offguardian--2020-07-20--The Great Reset Fraud

The Great Reset Fraud

Like everyone , I would love to live in a pollution-free world .
I would love to see human civilization strike a balance with nature and at the risk of sounding like a naïve idealist , I sincerely do believe that this is ultimately our destiny as a species .
My personal experience has led me to the conclusion that we have only failed to achieve this paradigm as a species due to the system ( and cultural influence ) of oligarchism which has managed to stubbornly sink its claws parasitically onto its host for a few too many generations- @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Due to the pervasiveness of oligarchism , mass exploitation , wars and pollution have lain waste to ecosystems and countless human lives alike , and as the neo-liberal order continues to careen towards the inevitable breakdown of a 2 quadrillion dollar derivatives bubble which our un-repentant decades of decadence has caused , very serious choices will need to be made .
Many false solutions will be presented as society wakes up to the burning building it is trapped in , and unless our minds have become aware of those false solutions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this fire from the top ) , then many well-intentioned souls from all walks of life may sign onto their own death warrants and accidentally usher in a solution far worse than the disease they sought to remedy .
Before you , dear reader , accuse me of being overly dramatic in my claims , let me bring your attention to a June 3rd event sponsored by the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) entitled The Great Reset featuring impassioned calls by leaders of the IMF , World Bank , UK , USA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advantage of COVID-19 to shut down and “ reset ” the world economy under a new operating system entitled the Green New Deal .
Schwab ’ s message was amplified by Prince Charles who gushed over this golden opportunity to radically modify human behaviour in ways that decades of environmentalism have failed to accomplish when he said : While the World Economic Forum is usually known as a forum of global corporate elites , this organization branched out in recent years to become a leader in global pandemic coordination as a co-sponsor of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has embraced leaders of typically “ anti-capitalist ” resistance groups like Greenpeace who now speak regularly at their events .
Jennifer Morgan ( current head of Greenpeace ) stated at the event : So is this definition of international wellbeing truly what it appears ?
Or does something more nefarious lurk under the surface ?
How can we know ?
Those who are ignorant to their history will easily believe the cover story they are being fed by the players managing the World Economic Forum .
The cover story is as follows : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two-week conference in Bretton Woods New Hampshire 1944 under the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt and this was designed to export the New Deal program which reconstructed America after the Great Depression to the rest of the world .
Since our current crisis demands a new system in a similar manner as the world needed a reset in 1932 and again in 1945 , so too must we do so again .
On the surface this is all true .
But here ’ s the rub… FDR ’ s New Deal was premised around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 1933 when he singlehandedly torpedoed the Bank of England/League of Nations ’ London Conference • imposing mass regulation on Wall Street speculators under Glass-Steagall laws and the broad bank acts that broke up megabanks , created the SEC , protected legitimate savings and put hundreds of elite bankers on trial under the Pecora Commission • launched vast infrastructure projects under the Tennessee Valley Authority , Rural Electrification projects , Grand Coulee Dam , Hoover Dams etc which increased the national productive powers of labor turning America into a FULL SPECTRUM agro-industrial economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fought valiantly to guarantee those same capabilities to all nations of the world in total opposition to the British Empire .
Today ’ s Green New Dealers use the form and name of FDR ’ s historic precedents but are totally committed to the opposing goals .
Under the global response mechanisms being proposed by the oligarchs running the World Economic Forum ’ s Great Reset strategy , green energy grids designed to lower the world temperature by two degrees within 30 years by de-carbonizing society will have the effect of reducing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rather than increasing those powers as the original New Deal had done .
Meanwhile , Cap and Trade/Carbon pricing mechanisms designed by the Bank of England and the Carney/Bloomberg Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures promise to create financial incentives to reduce the world population potential by deconstructing the industrial economic order needed to sustain the nearly 8 billion souls on the surface of earth currently .
In a recent speech to the City of London the former head of the Bank of England who now leads Boris Johnson ’ s Climate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also happens to be the architect of the Central Bankers Climate Compact , has previously threatened destruction on all businesses that refuse to conform to the new green standards which he and his controllers wish be imposed upon the world saying : While the new reset green system promises to feature more regulations onto finance , will those regulations be controlled by sovereign nation states in the interests of the general welfare of their people or by private central banks in the interests of an oligarchical elite obsessed with control , balance , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ divided , depopulated and impoverished ?
I think you can figure this out for yourself .
The only form of a legitimate Great Reset that will protect people , nations and reduce the influence of the financial oligarchy WHILE actually protecting the environment in the long-run is tied to the modern International New Deal known as the Belt and Road Initiative .
By creating a new system of finance tied to long-term development , agro-industrial growth of full-spectrum economies across the world , China and its allies have taken up the torch which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ early death on April 12 , 1945 .
Any arrangement for a new economic reset would have to adhere to the proven principles of anti-fascist political economy that have been proven to work in the past and continue to work in the present .
A powerful start to this reset would involve President Trump agreeing to an emergency summit of Russia-China and the USA followed by a five-nation summit featuring the UK and France under the guidelines set forth by President Putin in January 2020 and reiterated again weeks ago .

