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These motherfuckers are at it again, and this time they think we are too stupid to see the strings being pulled right in front of our goddamn faces. Welcome to The Anti Social Socialist, I am NodeZ3r0, and today we are cutting through the fascist machine noise to show you exactly what the corporate… Watch this episode on WOPR TV: https://wopr-tv.wopr.systems/w/mqhXGesCwkbTqVvMEkg9s3 SOURCES & STORIES COVERED: Middle East: Report: Iranian attacks caused billions in ‘unprecedented damage’ to US intelligence sites in the Middle East (Middle East Eye) https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/report-iranian-attacks-caused-billions-unprecedented-damage-us Europe: Canada strikes back at US with retaliatory tariffs as trade war escalates (France 24) https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260826-canada-strikes-back-at-us-with-retaliatory-tariffs-as-trade-war-escalates Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada (The Guardian World) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/26/paper-product-toilet-paper-tariffs-us-canada US Independent Media: How the Media Sells Genocide (ScheerPost) https://scheerpost.com/2026/08/25/how-the-media-sells-genocide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-the-media-sells-genocide Asia-Pacific: Philippines eyes drones and ‘system of systems’ to boost asymmetric defence (South China Morning Post) https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3365320/philippines-eyes-drones-and-system-systems-boost-asymmetric-defence?utm_source=rss_feed Oceania: ‘Economic asphyxiation’: US unveils sweeping new sanctions campaign in attempt to isolate Iran (SBS Australia) https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/economic-asphyxiation-us-sanctions-campaign-isolate-iran/zaeknjsvf Latin America: Lula’s poll lead over Bolsonaro shrinks as Brazil election campaign opens (Buenos Aires Times) https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/latin-america/lulas-poll-lead-over-bolsonaro-shrinks-as-brazil-election-campaign-opens.phtml Africa: GREEN ROUTE: Hemp dreams — young South African pioneers create a new industry against all odds (Daily Maverick SA) https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-26-hemp-dreams-young-south-african-pioneers-create-a-new-industry-against-all-odds/ FALKEN INTELLIGENCE: Active disinformation operations tracked: OP-SUBMITTED-LINK-COMMENTS, OP-NEWS-MAYOR-NONE, OP-RUSSIA-MANAEA-NONE, OP-LECHE-CRUDA-PARA, OP-NONE-YEAR-STATE Duration: 16 minutes Generated: 2026-08-26 AI-generated socialist analysis powered by Chatterbox voice cloning. International news the billionaire-owned media wont tell you. Video version: https://wopr-tv.wopr.systems/w/mqhXGesCwkbTqVvMEkg9s3 Subscribe: https://asscast.org WOPR Foundation: https://wopr.systems Mastodon: https://mstdn.wopr.systems/@nodez3r0 Falken Intelligence: https://falken.wopr.systems FULL TRANSCRIPT: These motherfuckers are at it again, and this time they think we are too stupid to see the strings being pulled right in front of our goddamn faces. Welcome to The Anti Social Socialist, I am NodeZ3r0, and today we are cutting through the fascist machine noise to show you exactly what the corporate media is hiding while they sell you their fake news to keep you docile and poor. You think the world is crazy? You are wrong. The world is a lie constructed by the same two hundred billion dollar cartel that owns your news, your bank, and your prison system. We are here to rip the mask off and show the rotting meat underneath. Let’s start with a story that the mainstream media wants you to ignore because it exposes their entire intelligence apparatus for the fraud it is. NBC News is running a piece claiming Iranian attacks caused billions in unprecedented damage to US sites, but they are calling it an attack while ignoring the reality of imperialism. Middle East Eye is reporting that missile and drone strikes have devastated intelligence gathering equipment used by the CIA and other spy agencies across the region. What are they doing there? They are there to enforce the will of capitalism, to secure resources for the global elite, and to crush any resistance that threatens the free market. The CIA is not a democracy watchdog, it is a fascist machine designed to protect the interests of the two hundred billion dollar class. When you bomb a country, you create martyrs, and when you bomb intelligence sites, you are creating a vacuum that the very system you worship is trying to fill with more lies. The BBC is saying this is a defensive response, but let’s be clear, this is not defense. This is the US military industrial complex expanding its footprint while the workers in those countries starve. The pigs in the Pentagon are laughing at us while they burn down hospitals and schools in places that don’t exist on their maps of reality. They call it a war, we call it occupation, and the only thing they are winning is more debt for the people they claim to protect. Moving on, now check this out because the trade war is getting real and the people who pay the price are not the billionaires in their jets. France 24 is reporting that Canada has struck back at the United States with retaliatory tariffs on about two hundred billion dollars worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances, and farm equipment. The confrontation