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Operation Gladio: How NATO ran secret Nazi terror armies

Read all three parts of my series and watch accompanying videos.

Asa Winstanley

Mar 21, 2023

Almost a year ago I started publishing a series of articles about Gladio, a clandestine network of terrorist armies across Europe which were dominated by Nazis and fascists and which was run by NATO to undermine the left.

This post collects together all three parts of that series, as well as my media appearances on the subject. I’ll update the online version with anything new in the future.

My three-part series can be accessed by paying subscribers only — the other posts are free (the Radio Free Amanda podcast episode was initially behind the paywall but is now unlocked).

A much higher quality version of the BBC series Gladio has now been uploaded to YouTube, so I’ve embedded those videos in that post.

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Podcast appearances

Me on Lowkey’s MintPress News Youtube show.

A conversation with Ben Norton.

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UNLOCKED: Operation Gladio: how the West recruited Nazis into a secret anti-communist terror army

Listen now (68 min) | I was a guest this week on Radio Free Amanda, an excellent socialist podcast. We discussed Operation Gladio, NATO’s secret Nazi armies during the Cold War. Sign up as a paid subscriber for early access to this episode. Here’s the Gladio series I wrote for my Substack, which only paid subscribers can access…

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My appearance on Radio Free Amanda.

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Kazimir Malevitch

Writes Propagator

Mar 21·edited Mar 21Liked by Asa Winstanley

I'm italian and Amato ended the doc very nicely with that automat!

Pretty ridiculous that Franceschini Red brigades say he doesn't know he was a puppet! Idiot!

I was at my last year of high school when all that happened and I tell you that former italian President Cossiga (in the 3rd part video) was one of the main executor of Gladio-Nato strategies and at that time 1977/78 he was Interior Minister so he had control of Police and political persecutions against left and anarchist protesters

His name was always drawn on the walls by student protesters with a "K" instead of a "C", Kossiga, and the double "ss" was drawn as the Nazi SS.... So many knew he was involved, but US and CIA protection saved all of those fascists from jail.... as usual.... as happening now.

But as the book "Killing hopes" tells with many details, USA are the real histroical Most Terrorist Country ever in the World even before WWII. Without US help Nazi wouldn't have gone as far as they did...

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Martyn Meacham

Mar 23

I cannot share this well written piece as Facebook has restricted my account over my criticism of Israel and Starmer's support for the zionists.

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