Matthew Ehret
Like everyone, I would love to live in a pollution-free world. I would love to see human civilization strike a balance with nature and at the risk of sounding like a naïve idealist, I sincerely do believe that this is ultimately our destiny as a species.
My personal experience has led me to the conclusion that we have only failed to achieve this paradigm as a species due to the system (and cultural influence) of oligarchism which has managed to stubbornly sink its claws parasitically onto its host for a few too many generations- corrupting and perverting everything that it dominates.
Due to the pervasiveness of oligarchism, mass exploitation, wars and pollution have lain waste to ecosystems and countless human lives alike, and as the neo-liberal order continues to careen towards the inevitable breakdown of a 2 quadrillion dollar derivatives bubble which our un-repentant decades of decadence has caused, very serious choices will need to be made.
False Remedies to the Oncoming Meltdown
Many false solutions will be presented as society wakes up to the burning building it is trapped in, and unless our minds have become aware of those false solutions, (not to mention those arsonists managing this fire from the top), then many well-intentioned souls from all walks of life may sign onto their own death warrants and accidentally usher in a solution far worse than the disease they sought to remedy.
Before you, dear reader, accuse me of being overly dramatic in my claims, let me bring your attention to a June 3rd event sponsored by the World Economic Forum (WEF) entitled The Great Reset featuring impassioned calls by leaders of the IMF, World Bank, UK, USA, corporate and banking sector to take advantage of COVID-19 to shut down and “reset” the world economy under a new operating system entitled the Green New Deal.
WEF founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab said:
“the world must act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of our societies and economies, from education to social contracts and working conditions… Every country, from the United States to China, must participate, and every industry, from oil and gas to tech, must be transformed. In short, we need a ‘Great Reset’ of capitalism.”
Schwab’s message was amplified by Prince Charles who gushed over this golden opportunity to radically modify human behaviour in ways that decades of environmentalism have failed to accomplish when he said:
“We have a golden opportunity to seize something good from this [COVID-19] crisis. Its unprecedented shockwaves may well make people more receptive to big visions of change,”
While the World Economic Forum is usually known as a forum of global corporate elites, this organization branched out in recent years to become a leader in global pandemic coordination as a co-sponsor of the creepy October 2019 Event 201 and has embraced leaders of typically “anti-capitalist” resistance groups like Greenpeace who now speak regularly at their events.
Jennifer Morgan (current head of Greenpeace) stated at the event:
We set up a new world order after World War II… We’re now in a different world than we were then. We need to ask, what can we be doing differently? The World Economic Forum has a big responsibility in that as well—to be pushing the reset button and looking at how to create well-being for people and for the Earth.”
So is this definition of international wellbeing truly what it appears? Or does something more nefarious lurk under the surface? How can we know?
Those who are ignorant to their history will easily believe the cover story they are being fed by the players managing the World Economic Forum. The cover story is as follows: A new system was shaped during a two-week conference in Bretton Woods New Hampshire 1944 under the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt and this was designed to export the New Deal program which reconstructed America after the Great Depression to the rest of the world. Since our current crisis demands a new system in a similar manner as the world needed a reset in 1932 and again in 1945, so too must we do so again.
On the surface this is all true. But here’s the rub…
FDR’s New Deal was premised around:
Stopping a bankers’ dictatorship in 1933 when he singlehandedly torpedoed the Bank of England/League of Nations’ London Conference imposing mass regulation on Wall Street speculators under Glass-Steagall laws and the broad bank acts that broke up megabanks, created the SEC, protected legitimate savings and put hundreds of elite bankers on trial under the Pecora Commission launched vast infrastructure projects under the Tennessee Valley Authority, Rural Electrification projects, Grand Coulee Dam, Hoover Dams etc which increased the national productive powers of labor turning America into a FULL SPECTRUM agro-industrial economy capable of constant growth, and fought valiantly to guarantee those same capabilities to all nations of the world in total opposition to the British Empire.
Today’s Green New Dealers use the form and name of FDR’s historic precedents but are totally committed to the opposing goals.
Under the global response mechanisms being proposed by the oligarchs running the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset strategy, green energy grids designed to lower the world temperature by two degrees within 30 years by de-carbonizing society will have the effect of reducing the productive powers of labor of all nations rather than increasing those powers as the original New Deal had done.
Meanwhile, Cap and Trade/Carbon pricing mechanisms designed by the Bank of England and the Carney/Bloomberg Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures promise to create financial incentives to reduce the world population potential by deconstructing the industrial economic order needed to sustain the nearly 8 billion souls on the surface of earth currently.
In a recent speech to the City of London the former head of the Bank of England who now leads Boris Johnson’s Climate Finance team said:
Achieving net zero emissions will require a whole economy transition – every company, every bank, every insurer and investor will have to adjust their business models. This could turn an existential risk into the greatest commercial opportunity of our time.”
Carney, who also happens to be the architect of the Central Bankers Climate Compact, has previously threatened destruction on all businesses that refuse to conform to the new green standards which he and his controllers wish be imposed upon the world saying:
the firms that anticipate these developments will be rewarded handsomely. Those that don’t will cease to exist”.
While the new reset green system promises to feature more regulations onto finance, will those regulations be controlled by sovereign nation states in the interests of the general welfare of their people or by private central banks in the interests of an oligarchical elite obsessed with control, balance, and keeping nations gullible, confused, divided, depopulated and impoverished?
I think you can figure this out for yourself.
The only form of a legitimate Great Reset that will protect people, nations and reduce the influence of the financial oligarchy WHILE actually protecting the environment in the long-run is tied to the modern International New Deal known as the Belt and Road Initiative. By creating a new system of finance tied to long-term development, agro-industrial growth of full-spectrum economies across the world, China and its allies have taken up the torch which was dropped by Franklin Roosevelt’s early death on April 12, 1945. Any arrangement for a new economic reset would have to adhere to the proven principles of anti-fascist political economy that have been proven to work in the past and continue to work in the present.
A powerful start to this reset would involve President Trump agreeing to an emergency summit of Russia-China and the USA followed by a five-nation summit featuring the UK and France under the guidelines set forth by President Putin in January 2020 and reiterated again weeks ago.
Originally published at Strategic Culture


offguardian--2020-07-20--WATCH: Your Body, Their Choice

WATCH: Your Body, Their Choice

Stripped of its contextual baggage , the phrase “ My Body , My Choice ” makes a compelling rallying cry @ @ @ @ @ truth that we all innately understand : I have the claim to my own body @ @ @ @ @ it .
So why , then , are we being asked to believe that when @ @ @ @ @ a declared pandemic it is “ Your Body , Their Choice ” ?

Stripped of its contextual baggage, the phrase “My Body, My Choice” makes a compelling rallying cry because it conveys a fundamental truth that we all innately understand: I have the claim to my own body and what is done to it. So why, then, are we being asked to believe that when it comes to vaccinations during a declared pandemic it is “Your Body, Their Choice”?


