De-dollarization & CBDCs: How digital currencies help countries drop US dollar

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War is peace: How the Nobel 'Peace' Prize justifies US wars & interventions

When Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave her Nobel "Peace" Prize to warmonger Donald Trump to thank him for bombing her country, it showed how the prize is a tool of war that serves Western foreign policy interests. The winner is very often a US-funded regime-c ...  Show more

US & Israel support protests to destabilize Iran: Trump calls for regime change

The US government is openly backing the violent protests in Iran. An Israeli media outlet admitted foreign powers are arming Iranian rioters with weapons to try to overthrow the government. Ben Norton explains the geopolitical context and why the USA has sought regime change ever ...  Show more

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