The 6 'secret' tactics of empire are strategies of change used by governments, usually covertly, to attain political or military ends through means not normally acceptable to the populace as a whole. The strategies are as follows:
1/ False Flag Attacks
2/ Coercive Engineered Migration
3/ Colour Revolutions
2/ Humanitarian Warfare
3/ Proxy Armies
6/ Fake News
The relationship of the state or a political force to the various strategies depends on the political aim. Sometimes there is a direct and openly admitted relationship to the strategy and sometimes it is fervently denied. The outcome of any such strategy is never guaranteed and, indeed, may even have the opposite effect to that intended. This makes the strategies of change high-risk ventures for the participants as well as those for whom the strategy is hoped to benefit. In some cases these strategies of change seem to be perceived as the only way to change a situation, or at least the most expedient. Their role is to manipulate public opinion on a particular government, state or upcoming political movement to suit the actions, thoughts or desires of another internal or external political force. Like a good magician, the perpetrator of the strategy must make people conscious of the ends but not the means. If the people support a changed environment brought about by strategies of change without realizing or understanding why, then the result can be seen as 'successful'.
2/ Humanitarian Warfare
3/ Proxy Armies
6/ Fake News
The relationship of the state or a political force to the various strategies depends on the political aim. Sometimes there is a direct and openly admitted relationship to the strategy and sometimes it is fervently denied. The outcome of any such strategy is never guaranteed and, indeed, may even have the opposite effect to that intended. This makes the strategies of change high-risk ventures for the participants as well as those for whom the strategy is hoped to benefit. In some cases these strategies of change seem to be perceived as the only way to change a situation, or at least the most expedient. Their role is to manipulate public opinion on a particular government, state or upcoming political movement to suit the actions, thoughts or desires of another internal or external political force. Like a good magician, the perpetrator of the strategy must make people conscious of the ends but not the means. If the people support a changed environment brought about by strategies of change without realizing or understanding why, then the result can be seen as 'successful'.
1/ False Flag Attacks
False Flag Attack
Triptych - Oil on canvas - (60cm x 180cm / 23.6 in x 70.6 in)
False
flag attacks are actions carried out covertly to look like another
group, nation or state were responsible. While in theory false flags are
secret, some public individuals have openly called for false flag
operations to be implemented to serve as a basis for initiating war
against another country perceived to be an enemy. The history of false
flags, however, is not secret and information about many past successful
and proposed attacks is freely available on the internet.
2/ Coercive Engineered Migration
Blue Skies, Blue Seas, Blue Gloves
Triptych - Oil on canvas - (60cm x 180cm / 23.6 in x 70.6 in)
Coercive
engineered migration is a strategy which acts to overwhelm another
country's capacity to cope with a large influx of refugees or migrants.
This pressure can affect competing political interests and thereby
change the behavior of the target country.
3/ Colour Revolutions
Colour Blind:
Orange Revolution - Ukraine, Green Revolution - Iran,
Jeans Revolution - Belarus
Triptych - Oil on canvas - (60cm x 180cm / 23.6 in x 70.6 in)
Colour
revolutions are a form of nonviolent resistance utilizing social media,
demonstrations and strikes as a protest against governments especially
in changing their geopolitical outlook from one radically different in
their past. Many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and students have
been involved organizing creative non-violent resistance and usually
pick a color or a flower as a symbol of their movement.
4/ Fake News
Green Screen
Triptych - Oil on canvas - (60cm x 180cm / 23.6 in x 70.6 in)
Fake
news is a type of news that often uses disinformation to propagate
ideas for political advantage through the broadcast media or social
media via the internet. It is used to discredit serious media coverage
of an event. For example, video footage of riots in one city were used
on the news by one network to portray a city in a completely different
country in a negative light.
5/ Humanitarian Warfare [R2P]
Humanitarian Warfare
Triptych - Oil on canvas - (60cm x 180cm / 23.6 in x 70.6 in)
Humanitarian
warfare is an ironic term describing military interventions which give
human rights reasons such as protecting a population from genocide, war
crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity as the basis for
their actions.
6/ Proxy Armies
Proxy Army
Triptych - Oil on canvas - (60cm x 180cm / 23.6 in x 70.6 in)
A
proxy army is an army funded and armed by a foreign opposing power who
cannot for political or social sensitivities at home fight directly with
the country at war.
Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin is an Irish artist, lecturer and writer. His artwork
consists of paintings based on contemporary geopolitical themes as well
as Irish history and cityscapes of Dublin. His blog of critical writing
based on cinema, art and politics along with research on a database of
Realist and Social Realist art from around the world can be viewed
country by country at http://gaelart.blogspot.ie/
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