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'''Caitlin A. Johnstone''' is a [[journalist]].
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'''Caitlin A. Johnstone''' is an [[Australian]] independent [[journalist]]. Her articles include ''The [[Nils Melzer|UN Torture Report]] On [[Julian Assange|Assange]] Is An Indictment Of Our Entire Society''.<ref>''[https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/the-un-torture-report-on-assange-is-an-indictment-of-our-entire-society-bc7b0a7130a6 "The UN Torture Report On Assange Is An Indictment Of Our Entire Society"]''</ref>
  
 
==Brief autobiography==
 
==Brief autobiography==
I am [[Australia]]n, lived in Melbourne nearly all of my life, two kids, twice married and once divorced. I got a journalism degree in 2003 but figured out long before completing the course that the media deck is stacked so far against truth that I wouldn’t be able to do the kind of work I wanted to do, so I did some environmental activism while paying the bills with corporate work. I had a bunch of transformative personal experiences during that time period, then in 2016 I got a job at a self-publishing news outlet where I quickly gained an audience for my opinion articles about the [[Bernie Sanders]] movement (which arose from a commentary void I’d noticed needed filling while I was participating in Bernie Facebook groups). In 2017 I got a [[Patreon]] account and became a fully crowd-funded writer who is answerable to no one, a privileged position I exploit to its fullest in saying things I think need to be said regardless of the taboos against saying them.<ref>''[https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/who-i-am-where-i-stand-and-what-im-trying-to-do-here-4a113e783578 "Who I Am, Where I Stand, And What I’m Trying To Do Here"]''</ref>
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"I am [[Australia]]n, lived in Melbourne nearly all of my life, two kids, twice married and once divorced. I got a journalism degree in 2003 but figured out long before completing the course that the media deck is stacked so far against truth that I wouldn’t be able to do the kind of work I wanted to do, so I did some environmental activism while paying the bills with corporate work. I had a bunch of transformative personal experiences during that time period, then in 2016 I got a job at a self-publishing news outlet where I quickly gained an audience for my opinion articles about the [[Bernie Sanders]] movement (which arose from a commentary void I’d noticed needed filling while I was participating in Bernie Facebook groups). In 2017 I got a [[Patreon]] account and became a fully crowd-funded writer who is answerable to no one, a privileged position I exploit to its fullest in saying things I think need to be said regardless of the taboos against saying them."<ref name=medium>''[https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/who-i-am-where-i-stand-and-what-im-trying-to-do-here-4a113e783578 "Who I Am, Where I Stand, And What I’m Trying To Do Here"]''</ref>
  
 
===Saving the world===
 
===Saving the world===
My goal here in this little slot of digital real estate is to do every little thing I can to help save the world. Humanity appears to be hurtling toward extinction by way of climate destruction or nuclear annihilation, both of which are movements held in place by a transnational alliance of plutocrats and secretive government agencies. This [[unelected power establishment]] (which is sometimes referred to as the [[deep state]], a term I now avoid since [[Republican Party|Republican partisans]] have distorted its meaning) seems to be motivated not by any ideology, nor by any loyalty to any particular nation or government, but by sheer hunger for limitless power. I place emphasis on the [[United States]], because that’s where the largest amount of power appears to be centralised.
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"My goal here in this little slot of digital real estate is to do every little thing I can to help save the world. Humanity appears to be hurtling toward extinction by way of climate destruction or nuclear annihilation, both of which are movements held in place by a transnational alliance of plutocrats and secretive government agencies. This [[unelected power establishment]] (which is sometimes referred to as the [[deep state]], a term I now avoid since [[Republican Party|Republican partisans]] have distorted its meaning) seems to be motivated not by any ideology, nor by any loyalty to any particular nation or government, but by sheer hunger for limitless power. I place emphasis on the [[United States]], because that’s where the largest amount of power appears to be centralised."<ref name=medium/>
  
