Selected Articles: Digital Currency: The Fed Moves Toward Monetary Totalitarianism

Digital Currency: The Fed Moves Toward Monetary Totalitarianism

By André Marques, December 12, 2022

The Federal Reserve is sowing the seeds for its central bank digital currency (CBDC). It may seem that the purpose of a CBDC is to facilitate transactions and enhance economic activity, but CBDCs are mainly about more government control over individuals. If a CBDC were implemented, the central bank would have access to all transactions in addition to being capable of freezing accounts.

“Violence will escalate as long as extremists are allied to Netanyahu”: Interview with Tawfieq Toameh

By Tawfieq Toameh and Steven Sahiounie, December 13, 2022

Jana Majdi Zakarneh, a 16-year-old girl, was killed by Israeli forces as she was standing on the roof of her home in Jenin, in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine.  She was shot in the head, and others were wounded in the 10 pm raid on Sunday.

US-Africa Leaders Summit: Biden to Announce Support for African Union’s Admission to G20?

By Kester Kenn Klomegah, December 13, 2022

Certainly it can be described as an irreversible historical landmark as United States President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his administration are set to renew their commitments and hold discussions relating to the global economy, democracy and governance, climate change, health and security, women, youth and education during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit scheduled for December 13-15 in Washington.

Execution of a Protester Intensifies Opposition to Clerical Rule in Iran

By Prof. Akbar E. Torbat, December 12, 2022

On December 8, the Iranian judiciary ordered to hang Shekari, who had been convicted of injuring a basij security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran. That was the first such execution after thousands of arrests over the unrest and the killing of more than 400 protestors. In reaction, on September 10, the offices of basij at Sharif University and some other locations were torched.

A Hair Trigger on Endgame

By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, December 12, 2022

The insouciance of Washington and its European puppets toward the dangerous situation they are provoking with Russia is frightening.  The Western world is now led by people who have made it clear that they will risk nuclear war in their pursuit of American hegemony.  Evil has clearly triumphed in the Western world.

Ukrainian Forces Continue Shelling Donetsk

By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, December 12, 2022

Kiev continues ceaselessly attacking the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Despite the republic’s accession to the Russian Federation, operated after a popular referendum attesting to the will of local residents, the Ukrainian neo-Nazi regime maintains its policy of military actions against the region, violating Russian sovereign territory.

Global Central Banks Racing to Implement Digital Currencies as Cities Convert to ‘Smart’ Infrastructure

By Leo Hohmann, December 12, 2022

The Central Bank of Nigeria announced it will begin, effective in January, restricting cash withdrawals from banks and ATMs to just $45 per day as part of a push to move the country toward a cashless economy.

New Autopsy Report Reveals Those Who Died Suddenly Were Likely Killed by the COVID Vaccine

By Will Jones, December 12, 2022

A major new autopsy report has found that three people who died unexpectedly at home with no pre-existing disease shortly after COVID vaccination were likely killed by the vaccine. A further two deaths were found to be possibly due to the vaccine.

How WikiLeaks Revolutionised the World of Journalism

By Eresh Omar Jamal, December 12, 2022

Stefania Maurizi is an investigative journalist working for the Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano. She has worked on all WikiLeaks releases of secret documents and partnered with Glenn Greenwald to reveal the Snowden Files about Italy. In an interview with Eresh Omar Jamal of  The Daily Star, she talks about her latest book, Secret Power: WikiLeaks and Its Enemies, and how WikiLeaks revolutionised the world of journalism.

Video: On Destroying Our Health System and Big Pharma Capture

By Dr. Emanuel Garcia and Maajid Nawaz, December 12, 2022

We speak to New Zealand based American, Dr Emmanuel Garcia, about how and why his medical licence was revoked for opposing the Covid mandates. We then speak to filmmaker, health campaigner and British General Practitioner Dr Bob Gill who opposes the Big Pharma corporatisation of the British National Health System (NHS).


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