Selected Articles: Weaponizing Space Is Trump’s “New” Bad Idea

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Trump’s “Space Force”: Weaponizing Space Is the “New” Bad Idea Coming from Washington

By Federico Pieraccini, August 01, 2019

When considering the possibility of great-power conflict in the near future, it is difficult to bypass space as one of the main areas of strategic focus for the major powers.The United States, Russia and China all have cutting-edge programs for the militarization of space, though with a big difference.

5G Agriculture – Food from Frankenstein Farming

By Julian Rose, August 01, 2019

The director of development at Ericsson, Marcin Sugak, is excited. He has a new toy to sell to agribusiness farmers. This particular toy, he claims, is going to ‘overcome’ all the difficult new challenges facing agriculture today. It will be ‘A revolution’, he declares. According to the Ericsson corporation, with this new toy, farmers will be able to look at their plants and animals from a completely ‘new perspective’.

Psychotechnology: How Artificial Intelligence Is Designed to Change Humanity

By Makia Freeman, August 01, 2019

Psychotechnology is a word coined by William Ammerman, although the word may also have been coined by others and share multiple meanings. Ammerman defines the word as “technology that influences people psychologically by deploying artificial intelligence through digital media.”

Bolsonaro’s Clearcut Populism.”The Barbarism has Begun”

By Asad Ismi, August 01, 2019

“The barbarism has begun,” declared the Pankarurú Indigenous nation after Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s neofascist president, won fraudulent elections in October 2018 amidst accusations of breaking financing rules and shamelessly spreading fake news.

Erdogan’s Risky Geopolitical Pirouette. Turkey’s Economy in “Troubled Waters”

By F. William Engdahl, August 01, 2019

Turkey’s economy has been in increasingly difficult straits for months, especially since the failed July 2016 coup attempt. The latest move by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to fire his central bank head and replace him with a more amenable loyalist has already resulted in the largest one-time interest rate cut in the bank’s history.

Will Shake Up at IAEA Impact Iran? Washington’s Abuse of International Institutions

By Tony Cartalucci, July 31, 2019

Considering the foreign policy track records of either the US or Israel – an assassination targeting members of international institutions impeding Western interests certainly sounds plausible. However no evidence has been provided to suggest Amano was assassinated.

Tulsi Gabbard vs Google Goliath

By Rick Sterling, July 31, 2019

The Tulsi Gabbard presidential campaign has filed a major lawsuit against Google.  This article outlines the main points of the lawsuit and evidence the the social media giant Google has quietly acquired enormous influence on public perceptions and has been actively censoring alternative viewpoints.

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