Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/aukus-exists-to-manage-the-risks-created-by-its-existence ❖ "NATO exists to manage the risks created by its existence,” Professor Richard Sakwa once wrote in an attempt to articulate the absurdity of the military alliance's provocative nature on the world stage. At some point
Listen to a reading of this article:https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/imagine-if-all-officials-were-interrogated-by-reporters-like-this ❖ A fascinating exchange took place at a UN press briefing the other day between China Global Television Network's Xu Dezhi and the UN's Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq about the US military occupation of Syria. The exchange is
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/its-immoral-to-serve-in-an ❖ Deciding to enter the military is only morally justifiable if your country's military is used in a moral and just way. There's a weird, power-serving taboo against saying this which is born of the idea
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/the-new-york-times-is-a ❖ I hate The New York Times. Hate it, hate it, hate it, hate it. With every fiber of my being, from the depths of my immortal soul.The "paper of record" for the most murderous and
Listen to a reading of this article:https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/msnbc-pundit-goes-to-fight-in ❖ One year ago then-MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance announced he had left the network to join the fight against Russia with the Ukrainian International Legion, telling MSNBC's Joy Reid "I'm done talking" to much fanfare from the blue-and-yellow-flag-waving crowd.A year
Listen to a reading of this article:https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/syrians-have-every-right-to-attack-us-occupiers ❖ The western world is solemnly commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion by blindly following the US into more conflict and militarism while repeating all the same kinds of mass media malpractice. ❖ If you think it's a coincidence that
Listen to a reading of this article:https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/theyre-rebooting-axis-of-evil-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-iraq-invasion ❖ The western political/media class has suddenly resurrected the phrase "Axis of Evil" in recent days to refer to the increasing intimacy between Russia and China, just in time for the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.Famed Iraq War
Listen to a reading of this article:https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/us-officials-really-really-want-you-to-know-the-us-is-the-worlds-leader ❖ In response to questions he received during a press conference on Monday about Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin cementing a "new era" in strategic partnership between China and Russia, the White House National Security Council's John Kirby made no
Listen to a reading of this article:https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/john-boltons-prominence-in-the-media-proves-our-entire-society-is-diseased ❖ In order to narrative-manage the public conversation about the Iraq War on the 20th anniversary of the invasion, those who helped unleash that horror upon our world have briefly paused their relentless torrent of "Ukraine proves the hawks were always
Listen to a reading of this article:https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/empire-funded-think-tanks-are-not-valid-sources ❖ ATTENTION JOURNALISTS:It is never, ever acceptable, under any circumstances, to cite think tanks funded by governments and the military industrial complex as sources of information or expertise on matters of national security or foreign affairs.If you do cite them