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A U.S. university taking bodies that people donated for science and handing them over to the military is already a serious breach of trust. But what USC and UC San Diego have been doing goes further. They’ve been supplying cadavers to the U.S. Navy, and some of those bodies ended up in trauma‑surgery training for Israeli military teams in Los Angeles. None of this was disclosed to donors or their families. USC has taken more than $860,000 from the Navy over the past seven years in exchange for at least 89 cadavers. Thirty‑two of those were used specifically for Israeli military training at Los Angeles General Medical Center. The Navy contracts spell it out: USC is responsible for acquiring “fresh tissue cadaver bodies,” many of them coming from UCSD’s donation program. The bodies weren’t used for basic anatomy classes. They were used in battlefield trauma simulations. Israeli military doctors practiced on “perfused cadavers,” meaning the bodies were pumped with artificial blood to mimic living patients. These sessions included treating gunshot and explosion wounds. USC also sourced bodies from unclaimed or unidentified remains through its Office of Decedent Affairs. Using unclaimed bodies is legal in California, but bioethicists have been warning for years that it’s unethical to use people who never consented — especially for military training. The American Association for Anatomy has said programs should rely only on informed consent. Students at USC’s Keck School of Medicine were the first to publicly push back. Seventy‑two students, residents, and physicians signed a letter demanding transparency. They said donors expect their bodies to be used for medical education, not for military trauma drills involving a foreign army. When they reviewed the consent documents, they found no clear disclosure that bodies could be used this way. Manufacturing Dissent is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.USC’s administration insists this is “educational,” not “military,” but the Navy contracts contradict that. The purpose is to strengthen cooperation between the U.S. military and the Israeli Defense Forces. Civil rights groups have condemned the program outright. CAIR‑LA called USC’s actions “disturbing,” pointing out that many of the bodies appear to have been unclaimed individuals who never had the chance to consent. They also criticized USC for enabling a foreign military accused of mass civilian killings in Gaza. The bottom line is simple. People donated their bodies believing they would help train doctors, advance science, or support medical research. They did not consent to being used in military exercises, let alone for a foreign army. USC and UCSD never told them. They never told their families. And they profited from it.This is not a paperwork error. It’s a systemic breach of trust, carried out quietly for years, and only exposed because students and journalists dug into the contracts.Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

Mathias Döpfner runs Axel Springer, one of the biggest media companies in Europe. It owns outlets such as Bild, Politico, and Business Insider. On May 11, 2026, he spoke to the governing board of the World Jewish Congress in Geneva. He opened by saying he is a goy and that he is a Zionist. He told the group that Zionism is not just for Jews and that everyone should support it.He laid out steps to fight antisemitism. One part called for zero tolerance and for removing antisemites from places where the law allows it. Another part pushed European countries to open their doors wider to Jewish families through easier immigration and naturalization rules. Döpfner said Europe’s Jewish population per person is ten times smaller than in the United States. He argued that making Europe more Jewish would test real tolerance and bring gains in education, creativity, business, and stability.Döpfner also attacked social media. He singled out TikTok as one of the most dangerous tools for spreading extremist and antisemitic content, especially to young people. He said the West should follow the United States and force its sale to new owners. He warned that woke thinking acts as a cover for antisemitism and Islamism. As an example, he pointed to climate activist Greta Thunberg. He said she no longer focuses much on carbon emissions but now pushes antisemitic ideas.He criticized empty talk about the Holocaust and “never again.” Döpfner said such speeches have become meaningless because antisemitism keeps growing on streets, campuses, and online. He described Israel as a democracy and a center of Western values in a tough region. At the end of his talk he declared that we all shall be Zionists. The audience gave him a standing ovation.Sick f***s. F**k him and his delusions.Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

