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How did The Daily Beast and Rolling Stone become two of the most aggressive smear factories of the US neoliberal establishment, and did US intelligence play a role? This article was part of a three part series originally published in The Defender on US intelligence infiltration of neoliberal media outlets.  On Oct. 14, 2016, The Daily Beast published a surprisingly candid retrospective on the CIA’s historic recruitment of media assets. “Other journalists were threatened and blackmailed into cooperating with Mockingbird,” the article […]

David Perez Hardly a day goes by without news of the multi-sided impact of the digital world, how it shapes our individual lives and our collective future. Curse and cure and contradiction, it’s all unfolding before us at hyper-speed, and it’s often difficult to keep up with all the latest gadgets and inventions. As I …

Imagine that the Bank of England were to create a free bank account for everyone. Overnight, it would be far better placed to regulate the money supply in the public interest. Moreover, to stay in business, commercial banks would have to seriously raise their game. In times of trouble, such as the current pandemic, the […]

By Eve Mykytyn | April 16, 2019 One might think that with all that Assange has to contend with, Jews pro or con, might not be a top priority for him. In fact, one might think that the controversy around Assange has to do with government secrecy and the rights of the press. But not […]

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Yanis Varoufakis discusses Bitcoin’s bubble, the fantasy of apolitical money and the opportunities for the blockchain to reform Europe.

By TOM UPCHURCH

Saturday 23 December 2017

(ANTIMEDIA) Many in the independent media have commented on what the informed among the American populace are now witnessing: the rise of an American fascist state. Rarely, though, are we provided a glimpse into the inner-workings of the machine.