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SMART POWER FILES


First came 'soft power' - using media and propaganda as a tool to influence foreign countries and governments to do the bidding of imperial powers like Great Britain and the United States. Then came the upgrade known as "smart power" - the strategic use of 'pro-democracy' NGOs to manipulate diplomacy, political consensus building, and projecting power and influence to enact regime change in noncompliant governments overseas. 

US Agency for Global Media’s Dissolution Could Lead To Revival of American Soft Power

Andrew Korybko | Trump’s cull of USAID-funded media is a ruse: it’s being rolled into a new ‘public-private partnership’ umbrella abroad, rather than a purely state-run enterprise inside the US.

USAID Funded Ukraine ‘Enemies List’ Smears VP Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, Thomas Massie et al As ‘Pro-Russia ‘Propagandists’

The Grayzone | US deep state outsources it’s malicious activity to a corrupt Ukraine NGO, designed to smear and target any independent media, activists and politicians who voice a dissenting opinion on Ukraine conflict.

USAID: How Washington Gaslight the World with Its Massive Media Subsidies

21WIRE | ‘The skeletons just keep tumbling out of the closet.’

USAID, CIA & BND ‘Presstitutes’: The Strategic Silence Doctrine

21WIRE | Understanding the full scale and scope of the CIA and USAID’s legion of paid propagandists and defamation specialists.

VIDEO: Washington’s Unstoppable Superweapon and How to Defend Against It

The New Atlas | More than any military incursion, Washington’s preferred weapon of choice is its fleet of ‘democracy’ NGOs.

SUNDAY SCREENING: ‘Red Alert: NGO’s Hostile Takeover’ (2024)

SUNDAY SCREENING | Investigating the networks of NGOs who have appeared in Russia, and their negative impact on a country’s stability and society.

George Soros is Calling for Regime Change in China

RT International | The liberal financier singled out Xi Jinping as the greatest threat to the ‘open societies’ of the world.

National Endowment for Democracy Provided $1.2 Million to Kazakhstan to Spark a Color Revolution

Covert Action Magazine | The dirty fingerprints of Washington and Soros are all over central Asia.

Belarus Journalist Arrested After RyanAir Flight Forced to Land

Patrick Henningsen | US and EU now calling for sanctions against Belarus, an ally of Russia, further increasing international tension.

EP #1 – 21WIRE LIVE hosted by Patrick Henningsen with special guest Brian Berletic

21WIRE LIVE | Inaugural episode of our new livestreaming program.

UN, US Team-up to Demonize Russia and Syria

Stephen Lendman | Too often, the UN fails to denounce US wars of aggression – instead blaming victimized nations for Washington and NATO’s own crimes.

The Sadness of Submissive, Quietly Recolonized Malaysia

Andre Vltchek | The story of a country whose ‘elites’ and ‘intellectuals’ put personal interests first, allowing the West to colonize their nation.

BOLIVIA COUP: Step By Step Guide to U.S. Regime Change Operation

21WIRE.TV | Co-hosts Patrick Henningsen and Mike Robinson offer a step-by-step guide to this latest regime change operation in South America.

Hong Kong’s Hooligans: Western Shock Troops

Andre Vltchek | Rioters say they’re ‘fighting for democracy,’ and yet are highly intolerant to those they disagree with.

REVEALED: US Behind Hong Kong Protests – Admits US Policymaker

Tony Cartalucci | In addition to this latest admission, deeper research shows NED recipients are actually leading the protests in China.

Destabilizing Pakistan: The Bookending of Washington’s Shady China Policy

Tony Cartalucci | American cries of ‘human rights violations’ are being used to sell two different US-backed conflicts – designed to impede China’s rise and that of its allies.

Problems Arise with Washington’s Latest ‘Color Revolution’ in Hong Kong

Tony Cartalucci | It looks like yet another US-backed ‘color revolution’ masquerading as ‘popular opposition.’

British Aid to Venezuela: A Soft Power Tool Kit

Nina Cross | UK aid to Venezuela is rooted in a familiar neoliberal political agenda – helping to create division and instability.

REVEALED: Amnesty International’s Historic Links to US & UK Intelligence Agencies

Alexander Rubinstein | Troubling connections contradict Amnesty’s image as a benevolent defender of human rights and reveal an organization crafted to project Anglo-American soft power internationally.

“And… Cut!” – A Final Curtain Call for Syria’s White Helmets

Tony Cartalucci | When the US-UK governments and mainstream media needed video footage, or even WMD evidence, they could always count on the White Helmets, working side-by-side Al Qaeda. But in their final act, they had to cut and run with the rest of Syria’s terrorist imports.

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