Matt Kennard on exposing the rot of the powers that control our world, the corruption of the media, art's role in politics, and the extermination of Gaza
Great interview. The censorship of wrong speak is right if you be a western democracy. The whole democratic system of government is a scame and "the many" are slowing waking up to this fact thanks to brave authers you interview and independent news outlets such as yours. Are we finally waking up/woking up...I hope so.
Naomi Klein's the Shock Doctrine is also an excellent read on the ugly alliance of government and corporations. These criminal activities are destined to grow worse as fossil fuels approach the end of EROI. There's much LNG off the coast of Gaza, and Trump's policies will now eviscerate the little that is left of the American middle class. U.S. tactics, initiated by Reagan, have come to its shores. In the face of climate change and overshoot, we're entering the age of serious resource wars. Trump wants to buy Greenland, gateway to the Arctic and its resources becoming accessible from permafrost thaw. Think he's joking or not considering taking it by force? Think again. Why do you think Biden opened up drilling with the Willow project in Alaska? https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/massive-alaska-willow-drilling-project
Jeez, Americans and their acronyms.........I cannot keep up with what they all mean. We are confronted daily with new ones. I have just found out what the USA stands for!
I am 70 years old and have lived in the US for my entire life. For almost all of it, I largely bought into the “force for good and freedom” indoctrination regarding the US government. The turning point for me was the genocide in Gaza. I could not ignore what I was seeing and reading. Unspeakable evil and mass murder of a whole people, bought and paid for by the Shining City on a Hill. Yet, this is only the most recent manifestation of the empire playing its wealth extraction games with those too weak to successfully defend themselves. It’s time to stop believing the propaganda and push back hard on the constant bullshit. Fuck the empire!
I'd be curious to hear what you thought of America's actions in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, etc. back in the day. I think that was when the veil began to be lifted on the Shining City. Then, there was Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, etc.
I'm several years younger, and not American, but I understand the mindset we've been fed throughout the West, of the essential moral goodness of the US and its allies, despite occasional "mistakes" and "freaks" who show up like Lemay, Kissinger, Cheney, Bolton, etc).
The typical argument is something like: yes that policy was wrong, this war was bad, that move was stupid, etc. but then they say "better the US empire is in charge than Russia or China" (because they are obviously evil). Seems I've been hearing the same old excuse and having the same old debates for decades.. But yeah, I have noticed that Gaza has really blown some people's minds.
Ahh, the usual American debasing of CHINA as the evil one! The USA is running scared of China's strength, so it is trying to destroy it with propaganda, but, don't forget , the CHINESE have patience!
I was philosophically opposed to all of the American actions that you mentioned, but was too focused on my personal life activities to appropriately act to show my opposition. My period of non-action continued with a period of being a fairly conventional liberal who didn’t look much beyond two-party politics. I hope that I have been able to open up my eyes more since any American Dream myth that I bought into in the past has been demolished, and I can more actively live what I believe in.
"Liberal Zionists try and do this now. They say it's all about Netanyahu and Ben-Gavir. But, you know, this is a sick society, a sick and racist settler society, which doesn't see Palestinians as humans or worthy of things that most humans need to survive..."
I don't have my finger on the source, but in one of a few pieces I was 'informed' that the Oct.7 targets were settlers who were more keen to get along with their neighbors than to get along with 'Bibi' — dove-tailing (pardon ironic play on words) with the accusation that he deliberately left them unprotected for that key window...
Tangentially, it reminded me of a deep dive Greg Palast did on the WTC employee casualties of 9/11/2001, with a very compelling mention of how many of them worked at various forms of watchdog/monitoring — the disruption of which would be coincidentally beneficial for international corporations...
This explanation is on point, I had my suspicions on what the governments were up to but now it's cemented it. It explains why some of my social media posts don't have views and engagement, those ones are ones that don't fit the narrative, where I am exposing them.
Basically the family court system in this country isn't in the best interests of the child, it's a tool used to control women via their children.
Thanks for posting. Definitely interested to get this book now.
Great interview. The censorship of wrong speak is right if you be a western democracy. The whole democratic system of government is a scame and "the many" are slowing waking up to this fact thanks to brave authers you interview and independent news outlets such as yours. Are we finally waking up/woking up...I hope so.
