Rob Urie

Rob Urie is an artist and political economist. His book Zen Economics is published by CounterPunch Books.

The Common Thread That Unites Brazil and Global Resurgence of the Radical Right

If Bolsonaro can impose austerity while maintaining an unjust peace, Wall Street and the IMF will smile and ask for more.

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By Rob Urie

With Jair Bolsonaro’s electoral victory in Sunday’s runoff election for president of Brazil, a global resurgence of the radical right is indisputable. Mr. Bolsonaro is a particularly ugly representative of this movement, both politically repressive and culturally intolerant. The question being asked in the bourgeois press is: what psychological

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Facebook and the Rise of Anti-Social Media

Social media exists atop computers developed by the Federal government, runs on the internet developed by the U.S. military, is transmitted through telecoms controlled by companies acting in concert with the Federal government and was partially funded by the CIA.

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By Rob Urie
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg walks at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

It was a bit over four years ago that journalist Glenn Greenwald reported that British ‘intelligence,’ GCHQ, had developed a program to spread politically targeted disinformation over the internet. The revelation came from a presentation made to the ‘Five Eyes alliance,’ which includes the NSA and was released by Edward Snowden. In the context of

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Robert Mueller, Russia and International Oil Politics

The Robert Mueller indictment is more about imperial powers competing for oil and gas than it is about alleged election interference on behalf of Russia.

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By Rob Urie
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. Comey, a former Bush administration official who defiantly refused to go along with White House demands on warrantless wiretapping nearly a decade ago, took over last month for Robert Mueller, who stepped down after 12 years as agency director. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

The Mueller indictment made public on Friday charges 13 Russian nationals with trolling the American electoral process to ‘sow discord’ by falsely representing themselves as American dissident personas. Once the field of presidential aspirants had been narrowed in 2016, their goal became to support Donald Trump’s candidacy while disparaging Hillary

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