OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #215, FEBRUARY 5, 2025.

 

 

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #215, FEBRUARY 5, 2025.  Compiled by Dick Bennett  

US Imperialism 
Abel Tomlinson 
Leila Sansour. The Racket.

Abel Tomlinson’s latest article on US imperialism has been published by Covert Action Magazine.  The basic fact that the United States is an empire is perhaps the most systematically taboo subject within mainstream American information systems and public discourse. U.S. imperialism is almost never discussed in depth, critically or intelligently, within corporate media or the educational system. It is never mentioned by candidates of the two dominant political parties, or brought up at presidential debates. It is rarely mentioned even within universities, outside of a few select courses or degree programs.   This deafening silence on this key subject is a form of unspoken Propaganda…. https://covertactionmagazine.com/2025/02/05/silent-propaganda-on-u-s-imperialism-breeds-confused-americans/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIQv_xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfc3tbX9LS8nSE7CoP9FNm4Xv54ThrNCUe489yuIb4gLXkmRS61njkuDTQ_aem_BtsKlPfOT5ZYVWOIRGZZZw
Jeremy Kuzmarov, Managing Editor   CovertAction Magazine, (918) 264-2490
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Leila Sansour.  The Racket: A Chronicle of Chaos wrought by the U.S. empire around the globe.  Mronline.org (9-21-24).  Originally published: Middle East Eye  on September 18, 2024 by Leila Sansour (more by Middle East Eye)  |  (Posted Sep 20, 2024).   Empire, Globalization, Imperialism, StrategyAmericas, United StatesNewswireMatt Kennard

. . . beyond the theatre of “liberal values” and “development and democracy programmes”, emerges a simple nation with a lucid drive and an uncomplicated diet. You just have to observe it at close range.   Kennard was uniquely positioned to do precisely that through his work as an investigative journalist with the Financial Times covering the Pentagon, the White House, Wall Street and the City of London, among other areas.   Over a four-year period, he travelled with rare access across five continents, reporting from more than a dozen countries, including Bolivia, Mexico, Haiti, Palestine, Tunisia and post-Mubarak Egypt. Kennard speaks eloquently of the cultural “echo-system” that dominates newsrooms and ensures mainstream media’s unshakable deference to the status quo.

The Racket combines unparalleled access with the author’s immense frustrations, comprising a collection of observations and insights that he was unable to publish during his tenure at the Financial Times.

The book’s findings should not come as a surprise. The past few decades have seen the rising power and reach of multinational corporations, whose interests converge with hard military power and the overarching American political doctrine.   But the level of detail Kennard provides offers a desperately needed adjustment to this lens. Speculation about U.S. political meddling and coercive global economic development programmes is one thing; being able to see the mechanics of it all up close is another. . . .   MORE