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Israel, Not the ‘Liberators,’ Will Decide Syria’s Fate
Syria’s future under al-Qaeda spin-off HTS will come in two flavours only, writes Jonathan Cook. Either submit and collude like the West Bank, or end up wrecked like Gaza.
Caitlin Johnstone: Where the Aggression Really Begins
The empire’s favorite trick is to begin the historical record at the moment its enemies retaliate against its abuses.
Afghanistan, Analysis, Commentary, History, Intelligence, Middle East, Qatar, Russia, Terrorism, Turkey, U.N. General Assembly, United Nations
Putin Thinks Al-Qaeda in Syria Is Reformed Too
The Russian president has said Russia actually won in Syria because the jihadist threat is apparently ended, which was Moscow’s goal all along. But he ignored what he’d previously said was the West’s role in that conflict, writes Joe Lauria.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The FBI Deserves Kash Patel
After all the bureau’s crimes, Americans need somebody who is willing to tear this organization down to its bare studs.
Shoot the Drones!
Congress has made us helpless before whoever is terrifying the populace in New Jersey, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. This is contrary to the reason for which we have government.
UK Prison Abuse of Palestine Activists
Young protesters face more than a year in prison before going on trial over a break-in at an Israeli arms factory near Bristol, Daniel Tester reports.
Commentary, Intelligence, Jordan, Libya, Obama Administration, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Terrorism, U.S., United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
When Britain Aided Al-Qaeda in Syria
The U.K.’s campaign to overthrow the Assad regime provides key background to understanding Whitehall’s approach to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, writes Mark Curtis.
How US Engineered PA’s West Bank Crackdown
Robert Inlakesh reports on an American initiative to create a specialized PA security force to carry out the type of operation now underway in Jenin focused on suppressing Palestinian opposition to Washington’s agenda.
Books, Censorship, Chile, Commentary, Cuba, Propaganda, Taiwan, U.S., U.S. Congress, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Venezuela
US Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum
Alan MacLeod on the “Crucial Communism Teaching Act,” which is now being read in the U.S. Senate, where it is all but certain to pass.
Chris Hedges Report: Enduring the Trauma of Genocide
Dr. Gabor Maté, a renowned expert in trauma, discusses the psychology of Israeli soldiers, Palestinian resistance fighters, WWII survivors, Nazis and even himself.
Israel Makes Death Feel Like Mercy in Northern Gaza
Israel’s choking siege has entered its third month, writes Shahd Abusalama, whose family in northern Gaza is getting shot at by Israeli drones and facing starvation.
Commentary, Europe, France, Germany, Politics, Russiagate, Trump Administration, U.S., United Kingdon
Patrick Lawrence: The Center the Centrists Can’t Hold
What is unfolding now in France and Germany is happening one or another way across the Western powers that form the walls of the neoliberal fortress.
American Empire, Commentary, Consortium News, History, Intelligence, Iraq, Israel, Media, Militarism, Palestine, Terrorism, U.S., War Crimes, Winter Fund Drive
Can You Handle the Truth?
Consortium News is a publication for adults who are prepared to put away their adolescent notions of America’s exceptional goodness and are instead ready to face the ugly realities of the United States abroad.
Afghanistan, Commentary, Iraq, Israel, Media, Middle East, Syria, Terrorism, The Bush-43 Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
How the West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani
As Western media and politicians embrace Jolani and HTS, Alan McLeod sees the U.S. reverting to its pre-9/11 close relationship with al-Qaeda.
UnitedHealthcare & Corporate Rule
Derek Seidman says the violence of for-profit health care’s megastructure can only be overcome through collective resistance campaigns.
Vijay Prashad: The Eighth Continent of Sleaze
The Global North and its corporate executives have wielded the concept of “corruption” against the Global South, whose social wealth it injects into the Continent of Sleaze.
American Empire, Analysis, Column, History, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Media, Middle East, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, Propaganda, Religion, Russia, Syria, Terrorism, Ukraine
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Blinded to Syria
Decades after deploying mass violence and rendering citizens grotesquely ignorant of the world, U.S.-led powers appear willing to risk world war, while reinventing a terrorist to lead what was a secular nation until last week.
American Empire, Analysis, Biden Administration, Commentary, Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Media, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, Pentagon, Russia, Syria, Turkey, U.S., Ukraine
LISTEN: The Two Puppets
There are parallels between their roles in Syria and Ukraine. But can Abu Mohammad Jolani be as easily controlled by the U.S., Israel and Turkey (who may have conflicting interests) as Volodymyr Zelensky?
Afghanistan, Biden Administration, Commentary, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Neoconservatism, Palestine, Pentagon, Syria, Turkey, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
US & Israel Destroyed Syria & Called it Peace
Netanyahu’s ambition to transform the region through war, which dates back almost three decades, is playing out in front of our eyes, writes Jeffrey Sachs.
Trump Says No to ‘Foolish’ US Missile Attacks on Russia
UPDATED: The incoming president told Time he “vehemently disagrees” with firing U.S. missiles into Russia, words that could soothe nuclear tensions between Washington and Moscow, reports Joe Lauria.