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Here is the technocratic mega-city being built in Saudi Arabia

The globalist agenda

Published 12 June 2023
– By Editorial Staff
Some pictures of the city plan. Left: a comparison of the 500 meter high glass-clad 'city wall' with the Empire State Building in New York.

The city of Neom will be home to 9 million people in the Saudi desert. The giant building is portrayed as a high-tech wonder, while critics point to almost dystopian mass surveillance around the clock and the project’s links to shady globalist organizations. The unusual city plan is based on a line just 200 meters wide, but it will be 170 kilometers long and 500 meters high.

The project is mainly promoted as ‘climate smart’, with no cars and automated services controlled by artificial intelligence. An express train will also run through the long, narrow city, allowing residents to get from end to end in a short time. City residents will never have more than a five-minute walk to shops and supermarkets. The entire long line will be enclosed by a giant glass wall that can extend 500 meters above the ground.

The crown prince of the Wahabi theocracy, Mohammed bin Salman, is the face of the idea and the one who presented the details of the project. So far, 500 billion dollars have been invested in the project.

At the same time, the project is being criticized for including the forced displacement of at least 20,000 people to carry out the construction – mainly from the country’s formerly nomadic huwait minority.

At least one of the activists highlighting the loss of thousands of people’s homes due to the giant construction project has been killed by Saudi security forces under unclear circumstances and several have been arrested and detained. According to unconfirmed reports, several local people have been executed for refusing to sell their homes to the Saudi state.

Mass surveillance – 24/7

The giant city is intended to function as a gigantic and advanced surveillance society. It will collect residents’ data – and pay them for it.

– Without trust, there is no data. Without data, there is no value, explains Joseph Bradley, Executive Director of NEOM Tech & Digital CO who will oversee the implementation of the new technology platform.

This technology enables users to review and easily understand the intention behind the use of their personal data, while offering financial rewards for authorising the use of their dat, he continues.

Facial recognition will be widely used in Neom. Photo: facsimile/Youtube

The basic investment from the Saudi government is mainly to develop the necessary infrastructure. The real big money will come from private investors and the vision is for a ‘smart city’ designed to be controlled mainly by artificial intelligence – using data to manage power, water, waste, transportation, healthcare and security.

According to The Star, data will be collected from users’ homes, mobile phones and from cameras with facial recognition technology and various other sensors. This extensive mass surveillance is needed to “anticipate users’ needs”, according to project officials.

“A terrible idea”

Critics also point to Saudi Arabia’s particularly poor human rights record, including persecuting, imprisoning or even killing political dissidents.

– The surveillance concerns are justified. It is, in effect, a surveillance city, says Vincent Mosco, who researches the social impact of technology.

Marwa Fatafta, policy officer at the digital rights organization Access Now, agrees, saying that people in the high-tech city are being tricked into sharing their private information.

It sounds like a privacy disaster waiting to happen. Adding money as an incentive is a terrible idea; it distorts the right of people to freely consent, and normalises the practice of selling personal data for profit.

According to Joseph Bradley, residents will be asked to share their location data, health status and movement patterns – and if someone hasn’t moved in a while, a drone will be sent out to “check on” them.

In Noem, drones will be used to “check on” residents. Photo: Ellen MacDonald/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

– How can I trust that the data will only be shared for as long as I want, and only with the third parties or services that I have chosen? asks Faisal Al-Ali, a 33-year-old marketing specialist from Dubai.

There are also other concerns about Neom – in other ‘smart’ cities, residents have often complained of feeling depressed, isolated and deprived of human contact when everything is controlled artificially and without human intervention.

– Human connections are a key social infrastructure. Complex data infrastructure does not usually cater to important social and cultural needs that are paramount to urban life, says Samira Khedr, Professor of Sociology at Ain Shams University in Cairo.

Other ideas put forward as potential opportunities in the city include flying taxis and robotic maids doing household chores and artificial control of the weather above the city.