GloboCap Über Alles

So , how are you enjoying the “ New Normal ” so far ?
Is it paranoid and totalitarian enough for you ?
If not … well , hold on , because it ’ s just getting started .
There is plenty more totalitarianism and paranoia still to come .
I know , it feels like forever already , but , in fact , it has only been a few months since GloboCap started rolling out the new official narrative .
We ’ re still in the early stages of it .
The phase we ’ re in now is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in February of 2002 , a few months after the 9/11 attacks , when everyone was still in shock , the Patriot Act was just a few months old , and the Department of Homeland Security hadn ’ t even been created yet .
You remember how it was back then , when GloboCap was introducing the official “ War on Terror ” narrative , don ’ t you ?
OK , maybe you do and maybe you don ’ t .
Maybe you ’ re too young to remember , or you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the moment and weren ’ t paying attention to the details .
But some of us remember it clearly .
We remember watching ( and futilely protesting ) as GloboCap prepared to invade , destabilize , and restructure the entire Middle East , as countries throughout the global capitalist empire implemented “ emergency security measures ” ( which , 18 years later , are still in effect ) , as the corporate media bombarded us with official propaganda , jacked up The Fear , and otherwise prepared us for the previous “ New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all that clearly .
Personally , I remember listening to a liberal academic on NPR calmly speculating that , just hypothetically , at some point in the not-too-distant future , we might need to sacrifice our principles a bit , and torture some people , to “ keep America safe.
” I recounted this to other Americans at the time , among my many other concerns about where the post-9/11 mass hysteria was heading .
Most of them told me I was just being paranoid , or that they didn ’ t really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whatever was “ necessary ” to protect Americans , and , in any event , “ the terrorists deserved it.
” Shortly thereafter , I started making plans to get the hell out of the country .
I mention that , not to signal my virtue — leaving the U.S.A. didn ’ t achieve anything , except for improving my standard of living — but to jog your memory , and maybe prompt you to compare that period to the one we are in now .
The parallels are overwhelming .
The “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The mass hysteria .
The mob mentality .
The exaggeration of the actual threat .
The police-state atmosphere .
The suppression of dissent .
The constant repetition of the new official narrative .
The exhortative catchphrases and meaningless slogans .
The confusion .
The chaos .
The existential fear .
And so on .
It is all so very familiar .
I ’ m referring to the simulated pandemic , of course , but also to the racialized civil unrest and identitarian polarization that GloboCap has fomented throughout the United States , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the empire .
I ’ ve been covering the War on Populism and GloboCap ’ s “ Trump-is-literally-Hitler ” propaganda since 2016 , so the civil unrest isn ’ t terribly surprising .
But , I confess , I did not see the fake plague coming .
Running the two psy-ops together was brilliant .
The effect on people has been devastating .
Everyone is either depressed or enraged , or in some stage of paranoid paralysis .
Some have been so thoroughly terrorized that they are literally refusing to leave their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gun shops .
White people are getting down on their knees and publicly washing Black people ’ s feet in “ symbolic demonstrations of forgiveness.
” Condiments are changing their names .
It ’ s like we ’ re all trapped in a gratuitously didactic Netflix zombie-apocalypse series set in the world of The Handmaid ’ s Tale , written , directed , and produced by Spike Lee .
The official propaganda could not be more Orwellian , nor could people ’ s willingness to go along with it .
It doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sense .
Doublethink has taken over .
For example , most of the developed world has been in some form of totalitarian lockdown , and subjected to other police-state measures ( like being beaten and arrested for not wearing a mask ) , for no justifiable reason whatsoever , for going on the last five months , but , according to the corporate media ( and the millions of people they have apparently brainwashed ) , it ’ s only now that Trump has sent his Homeland Security goons into Portland that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
” But wait … no , I take it back , the Orwellianism gets even more Orwellian .
According to GloboCap and its sanctimonious minions , that sentence I just wrote about Portland is racist , because nearly everything you can imagine is racist , or is a potential threat to the public health .
Calling riots “ riots ” is racist .
Silence is racist .
Free speech is racist .
Refusing to wear a mask is racist .
The BLM protesters are immune to the virus , but other large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying , are probably racist ) all have to be banned .
Normality , as Americans knew it , is over , and it is never , ever , coming back , because white supremacy caused the pandemic .
Sweden , Norway , Denmark , and Finland ( where life has been going on without mass hysteria ) do not exist .
They have never existed ( and , if they ever did , they were probably racist ) .
Talking on public transportation is deadly .
Interacting with children is potentially deadly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human interaction … unless you ’ re tearing down a racist statue , or burning down a local family business , while wearing a designer anti-racism mask .
Seriously , though , just like in 2002 , when GloboCap was still rolling out the “ War on Terror ” narrative , the facts are all available for anyone who cares .
The falsification of Covid statistics and hospital capacity figures , the unreliability of the tests , and so on … it has all been repeatedly documented .
Anyone with a positive test @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( including a fatal motorcycle accident ) is counted as a “ Covid death.
” Anyone admitted to a hospital for anything who tests positive for the virus is a “ Covid hospitalization.
” And , I ’ m sorry to disappoint my liberal friends ( assuming I have any left at this point ) , but systematic racism and police brutality did not suddenly begin in 2016 .
What suddenly began in 2016 was a concerted effort on the part of GloboCap to put down a growing populist backlash against global capitalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ most of that backlash is neo-nationalist in character , but it also includes a significant number of old-fashioned lefty-types like myself , and a lot of other un-woke folks who aren ’ t quite ready to embrace their new identities as interchangeable human commodities .
We are experiencing the culmination of that effort ( or what they hope is the culmination of that effort ) to put down this motley populist insurgency , and ensure that it never happens again .
GloboCap is teaching us a lesson .
The lesson is : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fuck around with GloboCap .
This is what voting for Trump , Brexit , and all the rest of that ‘ populist ’ nonsense gets you … global pandemics , civil race wars , riots , lockdowns , economic depression , societal collapse , chaos , fear .
Go ahead , fuck around with us some more .
We will make you wear ridiculous face masks forever .
We will paint little arrows and boxes on the floor to show you where to walk and stand .
We will bankrupt your businesses , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your children .
We ’ ll inject them with any fucking thing we want .
There is nothing you can do about it .
We will make you get down on your knees and apologize for fucking with us , or we will stigmatize you as a ‘ racist , ’ sic our mobs of fanatics on you , and ‘ cancel ’ you and your entire family.
” This , essentially , is the message that GloboCap is delivering to disobedient populists ( left or right , it makes no difference ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ labels we cling to or slap on each other ) .
It is our final warning to quit playing grab-ass , get with the global capitalist program , and start behaving and thinking as we ’ re told … unless we want to get locked down again , and ordered to wear things on our faces , and be otherwise ritually humiliated .
See , the so-called “ New Normal ” ( i.e.
, the new ideological narrative that GloboCap is rolling out ) is actually not that new at all … or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( and I ’ ll be paying close attention to that aspect of it ) , but , basically , it ’ s just plain old totalitarianism .
It isn ’ t state-totalitarianism , because our world isn ’ t ruled by nation-states .
It is ruled by global capitalism .
We are being reminded of that fact at the moment … and being shown what happens if we start to forget it .
Where we go from here is anyone ’ s guess .
My hunch is , it is only going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump out of office , which Americans are liable to help them do , simply to make the whole nightmare stop .
Once he ’ s gone , they ’ ll probably retire the fake pandemic , call off the riots , and stage some sort of international celebration of the Rebirth of Democracy , after which they can get finally back to the business of ruthlessly destabilizing , restructuring , and privatizing the planet , sanitizing history , curing humanity of racism , hate , and other pathologies , and otherwise enforcing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Maybe they could get the Hamilton composer to write them a hip hop Deutschlandlied to use as a supranational anthem .
They could call it GloboCap Über Alles … it kind of has a ring to it , doesn ’ t it ?
CJ Hopkins is an award-winning American playwright , novelist and political satirist based in Berlin .
His plays are published by Bloomsbury Publishing and Broadway Play Publishing , Inc. His dystopian novel , Zone 23 , is published by Snoggsworthy , Swaine & Cormorant .
Volume I of his Consent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Publishing , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amalgamated Content , Inc .
He can be reached at cjhopkins.com or consentfactory.org .

