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Rage Against the Machine Guitarist Honored With Woody Guthrie Prize

Tom Morello Has Nobly Carried on the American Protest Music Tradition On September 25, former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello was honored with the Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for using his music to support social justice causes. Morello received the prize from Woody Guthrie’s granddaughter Anna Canoni, who said that “Tom […] The post Rage Against the Machine Guitarist Honored With Woody Guthrie Prize first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

Peter Thiel: Donald Trump’s Favorite “Kiwi” Billionaire

Peter Thiel needs no introduction to readers of CovertAction Magazine or to Americans in general. I refer you to Jeremy Kuzmarov’s “Sugar Daddy of Trump’s VP Pick Has Deep Ties to CIA.” I am going to assume all that material as read and deal with another chapter in the Thiel saga that may not be […] The post Peter Thiel: Donald Trump’s Favorite “Kiwi” Billionaire first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

CIA Cutout Welcomes Infamous Neo-Conservative Warmonger Victoria Nuland to Its Board, Showing Its True Colors

On September 13, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) announced that it was appointing Victoria Nuland to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Covert Geopolitics has called Nuland the “queen of chicken hawks” and “Lady Macbeth of perpetual war,” as she has “promoted a foreign policy of intervention, coups, proxy wars, aggression, and occupation…in Afghanistan, […] The post CIA Cutout Welcomes Infamous Neo-Conservative Warmonger Victoria Nuland to Its Board, Showing Its True Colors first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

Twenty Three Years Ago, the U.S. Invaded Afghanistan Over an Oil Pipeline

Unmasking media’s Incomplete Narrative: The true cause of the Afghan War lies beyond what you’ve heard in the media. It is rooted in a gas pipeline that the Taliban obstructed in 1998. The media’s portrayal of the conflict suggests that 9/11 was the sole catalyst, while consistently hiding a crucial piece of the puzzle. The […] The post Twenty Three Years Ago, the U.S. Invaded Afghanistan Over an Oil Pipeline first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

On the One-Year Anniversary of October 7, It is Clear We Were Not Told The Truth

In an impassioned speech before the U.S. Congress in June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, “like December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001, October 7 is a date that will forever live in infamy.” In the official version touted by Netanyahu, Hamas fighters on October 7 breached the Israeli security wall and attacked the […] The post On the One-Year Anniversary of October 7, It is Clear We Were Not Told The Truth first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

Palestinian Journalist and Her Family Are Among Latest Victims of U.S.-Israeli Barbarism

One year after October 7, the Israelis continue to slaughter Gazans, and now Lebanese, en masse with U.S. weaponry. One of the latest victims of U.S.-Israeli barbarism is Wafa Aludaini, a Gazan journalist, who was killed along with her husband, Munir, and two children, Balsam and Tamim, in an Israeli air strike in Deir al-Balah, […] The post Palestinian Journalist and Her Family Are Among Latest Victims of U.S.-Israeli Barbarism first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

American Taxpayers Are Funding Putin’s Money Launderers Through the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

I am the exiled whistleblower from the largest bank collapse in Latvian history, fighting for years to publicize evidence of a cover-up organized by the government of Latvia and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which protects Russian President Vladimir Putin’s central money-laundering system. The EBRD is based in London and funded by 74 […] The post American Taxpayers Are Funding Putin’s Money Launderers Through the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

Deadly Heat in U.S. Prisons Violates Animal Cruelty Laws

The summer of 2013 was my first summer in prison after being incarcerated for blowing the whistle on the CIA’s torture program. When summer arrived in Loretto, Pennsylvania, I had already made a handful of friends, most of whom came from the prison’s “Italian” population. One warm day in the spring, I mentioned to one […] The post Deadly Heat in U.S. Prisons Violates Animal Cruelty Laws first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

The CIA’s Goal is to Create a “Depleted Population of Compliant Zombies” So a Narrow Capitalist Elite Can Rob and Exploit, According to former Carter White House Official and NASA Whistleblower

Richard C. Cook is a retired U.S. federal analyst who served with the Carter White House, NASA, and the U.S. Treasury and as an aide to U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). He has just published a thoughtful book, Our Country Then and Now, which provides a sweeping economic history of the U.S. intermeshed with his […] The post The CIA’s Goal is to Create a “Depleted Population of Compliant Zombies” So a Narrow Capitalist Elite Can Rob and Exploit, According to former Carter White House Official and NASA Whistleblower first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

CovertAction Bulletin: Tribute to Palestinian Journalist Wafa Al-Udaini

On Monday, September 30th, an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah killed Wafa al-Udaini, her husband and two of her children. Wafa was a founder of the October 16 group, a mentor to young journalists and media professionals in Gaza and especially worked to highlight the voices of women impacted by the Israeli occupation... The post CovertAction Bulletin: Tribute to Palestinian Journalist Wafa Al-Udaini first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.

Will Donald Trump’s Efforts to Sow Chaos After He Lost the 2020 Election Provide a Preview For 2024?

New HBO Series Looks Back at Stop the Steal Campaign by Trump and His Acolytes As Americans prepare to go to the polls, a new HBO documentary is a cautionary tale warning against Donald Trump’s treachery and dishonesty in his efforts to hold and seize power. In the 1919 book Ten Days That Shook the […] The post Will Donald Trump’s Efforts to Sow Chaos After He Lost the 2020 Election Provide a Preview For 2024? first appeared on CovertAction Magazine.