Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
He offers his own reflections on organizing and the state of America's declining empire....
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Coverage of VFP in Okinawa on RT
The US government claims that RT (Russia Today) is part of a Moscow plot to steal elections in this country. It's all bullshit.
Elections in the US are routinely stolen by big corporate money, candidates who are corporate operatives, and if needed, the hacking of voting machines and suppression of voter turnout. This is the playbook that the oligarchies use to steal elections in America. It helps to divert anger and attention away from themselves toward the Russians.
RT interviews critics of US domestic and foreign policy. It's fair game - they are an international media outlet. If people, like me, are willing to appear on RT then what is the big deal? I'd like to go on CNN or FOX News but they are not going to invite me. I'm glad RT exists.
The US has all kinds of media outlets operating in Russia - including Voice of America and dozens of others. They have had free license to spread Washington's propaganda for years. Lately, following Washington's crack down on RT, the Russian Duma (parliament) has demanded they take reciprocal actions against American media operating there.
Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty are among ten American media outlets operating in Russia that are now considered "foreign agents" under a new directive from the Kremlin – a tit-for-tat response to a similar U.S. move.
"Our measures were entirely a mirror response to the suppression of Russian media in the United States," the head of the Federation Council's Commission on the Protection of State Sovereignty, Andrei Klimov, was quoted as saying.
"The list includes American propaganda companies that live on government money and broadcast in the Russian language," Klimov said, adding that CNN was not on the list because it was not "a propaganda company."
But why was the US so upset with RT from the start? It's because RT breaks through the otherwise dominant news reporting of mainstream media which are under the control of the Deep State. Mr. Big wants total control - half measures are not acceptable. They want to control the world and Russia and China are the two primary obstacles. Russia being able to project information to US viewers is seen as violating Mr. Big's 'Full Spectrum Dominance' rule.
I had an exchange with a friend today whose son is in the Army Special Forces. He's lately been deployed to western Ukraine where the US has set up a training base for the Kiev puppet government's Army, propped up by the US and NATO since they put it in power in 2014.
My friend's son is itching for war - they want to take down North Korea. They are ready to 'Fight tonight' as the new Army slogan goes. Trump just gave the go ahead to send offensive weapons to the Kiev regime that can be used against the self-defense forces in eastern Ukraine which have been continually attacked since 2014. The US goal is to create a failed state on the Russian border - and potentially use Ukraine as a jump off point for 'shock and awe' on Russia.
It's all about the threat - put a loaded gun up to Russia and China's head and threaten global war if they don't surrender to Washington-Paris-Brussels-London-Bonn. Russia and China are not going to surrender.
The US has lit so many regional fires around the world that the Pentagon can't keep them all under control. US forces are worn out and over extended. Many of the top military brass appear to believe that they could prevail in a nuclear war. The introduction of 'missile defense' gives them the false hope they can survive a counter attack after a US first-strike on Russia and China. The US Space Command annually war games that very thing. They call it the Red Team verses the Blue Team.
The era of US world domination is over. People are resisting the western corporate imperial project everywhere. We all wish these peace movements were stronger like the one that exists in Okinawa today. They are the role model for all of us - city mayors and a governor on their side - huge majorities of the people want US bases on the island closed.
So keep the alternative views coming our way RT. We appreciate them very much!
Bruce
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