Daniel Bell. Sociologist, writer, professor at Harvard. 1971. “The CCF was the cultural counterpart to NATO, such that each national intelligentsia must recognize their membership of a wider group of Western intellectuals” The British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, who in 1948 established the Information Research Department (IRD), one of the most important think tanks of […]
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Andy Warhol. Statue of Liberty, 1986. While military and economic components of the Cold War were meant to contain the Soviets, culture and information had become the true and chief weapon of the Western assault. On March 12, 1947, U.S. President Harry Truman gave an address in Congress that defined the principles of future U.S.
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By Kerry R Bolton | May 3, 2010 Leon Trotsky (article image) The ideological foundations of U.S. foreign policy have neo-Trotskyite foundations. Hatred of the USSR since the time of Stalin was the primary motivation for Trotskyists to the point where a significant faction considered the USSR and Stalinism rather than America and capitalism as
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The Rage Against the War Machine event has sparked much debate, along with various accusations coming from the ultraleft. Accusations of tailism, forming a red brown alliance, and of right opportunism have become common against any communist participating in this anti-imperialist event. Due to the presence of right wing libertarian groups, the event as a
By Worker Wire Services. Within the international Communist Movement, there is this disturbing trend within the camp that sides with the imperialist forces such as NATO, the E.U., the U.S. State Department, and the CIA. This bloc will tell you that they are anti-imperialist. They will say they oppose both Western and Eastern imperialism, but
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By Seymour Hersh – Originally published on https://seymourhersh.substack.com The U.S. Navy’s Diving and Salvage Center can be found in a location as obscure as its name—down what was once a country lane in rural Panama City, a now-booming resort city in the southwestern panhandle of Florida, 70 miles south of the Alabama border. The center’s
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Originally published by the American Peace Information Center (APIC) – apic.us.org This week, People’s China was again widely attacked with headlines in corporate news reporting a plot to spy on the US with a giant balloon. This article, and others, clarify that US defense officials do not believe the balloon presents a significant intelligence risk.
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By S.V. Welborn. Historically, East Asia has not been known as a bastion of LGBT+ acceptance. However, those who are paying attention will be pleased to see a growing consciousness when it comes to this issue. Discrimination on the bases of sexuality is slowly withering away the world over, and Vietnam’s adoption of new LGBT+
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The John Reed Center is… At the John Reed Center, we aim to follow in the footsteps of the Peace and Justice centers of the past which served as bases of operation for the struggle of workers and the oppressed. Come stop by or contact us today! John Reed Center720 Seneca StSte 106Seattle, WA 98101
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On January 10th another innocent Black man met a violent end at the hands of the Memphis Police Department. Tyre Nichols was two minutes from home when he was stopped without reason by members of the Memphis PD SCORPION Unit. He was harassed, pulled from his car, beaten, pepper sprayed & tased. The officers then
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