This video exposes the truth about American restaurants across the entire spectrum — fast food, casual dining, sit‑down chains, and buffet giants like Golden Corral. Action 9 dug through thousands of state inspection reports and uncovered a pattern of violations so severe that some inspectors quit their jobs on the spot. One restaurant was shut down the same day it failed. These aren’t isolated incidents — they’re symptoms of a system built on speed, volume, and cutting corners.The video shows how the food you think is “fresh,” “grilled,” or “made to order” is often microwaved, reheated, pre‑packaged, or sitting in unsafe conditions. Applebee’s is described as a dining room attached to a giant microwave line. Cheddar’s desserts arrive frozen and thawed. Wendy’s “fresh, never frozen” slogan applies only to beef — everything else comes in frozen blocks. McDonald’s ice cream and McCafé machines can sit with residue inside for weeks because the cleaning cycles fail. Their fries are coated in sugar and beef flavoring. Burger King’s “flame‑grilled” patties touch fire for seconds before being microwaved.Then comes the buffet problem — the worst of all. Golden Corral’s open‑air trays become breeding grounds for bacteria, allergens, and spoiled food. Cross‑contamination is constant: serving utensils dipped into multiple dishes, raw proteins stored near ready‑to‑eat items, and food sitting at unsafe temperatures for hours. Buffets rely on the illusion of abundance, but behind that illusion is a rotating cycle of reheated leftovers, improperly cooled dishes, and trays that should have been thrown out long before customers arrived.Across all chains, inspectors documented mold in ice machines, grease hardened onto equipment for months, raw meat stored above cooked food, and prep stations that haven’t been sanitized properly in ages. Former employees describe conveyor belts, fryers, and warming drawers coated in grime. The sodium, sugar, additives, and allergens hidden in “simple” menu items push many meals past daily health limits before you even finish the plate.The warning to Americans is blunt: the restaurant industry depends on the fact that you never see the kitchen. The dining room can look spotless while the back is a health hazard. The menu can say “fresh” while the food is thawed, microwaved, or contaminated. And the chains you trust most — fast food, casual dining, buffets — are often the ones hiding the biggest risks.This PSA tells you to stop assuming a familiar brand means safe food. Check inspection scores. Pay attention to how food is handled. And understand that the problems aren’t limited to one type of restaurant — they run through the entire system.Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

This interview with former CIA officer John Kiriakou lands like a crack in the façade of the U.S. intelligence world. Kiriakou doesn’t speak in abstractions — he describes a system built on deception, political protection, and a willingness to cross moral lines whenever it suits national objectives. His account of the post‑9/11 torture program, the internal culture that rewarded sociopathic traits, and the political leadership that lied openly about torture reinforces a broader pattern many observers have long argued: intelligence agencies operate with extraordinary autonomy and almost no public accountability.Kiriakou’s stories from Athens and the Middle East show how deeply U.S. and allied intelligence services embed themselves in regional conflicts, shaping outcomes far beyond what the public ever sees. His description of Greece as a safe corridor for armed groups, the CIA’s recruitment of violent actors, and the quiet cooperation between Western and Middle Eastern networks underscores how intelligence agencies often act as geopolitical engineers rather than neutral observers.Organizations like the CIA and Mossad exert disproportionate influence over global events and often operate in morally ambiguous or outright destructive ways. He doesn’t make sweeping claims, but the details he provides point to a system where secrecy shields misconduct, where political leaders deny what everyone inside knows to be true, and where the line between national security and covert manipulation is intentionally blurred.Kiriakou’s account doesn’t “prove” every suspicion people hold about intelligence agencies, but it does validate the core concern: these institutions wield immense power with minimal oversight, and when abuses occur, they are buried under classification, legal threats, and political theater. His story becomes a case study in how the machinery works — and why so many people believe that the world’s most consequential decisions are shaped not by public debate, but by covert actors operating in the shadows.📽️ carlos and thecarlospodcast/ytManufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

Tyler Oliveira built his brand exposing welfare abuse. The right loved him for it when the targets were Somali daycares in Minneapolis. But the moment he turned the same camera, same tone, and same accusations toward Orthodox communities in New York and New Jersey, everything flipped. Republican influencers who once praised him suddenly called him antisemitic. His Patreon vanished. His audience fractured. And the whole episode exposed a simple truth: the outrage machine only approves “fraud busting” when the target is politically convenient. When Oliveira followed the logic of his own content straight into Jersey’s Orthodox strongholds, he crossed a line his former supporters never wanted him to touch.Here was Manufacturing Dissent other post about the Jersey Jews written by KairosTimeNow:Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

The new Tucker Carlson interview with Rep. Thomas Massie digs into the political pressure he says comes from inside Donald Trump’s Republican Party, from AIPAC, and from what he calls the “Epstein class.” Massie walks through how party leadership punishes members who don’t vote the way donors want, why he voted against Israel funding 15 times, and how AIPAC targets him for refusing to fall in line. He also talks about the Epstein cover‑up, the debt crisis, and how lobbyists shape Congress more than voters do. The conversation focused on the forces he believes are trying to push him out of office. Who actually holds power in Congress?Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