 
===Controlling the narrative===
 
===Controlling the narrative===
Whoever controls the narrative controls the world. Understand this key point and you’ll understand why [[corporate media|plutocrat-controlled media]] outlets are constantly smearing [[Julian Assange]], why they never fail to fall in line to support a US-led military agenda, why they pay massive amounts of attention to some political candidates while completely ignoring others, and why they put so much energy into keeping everyone arguing over the details of how the status quo should be maintained instead of debating whether it should exist at all. The [[unelected power establishment]] uses its control over politics and media to determine what the public believes about what’s going on in their world in order to keep them from rebelling against a status quo which does not serve them; without the ability to effectively propagandise the masses in this way, they cannot rule. I therefore concentrate most of my energy here in attacking that propaganda machine and weakening the unearned trust that the public has placed in the [[mainstream media|mass media]].<ref>''[https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/whoever-controls-the-narrative-controls-the-world-c22e1134e857 "Whoever Controls The Narrative Controls The World"]''</ref>
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"Whoever [[controls the narrative]] controls the world. Understand this key point and you’ll understand why [[corporate media|plutocrat-controlled media]] outlets are constantly smearing [[Julian Assange]], why they never fail to fall in line to support a US-led military agenda, why they pay massive amounts of attention to some political candidates while completely ignoring others, and why they put so much energy into keeping everyone arguing over the details of how the status quo should be maintained instead of debating whether it should exist at all. The [[unelected power establishment]] uses its control over politics and media to determine what the public believes about what’s going on in their world in order to keep them from rebelling against a status quo which does not serve them; without the ability to effectively [[propagandise]] the masses in this way, they cannot rule. I therefore concentrate most of my energy here in attacking that propaganda machine and weakening the unearned trust that the public has placed in the [[mainstream media|mass media]]."<ref>''[https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/whoever-controls-the-narrative-controls-the-world-c22e1134e857 "Whoever Controls The Narrative Controls The World"]''</ref>
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===QAnon===
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In August 2020, ''[[RT]]'' carried Caitlin Johnstone's ''QAnon is a fake, decoy imitation of a healthy revolutionary impulse'' writing that it was " a shameless distraction that ensures no real change ever happens."
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===Israel at peace===
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On 2 January 2024, Caitlin Johnstone posted on '''[[X]]''':{{QB|
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:Don't worry, [[Israel]] will be at peace once it defeats [[Hamas]].
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:Well, first it'll need to conquer [[Syria]], eliminate [[Hezbollah]] and [[Ansarallah]], achieve regime change in [[Iran]], and defeat all the new enemies these military campaigns will create along the way.
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:But THEN there will be peace.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1741989401117245922 "Don't worry, Israel will be at peace once it defeats Hamas"]''</ref>}}
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===Discredited things===
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[[File:RFK_Jr_discredited.jpeg|300px|right|thumb|[[RFK Jr]] added to the list on 26 March 2024<ref>''[https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1772449408673570843 "Adding RFK Jr to the list"]''</ref>]]
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On 25 March 2024, Caitlin Johnstone posted on '''[[X]]''':{{QB|
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:List of things that have been discredited during the destruction of [[Gaza]]:
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*[[Israel]]
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*the [https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/publications/research/2019-06-10-Expert-Perspectives.pdf "rules-based international order"]
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*[[liberals]]
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*the label "[[antisemitism]]"
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*the [[mainstream media]]
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*[[Joe Biden]]
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*the "[[two-state solution]]" myth
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*[[Bernie Sanders]]
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*[[RFK Jr]]
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*the label "[[terrorist]]"
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*the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_shield human shields]" lie
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*the [[ADL]]
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*[[AIPAC]]
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*the [[American War Machine|US war machine]]
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*the [[Democratic Party]]
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*the [[Republican Party]]
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*[[Zionism]]
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*all [[western]] governments
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*all of [[western]] civilisation
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*everything [[western]]ers believe about their society<ref>''[https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1772055470322426231 "List of things that have been discredited during the destruction of Gaza"]''</ref>}}
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==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 26 March 2024

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(journalist, anarchist)
Caitlin Johnstone.jpg
NationalityAustralian
SpouseTim Foley
Member ofAmerican Herald Tribune
Interests • Fake news
• false flags
• AIPAC
• Anti-semitism
• QAnon
• propaganda
Australian deep state aware activist anarchist

Caitlin A. Johnstone is an Australian independent journalist. Her articles include The UN Torture Report On Assange Is An Indictment Of Our Entire Society.[1]

Brief autobiography

"I am Australian, lived in Melbourne nearly all of my life, two kids, twice married and once divorced. I got a journalism degree in 2003 but figured out long before completing the course that the media deck is stacked so far against truth that I wouldn’t be able to do the kind of work I wanted to do, so I did some environmental activism while paying the bills with corporate work. I had a bunch of transformative personal experiences during that time period, then in 2016 I got a job at a self-publishing news outlet where I quickly gained an audience for my opinion articles about the Bernie Sanders movement (which arose from a commentary void I’d noticed needed filling while I was participating in Bernie Facebook groups). In 2017 I got a Patreon account and became a fully crowd-funded writer who is answerable to no one, a privileged position I exploit to its fullest in saying things I think need to be said regardless of the taboos against saying them."[2]

Saving the world

"My goal here in this little slot of digital real estate is to do every little thing I can to help save the world. Humanity appears to be hurtling toward extinction by way of climate destruction or nuclear annihilation, both of which are movements held in place by a transnational alliance of plutocrats and secretive government agencies. This unelected power establishment (which is sometimes referred to as the deep state, a term I now avoid since Republican partisans have distorted its meaning) seems to be motivated not by any ideology, nor by any loyalty to any particular nation or government, but by sheer hunger for limitless power. I place emphasis on the United States, because that’s where the largest amount of power appears to be centralised."[2]

Controlling the narrative

"Whoever controls the narrative controls the world. Understand this key point and you’ll understand why plutocrat-controlled media outlets are constantly smearing Julian Assange, why they never fail to fall in line to support a US-led military agenda, why they pay massive amounts of attention to some political candidates while completely ignoring others, and why they put so much energy into keeping everyone arguing over the details of how the status quo should be maintained instead of debating whether it should exist at all. The unelected power establishment uses its control over politics and media to determine what the public believes about what’s going on in their world in order to keep them from rebelling against a status quo which does not serve them; without the ability to effectively propagandise the masses in this way, they cannot rule. I therefore concentrate most of my energy here in attacking that propaganda machine and weakening the unearned trust that the public has placed in the mass media."[3]

QAnon

In August 2020, RT carried Caitlin Johnstone's QAnon is a fake, decoy imitation of a healthy revolutionary impulse writing that it was " a shameless distraction that ensures no real change ever happens."