 

Crown Prince Mohammed and oligarch Yasir Al-Rumayyan Photo: Kremlin/Public Investment Fund/CC BY 4.0

Links to powerful globalists and corporations

Saudi Arabia will reportedly provide an initial USD 500 billion from its sovereign wealth fund, which is headed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and oligarch Yasir Al-Rumayyan. The latter has declared that the fund will work more closely with financial companies such as Blackstone and SoftBank. He himself also sits on the board of SoftBank.

Mohammed bin Salman, who is not only the crown prince but also the country’s defense minister, has been instrumental in the creation of Neom and how the city will be run primarily by artificial intelligence and robots. He personally has close ties to the Davos-based ultra-globalist organization World Economic Forum and has on several occasions sat in meetings with the WEF’s top representatives to discuss “economic development” and other issues. The World Economic Forum as an organization also openly collaborates with Neom and lists the project as a partner on its website.

It is also noteworthy that Klaus Kleinfeld, who was appointed chairman of the Saudi Project Neom in 2017 and personal advisor to the Saudi Crown Prince the following year, has also served on the boards of two World Economic Forum foundations until 2016 and 2017 respectively. Kleinfeld has also served on the steering committee of the notorious Bilderberg Group and is still listed as a key WEF staff member.

Kleinfeld will, according to the Saudi regime, “assume greater responsibility for improving technological and economic development in Saudi Arabia”.

It is clear that the power elite in Davos are very positive about the project. The leaders of both SoftBank Group and BlackStone Inc. have praised the megaproject, which will also include a ski resort, swimming lanes for commuters, glow-in-the-dark sand, artificially controlled weather, and “smart” and robotic solutions for virtually all societal functions.

Kleinfeld at the World Economic Forum 2014. Photo: World Economic Forum/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Vision: A city “where we can see everything”

The vision, according to Neom’s board, is an automated city “where we can see everything” – and according to the documents, a city where crimes and violations are automatically recorded by a computer and people are monitored 24 hours a day.

Furthermore, Neom will be the world’s first “independent international zone”. Although it remains to be seen exactly how independent it will be, Saudi jurisdiction will not prevail in the city – instead it will have its own legal system developed jointly by “local and international investors”.

The Millennium Report interprets this as meaning that Neom will not be an official part of Saudi Arabia and asks why the Wahabi dictatorship is willing to give up a huge piece of land that will not be under their own control.

“That actually doesn’t sound like such a fun place to live after all. In fact, it basically sounds like the sort of dystopian nightmare that I have always been warning about”, they remark.

Globalist and transhumanist Klaus Schwab. Photo: WEF/Greg Beadle/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

World Economic Forum President and Founder Klaus Schwab has previously stated that “man and machine will merge” and that the fourth industrial revolution will “lead to a fusion of our physical, digital and biological identities”.

“As the capabilities in this area develop, police and courts will be tempted to use the technologies to assess the likelihood of criminal activity, determine guilt, or perhaps even retrieve memories directly from people’s brains”, he writes in his book Shaping the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

In Neom, at least some of these plans now seem to become reality.

In addition to the 170 kilometer long, 500 meter high and 200 meter wide city "The Line", Neom will also have an international airport, a large ski resort, a port and a large industrial city called Oxagon. 6500 hectares of land in the area will also be used for cultivation - primarily for genetically modified crops of various kinds.

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Stoltenberg resigns as Bilderberg chief – becomes Norway’s finance minister

The globalist agenda

Published 5 February 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Jens Stoltenberg during the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Recently, former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was appointed chairman of the influential Bilderberg Group’s steering committee.

Now the high-profile globalist is leaving the position to become Norwegian Finance Minister.

As recently as December, Stoltenberg was introduced as the new head of Bilderberg and claimed to be very pleased with his new assignment.

– In combination with the Munich Security Conference, this is a good platform for cooperation with leaders from politics, business and academia. It is also an important venue for strengthening ties between Europe and the United States. I look forward to contributing to the work of Bilderberg, he said.

