Strategy of Tension: Counter-Revolutionary Psychological War (Gladio, Condor, etc.)

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This episode is a solo mission, and in addition to some zany audio tidbits I also have a subtly seasoned veggie dish for you. The topic? Strategy of Tension. What is it, what are its consequences and why should you care? I argue we should care quite a lot actually because no genuine re-distributive societal shift will be allowed to occur unless we can identify and neutralize this counter-revolutionary tactic.

Ok so what is it? When right wing forces of reaction instigate chaos or even carry out acts of terrorism against their own people, with the express intent of blaming the violence and chaos on left wing political movements, this is what's referred to as the Strategy of Tension.

Put another way: "The strategy of tension is a tactic that aims to divide, manipulate, and control public opinion using fear, propaganda, disinformation, psychological warfare, agents provocateurs, and false flag actions.

The strategy of tension has been utilized by right wing forces of reaction many times, and these programs are matters of historical record. I'm going to get into more details in the episode but just a few examples are Operation Gladio in Italy, Turkey and W. Europe after WW2. Gladio was a U.S. and NATO backed campaign of false flag terror, deployed to sabotage left-wing political movements at a time when the European Communist & Socialist parties were crazy strong and popular, the Communists having been key warriors in the battle against Italian and German fascism.

Another example of Strategy of Tension is Operation Condor, a U.S. backed campaign of political repression and state terror involving intelligence operations and assassination of opponents, officially implemented in 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America. The program served to derail and uproot grassroots opposition movements which sought to reverse the brutal neoliberal economic policies of the previous era.

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