CJ Hopkins
So, how are you enjoying the “New Normal” so far? Is it paranoid and totalitarian enough for you? If not … well, hold on, because it’s just getting started. There is plenty more totalitarianism and paranoia still to come.
I know, it feels like forever already, but, in fact, it has only been a few months since GloboCap started rolling out the new official narrative. We’re still in the early stages of it. The phase we’re in now is kind of like where we were back in February of 2002, a few months after the 9/11 attacks, when everyone was still in shock, the Patriot Act was just a few months old, and the Department of Homeland Security hadn’t even been created yet.
You remember how it was back then, when GloboCap was introducing the official “War on Terror” narrative, don’t you?
OK, maybe you do and maybe you don’t. Maybe you’re too young to remember, or you were caught up in the excitement of the moment and weren’t paying attention to the details. But some of us remember it clearly.
We remember watching (and futilely protesting) as GloboCap prepared to invade, destabilize, and restructure the entire Middle East, as countries throughout the global capitalist empire implemented “emergency security measures” (which, 18 years later, are still in effect), as the corporate media bombarded us with official propaganda, jacked up The Fear, and otherwise prepared us for the previous “New Normal” … some of us remember all that clearly.
Personally, I remember listening to a liberal academic on NPR calmly speculating that, just hypothetically, at some point in the not-too-distant future, we might need to sacrifice our principles a bit, and torture some people, to “keep America safe.” I recounted this to other Americans at the time, among my many other concerns about where the post-9/11 mass hysteria was heading.
Most of them told me I was just being paranoid, or that they didn’t really care, because we needed to do whatever was “necessary” to protect Americans, and, in any event, “the terrorists deserved it.” Shortly thereafter, I started making plans to get the hell out of the country.
I mention that, not to signal my virtue — leaving the U.S.A. didn’t achieve anything, except for improving my standard of living — but to jog your memory, and maybe prompt you to compare that period to the one we are in now.
The parallels are overwhelming. The “state of emergency.” The propaganda. The mass hysteria. The mob mentality. The exaggeration of the actual threat. The police-state atmosphere. The suppression of dissent. The constant repetition of the new official narrative. The exhortative catchphrases and meaningless slogans. The confusion. The chaos. The existential fear. And so on. It is all so very familiar.
I’m referring to the simulated pandemic, of course, but also to the racialized civil unrest and identitarian polarization that GloboCap has fomented throughout the United States, and, to varying degrees, the rest of the empire. I’ve been covering the War on Populism and GloboCap’s “Trump-is-literally-Hitler” propaganda since 2016, so the civil unrest isn’t terribly surprising.
But, I confess, I did not see the fake plague coming.
Running the two psy-ops together was brilliant. The effect on people has been devastating. Everyone is either depressed or enraged, or in some stage of paranoid paralysis. Some have been so thoroughly terrorized that they are literally refusing to leave their houses. Others are lining up at gun shops. White people are getting down on their knees and publicly washing Black people’s feet in “symbolic demonstrations of forgiveness.” Condiments are changing their names. It’s like we’re all trapped in a gratuitously didactic Netflix zombie-apocalypse series set in the world of The Handmaid’s Tale, written, directed, and produced by Spike Lee.
The official propaganda could not be more Orwellian, nor could people’s willingness to go along with it. It doesn’t even have to appear to make sense. Doublethink has taken over. For example, most of the developed world has been in some form of totalitarian lockdown, and subjected to other police-state measures (like being beaten and arrested for not wearing a mask), for no justifiable reason whatsoever, for going on the last five months, but, according to the corporate media (and the millions of people they have apparently brainwashed), it’s only now that Trump has sent his Homeland Security goons into Portland that, suddenly, “democracy is under attack!”
But wait … no, I take it back, the Orwellianism gets even more Orwellian. According to GloboCap and its sanctimonious minions, that sentence I just wrote about Portland is racist, because nearly everything you can imagine is racist, or is a potential threat to the public health. Calling riots “riots” is racist. Silence is racist. Free speech is racist. Refusing to wear a mask is racist. The BLM protesters are immune to the virus, but other large gatherings (which, it goes without saying, are probably racist) all have to be banned.
Normality, as Americans knew it, is over, and it is never, ever, coming back, because white supremacy caused the pandemic. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland (where life has been going on without mass hysteria) do not exist. They have never existed (and, if they ever did, they were probably racist). Talking on public transportation is deadly. Interacting with children is potentially deadly, as are most other forms of human interaction … unless you’re tearing down a racist statue, or burning down a local family business, while wearing a designer anti-racism mask.
Seriously, though, just like in 2002, when GloboCap was still rolling out the “War on Terror” narrative, the facts are all available for anyone who cares. The falsification of Covid statistics and hospital capacity figures, the unreliability of the tests, and so on … it has all been repeatedly documented.
Anyone with a positive test result who later dies of any cause (including a fatal motorcycle accident) is counted as a “Covid death.” Anyone admitted to a hospital for anything who tests positive for the virus is a “Covid hospitalization.” And, I’m sorry to disappoint my liberal friends (assuming I have any left at this point), but systematic racism and police brutality did not suddenly begin in 2016.
What suddenly began in 2016 was a concerted effort on the part of GloboCap to put down a growing populist backlash against global capitalism and its soulless ideology. Yes, most of that backlash is neo-nationalist in character, but it also includes a significant number of old-fashioned lefty-types like myself, and a lot of other un-woke folks who aren’t quite ready to embrace their new identities as interchangeable human commodities.
We are experiencing the culmination of that effort (or what they hope is the culmination of that effort) to put down this motley populist insurgency, and ensure that it never happens again. GloboCap is teaching us a lesson. The lesson is:
“This is what you get when you fuck around with GloboCap. This is what voting for Trump, Brexit, and all the rest of that ‘populist’ nonsense gets you … global pandemics, civil race wars, riots, lockdowns, economic depression, societal collapse, chaos, fear. Go ahead, fuck around with us some more. We will make you wear ridiculous face masks forever. We will paint little arrows and boxes on the floor to show you where to walk and stand. We will bankrupt your businesses, shut down your schools, psychologically torture your children. We’ll inject them with any fucking thing we want. There is nothing you can do about it. We will make you get down on your knees and apologize for fucking with us, or we will stigmatize you as a ‘racist,’ sic our mobs of fanatics on you, and ‘cancel’ you and your entire family.”
This, essentially, is the message that GloboCap is delivering to disobedient populists (left or right, it makes no difference; GloboCap doesn’t care which political labels we cling to or slap on each other). It is our final warning to quit playing grab-ass, get with the global capitalist program, and start behaving and thinking as we’re told … unless we want to get locked down again, and ordered to wear things on our faces, and be otherwise ritually humiliated.
See, the so-called “New Normal” (i.e., the new ideological narrative that GloboCap is rolling out) is actually not that new at all … or, OK, the pathologization part is (and I’ll be paying close attention to that aspect of it), but, basically, it’s just plain old totalitarianism.
It isn’t state-totalitarianism, because our world isn’t ruled by nation-states. It is ruled by global capitalism. We are being reminded of that fact at the moment … and being shown what happens if we start to forget it.
Where we go from here is anyone’s guess. My hunch is, it is only going to get worse until they can get Trump out of office, which Americans are liable to help them do, simply to make the whole nightmare stop.
Once he’s gone, they’ll probably retire the fake pandemic, call off the riots, and stage some sort of international celebration of the Rebirth of Democracy, after which they can get finally back to the business of ruthlessly destabilizing, restructuring, and privatizing the planet, sanitizing history, curing humanity of racism, hate, and other pathologies, and otherwise enforcing rigid conformity to global capitalist ideology.
Maybe they could get the Hamilton composer to write them a hip hop Deutschlandlied to use as a supranational anthem. They could call it GloboCap Über Alles … it kind of has a ring to it, doesn’t it?
CJ Hopkins is an award-winning American playwright, novelist and political satirist based in Berlin. His plays are published by Bloomsbury Publishing and Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. His dystopian novel, Zone 23, is published by Snoggsworthy, Swaine & Cormorant. Volume I of his Consent Factory Essays is published by Consent Factory Publishing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amalgamated Content, Inc. He can be reached at cjhopkins.com or consentfactory.org.