However, he is now leaving that post as it is not considered suitable to combine with a Norwegian ministerial role.

– Jens Stoltenberg has resigned as co-chairman of the Bilderberg Group due to his appointment as finance minister in the Norwegian government, a spokesman confirmed to Norwegian E24.

– I have declined everything else I would have said yes to and have informed everyone in different ways, says Stoltenberg, adding that he is “deeply honored to have been asked to help my country at this critical stage”.

The government collapsed

Stoltenberg’s appointment as new finance minister is due to the fact that the Norwegian government collapsed this week something The Nordic Times also reported on. This after the Center Party chose to leave the government cooperation in protest against the failure to agree with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre’s Labor Party on the EU’s fourth energy package and issues related to the Norwegian electricity market.

Jens Stoltenberg has long been singled out as one of the European leaders most committed to continued escalation and war in Ukraine while consistently dismissing diplomacy and dialogue as unrealistic and unreasonable options.

Although he will not be in charge of foreign policy issues, critics are therefore also expressing concern that his return to Norwegian politics could risk leading to further escalation and polarization in the region.

Stoltenberg previously served as leader of the Labour Party from 2002 to 2015 and as Prime Minister of Norway from 2000 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2013.

Milei: “Woke ideology is the cancer that must be cured”

The globalist agenda

Published 27 January 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Javier Milei argues that those who advocate gender ideology in its most extreme form are considered “pedophiles”.

At last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Argentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei gave a fiery speech condemning what he called the “mental virus of woke ideology” that is dominating and destroying the West.

– This is the great epidemic of our time that must be cured. This is the cancer we need to get rid of, he proclaimed.

The Argentine leader argued that the fundamental values of Western civilization, such as respect for life and liberty, freedom of expression and freedom of religion, made possible the industrial revolution that lifted “90% of the global population out of poverty”.

At the same time, he sees “woke” as the disease that will destroy everything the people of the West hold dear.

– This ideology has colonized the world’s most important institutions – from the political parties and governments of leading Western nations to global governance organizations, even NGOs, universities and media outlets.

– Western civilization – and even the human species – will not be able to return to the path of progress demanded by our pioneering spirit. It is essential to break these ideological chains if we want to usher in a new golden age, he continued.

“They are pedophiles”

Milei also did not hold back when talking about gender ideology. He strongly criticized the left for its radical policies in this area and denounced leaders who are “attempting to impose the idea that women are men and men are women simply based on self-perception”.

– They say nothing about when a man dresses as a woman and kills his opponent in a boxing ring, or when a male prison inmate claims to be a woman and ends up sexually assaulting women in prison.

Milei cited the example of a same-sex couple in Georgia who were jailed last month for abusing and selling their adopted boys to a pedophile ring.

– I want to be clear when I say abuse. This is no euphemism, because in its most extreme forms, gender ideology is outright child abuse. They are pedophiles, the President declared.

“Will be condemned”

The transgender movement and the fact that many states now allow children to undergo gender reassignment treatments were also harshly criticized.

– Healthy children are being irreversibly harmed through hormone treatments and mutilation, as if a 5-year-old child could possibly consent to such things, and should their family not agree to this, there will always be state agents ready to step in in favor of what they call the best interests of the child.

– Only now are we beginning to see the effects of an entire generation that has mutilated their bodies, encouraged by a culture of sexual relativism, and these people will have to spend their entire lives in psychiatric treatment to cope with what they have done to themselves. Yet no one dares to speak about these issues.

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Milei is very critical about the Trans movement and gender reassignment treatments of children.Photo: Sabrina Bracher/IStock

An outspoken pro-Israel libertarian, Milei became president in 2023 and says he is optimistic about his country’s future. However, he is very worried about what will happen to the West as a whole if the institutionalized cultural Marxist ideology is not fought.

Believe me, the scandalous experiments in the name of this criminal ideology will be condemned and likened to those committed in the darkest periods in our history, he predicts.