In a 2026 city council meeting in Ravenna, Ohio, Will Hollingsworth spoke up. He is a local librarian, programmer, and former digital artist who got replaced by the AI tools he once helped train. He made a clear, fact-based argument against a proposed data center. He said it promises jobs and growth but actually uses millions of gallons of local water every day for cooling. The process releases harmful forever chemicals and threatens the Great Lakes Basin aquifer that serves 50,000 people. Hollingsworth called out company-funded studies, secret agreements, and the way trillion-dollar tech firms demand our water and power for chatbots and AI images while locals pay the price. He said we should protect our water and community for the long term instead of chasing quick tech profits. He ended by saying clean water for children matters more than billion-dollar AI. The video went viral as one of the clearest public arguments against unchecked data center growth. Americans everywhere need to be aware of this and fight against this dystopian future.Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

As what all Zionists do, Ben Shapiro tries to smear Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson. He is now suing her in a b******t case. Daily Wire that is rapidly going bankrupt is now in dire straits. The one thing no one can do at the wire is criticise Israel.Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

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Marjorie Taylor Greene went scorched‑earth on Trump, openly naming him — along with Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and JD Vance — in connection with what she says happened around the Epstein Files. She accuses them of knowingly protecting a pedophile and says she and her family have been receiving death threats because of it. Trump even said she “deserved” the death threats.📽️RonPaulLibertyReport/ytManufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

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Tyler Oliveira dropped a raw-as-f**k YouTube documentary exposing New Jersey’s Jewish invasion, zeroing in on Lakewood. This once-chill town got swallowed by one of America’s fastest-growing Orthodox Jewish communities, mostly Haredi types pumping out kids like it’s a commandment. Lakewood’s population exploded, over 140,000 now, median age around 18, half the town under 18, birth rates triple the state average. They didn’t just move in. They took the f**k over.First, they buy up everything. In Monsey, New York, the case study Tyler follows, they roll in, knock on doors, offer cash above market, turn neighborhoods into enclaves. Blockbusting on steroids. Same playbook in Lakewood and spreading hard to Jackson, Toms River, and Howell. They snatch thousands of homes through LLCs, rent ‘em out, convert houses into synagogues and mikvahs without permits. Non-Jews feel the squeeze and sell. Tyler shows locals in Jackson Township freaking the f**k out as Lakewood spills over - Orthodox families buying land fast, building housing and shuls tailored for their needs. Parks getting overrun, traffic from illegal mikvahs, the whole character of the town erased. It’s a positive feedback loop: more Jews, more kosher shops, more Jews. Tyler calls it a silent invasion, turning quiet suburbs into “Little Jerusalem.”Once they’ve got the numbers, they vote as a bloc. They stack the school board, township committee, planning board. He interviews non-Jewish activists like Chris Pollak from “Fight for Jackson” who lay out the machine: they turn out thousands of votes as one, flipping local elections. In East Ramapo near Monsey, Orthodox voters took the school board even though their kids don’t go to public schools. They vote down budgets year after year, f**k the public school funding. Public schools serving mostly Black and Latino kids get gutted: teachers laid off, programs slashed, buildings crumble. Eventually districts can’t sustain it, schools close, and boom, the properties get sold to yeshivas for pennies on the dollar. Taxpayer-funded real estate fire sale straight to private Jewish schools. Tyler shows the same pattern hitting Lakewood and Jackson. Public school kids get screwed while private yeshivas thrive.These yeshivas are private religious schools, yet they siphon public money through mandated services, busing, special ed, textbooks, administrative aid. Districts funnel hundreds of millions; New York Hasidic schools pulled in over a billion in recent years despite providing s**t secular education. Boys often get almost no English or math after a certain age. Critics say it’s by design: keep them insulated, dependent on the community and the state. In Lakewood, with way more private school kids than public, the district still has to bus everybody and gets aid based only on public enrollment, hence the constant budget crises.Manufacturing Dissent is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Welfare’s the other half of the grift. These families average six to ten kids, sometimes more. Haredi fertility runs 6-7 per woman. High poverty follows: many men study Torah full-time instead of working regular jobs. In Hasidic areas like New Square near Monsey, poverty hits 70%, SNAP/food stamps over 77%. Hasidic folks in New York are three times more likely to be on food stamps, twice as likely on Medicaid. Lakewood’s no different, tons of Section 8, food stamps, Medicaid, WIC. Taxpayers foot the bill for these massive families while the community milks every program available. Tyler contrasts it with the Amish: same big families, but they don’t lean on the system like this. He walks the line between “it’s legal” and “it’s f*****g exploitative,” showing how the numbers qualify them for everything in droves. Some areas have fraud scandals on top - Medicaid scams, money laundering through schools.There’s real confrontation in the doc, Tyler gets followed, cops called on him repeatedly, and he straight-up tells some locals to “go back to Israel” in heated moments. He also interviews a big-shot Lakewood Jewish billionaire, Dr. Richard Roberts (Trump-connected pharma guy), who defends the community hard.It’s colonization, plain and dirty. They use democratic tools, high birth rates, bloc voting, legal muscle like RLUIPA to bulldoze zoning, but the endgame is parallel societies that extract from the host while giving little back. Public infrastructure gets strained, taxes rise or services tank for everyone else, secular kids lose decent schools. Non-Jews report feeling pushed out, unable to afford the bidding wars or the shifting culture.The Gaza parallel is brutal but fits the pattern: demographic swamping, control of land and institutions, building your own infrastructure on top of the ruins of what was there. In Gaza it’s rockets and tunnels; here it’s ballots, babies, and billion-dollar welfare pipelines. Same logic of “this is ours now.” Tyler frames it as relentless demographic conquest using births, cash, and coordinated voting to claim territory. Critics get slapped with “antisemite” for noticing. Tyler got heat for saying the quiet part loud, but the numbers and the footage don’t lie.This isn’t some conspiracy, it’s just relentless group strategy meeting low civic resistance. High-fertility religious groups that prioritize in-group loyalty over integration will always overwhelm slower-breeding, atomized populations. Lakewood shows how fast it happens. Monsey was the warning. More towns are next unless locals wake the f**k up and push back on the incentives: welfare that rewards 7+ kids with no work, voting systems easily captured by blocs, and public money flowing to schools that don’t teach kids how to function in the real world.The system’s getting gamed by people who treat it like a resource, not a shared polity. Call it what it is: takeover by demographics and dollars. The “Jersey Jews” didn’t sneak in the night. They bred, bought, and voted their way in. And the bill’s on us.Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