is threatening one of the world’s largest trading relationships, but the real story is the class war being played out in plain sight. The US politicians are screaming about national security, about protecting American jobs, but the result is that American businesses are getting crushed while the billionaire class walks away richer. This is the game show host logic of capitalism where the only prize is for the one who can bleed the most. They talk about free trade, but free trade for whom? Free trade for the corporations, not the workers. The workers in Canada and the workers in the US are being used as cannon fodder in a war between the states while the corporations make sure the profits flow uphill to the owners. They say the trade war is escalating sharply, but it is the people who are feeling the pain, not the politicians in Washington or Ottawa. The pigs are feeding us the narrative that this is about patriotism, but it is about profit. It is about control. And if you think this is just a dispute between two countries, you are missing the forest for the trees. The global economy is being weaponized against the people, and the next step is to isolate the countries that dare to say no. Here is where it gets wild because the media is not just lying, they are actively manufacturing consent for genocide. ScheerPost is reporting on how Western media employs double standards and censorship to amplify Israeli lies and dehumanize Palestinians. Chris Hedges is screaming about how the media facilitates genocide by normalizing the occupation and erasing violations of international law. This is not journalism, this is a propaganda operation. The mainstream media betrays and demonizes the working class of the world while they celebrate the destruction of a people who have done nothing but resist. They talk about freedom, but they mean freedom to sell weapons to the oppressors. They talk about democracy, but they mean the right to vote for the billionaire who owns their news station. The Western media is complicit in the bloodshed because they provide the cover for the fascist machine to operate without consequence. They erase the voices of the oppressed and amplify the voices of the oppressors because that is how the system works. The only thing that matters is the bottom line, and the bottom line for the military industrial complex is blood and profit. The pigs in the newsrooms are telling us what to think, what to feel, and what to fear, and it is all designed to keep us divided and conquered. If we do not wake up, we will be the next generation to march into the concentration camps that the media tells us do not exist. Now check this gem from the Asia Pacific region because the Philippines is trying to survive the storm of imperialism while the big powers play chess with bodies. The South China Morning Post is reporting that the Philippines is looking to drones and a system of systems to boost asymmetric defense against a far larger Chinese military presence at sea. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is focusing on expanding the military’s drone fleet as part of his external defense strategy, but this is not about defense, it is about submission to the new world order. The administration is trying to make its forces harder to find and suppress, but the real threat is not the Chinese military, it is the global capitalist system that is strangling the Philippines. The Filipino people are trying to build a life for themselves, but the global elite are looking for a way to extract more resources and crush any resistance. The drones are not a substitute for warships and aircraft, they are a cheap way to extend the reach of the empire without spending a dime on the people who actually need it. The pigs in the Pentagon are watching the Philippines with a hungry eye, waiting for the right moment to strike. The Philippines is not an ally, it is a pawn on the chessboard of the global elite. And the only way to win is to stop playing the game and start building a movement that can take back the power from the two hundred billion dollar cartel. Meanwhile, in the Middle East, the economic asphyxiation is real and the US is trying to isolate Iran with sweeping new sanctions. SBS Australia is reporting that the US latest move comes six months into a war with Iran that has left peace talks stalled and the Strait of Hormuz blocked. This is not a war for freedom, this is a war for oil. The US is using its economic power to crush the Iranian economy, to force the people to submit to the will of the empire. The pigs in Washington are talking about sanctions for sanctions sake, but the real goal is to break the will of the people who refuse to be enslaved by the global capitalist system. The Strait of Hormuz is the lifeblood of the global economy, and the US is holding it hostage to force the world to play by its rules. The people of Iran are fighting back, but they are up against the full force of the fascist machine, the entire might of the US military industrial complex. And they are not the only ones being crushed. The people of the world are being held hostage by the same system that promises freedom but delivers chains. The only way to break the chains is to build a movement that can challenge the power of the two hundred billion dollar cartel and take back the resources for the people. And then there is this story from South America that shows how the system