We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

A Conspiracy Theorist Confesses to his Petty Crimes

Click here to access article by Edward Curtin from his blog.

Curtin with his tongue very much in his cheek confesses to his petty crimes of formulating conspiracy theories. 

Be sure to access the link to the CIA’s 1967 secret Dispatch. Yes, here is documented proof that a secret, a publicly unaccountable branch of the government has been engaging in psychological warfare on American citizens to counter any questioning of the Deep State's nefarious activities. Shocking! (sarcasm)
Specifically, in April 1967, the CIA wrote a dispatch which coined the term “conspiracy theories” … and recommended methods for discrediting such theories.  The dispatch was marked “psych” –  short for “psychological operations” or disinformation –  and “CS” for the CIA’s “Clandestine Services” unit.

The dispatch was produced in responses to a Freedom of Information Act request by the New York Times in 1976.

The dispatch states:
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