@bravenewfilms on Twitter released this short clip. This article is a call to action that needs to be shared and acted on. The video vividly connects the destruction of hospitals, clinics, and civilian infrastructure across Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon:https://youtu.be/zaZFdSaDJjg?si=KfP9suHloDZlnU-BU.S. law that prohibits this already exists. Demand they follow it. 📞 Call Congress: 202-224-3121Tell your representatives: Enforce the law. Demand accountability.📩 Send the video to your elected officialsMake sure they see what’s happening. Go here to find your representatives: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative📣 Share the videoPost it. Text it. Forward it. Help more people connect the dots.ABOUT BRAVE NEW FILMS Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films (BNF) are at the forefront of the fight to create a just America. Greenwald and BNF create free documentary films that inform the public, challenge corporate media, and motivate people to take action on social issues nationwide. Brave New Films’ investigative films have shined a light on the Bush, Obama and Trump administration, voter suppression, U.S. drone strikes, the prosecution of whistleblowers, and Wal Mart’s corporate practices. BNF's mission is to champion social justice issues by using a model of media, education, and grassroots volunteer involvement that inspires, empowers, motivates and teaches civic participation and makes a difference. #BraveNewFilms​ Wanna see more of BNF's free documentaries?SUBSCRIBE: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCy1UzIJf_Dog0vzLJUPLXHAManufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. Keep dissent alive. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe

How leadership, regional pressure, and home‑built strength shaped a movement that refused to breakThe 2020 broadcast offered one of the clearest explanations of how Hamas leadership understood the political and military landscape surrounding Gaza. Regional outlets across West Asia described the interview as a moment where Ismail Haniyeh laid out the resistance’s position without hesitation. He spoke as a leader who had lived through siege, war, and betrayal, and who believed the resistance had survived because it refused to accept the limits imposed on it.Arab and Iranian media at the time highlighted one point above all. Iran’s support for Hamas and the resistance was described as real, consistent, and free of political conditions. Commentators from Al Mayadeen, Al Akhbar, PressTV, and Iraqi papers wrote that Tehran did not demand concessions or silence. It offered support because it saw the resistance as part of a shared regional struggle. This contrasted sharply with the pressure coming from Western governments and several Arab capitals, where the message was that Gaza could have economic relief only if Hamas disarmed and accepted permanent submission.Haniyeh addressed the political offers pushed during the Trump administration. Regional journalists reported that the proposal to confine Palestinians to a Gaza‑only “state” was viewed as an attempt to erase the national struggle entirely. Hamas rejected it immediately. According to these outlets, the offer demanded that Palestinians surrender their right to resist, abandon their land, and accept a future built on isolation. Haniyeh made it clear that no leadership rooted in the resistance would ever sign such a deal.The broadcast also revisited earlier attempts to force long periods of calm on Gaza. During the 2008 to 2009 war, intermediaries from Arab intelligence services delivered a proposal for a 15‑year halt to resistance activity. West Asian reporters wrote that the message was simple. Stop resisting and the pressure will ease. Haniyeh refused. He said the resistance would not sign a document that amounted to defeat.At the same time, the region was shifting. The UAE, Bahrain, and Sudan signed normalization agreements with Israel. Analysts in Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran described these governments as aligning themselves with Israeli and American security priorities. Egyptian critics, especially those writing from exile, detailed how Cairo tightened its control over the Rafah crossing and restricted the movement of goods that could help Gaza rebuild or manufacture anything. Saudi Arabia’s political weight helped shield these normalization deals from criticism. Hamas leaders saw this as a coordinated effort to isolate the resistance and weaken Gaza from within.The documentary focused on something that regional media had been reporting for years. Gaza’s military capabilities were not the result of open supply lines. They were built inside Gaza itself. Hamas and the Al Qassam Brigades developed an internal system that relied on engineering units, manufacturing teams, and technical specialists who worked under siege conditions that would have shut down most industries anywhere else. With borders sealed and raw materials restricted, these teams relied on recycling, improvisation, and local knowledge.Writers from Al Akhbar and Al Araby Al Jadeed often pointed out that Gaza has one of the highest literacy and university graduation rates in the region. Many of the engineers involved in weapons production were trained in local universities that continued to operate even after repeated bombardments. Their work was described as a form of survival. In a place where no conventional defense system existed, Hamas built its own.Every war destroyed workshops, tunnels, and storage sites. Every war forced new methods, new designs, and new ways of hiding and moving materials. The system survived because it adapted. The documentary presented this not as a story of external supply but as a story of internal evolution. Haniyeh framed it as proof that the resistance could not be broken by siege or isolation.A Full Clarification on the TunnelsThis is a detailed explanation of the tunnel networks, a subject that has been widely covered by Palestinian, Egyptian, and Lebanese reporters. The resistance has always insisted that there are two separate systems, each serving a different purpose.The first category is the military network. These tunnels are used by the resistance for combat, movement, ambushes, and defensive operations. They allow fighters to move without being exposed to drones, snipers, or surveillance. They are designed to counter an army with overwhelming technological and aerial superiority. They are part of the resistance’s military strategy and have been developed over many years of war.The second category is the civilian network. This network is far larger and historically far more important for daily life. These tunnels were dug by ordinary Palestinians, not fighters. They formed the backbone of Gaza’s underground economy during the harshest years of the blockade. Egyptian and Palestinian journalists documented how these tunnels carried food, medicine, fuel, spare parts, clothing, livestock, and thousands of items banned from entering Gaza. Some tunnels were large enough for vehicles. Others were narrow passages dug by hand.These civilian tunnels were not military infrastructure. They were survival infrastructure. They kept hospitals running when fuel was blocked. They kept bakeries open when wheat was restricted. They allowed families to rebuild homes when cement and steel were banned. They provided access to goods that any other population would obtain through normal trade.Regional reporters described these tunnels as the only way for 2.3 million people to survive a blockade designed to break them. They were built because Gaza was sealed off from the world. They were built because the population had no other way to obtain basic goods. They were built because the siege left no alternative.Confusing these two systems distorts the reality of life under blockade. One network was built for resistance. The other was built for survival. Both were responses to a situation imposed from the outside.Taken together, the political pressure, the regional shifts, the internal engineering, and the dual tunnel networks form the broader picture the broadcast tried to show. Gaza did not survive because it was allowed to. It survived because Hamas, Haniyeh, and the wider resistance built their own means of endurance inside a territory where every normal path to survival had been cut off.Manufacturing Dissent exists because of you. We’re independent—powered only by readers and listeners. For less than a coffee, you can join us. Annual memberships are 30% off. Stand with us. Fuel citizen journalism. 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