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ERIC WALBERG—I have to laugh at how monumentally pig-headed the US is about something the simplest Egyptian fellaheen knows and that millions of American poli sci majors fail to grasp. Was it really that surprising that Philby was able to dupe these self-centred bureaucrats for so long? And was it really ‘treason’? To Philby, the Good was in support of communism, which always made land reforms and more just distribution the many priorities. That is what ‘democracy’ logically demands. Western-style elections are really only the icing on the cake.

Besides occupation and death, what did the US offer?

The obvious continuation of a confrontationist policy from the Trump administration to the Biden administration reflects how this policy is not simply attributable to the person sitting in the White House; it is largely structural, with deep roots in the US defense and foreign policy establishment. It also explains why Joe Biden, who was a vehement critic of Trump’s “trade war” with China, has not immediately reversed the tariffs that the former president had imposed.

ED CURTIN—With the rise of alternate media and a wide array of dissenting voices on the internet, the establishment felt threatened and went on the defensive.  It therefore should come as no surprise that those same elite corporate media are now leading the charge for increased censorship and the denial of free speech to those they deem dangerous, whether that involves wars, rigged elections, foreign coups, COVID-19, vaccinations, or the lies of the corporate media themselves. Having already banned critics from writing in their pages and or talking on their screens, these media giants want to make the quieting of dissenting voices complete.

THE SAKER—The EU has a major problem: it is run by a comprador class which is entirely dependent on the United States.  Okay, that by itself is not the problem I am referring to.  The problem I am referring to is one we could call the problem of the decapitated chicken: a decapitated chicken can run without a head, but it sure does not know where it is running or why. This happens to all comprador classes when their beloved masters suddenly vanish. This is exactly what happened to the European ruling classes when Trump came to the White House: they “lost their head” and they began running all over the place, obviously achieving nothing.  Now that the Neocons gave Trump the boot, the EU rulers are desperate to show the new US leaders that they only hated Trump, not the USA, and what better way to show your complete submission than by barking at the Asiatic Mordor of the East known as “Russia”?

BARBARA MACLEAN—It used to be that delivery drivers used their own intelligence and knowledge of traffic patterns to determine their routes. Today Amazon delivery center determines the routes and orders the drivers to drive them within time frames which allows no time for a full lunch break, morning and afternoon breaks. No bathrooms are provided by Amazon while these drivers are on the road. Their wages are low, they have no health benefits and are often accused of stealing when driving in rich white neighborhoods. All the more reason for Amazon workers to be unionized!