“A collective suicide”

The eccentric leader also argued that immigration is actually a very good and necessary thing and what built both the US and Argentina. Today, however, the wrong kind of migrants are coming something that risks bringing down the entire Western world.

– Since the West is supposedly the root cause of all of the world’s evils in history, it must redeem itself by opening its borders to everyone, which leads to a form of reverse colonization that resembles collective suicide.

Milei sees mass migration to the West as a form of collective suicide. Photo: Bwag/CC BY-SA 4.0

– So, this is how we now see images of hordes of immigrants who abuse, assault, or even kill European citizens, whose only sin was not adhering to a particular religion. But when someone questions these situations, they are immediately labelled racists, xenophobic or even Nazis, he states.

Tony Blair and jihadist leader discuss Syria’s economic future

The globalist agenda

Published 27 January 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Tony Blair and Asaad al-Shaibani.

Speaking to world leaders in Davos, the foreign minister of the Syrian jihadist regime promised that the country is moving in a more left-liberal and Western direction, protecting minorities, dissenters and women’s rights.

In addition, Syria will open up to foreign exploitation, promises Asaad al-Shaibani, who says the al-Qaeda-linked regime now “plan to attract foreign investment and establish partnerships with all countries of the world”.

During the World Economic Forum in Davos, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair held a public dialogue with the Foreign Minister of the Islamist movement Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Asaad al-Shaibani.

It was HTS that overthrew Bashar al-Assad at the end of last year and seized power in large parts of the country. The diplomat is described as a key figure in the jihadist terror group’s quest to be legitimized by the outside world in general and the West in particular and recognized as Syria’s rightful leadership.

Blair, who was UK Prime Minister between 1997 and 2007, has a long history of advocating war and invasion and has also been involved in more military conflicts than any other British Prime Minister. He was one of the driving forces behind the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but has also ordered bombings and attacks on Serbia, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, among others.

During the conversation with the foreign minister of Syria’s Islamist regime, however, Blair chose a much softer approach, asking no critical questions at all. Instead, according to observers, the entire conversation seemed to focus on trying to legitimize the jihadist regime as a moderate and democratic force and focus on what they intend to do to appease the West and benefit globalist interests.

“Open economy”

The Islamist HTS movement has long been accused of oppressing, imprisoning and killing dissidents and minorities in the areas it controls – but in Davos, al-Shaibani pledged to form an “inclusive” government where minorities are protected.

Women’s rights are also on the rise in the country, he said, noting that the new head of the central bank is a woman.

No one should be punished because of their origin, social or religious affiliation, or membership in certain groups, the Foreign Secretary went on to promise, and Blair looked visibly pleased.

But perhaps the most important issues for the Davos elite were the future of the Syrian economy and the potential for further exploitation. Here, Al-Shaibani gave a reassuring message to those gathered, promising that “Syria will have an open economy”.

We plan to attract foreign investment and establish partnerships with all countries around the world.

Calling for sanctions to be lifted

According to the Foreign Minister, building communications, roads, ports, education, hospitals and energy supply are now top priorities and to do this, the West must end its sanctions.

– Removing economic sanctions is key for the stability of Syria. The reason for these sanctions is now in Moscow, he said, referring to former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was granted asylum in Russia.

The Foreign Minister further promised that Syria will be an extremely peaceful nation going forward and will not “pose a threat to any country in the world”.

In other interviews, the minister has also promised that the country will now “explore public-private partnerships to encourage investment” in the country but it is not yet clear with whom these talks have been held.

A spectacle?

As for the sanctions that have hit the Syrian people very hard in recent years, the US has already announced that it is starting to lift some of them. The EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas wants European countries to do the same as long as the new Islamist regime shows signs of being “inclusive”, progressive and caring for women and minorities.

However, not everyone is impressed with Blair’s talks with Asaad al-Shaibani, arguing that the main purpose of the discussion was to demonstrate to those gathered that Syria’s new leadership is willing to submit economically and geopolitically to the West and recognize its supremacy.