Naomi Klein's the Shock Doctrine is also an excellent read on the ugly alliance of government and corporations. These criminal activities are destined to grow worse as fossil fuels approach the end of EROI. There's much LNG off the coast of Gaza, and Trump's policies will now eviscerate the little that is left of the American middle class. U.S. tactics, initiated by Reagan, have come to its shores. In the face of climate change and overshoot, we're entering the age of serious resource wars. Trump wants to buy Greenland, gateway to the Arctic and its resources becoming accessible from permafrost thaw. Think he's joking or not considering taking it by force? Think again. Why do you think Biden opened up drilling with the Willow project in Alaska? https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/massive-alaska-willow-drilling-project
Jeez, Americans and their acronyms.........I cannot keep up with what they all mean. We are confronted daily with new ones. I have just found out what the USA stands for!
Because for too many years we've hijacked the name of the double-continent and posed as "the" Americans?
I am 70 years old and have lived in the US for my entire life. For almost all of it, I largely bought into the “force for good and freedom” indoctrination regarding the US government. The turning point for me was the genocide in Gaza. I could not ignore what I was seeing and reading. Unspeakable evil and mass murder of a whole people, bought and paid for by the Shining City on a Hill. Yet, this is only the most recent manifestation of the empire playing its wealth extraction games with those too weak to successfully defend themselves. It’s time to stop believing the propaganda and push back hard on the constant bullshit. Fuck the empire!
I'd be curious to hear what you thought of America's actions in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, etc. back in the day. I think that was when the veil began to be lifted on the Shining City. Then, there was Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, etc.
I'm several years younger, and not American, but I understand the mindset we've been fed throughout the West, of the essential moral goodness of the US and its allies, despite occasional "mistakes" and "freaks" who show up like Lemay, Kissinger, Cheney, Bolton, etc).
The typical argument is something like: yes that policy was wrong, this war was bad, that move was stupid, etc. but then they say "better the US empire is in charge than Russia or China" (because they are obviously evil). Seems I've been hearing the same old excuse and having the same old debates for decades.. But yeah, I have noticed that Gaza has really blown some people's minds.
Ahh, the usual American debasing of CHINA as the evil one! The USA is running scared of China's strength, so it is trying to destroy it with propaganda, but, don't forget , the CHINESE have patience!
I was philosophically opposed to all of the American actions that you mentioned, but was too focused on my personal life activities to appropriately act to show my opposition. My period of non-action continued with a period of being a fairly conventional liberal who didn’t look much beyond two-party politics. I hope that I have been able to open up my eyes more since any American Dream myth that I bought into in the past has been demolished, and I can more actively live what I believe in.
Sorry, i forgot to back out and start a new thread with that!
"Liberal Zionists try and do this now. They say it's all about Netanyahu and Ben-Gavir. But, you know, this is a sick society, a sick and racist settler society, which doesn't see Palestinians as humans or worthy of things that most humans need to survive..."
I don't have my finger on the source, but in one of a few pieces I was 'informed' that the Oct.7 targets were settlers who were more keen to get along with their neighbors than to get along with 'Bibi' — dove-tailing (pardon ironic play on words) with the accusation that he deliberately left them unprotected for that key window...
Tangentially, it reminded me of a deep dive Greg Palast did on the WTC employee casualties of 9/11/2001, with a very compelling mention of how many of them worked at various forms of watchdog/monitoring — the disruption of which would be coincidentally beneficial for international corporations...
This explanation is on point, I had my suspicions on what the governments were up to but now it's cemented it. It explains why some of my social media posts don't have views and engagement, those ones are ones that don't fit the narrative, where I am exposing them.
Basically the family court system in this country isn't in the best interests of the child, it's a tool used to control women via their children.
Great piece, off to get the books
Yes Matt. Great interview. Great truth teller.
Thanks for this excellent piece. Matt Kennard's books and works are right on the nail.
Really great interview and summing up of what the West actually is and the fairy stories and delusions that defend what is basically The Mafia.
I’d like to also chuck another book that Matt co-authored on the pile Ricky - “Silent Coup” is unbelievably important.
The Racket is on my list, but i’ve not got to it yet.
He mentioned Silent Coup when the topic was non-reportage being more effective than active propaganda