By David Swanson, World BEYOND War

Not so much criminals as the foundations of the rule of law — that is what has infiltrated the United States from Latin America. That seems to be a major thread running through Greg Grandin’s wonderful new history of the hemisphere, America, América: A New History of the New World. It’s a book you can dive back into repeatedly, not to mention fantasize about someone compacting it into a short slideshow for the benefit of the President of the United States.

British settler colonists in North America had their preachers and writers, but those individuals had a tendency to pretend Native Americans were not real, did not exist, perhaps never had existed, or simply didn’t count for much on empty land, or didn’t count because they were to be pushed out or eliminated rather than lived with. Spain, in contrast, generated a tremendous raging debate between supporters and denouncers of its killing, robbery, theft, enslavement, and terrorizing of indigenous people. Spain broke new ground, according to Grandin, in producing criticism of its own atrocities as it conquered South America.

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Tracy Turner

Prologue: The Ivory Tower's Shadow — Algorithmic Genocide's Quiet Architects

In the rarefied air of America's most hallowed halls—Harvard's crimson cloisters, Columbia's venerable lecture rooms, USC's sprawling research labs—there simmers a sinister symbiosis. Behind polished façades of academic inquiry and innovation, a darker truth festers: these institutions are not mere sanctuaries of knowledge but incubators and laundries of algorithmic genocide. Cloaked in the antiseptic language of "data science," "artificial intelligence," and "decision intelligence," they funnel billions in grants, fellowships, and research contracts that serve not the cause of human progress but the machinery of mass oppression and digital ethnic cleansing.

The Halls of Genocide are the Ivy League of Atrocity, where elite universities, tethered to a sprawling network of military contractors and tech oligarchs—Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Palantir, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon—sanitize and weaponize the very algorithms that determine life and death in conflict zones from Gaza to Xinjiang. Here, the tendrils of the Talpiot Program's ruthless AI vision extend beyond Israel's borders into the sterile corridors of MIT and Stanford, where predictive targeting becomes research, autonomous kill chains become thesis topics, and ethnic profiling algorithms are dressed up as cutting-edge innovation.

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By Sally Dugman

Feeding 9 Billion | National Geographic

“Picture of (a) pig farm in Mato Grosso, Brazil, with sows confined …” (Presumably, they can’t stand, nor move. Stuck in one position, they are forced to lie on one side to nurse after being artificially inseminated. They do so day after day, week after week and month after month despite the discomfort of being heavy in weight and forced to retain one single position for so long. Then they are either used to breed a new set of piglets, which will be used the same way in the future if females or brought to the slaughterhouse, as are the males of their offspring except for the few that look like top breeders for desired traits, that will be milked for sperm. … Are these creatures considered intelligent animals – animals as smart as dogs? No, they are simply commodities to make ever higher profits. … Do you imagine that the farm workers are paid fairly for their hard work or do you imagine the farm owners garnering the brunt of the earnings regardless of whatever they may or may not do work-wise to support the farm from which lavish wealth can be gained for them? … This is my understanding, wholly correct or not, when I see such a photo as this one. – S. D.)

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Robert David

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How a Silent AI War Machine Was Engineered by Tech Giants, Funded by States, and Taught and Researched in Ivy Halls.

The Cold Arithmetic of Cyber Execution

In the age of digital dominion, where death can be calculated by an algorithm and accountability buried beneath code, a new species of warfare has quietly emerged—faceless, data-driven, and morally anesthetized. It does not march on the battlefield with banners or tanks but instead pulses through fiber-optic veins and GPU clusters, making life-or-death decisions at the speed of light. This is the Lavender Protocol.

What began as an obscure node within Israel’s vast military-tech nexus—reportedly used to identify and execute human targets in Gaza based on algorithmic profiling—has metastasized into something more insidious: a global doctrine of proxy killing, developed and deployed not just by nation-states, but by the corporate and academic aristocracy of our time. Lavender is not just a system. It is a theology of technical omnipotence. And it is spreading.

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By Sally Dugman

Quite some years ago, I overheard some theology students in a hot debate. Some of them were claiming that God could only be two of three traits — a triad — assigned to him. It went like this:

If God were all seeing, all powerful and all loving — he, she, it or they wouldn’t allow evil (brutality, murder and related “bad” behaviors) to take place. However and if God were all seeing and all powerful, but not all loving, he wouldn’t care about whom were getting brutalized and killed off prematurely.

