Ed Jewett Wrote:Manufacturing Dissent Wikileaks has the essential features of a process of "manufactured dissent". It seeks to expose government lies. It has released important information on US war crimes. But once the project becomes embedded in the mould of mainstream journalism, it is used as an instrument of media disinformation:
"It is in the interest of the corporate elites to accept dissent and protest as a feature of the system inasmuch as they do not threaten the established social order. The purpose is not to repress dissent, but, on the contrary, to shape and mould the protest movement, to set the outer limits of dissent. To maintain their legitimacy, the economic elites favor limited and controlled forms of opposition... To be effective, however, the process of "manufacturing dissent" must be carefully regulated and monitored by those who are the object of the protest movement " (See Michel Chossudovsky, "Manufacturing Dissent": the Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites, September 2010)
What this examination of the Wikileaks project also suggests is that the mechanics of New World Order propaganda, particularly with regard to its military agenda, has become increasingly sophisticated. It no longer relies on the outright suppression of the facts regarding US-NATO war crimes. Nor does it require that the reputation of government officials at the highest levels, including the Secretary of State, be protected. New World Order politicians are in a sense "disposable". They can be replaced. What must be protected and sustained are the interests of the economic elites, which control the political apparatus from behind the scenes. In the case of Wikileaks, the facts are contained in a databank; many of those facts, particularly those pertaining to foreign governments serve US foreign policy interests. Other facts tend, on the other hand to discredit the US administration. All these facts are selectively redacted, they are then "analyzed" and interpreted by a media which serves the economic elites. While the numerous facts contained in the Wikileaks data bank are accessible, the broader public will not normally take the trouble to consult and scan through the Wikileaks databank. The public will read the redacted selections and interpretations presented in major news outlets. A partial and biased picture is presented. The redacted version is accepted by public opinion because it is based on what is heralded as a reliable source, when in fact what is presented in the pages of major newspapers and on network TV is a carefully crafted and convoluted distortion of the truth. Limited forms of critical debate and "transparency" are tolerated while also enforcing broad public acceptance of the basic premises of US foreign policy, including its "Global War on Terrorism". With regard to a large segment of the US antiwar movement, this strategy seems to have succeeded: "We are against war but we support the "war on terrorism". What this means is that truth in media can only be reached by dismantling the propaganda apparatus, --i.e. breaking the legitimacy of the corporate media which sustains the broad interests of the economic elites as well America's global military design. In turn, we must ensure that the campaign against Wikileaks in the U.S., using the 1917 Espionage Act, will not be utilized as a means to wage a campaign to control the internet.
Aye.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
14-12-2010, 02:39 AM (This post was last modified: 14-12-2010, 02:42 AM by James H. Fetzer.)
This looks pretty good, where two of Obama's buddies -- Sunstein and Vermeule -- analyze the practice of secret government payments to outside commentators, who are then held out as independent experts. In other words, control the leaks by managing them: "they suggest that “government can supply these independent experts with information and perhaps prod them into action from behind the scenes,” further warning that exposing the link between the government and the "independent experts" could cause it to backfire. My guest on "The Real Deal" tonight, Mike Sparks, observed that the core of the content of these papers -- or, at least, much of their thrust -- is to reinforce the false belief that 19 Islamic terrorists were responsible for 9/11. All that and an excuse to clamp down on the internet. That's a win/win for the CIA and the Pentagon and a lose/lose for the people of the world. This all sounds very plausible to me.
Quote:Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has spoken out for the first time from his London jail cell, saying his determination has not been affected by his incarceration.
In a world exclusive statement provided to reporter Mike Duffy, Mr Assange said the charges have only increased his purpose.
7News reports the mother of the WikiLeaks mastermind, Christine, has flown to London to be near her son, who is in solitary confinement inside Wandsworth Prison while he awaits an extradition hearing on Tuesday tonight.
"I told him how people from all over the world were standing up with placards and screaming out for his freedom and justice, and he was very heartened by that," she said.
In a ten-minute telephone conversation from inside the prison, 7News reports Christine asked the chief of one of the most controversial websites ever created “was it worth it?”
In a written statement, Mr Assange responded: “My convictions are unfaltering. I remain true to the ideals I have expressed. This circumstance shall not shake them.
"If anything this process has increased my determination that they are true and correct.”
American and other authorities have cracked down on WikiLeaks and Mr Assange since the site started publishing thousands of confidential US diplomatic cables that have embarrassed the United States and other parties around the world.
Despite this, Mr Assange’s biggest blast was saved for the world’s major finance companies who suspended payments to the not-for-profit site.
“We now know that Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and others are instruments of US foreign policy,” he said.
“It's not something we knew before.
“I am calling for the world to protect my work and my people from these illegal and immoral attacks.”
39-year-old Mr Assange, who created WikiLeaks in 2006, is in police custody in Britain after a European arrest warrant was issued by Sweden, which wants to question him about allegations of sexual crimes. He denies the allegations and will fight extradition.
He is also facing possible charges in the US over the embarrassing publication of the confidential cables, with Mr Assange’s British lawyer, Mark Stephens, claiming a secret US grand jury has been set up to work on charges that could be filed against the WikiLeaks founder in relation to the leaks.
Mr Assange’s mother Christine told 7News her support lies wholly behind her son and his cause.
“As a mother, I'm asking the world to stand up for my brave son."
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
According to BBC News, Assange has been granted bail under £240,000 surety, but must wear a leg tag. They also say the Prosecution is to appeal bail conditions and that Assange will remain in custody pending a hearing by a High Court Judge within 48 hours.
A nice British compromise.
In other words he hasn't got bail. Yet.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
David Guyatt Wrote:According to BBC News, Assange has been granted bail under £240,000 surety, but must wear a leg tag. They also say the Prosecution is to appeal bail conditions and that Assange will remain in custody pending a hearing by a High Court Judge within 48 hours.
A nice British compromise.
In other words he hasn't got bail. Yet.
See my post on the other Wikileaks thread.:vroam:
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
David Guyatt Wrote:According to BBC News, Assange has been granted bail under £240,000 surety, but must wear a leg tag. They also say the Prosecution is to appeal bail conditions and that Assange will remain in custody pending a hearing by a High Court Judge within 48 hours.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
David Guyatt Wrote:According to BBC News, Assange has been granted bail under £240,000 surety, but must wear a leg tag. They also say the Prosecution is to appeal bail conditions and that Assange will remain in custody pending a hearing by a High Court Judge within 48 hours.
Close, but no Freudian or Assangian 'cigar'...here.
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
