FRAUDS & NON-LEFT LEFT

DW—The discussion highlights the U.S. Empire of Chaos’s strategic despair given looming defeats, particularly the inability to militarily confront Russia or China directly. Instead, the U.S. focuses on proxy conflicts and regime change efforts in Latin America (notably Venezuela) and Africa (Mali), with growing influence from neoconservative factions pushing aggressive policies. The conversation analyzes how the imperial powers mix the “war on terror” with the “war on drugs” to justify extrajudicial actions and military interventions, reflecting a long-standing continuity in U.S. foreign policy regardless of administration changes.

INDRAJIT=Ukraine is full of neo-Nazi groups, some gentrified (like Azov) and some glaring (like the MKU). But you can’t control Nazism, it isn’t suprising that indulging such beliefs would end up with true believers terrorizing the streets. You sow, you reap. This is standard Western ‘intelligence’ practice everywhere, find the worst, most violent elements of society (be they Zionists or ISIS or Nazis) and use them to divide and conquer entire regions.

WSWS—The veteran, award-winning actor was fired shortly afterward. “I was not given a hearing with Netflix. My request to meet one-on-one with the actress was denied. The directors and the producer stopped answering my emails and phone calls. Within 30 minutes of my firing, a letter went out to cast and crew and a full press release was sent immediately,” he writes.

In a telling aside, Langella recalls that he had been warned by his producer that he couldn’t “joke” or “compliment” or “touch. It’s a new order.” Advice from Langella’s managers and lawyers suggested he not “play the victim.” “Don’t sue. They’ll dig into your past.” “Sign the NDA [non-disclosure agreement], take the money and run.” “Do the talk shows, show contrition, feign humility. Say you’ve learned a lot.” In other words, Langella adds, “Apologize. Apologize. Apologize.”

In the fevered atmosphere stoked by the #MeToo frenzy, allegations become “fact.” No sooner did Langella’s firing occur than his name was being dragged through the mud.

EDITOR—The speakers reflect on the difficulty of fostering meaningful dialogue today, where communication is abundant but genuine engagement is scarce. They stress the importance of empathy and shared human desires—most people seek a decent life and well-being for their families, regardless of political affiliation. However, the speaker distinguishes between human nature, which tends toward cooperation and empathy, and exploitative institutions designed to preserve power and profit, often at the expense of the populace.

Using the ongoing war in Ukraine as an example, the speakers illustrate how institutional contradictions and power dynamics perpetuate conflict beyond the desires of ordinary people. This underscores the need for a structural understanding of power embedded in institutions rather than simplistic ideas about human nature.

KIM PETERSEN—On 17 June, a member of the media asked Trump: “Tulsi Gabbard testified in March that the intelligence community said that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.”

Trump brusquely responded, “I don’t care what she said. I think they are very close to having one.”

This is just another instance of the rudeness, arrogance, and imbecility of Trump. First, Trump chose Gabbard to be his director of national intelligence.

Second, the assessment of having an Iran nuclear weapon program or not is not Gabbard’s assessment. It is, as she testified, on the “Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community”: “the collective assessment of the 18 U.S. intelligence elements making up the U.S. Intelligence Community and draws on intelligence collection, information available to the IC from open-source and the private sector, and the expertise of our analysts.”