Thursday, July 17, 2025

The not-so-“invisible nation” sends mixed messages in its military propaganda

Independence advocates keep referring back to Civil War arguments that paradoxically demonstrate Taiwan's place within China's borders I recently came across a trailer for a...

The War Against Iran: 30 Years in the Making

There is a grim inevitability about the developing war aimed at overthrowing the Iranian government. It might not seem this way for the millions...

Reporting the human cost of war, but forgetting the earth

In February 2025, M23 rebels announced the capture of Goma, a key city in the Eastern Parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)....

Kerry’s MH17 Misinformation

The downing of flight MH17 in Eastern Ukraine, on July 17, 2014, led to a tectonic shift in relations between the EU and Russia....

Schrödinger’s novichok: 12 points from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, part 3

What happens when official evidence about a nerve agent death exists in impossible dual states? Part three of a three-part report on the Dawn...

Schrödinger’s novichok: 12 points from the Dawn Sturgess inquiry, part 2

What happens when official evidence about a nerve agent death exists in impossible dual states? Part two of a three-part report on the Dawn...

NATO Member States Implement Classified “Resilience Objectives”

Governments of NATO member states implement classified 'NATO Resilience Objectives'. Dutch Minister of Public Health Fleur Agema accidently spilled the beans. She tried to...

The Struggles for US Hegemony Against Russia

Editorial Note: As events rapidly unfold in the Middle East, along with the fall of the Syrian Government, Professor Boyd-Barrett assesses emerging dynamics and...
BRICS Leaders

The End of Pluralism and the Decline of Soft Power

“Hitler, Stalin, and Mao all possessed a great deal of soft power in the eyes of their acolytes, but that did not make it...

Propaganda for Beginners, Part 6: Pride in Prejudice; The manipulation of perception through “pre-bunking”

(Part 6 of the series “Propaganda for Beginners”: Read Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.) What is “pre-bunking” and why is it dangerous? It is a method of...