Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-229-may-14.html
May 16. Nakba Remembrance, 5:30 Friday.
Caitlin Johnstone. Resisting State Propaganda and Control.
MIPPCIMATTC.
May 16th: Join Us for the Nakba Remembrance and Protest
Friendsofpalestinenwa
We invite you to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and join us on Friday, May 16th, from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM at Washington County Courthouse for a protest in remembrance of the Nakba. On May 15th, 1948, Palestinian communities were violently displaced, marking the beginning of the mass destruction of their land and the ongoing trauma they have endured. This event, known as the Nakba, continues to resonate today as violence and displacement persist. In solidarity, Friends of Palestine NWA
| Knowledge the Foundation for Individual Autonomy “How To Make Your Mind Harder For The Propagandists To Manipulate” by Caitlin Johnstone. May 13, 2025. Here is the conclusion to Johnstone’s article on state control of information: |  |
. . .So one of the most important things you need to do to maintain a truth-based worldview is to take complete control over your own understanding of the importance of the pieces of information which come across your field of vision. You can’t rely on others to tell you how important they are, because all the most amplified and influential voices in our society are working to manipulate your understanding of their importance, and most ordinary people you’ll interact with are being manipulated by those voices to some extent. Public political discourse is overwhelmingly dominated by these distortions. You’ve got to interpret the urgency and importance of information for yourself. By standing on your own two feet and looking at the raw data with fresh eyes before it gets jumbled around by the imperial spin machine, you make your mind much harder to bend to the will of the empire. [Click on title for full article].
MIPPCIMATTC. In his Farewell Address, Pres. Eisenhower warned the nation of the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC). (An earlier draft included Congress—the MICC.) His warning was not heeded, and our militarized nation has widened and deepened. Now MIPPCIMATT endangers us, the Military-Industrial-Plutocratic-Presidential-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academic Think Tank Complex! –Dick
END OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #229, MAY 14, 2025. Compiled by Dick Bennett.