Israel at peace

On 2 January 2024, Caitlin Johnstone posted on X:

Don't worry, Israel will be at peace once it defeats Hamas.
Well, first it'll need to conquer Syria, eliminate Hezbollah and Ansarallah, achieve regime change in Iran, and defeat all the new enemies these military campaigns will create along the way.
But THEN there will be peace.[4]

Discredited things

RFK Jr added to the list on 26 March 2024[5]

On 25 March 2024, Caitlin Johnstone posted on X:

List of things that have been discredited during the destruction of Gaza:


 

Documents by Caitlin Johnstone

TitleDocument typePublication dateSubject(s)Description
Document:I've Been Banned From Facebook for Sharing an Article About False Flagsarticle17 November 2017False flag
Facebook
Streisand effect
Facebook/Censorship
Caitlin Johnstone's account of her Facebook censorship experience.
Document:Narrative Managers In Overdrive After Death Of White Helmets Founderblog post12 November 2019Eliot Higgins
White Helmets
James Le Mesurier
"Philip Cross"
Mark Urban
There is an immense narrative management campaign dedicated to controlling what people think about what’s happening in Syria. Whoever controls the narrative controls the world. Official Narrative control comes before any other priority the empire might have: before resources, before land, before even war itself. It’s up to us to see through their lies and bring an end to the lie factory.
Document:The Assange Case Invalidates US Criticisms Of Russia: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative MatrixArticle14 April 2022Julian Assange
Imran Khan
Volodymyr Zelensky
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Just the fact that the US and UK are imprisoning a journalist for exposing the war crimes of a war criminal president — just that one fact by itself — completely invalidates all criticisms of Russia from Washington and its allies.
Document:US bombs Syria and ridiculously claims self defenceArticle26 February 2021Middle East
Syria
Joe Biden
US/Exceptionalism
The US can bomb who it likes, whenever it likes, and when it does it is only ever doing so in self-defence, because the entire planet is the property of Washington DC. It can seize control of entire clusters of nations, and if any of those nations resist in any way, they are invading America’s sovereignty.

 

Quotes by Caitlin Johnstone

PageQuoteDateSource
"COVID-19/Response"“To minimize COVID-19] infection the UK is granting early release to all non-violent, non-Julian Assange prisoners.”4 April 2020
"Disinformation"“The weirdest thing about the Biden administration tasking itself with the censorship of "disinformation" on social media is that the United States is the hub of a globe-spanning empire that is built upon a foundation of disinformation, maintained by disinformation, and facilitated by disinformation.”July 2021
"Russian Propaganda"“What's funny about all this is that by constantly warning of the dangers of Russian propaganda, imperial spinmeisters are admitting that they know it's possible to manipulate public thought at mass scale using media. They're just lying about who's doing it to us. In reality, they're not worried about Russian propaganda. "Russian propaganda" is just a spooky story we are told to keep us from noticing that our civilization is saturated in US propaganda.”31 August 2022
Corporate media/Mendacity“More and more we are seeing narratives about cyber-threats being used to advance reports of “attacks” and “acts of war” being perpetrated which, as far as the public is concerned, consist of nothing other than the authoritative assertions of confident-sounding media pundits. There was a recent NBC exclusive which was co-authored by Ken Dilanian, who is an actual, literal CIA asset, about the threat of hackers working for the Iranian government. The alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US elections is now routinely compared to Pearl Harbor and 9/11, despite no hard, verifiable evidence that that interference even took place ever being presented to the public.”11 August 2018Medium
Gaslighting“This is also the model for the greater imperialist propaganda construct, not just with regard to Syria but with Russia, North Korea, Iran, and any other insolent government which refuses to bow to American supremacist agendas. It works like this: first, the oligarch-owned establishment media, which itself is chock full of Council on Foreign Relations members, uses other warmongering think tanks and its own massive funding to force deep state psyops like Russiagate and “Saddam has WMDs” into becoming the mainstream narrative. Second, they use the mainstream, widely-accepted status of this manufactured narrative to paint anyone who questions it as a mentally defective tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist. It’s a perfect scheme. The mass media has given a few elites the ability to effectively turn a false story that they themselves invented into an established fact so broadly accepted that anyone who doubts it can be painted in the exact same light as someone who doubts the roundness of the Earth. The illusion of unanimous agreement is so complete that blatant establishment psyops are placed on the same level as settled scientific fact, even though it’s made of little else but highly paid pundits making authoritative assertions in confident tones of voice day after day.”12 February 2018
US/Exceptionalism“"The US can bomb who it likes, whenever it likes, and when it does it is only ever doing so in self-defence, because the entire planet is the property of Washington DC. It can seize control of entire clusters of nations, and if any of those nations resist in any way, they are invading America’s sovereignty."”2021
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