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Caitlin Johnstone: Australia continues its plunge into authoritarianism and military brinkmanship

Antiwar reports: "President Biden and the leaders of Australia and the UK announced a new military agreement on Wednesday aimed at countering China.…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: Australia’s not a free country. State surveillance and autocracy are rife because we have no bill of rights

There’s a lot to criticize, from soldiers patrolling state borders and policing the streets of Sydney, to people being arrested for merely posting about…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: How long before we humans are being policed by robots?

Hawaii police are defending their use of pandemic relief funds for a robotic “police dog” made by Boston Dynamics which…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: For every whistleblower they make an example of, they prevent a thousand more

The sentence was much harsher than Hale’s defense requested but not nearly as harsh as US prosecutors pushed for, arguing…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: The empire depends on psychological compartmentalization

This means that the acclaimed journalist will continue to languish in prison for exposing US war crimes while the appeals process plays…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: The US again bombs nations on the other side of the world in the name of ‘self-defense’

“At President Biden’s direction, US military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: So much of what the CIA used to do covertly it now does overtly

In the later years of an abusive relationship I was in, my abuser had become so confident in how mentally…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: The lie that a kinder, gentler US Empire is possible

Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar has once again been the center of an artificial controversy launched in bad faith, this time over a…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: US corporate media wastes no time using UFO report to promote arms race

The New York Times has published an article on the contents of the hotly anticipated US government report on UFOs, as per usual…

3 years ago

Caitlin Johnstone: US troops die for world domination, not freedom

Apparently the likely future president tweeted “Enjoy the long weekend,” a reference to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, instead of gushing…

3 years ago