THE FIRST CASUALTY IN WAR, HOT OR COLD, IS THE TRUTH
By Dr Fred M’membe
YouTube excluded all content from RT from all over the world! Just one more chapter of the atrocity we have been expecting from them. It’s happening. Alternatives urgently needed! Interesting to know that. RT and Sputnik announced they are live-streaming (in English) in another platform called Odysee – odysee.com. The US controls every layer of the internet from the physical to the top layer. So they shift the battle of which layer as needed.
The Internet was designed from the beginning by the US Defense Department. They knew this level of control of the infrastructure – servers, networks – gave them a decisive edge in the battle for ideas. As the New Cold War against China escalates, the United States political establishment and its allies are intensifying their efforts to restrict discussion on the international political situation, invoking anti-Chinese racist rhetoric and targeted smear campaigns.
This dangerous agenda seeks to justify an aggressive foreign policy towards China and is having a chilling effect on the political climate within the United States and allied countries such as Britain, Australia, and Canada.
Politicians and the mainstream media demonise China in an attempt to justify the New Cold War. McCarthyite witch-hunts are being launched against individuals for merely questioning or criticizing their government’s foreign policy. Especially concerning is the sharp increase of hate crimes and attacks against people of Chinese and East and Southeast Asian heritage in the West. It is clear that the propaganda war against China is directly fuelling this rise in racism and creating a climate in which Asian diaspora communities are being increasingly treated as “enemies within.”
This repressive environment is not merely a threat to democracy, it also increases the likelihood of dangerous and destructive foreign policy choices by shutting down debate. During the 20th century, McCarthyism prevented robust and objective discussions from taking place in the US about its Cold War foreign policy.
This confining approach contributed to disastrous and criminal US policy decisions such as the Vietnam War. A similar atmosphere of fear and racism helped pave the way for the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Instead of adopting these Cold War, ideologically-charged, and alarmist approaches, we must create an open environment which fosters fact-based discussion and dialogue. Racism, witch-hunts, and censorious attacks on free speech are not only reprehensible, but also an obstacle to the global cooperation necessary to resolve the serious problems that the world faces.
Fred M’membe