CIA Gearing Up for Fomenting Another Revolution, This Time in Indonesia

Here are summaries of the top parapolitical stories from yesterday September 6, 2023:

+ Leaked: CIA Front Preparing Color Revolution in Indonesia 

Documents leaked to MintPress News suggest that the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA front, is planning for a color revolution in Indonesia as President Joko Widodo leaves office due to term limits. The documents revealed detailed insights into the operational facets of NED within Indonesia, its potential influences in other nations, and the dispersal of grants promoting its cause. Amid this, concerns have surfaced around potential instabilities and shifting power dynamics incited by NED during the nation’s upcoming election in February 2024. This uncovers NED's long-standing strategy of political manipulation, which often includes supporting opposition groups and activist movements overseas to disrupt and potentially topple existing regimes.

+ Adding a Touch of Nuance to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The outcry over the BRICS+ group's endorsement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) is somewhat misguided. The UNSDGs, though emerging from arguably sinister intentions, propose broad, generally agreeable goals including poverty eradication and quality education. However, the specifics regarding their implementation remain ambiguous and open to interpretation. The key question remains whether nations like China and Russia are genuinely attempting to achieve these goals or instead promoting counterproductive policies. The scope and complexity of these issues render them almost impossible to definitively answer. Nevertheless, the UN should be scrutinised for potential bias and misinformation within its ranks.

+ Cattle tags help you learn better 

Knowledge Day in Russia is representing the next step in heightened school security and surveillance. Schools in Pushkino are employing facial recognition technology for entrance control and to monitor potential dangerous situations inside, while schools near the Arctic Circle are detecting Arctic threats using electronic checkpoints, thermal recognition, and extensive video surveillance. These safety advancements link back to the Digital School project launched in 2017 by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, seeking to integrate technology into education. Critics opine that children are increasingly being tagged, screened, and digitized, raising concerns about invasive surveillance.

+ UK property owners who don’t comply with new Net Zero energy rules may face prison – ‘Ministers want to grant powers to create new criminal offenses’ 

Controversial proposals within the UK Government's Energy Bill could lead to property owners facing prison time and fines up to £15,000 for non-compliance with new energy efficiency rules. The bill aims to essentially criminalise those who fail to reduce their energy consumption to meet net zero targets. The plans have sparked distress among Tory MPs, fearing the implications for homeowners, landlords, and businesses. Critics argue that the bill gives the government excessive powers to draw and enforce regulations with limited parliamentary oversight, and demand for a softer approach to accelerate progress on energy efficiency.

+ Patrick Lawrence: Bad Faith and Blank Checks 

This piece by Patrick Lawrence discusses the current crisis in American journalism, tracing a long history of its disfigurement and making links between financial motivations, ignorance, and lack of authenticity. He invokes the concept of bad faith, a term coined by philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, to describe the situation where journalists are no longer acting true to themselves, but are instead, playing roles expected by others. He challenges the notion of journalism being practised for others and incites a shift towards journalism for oneself. Lawrence's analysis suggests that contemporary journalism is largely influenced by the necessity of appearing a certain way to secure financial longevity, with truth and objectivity often falling by the wayside. He also criticises the term "alternative media," preferring "independent media" which affirms autonomy from political, financial, and institutional influence.

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