offguardian--2020-07-22--The “Russia Report”: Deep State reinforcing delusion to spread fear and seize power

“ Suppressed ” report should be a lesson to those who begged for its release – be careful what you wish for .
The “ Russia report ” is an action plan for the intelligence agencies to hand MI5 direct control over the mechanisms of British democracy , and give the government legal power to control social media .
Nobody in the mainstream will tell you this .
The media are going to tell you it ’ s a “ shocking condemnation Britain ’ s vulnerability to hostile state actors ” or something similar , the Remainers will tell you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brexit vote was rigged , and Luke Harding will tell you it means “ they ” are all around us and you should buy a copy of his book .
The truth is it ’ s just the latest of the Deep State ’ s plays to secure as much power as possible as quickly as possible .
If anything , it already feels old-fashioned , being authored in a pre-Covid world , but that doesn ’ t mean it can ’ t be put to use in service of the world ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms of actual content , there ’ s nothing new here .
It ’ s just a collection of familiar proven lies and unproven accusations in the service of four primary agendas : • Invalidating the result of the Brexit referendum • Ceding more powers to MI5 to oversee and “ protect ” our democratic processes • Creating a “ protocol ” that empowers the government/intelligence agencies to force social media companies to censor and/or ban certain material , opinions , websites or users You can plow through the whole thing here if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those outside the UK , who may not be aware of this story , sometime last year it was “ leaked ” that the UK parliament ’ s Intelligence and Security Committee had prepared a report on “ Russian interference ” in UK politics .
In a brilliant piece of PR manoeuvring , Boris Johnson refused to make the report public .
This decision manipulated those who consider themselves “ the left ” in British politics to clamour for the release of the “ Russia Report ” , believing there would be something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want us to see .
This was an act of pure naivety by Corbynista influencers , and deliberate public manipulation by the “ leftist ” media .
Yesterday Boris Johnson ’ s government finally “ caved ” to this pressure , and released a “ confidential report ” which tells us nothing we haven ’ t been told a million times before .
This apparently secret testimony has been blasted across headlines in every broadsheet and tabloid for years .
Russia is accused of poisoning the Skripals , leaking the DNC emails , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence public opinion…and so and so on .
The witnesses called are all either actual spies ( Christopher Steele ) , or “ journalists ” heavily involved with the Integrity Initiative ( Edward Lucas ) .
No evidence is supplied , save the tired old links to “ academic studies ” conducted by bought-and-paid-for NATO shills like Ben Nimmo and Bellingcat ( whose direct funding from the likes of the Atlantic Council and National Endowment for Democracy represents a massive conflict of interest that is never once mentioned in the report ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ massively dated .
Its lies , worn smooth through repetition , are dry and stale .
But that ’ s not the point of this report .
That ’ s the first part of the Hegelian Dialectic .
The “ problem ” , long since mythologised , created by force of repetition without ever being evidenced .
This report is far more concerned with generating a “ reaction ” , and the procuring consent for a pre-planned “ solution ” ( the report doesn ’ t shy away from this obvious structure – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ reaction ” instead ) .
In short , buried in the 55 pages of waffle , repetition and bureaucratic double-talk , are key suggestions to take a more warlike stance against Russia and parlay this into a simultaneous crackdown on dissent at home , all while securing shiny new powers for MI5 .
Firstly , the UK plans to strike a new attitude on “ attribution ” of alleged cyber attacks , claiming , apparently with a straight face : But the UK ’ s “ reticence ” to blame Russia for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intend to “ name and shame ” foreign actors who carry out cyber attacks : [ NOTE : This section on “ attribution ” would an absolutely ideal time to mention that other state player – namely the US military – have the technology to carry out cyber attacks and make it appear to have come from somewhere else .
We know they know , because of the Wikileaks Vault 7 leaks , but they don ’ t mention it . ]
Oh , and they ’ re going “ leverage ” their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would rather not start a new cold war based on the testimony of lunatics , fraudsters and underwear salesmen , to publicly blame Russia for…pretty much everything : This is dishonest , and potentially dangerous , but this kind of geo-political positioning is very much the long game .
It ’ s the short term stuff , the local stuff , we should really worry about .
Like handing over powers to “ monitor ” and “ protect ” the democratic processes of the country to MI5 [ our emphasis ] : They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s pre-existing “ relationship built with social media companies ” .
They don ’ t mention , at this stage , how social media companies have “ built a relationship ” with MI5 , or what role they might serve in “ protecting democracy ” , but it ’ s not hard to guess .
Social Media is an important theme in the report , actually , being mentioned fifteen times in 47 pages .
Firstly , we ’ re told that social media companies must bear the brunt of the blame for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all effective : Before they add the government must seek a “ protocol ” by which social media companies remove any material the UK government deems “ hostile state use ” of their platform : Any companies who refuse to do this will be “ named and shamed ” .
You might think “ well , this protocol could easily be used against people with no state affiliation whatsoever ” , and you ’ d be right .
It could .
The government admits as much , but doesn ’ t seem to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would be a good time to note that the Atlantic Council employees this report cites have , in the past , labelled people “ bots ” who are definitely , provably not bots .
This includes noted independent journalists and a world-renowned concert pianist .
The proposed “ protocol ” opens up an avenue for the state to silence dissident individuals by similarly “ mistaking ” them for state-backed agents .
Another thing the report is keen on is boosting the UK ’ s “ Offensive Cyber ” capabilities : What their offensive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use them , is never described .
Are they used solely against other states , or against domestic politic parties , organizations and individuals too ?
They don ’ t say .
Is cyberwarfare even legal under international law ?
Well , no .
In fact , the way the report dances around the idea that cyberwarfare is actually potentially illegal under international law is a thing of beauty : The fact that people out there can even begin to cite this report in earnest when it describes the UK as a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Order ” just boggles my mind .
The real scary stuff comes later though , in the “ legislation ” section .
The UK is already one of the most surveilled countries in the world , and the report happily mentions that last February , the UK police/intelligence agencies got [ our emphasis ] : Following on from this , the report recommends a new Espionage Act and a Foreign Agent Registration Act , to “ crackdown ” on espionage .
Hearings resulting from these acts could be “ closed material proceedings ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who don ’ t know , in UK law a “ closed material proceeding ” is a hearing where a prosecutor presents some evidence directly to a judge which is kept secret from both the public and the defense counsel .
Until this new legislation is passed , the report warns , “ the Intelligence Community ’ s hands are tied.
” To sum up , the long-awaited Russia report is – surprise surprise – not a trove of secrets and corruption which could bring down the Johnson government .
It was never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the fake-left “ journalists ” were saying , and what all the Labour supporters who should know better were tweeting .
It was actually sickening to watch so many people , especially in Corbyn ’ s camp , cry-out for this report and not realise they were getting played .
It ’ s the oldest trick in the book .
Cheap reverse psychology that doesn ’ t work on children past the age of about five , but apparently does work on the majority of the members of the Labour party .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is questioning the honesty , providence or intentions of a report which finds , in short : • MI5 should have more control over our democratic systems .
• We should spend more money on developing cyber attack ability .
• We should investigate and maybe overturn the Brexit vote .
• We should pass authoritarian new legislation • Social Media companies should take down whatever the government says they should take down .
People who are supposed to guard against tyranny and hold power to account have abandoned their posts to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remains of our civil liberties .
As a result , we ’ re getting headlines like this : It ’ s the same old lies , on the same old topics , told by the same old people , for the same old reasons .
The only difference is , this time , they managed to trick some of the gullible “ woke ” left into begging for it .