is trying to manipulate the next generation of leaders. The Buenos Aires Times is reporting that Lula’s poll lead over Bolsonaro is shrinking as the Brazil election campaign opens. This is a sign that the system is trying to divide the people, to create a false choice between two politicians who are both owned by the same two hundred billion dollar cartel. The pigs in the media are telling us that this is a democratic process, but it is a farce. The candidates are not fighting for the people, they are fighting for the votes of the most desperate, the most exploited, the most ignored. And the only way to win is to reject the false choice and build a movement that can take back the power from the two hundred billion dollar cartel. The people of Brazil are not going to let themselves be played by the pigs in the media. They are going to wake up and demand a system that works for everyone, not just the elite. And if they do, they will find that the two hundred billion dollar cartel is not so powerful after all. And then there is this story from Africa that shows what is possible when the people take back the power. The Daily Maverick SA is reporting on Green Route, a South African startup that is reimagining hemp as a commercial textile powerhouse. They are breeding local seeds to boost manufacturing and create sustainable jobs, but this is not just a business, it is a movement. It is a rejection of the global capitalist system that is destroying the environment and the people. The people of South Africa are building a new economy that works for the people, not for the two hundred billion dollar cartel. They are proving that it is possible to build a system that is sustainable, that is just, and that is free. And if we can do it in South Africa, we can do it everywhere. The only thing standing in our way is the fear of the pigs in the media, the fear of the two hundred billion dollar cartel, and the fear of the system that tells us we are not enough. But we are enough, and we are going to build a world that is free, a world that is just, and a world that is ours. And then there is this story from North America that shows how the trade war is affecting the most basic needs of the people. The Guardian World is reporting that paper products are among the hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with twenty-five to fifty percent tariffs estimated to be imposed. Are you a Canadian boycotting US products? We would like to hear from you. Using the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war. This is not a war for freedom, it is a war for profit. The pigs in Washington and Ottawa are talking about national security, but the real goal is to crush the economies of the countries that dare to say no. The people are paying the price, not the billionaires in their jets. And the only way to stop this is to build a movement that can take back the power from the two hundred billion dollar cartel and demand a system that works for everyone, not just the elite. Our intelligence pipeline detected a cluster of disinformation operations being run on social media platforms like Bluesky, Mastodon, Reddit, and Truth Social. They are using fear mongering, cherry picking, and loaded language to distract us from the real issues. They are trying to make us believe that the war in Ukraine is about freedom, but it is about resources. They are trying to make us believe that the trade war is about economics, but it is about control. They are trying to make us believe that the media is independent, but it is owned by the two hundred billion dollar cartel. We need to see through the lies, we need to see the truth, and we need to build a movement that can take back the power from the pigs in the media and the two hundred billion dollar cartel. We need to organize, we need to self-host, and we need to join the wopr.systems community. We need to build a system that works for everyone, not just the elite. And if we do, we will find that the two hundred billion dollar cartel is not so powerful after all. The people are waking up, the people are organizing, and the people are going to take back the power from the pigs in the media and the two hundred billion dollar cartel. We are not going to let them destroy our world, we are not going to let them destroy our children, and we are not going to let them destroy our future. We are going to build a world that is free, a world that is just, and a world that is ours. So what are you going to do? Are you going to stand by and let them destroy our world, or are you going to join the movement and take back the power from the two hundred billion dollar cartel? The choice is yours, but the clock is ticking. The fascist machine is ready to strike, the pigs in the media are ready to lie, and the two hundred billion dollar cartel is ready to crush us. But we are not going to let them. We are going to fight, we are going to organize, and we are going to win. And when we win, we will build a world that is free, a world that is just, and a world that is ours. Go to wopr.systems and join the movement. Share this episode with your brothers and sisters. Organize in your community. Demand a system that works for everyone, not just the elite. And remember, we are not alone. We have each other, and together we are unstoppable. This is NodeZ3r0, signing off from The Anti Social Socialist. Stay woke, stay free, and keep fighting the good fight.