American Exception

Far West and the Global Drug Meta-Group - Part 1 (AE173) [TRAILER]

 
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This episode kicks off our series with Ben Howard on the post-Cold War global drug meta-group (GDMG). For a time, the GDMG was centered around the milieu at Far West, a private military/intelligence outfit that combined elements of classic deep state outfits like the World Commerce Corporation, Booz Allen, BCCI, etc.
The basis for this series is Peter Dale Scott's epic 2005 Lobster magazine article, “The Global Drug Meta-Group: Drugs, Managed Violence, and the Russian 9/11.” This article and its subject matter were a major part of Peter's poem “A Ballad of Drugs and 9/11” which we discussed in Part 20 of our Peter Dale Scott Oral History series.
Check out the CovertAction Magazine 9/11 trilogy by Good, Howard, Scott:
The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It
The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: Why Did Key U.S. Officials Protect the Alleged 9/11 Plotters?
The Twenty Year Shadow of 9/11: U.S. Complicity in the Terror Spectacle and the Urgent Need to End It
Note: This episode was recorded before I learned of the newly less-redacted James Angleton Church Committee testimony. That, to my mind, is very relevant to understanding Far West and the GDMG, as we will discuss in coming episodes.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!
Music: "Stuck In" by Mock Orange

Western Capitalist Imperialism or the Globalist Cabal? (AE172)

Aaron is joined by Vanessa Beeley and  Dr. Piers Robinson to discuss issues raised by their 2024 article, “ Understanding Power Dynamics and Moving Beyond Divisions: COVID 19 through to Ukraine and Israel/Palestine.” In particular, we discuss whether our terrible regime is a manifestation of Western capitalist imperialism or, alternatively, if we are ruled by a globalist cabal that secretly commands the governments in Washington, London, Tel Aviv, Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran.
Vanessa Beeley is an independent journalist and photographer who has worked extensively in the Middle East - on the ground in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Palestine, while also covering the conflict in Yemen since 2015. Vanessa contributes regularly to UK Column News, RT, Press TV and many independent media outlets. You can find her work at her Substack and on Patreon.
Piers Robinson is the founding editor of Propaganda in Focus. He is also co-director of the Organisation for Propaganda Studies, convenor of the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media, associated researcher with the Working Group on Propaganda and the 9/11 Global ‘War on Terror’, and member of Panda and BerlinGroup21.
 Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

The End of the "Liberal Order"? (DCC34) [AUDIO]

Aaron and Bryce discuss the latest on the Gaza Genocide and how even The Economist magazine is acknowledging the existential crisis facing the Western imperialism--aka, the "liberal order."
Support Bryce Greene and the movement here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/helpourselves
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

China's Return to Form (AE171) [TRAILER]

Arnaud Bertrand joins us to discuss the reemergence of China on the global stage—a development that has unfolded in the context of a neocon-propelled collapse of US hegemony and Western imperialism on the whole.
Arnaud has a very popular account on Twitter/X where he is an insightful and informed commentator tweeting in English about China—especially about China’s domestic and foreign policies. In this episode, we talk about these issues and their implications for China and the West.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!

RIC, ISUS, and the Octopus/Syndicate Intel Mob War (DCC33) [AUDIO]

Aaron and Bryce discuss the latest on the Gaza Solidarity Encampments, the Russia-Iran-China alliance converging against the US empire, and the suspiciously convenient rise of ISUS. Aaron discusses his new deep political historical thesis of an Western intelligence mob war going back to the early Cold War.
Support Bryce Greene and the movement here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/helpourselves
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Mafia Parastates of the West (AE170)

Kit Klarenberg returns to discuss his recent articles on US support for terrorist mafia parastates--Kosovo and ISIS. Kit is an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. Please support Kit's work if you can by subscribing to Active Measures! Featured in this episode:
Collapsing Empire: 'How US Broke Kosovo'
Tony Blair’s Secret Yugoslavia Invasion Plot
How CIA and MI6 Created ISIS
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producing the episode!Music: “Be Gone” by Mock Orange

Students Opposing Genocide (DCC32) [AUDIO]

Aaron and Bryce discuss issues related to the campus protests spreading across the US in opposition to the Zionist campaign of genocide in Gaza. Bryce Greene has been a leader of this movement at Indiana University in Bloomington. He was recently arrested and subsequently banished from campus for 5 years by the powers that be. We talk about this along with related issues…like the question: Is Israel a US puppet or is the US controlled by Zionism…or do we have to choose one or the other for some reason?
Support Bryce Greene and the movement here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/helpourselves
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Angleton and the "Israeli Account" (DCC31) [AUDIO]

 
Aaron and David speak to Jefferson Morley about the recently released, newly less-redacted version of the James Angleton’s executive session testimony of to the Church Committee in 1975. Morley is a Washington-based author and veteran journalist whose novelistic non-fiction books explore untold chapters in the history of the American nation. Most relevant to today’s discussion, he is the author of 'The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymaster James Jesus Angleton'.
Please check out Jeff Morley’s excellent website, JFK Facts. Subscribe if are able and would like access to some of the very best reporting and analysis on the JFK case!
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music

Havana Syndrome? (AE169) [TRAILER]

 
Independent researcher Robert Skvarla joins us to discuss the dreaded so-called Havana Syndrome afflicting American spooks around the world.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!
Music: "I Can't Seem to Think" by Mock Orange

A Very Special Relationship (DCC30) [AUDIO]

Aaron speaks to Lawrence Wilkerson. He is a retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Then Aaron gives a detailed rundown on a significant re-declassified JFK assassination document—the executive session testimony of James Angleton to the Church Committee in 1975. Released in December of 2022, the new version has far fewer redactions than the version released in the 1990’s.
Special thanks to:
Dana Chavarria, production
Casey Moore, graphics
Michelle Boley, animated intro
Mock Orange, music