“Suppressed” report should be a lesson to those who begged for its release – be careful what you wish for.
Kit Knightly
The “Russia report” is an action plan for the intelligence agencies to hand MI5 direct control over the mechanisms of British democracy, and give the government legal power to control social media.
Nobody in the mainstream will tell you this. The media are going to tell you it’s a “shocking condemnation Britain’s vulnerability to hostile state actors” or something similar, the Remainers will tell you it’s cast iron evidence the Brexit vote was rigged, and Luke Harding will tell you it means “they” are all around us and you should buy a copy of his book.
The truth is it’s just the latest of the Deep State’s plays to secure as much power as possible as quickly as possible. If anything, it already feels old-fashioned, being authored in a pre-Covid world, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be put to use in service of the world’s “new normal”.
In terms of actual content, there’s nothing new here. It’s just a collection of familiar proven lies and unproven accusations in the service of four primary agendas:
Invalidating the result of the Brexit referendum Boosting funding/resources for the UK’s “Cyber Offensive capabilities” Ceding more powers to MI5 to oversee and “protect” our democratic processes Creating a “protocol” that empowers the government/intelligence agencies to force social media companies to censor and/or ban certain material, opinions, websites or users
You can plow through the whole thing here if you really feel the need.
For those outside the UK, who may not be aware of this story, sometime last year it was “leaked” that the UK parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee had prepared a report on “Russian interference” in UK politics. In a brilliant piece of PR manoeuvring, Boris Johnson refused to make the report public.
This decision manipulated those who consider themselves “the left” in British politics to clamour for the release of the “Russia Report”, believing there would be something in it that Boris didn’t want us to see. This was an act of pure naivety by Corbynista influencers, and deliberate public manipulation by the “leftist” media.
Yesterday Boris Johnson’s government finally “caved” to this pressure, and released a “confidential report” which tells us nothing we haven’t been told a million times before. This apparently secret testimony has been blasted across headlines in every broadsheet and tabloid for years.
Russia is accused of poisoning the Skripals, leaking the DNC emails, using “bots and trolls” to influence public opinion…and so and so on.
The witnesses called are all either actual spies (Christopher Steele), or “journalists” heavily involved with the Integrity Initiative (Edward Lucas). No evidence is supplied, save the tired old links to “academic studies” conducted by bought-and-paid-for NATO shills like Ben Nimmo and Bellingcat (whose direct funding from the likes of the Atlantic Council and National Endowment for Democracy represents a massive conflict of interest that is never once mentioned in the report).
In that way, the report is massively dated. Its lies, worn smooth through repetition, are dry and stale.
But that’s not the point of this report. That’s the first part of the Hegelian Dialectic. The “problem”, long since mythologised, created by force of repetition without ever being evidenced. This report is far more concerned with generating a “reaction”, and the procuring consent for a pre-planned “solution” (the report doesn’t shy away from this obvious structure – using the terms “threat” and “reaction” instead).
In short, buried in the 55 pages of waffle, repetition and bureaucratic double-talk, are key suggestions to take a more warlike stance against Russia and parlay this into a simultaneous crackdown on dissent at home, all while securing shiny new powers for MI5.
Firstly, the UK plans to strike a new attitude on “attribution” of alleged cyber attacks, claiming, apparently with a straight face:
The UK has historically been reticent in attributing cyber attacks – as recently as 2010, this Committee was asked to redact mention of Russia as a perpetrator of cyber attacks, on diplomatic grounds.
But the UK’s “reticence” to blame Russia for cyber attacks is over, they now intend to “name and shame” foreign actors who carry out cyber attacks:
there has to now be a cost attached to such activity. When attacks can be traced back – and we accept that this is in itself resource-intensive – the Government must always consider ‘naming and shaming’.
[NOTE: This section on “attribution” would an absolutely ideal time to mention that other state player – namely the US military – have the technology to carry out cyber attacks and make it appear to have come from somewhere else. We know they know, because of the Wikileaks Vault 7 leaks, but they don’t mention it.]
Oh, and they’re going “leverage” their diplomatic relations to force those countries who would rather not start a new cold war based on the testimony of lunatics, fraudsters and underwear salesmen, to publicly blame Russia for…pretty much everything:
it is apparent that not everyone is keen to adopt this new approach and to ‘call out’ Russia on malicious cyber activity. The Government must now leverage its diplomatic relationships to develop a common international approach when it comes to the attribution of malicious cyber activity by Russia and others.
This is dishonest, and potentially dangerous, but this kind of geo-political positioning is very much the long game. It’s the short term stuff, the local stuff, we should really worry about.
Like handing over powers to “monitor” and “protect” the democratic processes of the country to MI5 [our emphasis]:
Overall, the issue of defending the UK’s democratic processes and discourse has appeared to be something of a ‘hot potato’, with no one organisation recognising itself as having an overall lead. Whilst we understand the nervousness around any suggestion that the intelligence and security Agencies might be involved in democratic processes […] that cannot apply when it comes to the protection of those processes […] Protecting our democratic discourse and processes from hostile foreign interference is a central responsibility of Government, and should be a ministerial priority. In our opinion, the operational role must sit primarily with MI5
They recommend this, based on MI5’s pre-existing “relationship built with social media companies”. They don’t mention, at this stage, how social media companies have “built a relationship” with MI5, or what role they might serve in “protecting democracy”, but it’s not hard to guess.
Social Media is an important theme in the report, actually, being mentioned fifteen times in 47 pages.
Firstly, we’re told that social media companies must bear the brunt of the blame for “hostile state activity” being at all effective:
we note that – as with so many other issues currently – it is the social media companies which hold the key and yet are failing to play their part
Before they add the government must seek a “protocol” by which social media companies remove any material the UK government deems “hostile state use” of their platform:
The Government must now seek to establish a protocol with the social media companies to ensure that they take covert hostile state use of their platforms seriously, and have clear timescales within which they commit to removing such material
Any companies who refuse to do this will be “named and shamed”.
You might think “well, this protocol could easily be used against people with no state affiliation whatsoever”, and you’d be right. It could. The government admits as much, but doesn’t seem to have a problem with it:
Such a protocol could, usefully, be expanded to encompass the other areas in which action is required from the social media companies, since this issue is not unique to Hostile State Activity
This would be a good time to note that the Atlantic Council employees this report cites have, in the past, labelled people “bots” who are definitely, provably not bots. This includes noted independent journalists and a world-renowned concert pianist.
The proposed “protocol” opens up an avenue for the state to silence dissident individuals by similarly “mistaking” them for state-backed agents.
Another thing the report is keen on is boosting the UK’s “Offensive Cyber” capabilities:
this is an era of hybrid warfare and an Offensive Cyber capability is now essential. The Government announced its intention to develop an Offensive Cyber capability in September 2013, and in 2014 the National Offensive Cyber Programme (NOCP) […]The UK continues to develop its Offensive Cyber capability.
What their offensive cyber capabilities ARE, and how they use them, is never described. Are they used solely against other states, or against domestic politic parties, organizations and individuals too? They don’t say.
Is cyberwarfare even legal under international law? Well, no. In fact, the way the report dances around the idea that cyberwarfare is actually potentially illegal under international law is a thing of beauty:
While the UN has agreed that international law, and in particular the UN Charter, applies in cyberspace, there is still a need for a greater global understanding of how this should work in practice […] Achieving a consensus on this common approach will be a challenging process, but as a leading proponent of the Rules Based International Order it is essential that the UK helps to promote and shape Rules of Engagement, working with our allies.
The fact that people out there can even begin to cite this report in earnest when it describes the UK as a “key defender of a Rules Based International Order” just boggles my mind.
The real scary stuff comes later though, in the “legislation” section.
The UK is already one of the most surveilled countries in the world, and the report happily mentions that last February, the UK police/intelligence agencies got [our emphasis]:
new powers to stop, question, search or detain any person entering the UK gained Royal Assent in February 2019; it is not necessary for there to be suspicion of engagement in hostile activity in order to use these powers.
Following on from this, the report recommends a new Espionage Act and a Foreign Agent Registration Act, to “crackdown” on espionage.
Hearings resulting from these acts could be “closed material proceedings” to protect national security.
For those who don’t know, in UK law a “closed material proceeding” is a hearing where a prosecutor presents some evidence directly to a judge which is kept secret from both the public and the defense counsel.
Until this new legislation is passed, the report warns, “the Intelligence Community’s hands are tied.”
To sum up, the long-awaited Russia report is – surprise surprise – not a trove of secrets and corruption which could bring down the Johnson government. It was never going to be that, despite what all the fake-left “journalists” were saying, and what all the Labour supporters who should know better were tweeting.
It was actually sickening to watch so many people, especially in Corbyn’s camp, cry-out for this report and not realise they were getting played. It’s the oldest trick in the book. Cheap reverse psychology that doesn’t work on children past the age of about five, but apparently does work on the majority of the members of the Labour party.
Thanks to their gullibility, no one is questioning the honesty, providence or intentions of a report which finds, in short:
MI5 should have more control over our democratic systems.
We should spend more money on developing cyber attack ability.
We should investigate and maybe overturn the Brexit vote.
We should pass authoritarian new legislation
Social Media companies should take down whatever the government says they should take down.
People who are supposed to guard against tyranny and hold power to account have abandoned their posts to take part in anti-Russia hysteria which endangers what remains of our civil liberties.
As a result, we’re getting headlines like this:
GUARDIAN: Report dans number 10 and spy agencies over Russia #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/iCpPx7RgrL — Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 21, 2020
And this:
And this:
THE TIMES: MI5 to get more powers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SwGzDiT0id — Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 21, 2020
It’s the same old lies, on the same old topics, told by the same old people, for the same old reasons. The only difference is, this time, they managed to trick some of the gullible “woke” left into begging for it.


