On this week’s release of “On the Barricades,” host Maria Cernat speaks to the French-American writer, cultural critic, and activist, Gabriel Rockhill. Gabriel completed his graduate studies under the direction of Jacques Derrida, Luce Irigaray and Alain Badiou, and is now a professor of philosophy at Villanova University. Gabriel’s work in academia led him to a very close understanding of the bourgeois cultural and intellectual apparatus for its fundamental, historical role of bringing leftist thinking in line with the interests of the corporate elites and capitalist order. He wrote an article called “The CIA and the Frankfurt school’s anti-communism,” the content of which is the starting point inspiration for today’s discussion.
The CIA, Universities, and Anti-Communist Marxism
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The War On Dissent

By Whitney Webb
Online censorship is becoming increasingly normalized as growing restrictions, deplatforming and its other manifestations have become so pervasive that many have simply come to accept it.
The War On Dissent
NATO’s an obstacle to peace in Europe and elsewhere
The US, EU and Nato reneging on promises made to Russia lays at the crux of present tensions, writes JOHN WIGHT
NATO’s an obstacle to peace in Europe and elsewhere
Graphika: The Deep State’s Beard for Controlling the Information Age
The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of U.S. Spies
A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security state.
The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of U.S. Spies
Saagar Enjeti: The Pseudo-Populist Mainlining Neocon Ideas into Progressive Politics
Philip Zelikow, 9/11 Commission Leader, Leads COVID Commission
“To win the war against this alien invader, we have to win the war globally… this is an opportunity for America to offer a new kind of leadership for a new kind of world crisis… “
Philip Zelikow, 9/11 Commission Leader, Leads COVID Commission
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YouTube video: 9/11 Cover Up Director Appointed to Chair COVID Cover Up Group (show notes)
Provocations as Pretexts for Imperial War: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11
Pretext for going to war: precedents

The Notorious London Spy School Churning Out Many of the World’s Top Journalists
The fact that the very department that trains high state officials and agents of secretive three letter agencies is also the place that produces many of the journalists we rely on to stand up to those officials and keep them in check is seriously problematic.
The Notorious London Spy School Churning Out Many of the World’s Top Journalists
Tanks and Think Tanks: How Taiwanese Cash is Funding the Push to War with China
Twenty years ago, a group of neoconservative think tanks used their power to push for disastrous wars in the Middle East. Now, a new set of think tanks staffed with many of the same experts and funded by Taiwanese money is working hard to convince Americans that there is a new existential threat: China.
Tanks and Think Tanks: How Taiwanese Cash is Funding the Push to War with China
Twitter Deletes Dozens of Russian Accounts for “Undermining Faith in NATO”
Twitter Deletes Dozens of Russian Accounts for “Undermining Faith in NATO”
A propaganda system is far more effective — and dangerous — when those inside are unaware of it and believe themselves to be free from influence.

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