Likewise if God were all seeing and all loving, but not all powerful — God might not be able to fix about wrongful actions taking place. So the world could still be vicious and God would not address it as such.

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Eyewitnesses say they were 'ambushed' while lining up for food aid, as soldiers opened fire, aiming at heads and chests
Israeli forces have committed a new massacre targeting Palestinian aid seekers in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 32 people and wounding scores more, the Palestinian health ministry said on Sunday. According to eyewitnesses and local officials, Israeli troops opened fire directly on civilians gathered at two US-Israeli food distribution points in Rafah and central Gaza. At least 31 people were killed in Rafah and one in central Gaza, while over 200 were wounded, many of them critically. The health ministry accused Israel of using the new aid mechanism as a “trap for mass killings” and a tool for “the forced displacement of Gaza’s population”.

London will invest $8 billion in long-range missile production, John Healey has said
The UK plans to mobilize billions of pounds to bolster its military-industrial base in preparation for a potential conflict with Russia, Defense Secretary John Healey has said. The statement comes ahead of the publication of the government’s Strategic Defense Review on Monday. According to the BBC, the report is expected to portray Russia and China as major threats to the UK.

The number of people killed in an Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid delivery point in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip has risen to 30, Al Jazeera reported. According to the Qatari television channel, the humanitarian mission in this area was run by a US-backed organization. The Israeli forces opened fire on people who had gathered there, the TV said.

This is a predictable response to Finland’s unnecessary and highly provocative decision to join NATO. The New York Times (NYT) recently published an article about how “Russia Beefs Up Bases Near Finland’s Border”, which relied on satellite imagery to reach that conclusion. Russia’s northern military build-up is portrayed as ominous in their piece, with speculation abounding about its post-Ukraine plans among those who they interviewed. To their credit, the NYT’s authors did reference Russia’s perceptions about NATO expansion, but they didn’t take them to their logical conclusion with regard to Finland.

A bridge collapsed in front of an oncoming passenger train in Russia’s Bryansk Region on Sunday, killing seven people and injuring at least 69 others, the region's governor Alexander Bogomaz has said. The newspaper Izvestia cited a source who said the bridge may have been brought down by an explosion. However, emergency services and prosecutors have not confirmed that a blast occurred. Multiple Telegram news channels have suggested that the collapse was likely caused by sabotage.

Such an approach would violate Washington state’s anti-discrimination law, a court has ruled
A federal appeals court has obliged a Korean spa in Lynnwood, Washington to provide services to transgender females. The beauty parlor had attempted to bar transwomen who have not undergone gender-affirming surgery from entering its ladies-only facilities. In response, Olympus Spa filed a lawsuit claiming the state was violating the owners’ constitutional rights to freedom of religion, speech, and association.

God Poet Transmitting.......I have to TRY to explain something. It is not going to be easy, even though the subject matter is one of the simplest and most obvious symbols of our material existence. I am talking about The Sun. If you have been coming here for any length of time, you know that we have discussed The Sun in detail, all while leaving out important details. This isn’t hard to accomplish because The Sun is a reservoir of ever-replicating mysteries that is brimming over with wonderful surprises for those who can tune to The Sun and not require words to define their experience.

If the German Bundeswehr military takes part in the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes with German weapons against Russia, then the Russian army has no choice but to strike Berlin.’ ‘This is what they are now saying in ‘Moscow offices,’ RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan reported. ‘They are discussing in Moscow offices that if the German military starts to strike Moscow with German weapons (and permission to strike with Taurus missiles can only mean this, since the Ukrainians can neither service them nor enter a flight mission, then we have no choice but to strike Berlin,’ Simonyan wrote on her Telegram channel.

Germany, under new Chancellor Friedrich Merz, has agreed to a $5 billion military aid package for Ukraine, and that will include making Taurus long-range missiles specifically for Ukraine to fire into Russian territory. In what amounts to a massive escalation, the German chancellor confirmed that Germany has removed all restrictions on how far into Russia the Taurus missiles may be fired in efforts to strike Russian targets.

First documented in the 16th century, arnica was used by rural communities to treat bruises, sprains and muscle pain. It gained prominence in European pharmacopeias by the 18th century. Arnica contains phytonutrients like sesquiterpene lactones (e.g., helenalin) and flavonoids, which provide anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. It is primarily used topically for bruises, muscle soreness, arthritis and post-surgical recovery. Arnica has various names, such as "wolf’s bane" and "mountain tobacco," reflecting its dual role as a healer and potential toxin. It holds cultural significance in Alpine regions, symbolizing resilience and healing.

