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First hour: Yuri Bezmenov of the How to Subvert Subversion Substack discusses…well, subverting subversion. What’s that about? And who is Yuri? Well…”Yuri” nom-de-plumed himself after the famous “Russian subversive.” He explains:
1983 was the year before the real Yuri Bezmenov gave his famous speech about ideological subversion. It was also the year that Yuri Sr. arrived in America. Many immigrants who came in the 80s lament how much the country has deteriorated since then. I recently bought a copy LIFE Magazine’s 1983 Year in Review at a garage sale. The stories and advertising were captivating, aspirational, and beautiful. They reflected a bold, confident nation. Since then, many brands and images have been “reimagined” with demoralization and subversion. What were your memories of 1983? Who wouldn’t want to go back to this vibe?
I wouldn’t mind going back to a 1983 vibe. Speaking of that era…on the plane back to Morocco, after a three-week visit to the US, I watched an extraordinary movie set in the late 70’s and early ’80s, The Iron Claw, which I hope to review at some point…
Second hour: Ron Unz discusses his latest, “American Pravda: YouTube Censorship and the Curious Case of Candace Owens.” Why are the YouTube censors, who purged my main and later backup channel some time ago (along with other alt-media channels) allowing Candace Owens to say equally controversial things about equally forbidden topics…and reach an audience of millions? Is it because Owens intersperses her courageous exposés of Israel’s genocide and domination of US media, 9/11 (here and here), World War II revisionism, and even (gasp) Adolf Hitler…with Flat Earth and anti-science? Or maybe they just haven’t gotten around to bothering to nuke her channel yet?