Others say that the uncritical tone and questions of the conversation are ridiculous, and that it is quite clear that the message being conveyed is that the movement, which until recently was seen as fundamentalist extremists and dangerous terrorists, should now be seen as a legitimate partner.

Mr. Blair and his fellow travelers are also accused of hypocrisy, having previously condemned Mr. Assad for his alleged crimes and alleged crimes against humanity, but having no objection whatsoever to cooperating with actors accused of similar or worse abuses.

Klaus Schwab in Davos: “The future is shaped by us”

The globalist agenda

Published 27 January 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Trump joined via video link and did not mince his words.

Collaboration for the intelligent age” was the main theme as leaders from all corners of the globe gathered for this year’s power conference.

The Trump presidency, artificial intelligence, the war in Ukraine, deregulation and the future of Europe’s economy were some of the topics on the agenda of the Davos powers that be this week.

The 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, ended on Friday after five days of discussions, networking and grandiose statements from the power elite. Under the theme “collaboration for the intelligent age, nearly 3000 participants from over 130 countries gathered, including more than 350 government leaders and 60 heads of state and government.

This transition from the Industrial to the Intelligent Age is occurring at an exponential pace, carrying unprecedented risks for humanity as we strive to prepare and adapt for its complexities, declared Forum founder and chairman Klaus Schwab.

– Yet, it also offers significant opportunities to transcend our current challenges and spark a new renaissance – one defined by advancements in knowledge, health, culture and societal welfare, the ultra-globalist continued.

“The future is shaped by us”

Schwab called on the global community to approach the situation with “constructive optimism” and urged stakeholders from all sectors government, business, civil society and academia to unite in finding solutions to common challenges.

– By embracing constructive optimism and believing in our collective capacity and commitment to improving the state of the world, we can shape the Intelligent Age as an age where every human being can realize their full potential, he continued

– The future is shaped by us here in this room, he added proudly.

Schwab’s words, however, were met with skepticism from critics who argue that the WEF has not delivered concrete results despite decades of lofty rhetoric. This year’s conference focused on five key areas: “Reimagining Growth”, “Industries in the Intelligent Age”, “Investing in People”, “Safeguarding the Planet” and “Rebuilding Trust”.

Middle East and Ukraine

Talks on Middle East peace intensified following ceasefires between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah. Speculation grew that Donald Trump, back as US president, could be the one to convince Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a Palestinian state.

Meanwhile, Iran chose to use the forum to signal a willingness to renegotiate the nuclear deal. Vice President Javad Zarif stressed that Iran has no ambition to build nuclear weapons and called for a policy based on opportunities, not threats.

Peace negotiations for Ukraine also took center stage, with Trump expressing via a video link his willingness to meet immediately with the Russian president to negotiate an end to the conflict. However, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, demanded a 200,000-strong European peacekeeping force as a condition for an agreement a request that Russia rejected. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to prepare for increased privatization and foreign investment to support its reconstruction.

Trump at the center

Deregulation in the US was described as a catalyst for economic growth and mergers across industries. At the same time, cryptocurrencies continued to be a topic of debate, with many players awaiting upcoming US regulations before fully integrating crypto-assets into the traditional financial world.

Two years after the breakthrough of ChatGPT, tech leaders discussed how AI could transform the labor market, especially through the automation of repetitive tasks. The United States is currently ahead of China in AI development, but the need for technology-friendly policies and infrastructure investments was emphasized as crucial to maintain the lead.

Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement and his efforts to boost the country’s energy exploration have received mixed reactions. Europe has often been urged to speed up its own energy transition to remain competitive, while many policymakers in Davos pointed out that China and the EU, rather than the US, are the de facto drivers of the “global climate transition”.

The President-elect’s decision to dismantle federal programs for alleged diversity, equality and inclusion has caused some concern among left-liberal businesses, which argue that these initiatives have been crucial to their success. Discussions therefore took place on how to reformulate strategies to continue to promote what they claim is equality and representation o