donbass ever since the US invasion of the Maidan in Feb 2014. These lethal attacks are never reported in the lying/obfuscating US msn. Here is the latest story on these attacks:
https://anna-news.info/the-
“The situation in Donbass is escalating. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Ukrainian troops are conducting offensive operations in some areas of the DPR and the LPR. According to the official spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, this is indicated by the reports of the special monitoring mission. She clarified that the offensive operations are being conducted near the settlements of Granitnoye and Staromaryevka. “Some information continues to be received about the use of weapons, prohibited by the Minsk agreement, but still supplied to Ukraine by the NATO countries» — the spokeswoman announced.”
From Anti-Bellum
West’s bid to replicate 1980s Afghan model: U.S., NATO preparing to deliver Stinger missiles to Ukraine – NBC report
One of the alleged main conspirators in the attempted overthrow of the Kazakhstan Government turns out to have been a “good friend” of the Bidens who participated in several shady business meetings with both Hunter and Joe.
Once again, the Biden family’s corrupt dealings have directly impacted another MAJOR geopolitical issue.
From The Gateway Pundit
Listed below are recommended news sites that are antidotes to toxic Establishment-controlled sites that promote and provoke war with Russia and China. Please bookmark them.
English language
Andrei Martyanov blog, The Saker (Vinceyard), Strategic Culture Foundation (blacklisted by the FBI, all the more reason to read it), Southfront, Fort Russ, Anna-News https://anna-news.info/
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