offguardian--2020-07-23--The Outcome of the Trump-AMLO Meeting

The Outcome of the Trump-AMLO Meeting

In diplomatic terms , both presidents may have gotten what they were looking for but the final gain will be decided at home .
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ( AMLO ) has ended his trip to Washington that was intended to celebrate the signing of a joint declaration pertaining to the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ( USMCA ) that took effect July 1 .
Canada ’ s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the only leader of the three who was absent .
The author is not aware of any official invitation from President Trump to Trudeau .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a phone conversation to join him but it was not AMLO ’ s role to extend one .
Trump does seem to have a reputation of preferring one-to-one meetings .
However , Trudeau may have not been in the mood for celebrations when the Trump administration is threatening to reimpose tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada despite the USMCA .
The Prime Minister admitted to that when he announced he would not attend the meeting “ citing tensions over possible US tariffs on Canadian aluminum ” .
The concerns over the coronavirus pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ border may have been overplayed since Canadian External Affairs François-Philippe Champagne did travel by car to New York in mid-June for the vote at the UN where Canada lost its bid to a seat at the UNSC .
But even with Canada absent , there was plenty to analyse from the Trump-AMLO meeting from both sides of the border .
AMLO initially justified his visit , the first trip abroad during his presidency , as a good neighbourly action but he also added that the US-Mexico relationship is “ also an indispensable commercial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very pragmatic approach coming from a president who was elected for his firm foreign policy position against a US administration in defense of Mexican sovereignty by promising that he would not be bullied by his Northern neighbour .
As if accepting that the USMCA was not enough to show the “ indispensable…relationship ” , AMLO saw it necessary to give a more visible sign of acquiescence to Washington , hence his seemingly ingratiating trip via a commercial flight at the time that the COVID-19 pandemic is at its worst in the US One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Trudeau to join him was AMLO ’ s way of not being seen as the only compliant partner .
Or , was he perhaps following Trump ’ s request to make an invitation that he knew would be refused ?
We will never know .
On the US-Venezuela issue , AMLO said diplomatically that he would not take sides in the dispute , which might explain his lack of involvement in the so-called Lima Group that seeks regime change in Venezuela .
But he also stated that : That kind of promise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very strong threatening reaction by the Trump Administration .
Consequently , some Mexican firms and people , allegedly involved in trading Venezuelan oil , were not the exception and were hit by US extraterritorial sanctions less than three weeks before the trip .
In an apparent obedient action , the Mexican government ’ s financial crime department froze the bank accounts of companies and people that were blacklisted by the US .
On the domestic front , AMLO had received criticism even before his visit to the White House .
But it must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incomprehensible , for many Latin Americans to hear a Latin American president say : It must have been very hard , and possibly incomprehensible , for many Mexicans to hear their president addressing Trump during a joint press conference and saying that , “ We have received from you understanding and respect.
” They may still remember Trump ’ s anti-immigrant policies and accusations against Mexicans as criminals and rapists .
As if reassuring both Mexicans and Americans , Lopez Obrador also said , “ Some thought that our ideological differences would take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that omen did not happen.
” ( The full transcript of the press conference can be read here ) .
On a separate occasion , he reiterated that “ we are not fighting , we are friends.
” More ominously , AMLO has been confronting serious opposition at home with a movement that wants to oust him before the end of his term in 2024 .
A recent investigative report points to “ far-right oligarchs ” in Mexico bent at toppling AMLO and who would welcome US help for doing that .
From @ @ @ @ @ @ @ critics ponder whether his visit to the White House was timely before the US presidential elections in November , in the US , the visit is a definite gain for Republicans and their candidate .
The signing of the USMCA is by itself a major political score for Trump who had campaigned on the promise to re-write the previous NAFTA agreement .
To have the president of Mexico come and sing praises in Trump ’ s ears is the proverbial icing on top of the cake ; and the cherry on top of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat contender Joe Biden .
However , not much should be read in his avoidance at meeting with him because regardless who will be elected in November , US foreign policy will not substantially change .
Trump showed his gratitude to the president of Mexico by bestowing him with words of admiration both personally about their shared friendship “ against all odds ” and for the “ incredible ” Mexican people .
It is too early to judge the full consequences of the Trump-Lopez Obrador meeting in Washington given their respective domestic political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as well .
We may be having a glimpse of this delicate balance , albeit based on trade and not on ideology , even between two close friends like the US and Canada , which prevented Trudeau from attending the USMCA celebration .
In geopolitical terms , relationships can also quickly change especially when Venezuela is currently the political force that can trigger the ire of the US against any world government , but especially in the region , that will dare challenge US dominance and hegemony in its “ backyard ” of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Both the US and Mexico have a lot at stake .
The US is facing a close election in November and AMLO ’ s visit may help Trump ’ s odds .
Mexico is facing domestic right-wing opposition to progressive policies , and AMLO ’ s visit to Washington may defuse that perception by showing his close alliance with Washington , but at the same time he will have to maintain his core support from the majority of Mexicans .
In diplomatic terms , both presidents may have gotten what they were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be decided at home .

