When Jews were kings (and opium lords) in Shanghai And still are… Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Email Print Article Republish Article Shanghai Image by Getty Images By Benjamin IvryJune 2, 2020 Author of “A Hole in the Heart of the World: Being Jewish in Eastern Europe” and “Broken Alliance: The Turbulent Times Between Blacks and Jews […]
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Afghanistan’s Opium Cultivation Dropped by 95% Since the Taliban took Power
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen by 95 percent since the Taliban took control of the country, the United Nations’ DEA says in a new report. The cultivation was banned in April 2022 by the Taliban, who announced that violations of the covenant will be punished “in accordance with Sharia law”. Already in 2000, […]
On football, opium and popular resistance: Not all sports are created equal
My friend is not an elitist. To the contrary, he has spent decades of his life fighting social inequality, racism and championing the rights of disadvantaged groups. Therefore, I was taken aback when he surmised that "football is the opium of the people". The reference, which summons a famous Marxist maxim about religion written in […]
Evidence of Opium Use By Canaanites in 14th Century BC Found
Human beings have been using hallucinogenic or psychoactive drugs to experience pleasurable sensations or induce altered states of consciousness for thousands of years. It is possible this activity dates back tens of thousands of years, although definitive proof of this fact remains elusive. But thanks to a new study carried out by researchers from the […]
Taliban Stops CIA Opium Trade in Afghanistan
Pictured are Poppy Fields Cultivated Under Bush Administration. BBC News (World)@BBCWorld·Aug 17“Afghanistan will not be a country of cultivation of opium anymore” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the country will need “international help” but will see opium production reduced to “zero again” Latest: http://bbc.in/3CULmln “Afghanistan will not be a country of cultivation of opium anymore” […]
Did Ancient Swiss Farmers Genetically Modify Opium Poppies?
When it comes to plants with powerful medical applications Asia can be called the ‘traditional home.’ However, this is not the case when it comes to opium poppies, for new research has shown their domestication happened around 5000 years ago in the Swiss Alps. The Zürich Opera House was built in 1891 at the Sechseläutenplatz […]
The Humiliation of China: Western drug lords, Opium Wars and Xi Jinping strategy to avoid it happening again (DRUGS TRADE IS PART OF ILLUMINATI’S War on Humanity!)
Jinping strategy to avoid it happening again 1 week ago Herland Report: The total humiliation of China: As tensions are escalating between China and the West, allegations are that China is committing “genocide and crimes against humanity” in its Xinjiang province, which China denies, the trade war continues to new levels. Western nations have reportedly imposed the harshest sanctions for decades, […]
“I Could Live With That”: How the CIA Made Afghanistan Safe for the Opium Trade
Opium poppy. Photo: DEA. “I decided I could live with that.” – Stansfield Turner, Jimmy Carter’s CIA director, on the extreme level of civilian casualties in the CIA’s covert war in Afghanistan. The first indelible image of the war in Afghanistan for many Americans was probably that of CBS anchorman Dan Rather, wrapped in the […]
USA Troops Protecting Opium Heroin
USA Troops Protecting Opium Heroin Zionist Bankers / Governments created the War on Drugs to control the supply, and the market. Protect the Jewish Drug Trade or Die. If Military speaks out.. you get suicided Vietnam War fighting for opium Vietnam War fighting for opium Views: 193
Vietnam War fighting for opium
Vietnam War fighting for opium November 30th, 2019 Jesus Christ ✝ Vietnam War fighting for opium Reddit Email Print Australia saw the start of a heroin problem when soldiers brought the habit home from Vietnam. When Japanese forces occupied French Indochina in 1941, it was not entirely without French opposition. But for the most part […]
Two articles, one from 2001 & from 2017, highlight the affect U.S. occupation has had on opium production
Figures reveal dire trend in Afghan opium production An Afghan farmer collects raw opium from poppies in Balkh province, Afghanistan. Heroin production in the country has increased significantly in recent years. Click to enlarge Afghanistan’s opium production has almost doubled this year compared to 2016, while areas that are under poppy cultivation rose by 63 […]
Another Record Breaking Year for Opium Production in U.S. Occupied Afghanistan
Isaac Davis, Staff WriterWaking Times Now officially a national federal emergency, the opioid crisis is gutting America. The roots of this complex issue lie in supply, not demand, and while we are beginning to see major pharmaceutical executives being indicted for conspiracy and bribery of doctors, we have a long way to go to […]
Afghanistan, Trump, and the Opium Trade
Is the real reason we’re staying in Afghanistan because it’s home to a poppy-filled gold mine that boasts a multi-billion dollar drug industry? Source Article from http://www.renegadetribune.com/afghanistan-trump-opium-trade/ Views: 0
North Korea Is a Large Opium Producer Just Like Afghanistan — But That’s None of Your Business
Prior to the U.S. invasion and occupation that sent production and cultivation skyrocketing 35-fold in just the first 13 years, the Taliban had successfully decimated the opium poppy crop in Afghanistan. Nearly 16 years later, Afghanistan’s lucrative drug trafficking business is still roaring along unhindered, and — with U.S. troops literally guarding the occupied nation’s 90-percent share of the world’s opium […]
5 Elite Jewish Families Who Made Their Fortunes in the Opium Trade
5 Elite Jewish Families Who Made Their Fortunes in the Opium Trade There’s dirty money buried in the basement of some of America’s wealthiest and most powerful families. By Phillip Smith / AlterNet June 4, 2015, 11:20 PM GMT AddThis Sharing Buttons Share to Facebook538Share to TwitterShare to Google+Share to More62Share to Email Print 2 […]
Precursor To The Global Crime Syndicate: The 19th-Century Opium Trade
By Russ Winter of The New Nationalist History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” — Winston Churchill The Chinese opium trade of the 19th Century was instrumental to the early incarnation of the global Crime Syndicate and put it into high gear. It was just the right degree of exploitative criminality, deep-state intelligence […]
Jews and the Opium Wars
In school we were never really taught this history about the jewish Sassoon family of opium pushers and their wars. Wonder why? Source Article from http://www.renegadetribune.com/jews-opium-wars/ Views: 3
Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion
Since the U.S.-led NATO invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the production of opium in the country has increased by 40 times according to Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service, or FSKN, fueling organized crime and widespread death. The head of the FSKN, Viktor Ivanov, explained the staggering trend at a March U.N. conference on […]
Job well done? Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion
Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since US-NATO Invasion Source: teleSUR Since the U.S.-led NATO invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the production of opium in the country has increased by 40 times according to Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service, or FSKN, fueling organized crime and widespread death. The head of the FSKN, Viktor Ivanov, explained […]
Police Stumble on $500 Million Opium Poppy Field In North Carolina
An undercover sheriff deputy was at Xion’s property conducting a warrantless “knock and talk,” following up on a tip about another matter. Xiong opened the door, saw the investigator on his porch, and immediately confessed. “I guess you are here for the opium,” Xiong said, according to the Washington Post. Cody Xiong has been charged […]