We're all being set up to play our part in a 'mediatized, government-approved race war', argues Joe Quinn in his latest Sott Focus.

"...it's not reasonable to suggest that the majority of 'Islamophobes' in Europe today are knuckle-dragging throwbacks to the pre-Enlightenment era who are instinctively suspicious of anything with which they are unfamiliar, hence their Islamophobia. The average Islamophobe in Europe today is, rather, a person who has been paying very close attention to the words and deeds of Western politicians and media pundits over the past 17 years. And what he/she has been hearing from those authoritative sources is that Muslims are terrorists with a rather strong aversion to Western people and their 'way of life'..."

"When an empire is in decline it will seek out scapegoats to place blame for its downfall..."

Guest article by Max Parry on how 'Russigate' serves as a smokescreen that protects real meddling by Israel, and paves the way for war with Iran.