In honor of “Vermont Independence Month” (January – as declared in 2006 by the Vermont State Legislature) and in celebration of the 240th anniversary of the founding of the 1st Vermont Republic (1VR) in 1777, join “Vermont Independent” publisher Rob Williams for a free-wheeling conversation with independent journalist Kevin Kelley about the history and future of the 2nd Vermont Republic (2VR).

March 2, 2018

Plan V-TV/2: FROM SVR TO 2VR – Vermont Indy Journalist Kevin Kelley

In honor of “Vermont Independence Month” (January – as declared in 2006 by the Vermont State Legislature) and in celebration of the 240th anniversary of the […]
March 1, 2018

Plan V-TV/1: DIGITAL DEMOCRACY IN THE 2VR – New Grass Roots’ Benjamin Brown

Join “Vermont Independent” publisher Rob Williams for a conversation with New Grass Roots’ Benjamin Brown re: digital democracy, electoral transparency, and how Vermonters can use new […]
February 22, 2018

Vermont “Gunshots” – Guns In The Green Mountains (VPR)

In the wake of the Florida school shooting and the subsequent Fair Haven, Vermont incident, we went back and listened to VPR’s “Gunshots” series from August […]
February 22, 2018

Plan V-TV/33: The Proposed Pentagon F-35 BTV Base’ing – What Does It Mean For Vermont? (PLAN V-TV/33)

Watch our latest episode of PLAN V-TV on the F-35 right here. Not even the Pentagon and the Department of Defense like the F-35 joint strike […]
February 19, 2018

“New York Times” Readers: 27% Vote YES on STATE SECESSION (FEB 2018 POLL)

Well, well, well. Even New York Times readers are figuring out the US is an Empire.
February 17, 2018

From #BernieBros to #PutinPuppets – The “#RussiaHackedThe2016Election Meme Mutates, Again (FAKE NEWS)

So, now, according to “US Special Counsel Robert Mueller,” the 2016 US presidential campaigns of insurgent Democrat/Vermonter Bernie Sanders and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are […]
February 16, 2018

The Post (Truth) World: Reviving the “Propaganda Model Of News” For Our Digital Age

Let’s begin with some multimedia “news” artifacts. Here is how the SnapChat platform “news feed” presents “news’ to its users. Snapchat “News” Feed from February 22, […]
February 15, 2018

Imperial Infrastructure: Why China Is Running Circles Around US (Bu Hao!)

Publisher’s Note: For the moment, the world’s two most powerful 21st century Empires are US and China. We’ve been to western China and witnessed the ambitious “One […]
February 12, 2018

How The American Empire’s “Propaganda Machine” Gaslights US While “Russia Smearing” Independent News Channels (MINT NEWS / RT)

Publisher’s note: I had the good fortune to meet MINT founder Mnar Muhwesh at a national media conference hosted by Project Censored several months ago, and […]
February 11, 2018

“Fake News” is Fake News (Anti-Empire Report)

Publisher’s Note: Killing Hope author William Blum is an independent researcher and expert on the US Empire. This article is republished from his Anti-Empire Report #155, February […]
February 11, 2018

Frack The US Empire, Empower Our Local Governments (YORKER POV)

Ten years have passed since we learned that the oil and gas industry was planning to frack a big chunk of New York State, including Otsego […]
February 11, 2018

“Bacon’s Utopia – Part 1” (OUR GEOENGINEERING AGE, PART 8)

Publisher’s Note: This is the eighth installment in our geoengineering series. Our skies are our most visible and vital global Commons, and they are under siege by powerful […]