The Chinese state-sponsored group has operated in U.S. telecom networks since late 2022, stealing call records, monitoring surveillance activities and compromising devices of political figures, marking one of history’s largest cyber breaches. The hackers used zero-day exploits, phishing, supply chain infiltration and persistent network access to extract sensitive data, including operational tactics of U.S. intelligence agencies. China invests heavily in cyber warfare programs, training 30,000 specialists annually and centralizing hacking under entities like PLA Unit 61398, creating a globally dominant cyber-military force. U.S. telecoms lack enforceable cybersecurity standards, with outdated laws like CALEA exacerbating vulnerabilities; companies like AT&T delay critical updates, risking mass compromise.

Of course, Netanyahu blames the slaughter in Gaza on “Hamas” though the reason he gives for exterminating 2.2 million Gazans is that he wants to kill all members of Hamas, which had fewer than 20,000 members, which is less than one-thousandth of the Gazan population of 2.2 million.

Leading scientists are sounding the alarm after official government data from the Czech Republic revealed that Covid mRNA “vaccines” have caused over 200,000 fetal deaths. A major study, which included 1.3 million Czech women, uncovered staggering surges in miscarriages among those who had received the injections. The study analyzed women in the Czech Republic aged 18-39 years. The official government data was obtained from the Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (IHIS). During the study, the researchers compared the number of live births among vaccinated and unvaccinated women.

Republicans in the House are turning up the heat on the Democrats with a new resolution that demands answers about what many see as a deliberate “cover-up” surrounding former President Joe Biden’s “cognitive and physical decline” during his presidency. Introduced by Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), the measure calls for the creation of a select committee to investigate what the congressman describes as efforts to hide the true condition of the former president, including his recently revealed cancer diagnosis. The resolution doesn’t hold back, placing a spotlight on high-profile figures such as former Vice President Kamala Harris and former First Lady Jill Biden.

“When war becomes peace, when concepts and realities are turned upside down, when fiction becomes truth and truth becomes fiction, When a global military agenda is heralded as a humanitarian endeavor, when the deliberate killing of children is upheld as “collateral damage,” When those who resist the US-NATO-led invasion of their homeland are categorized as “insurgents” or “terrorists,” When tactical nuclear weapons are heralded by the Pentagon as “harmless to the surrounding civilian population,” When the Commander-in-Chief of the largest military force on planet earth is presented as a global peace-maker.” Take action worldwide against Global Warfare and the derogation of fundamental human rights. “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” —William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, 1623 My response to Shakespeare: “Send the devils back to where they rightfully belong.”

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This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about people in the United States who are fasting in solidarity with the people of Gaza who are being starved by the government of Israel and its supporters in the U.S. and other governments. We’re talking with one person who is fasting, Mike Ferner, longtime member of and former President of Veterans For Peace, a former City Council Member in Toledo, Ohio, author of Inside the Red Zone: A Veteran For Peace Reports from Iraq. See:
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David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is executive director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org. He hosts Talk World Radio.

“Kellogg admits: Putin is right — NATO is waging a proxy war with Russia, while US support for Ukraine continues unabated,” says Russian Demiurge

“And he believes that right now, this is also a NATO proxy war — and frankly, in some sense, it is. I mean, just look at what… pic.twitter.com/1Qyk9TPIwl

— pocalypsis pocalypseos (@apocalypseos) June 1, 2025

“And he believes that right now, this is also a NATO proxy war — and frankly, in some sense, it is. I mean, just look at what European countries have done in terms of support. It’s clear that Putin sees it that way,”

In October 2020, the FBI announced it had thwarted a plot to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, arresting more than a dozen individuals affiliated with various militia groups. What the FBI did not disclose is that they were the ones who crafted the plot and encouraged a small group of Michigan men to attend FTX’s or “Field Training Exercises,” militia meetings, many of which were being put on by the FBI. At the same time, a network of FBI informants manipulated them into talking about incendiary things while they were being secretly recorded. The announcement of the charges coincided with the contentious 2020 election, where rampant systemic voter fraud was found throughout Michigan, especially in its absentee ballot programs, in a key battleground state for President Trump’s re-election.