Nino Pagliccia
In diplomatic terms, both presidents may have gotten what they were looking for but the final gain will be decided at home.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has ended his trip to Washington that was intended to celebrate the signing of a joint declaration pertaining to the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that took effect July 1. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the only leader of the three who was absent.
The author is not aware of any official invitation from President Trump to Trudeau. There has been a nudge from AMLO in a phone conversation to join him but it was not AMLO’s role to extend one. Trump does seem to have a reputation of preferring one-to-one meetings.
However, Trudeau may have not been in the mood for celebrations when the Trump administration is threatening to reimpose tariffs on aluminum imports from Canada despite the USMCA. The Prime Minister admitted to that when he announced he would not attend the meeting “citing tensions over possible US tariffs on Canadian aluminum”.
The concerns over the coronavirus pandemic that forced the closing of the Canada-US border may have been overplayed since Canadian External Affairs François-Philippe Champagne did travel by car to New York in mid-June for the vote at the UN where Canada lost its bid to a seat at the UNSC.
But even with Canada absent, there was plenty to analyse from the Trump-AMLO meeting from both sides of the border.
From Mexico’s Standpoint
AMLO initially justified his visit, the first trip abroad during his presidency, as a good neighbourly action but he also added that the US-Mexico relationship is “also an indispensable commercial and economic relationship.” This is a very pragmatic approach coming from a president who was elected for his firm foreign policy position against a US administration in defense of Mexican sovereignty by promising that he would not be bullied by his Northern neighbour.
As if accepting that the USMCA was not enough to show the “indispensable…relationship”, AMLO saw it necessary to give a more visible sign of acquiescence to Washington, hence his seemingly ingratiating trip via a commercial flight at the time that the COVID-19 pandemic is at its worst in the US One wonders if his repeated “nudge” to Trudeau to join him was AMLO’s way of not being seen as the only compliant partner. Or, was he perhaps following Trump’s request to make an invitation that he knew would be refused? We will never know.
On the US-Venezuela issue, AMLO said diplomatically that he would not take sides in the dispute, which might explain his lack of involvement in the so-called Lima Group that seeks regime change in Venezuela. But he also stated that:
he would sell gasoline to Venezuela for ‘humanitarian’ reasons if asked to, despite US sanctions on the South American country and its state-run oil firm, PDVSA.”
That kind of promise by other governments has typically received a very strong threatening reaction by the Trump Administration. Consequently, some Mexican firms and people, allegedly involved in trading Venezuelan oil, were not the exception and were hit by US extraterritorial sanctions less than three weeks before the trip. In an apparent obedient action, the Mexican government’s financial crime department froze the bank accounts of companies and people that were blacklisted by the US.
On the domestic front, AMLO had received criticism even before his visit to the White House. But it must have been very hard, and possibly incomprehensible, for many Latin Americans to hear a Latin American president say:
you have never sought to impose anything on us, violating our sovereignty. Instead of the Monroe Doctrine, you have followed in our case the wise advice of … prudent George Washington, who said, ‘Nations should not take advantage of the unfortunate condition of other peoples.’ You have not tried to treat us as a colony. On the contrary, you have honored our condition as an independent nation. That’s why I’m here, to express to the people of the United States that their president has behaved with us with kindness and respect.”
It must have been very hard, and possibly incomprehensible, for many Mexicans to hear their president addressing Trump during a joint press conference and saying that, “We have received from you understanding and respect.”
They may still remember Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and accusations against Mexicans as criminals and rapists. As if reassuring both Mexicans and Americans, Lopez Obrador also said, “Some thought that our ideological differences would take us inevitably to a confrontation. Fortunately that omen did not happen.”
(The full transcript of the press conference can be read here).
On a separate occasion, he reiterated that “we are not fighting, we are friends.”
More ominously, AMLO has been confronting serious opposition at home with a movement that wants to oust him before the end of his term in 2024. A recent investigative report points to “far-right oligarchs” in Mexico bent at toppling AMLO and who would welcome US help for doing that.
From The US Standpoint
While AMLO’s critics ponder whether his visit to the White House was timely before the US presidential elections in November, in the US, the visit is a definite gain for Republicans and their candidate. The signing of the USMCA is by itself a major political score for Trump who had campaigned on the promise to re-write the previous NAFTA agreement.
To have the president of Mexico come and sing praises in Trump’s ears is the proverbial icing on top of the cake; and the cherry on top of it all is AMLO not meeting with Democrat contender Joe Biden. However, not much should be read in his avoidance at meeting with him because regardless who will be elected in November, US foreign policy will not substantially change.
Trump showed his gratitude to the president of Mexico by bestowing him with words of admiration both personally about their shared friendship “against all odds” and for the “incredible” Mexican people.
Concluding Thoughts
It is too early to judge the full consequences of the Trump-Lopez Obrador meeting in Washington given their respective domestic political realities. Relationships between governments are delicate as well. We may be having a glimpse of this delicate balance, albeit based on trade and not on ideology, even between two close friends like the US and Canada, which prevented Trudeau from attending the USMCA celebration.
In geopolitical terms, relationships can also quickly change especially when Venezuela is currently the political force that can trigger the ire of the US against any world government, but especially in the region, that will dare challenge US dominance and hegemony in its “backyard” of which Mexico is considered to be part.
Both the US and Mexico have a lot at stake. The US is facing a close election in November and AMLO’s visit may help Trump’s odds. Mexico is facing domestic right-wing opposition to progressive policies, and AMLO’s visit to Washington may defuse that perception by showing his close alliance with Washington, but at the same time he will have to maintain his core support from the majority of Mexicans. In diplomatic terms, both presidents may have gotten what they were looking for but the final gain will be decided at home.
Originally published by One World Press