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Month: December 2024
Chris Hedges Report: How Fascism Came
The loss of basic democratic norms began long before Trump, which paved the road to an American totalitarianism. He is the symptom, not the disease.
‘Cop City’ Leads US Buildup in Police-Training Bases
Elizabeth Vos reports on a vast law enforcement training facility in Atlanta that defies the defund-police movement and sets the stage for Israel-linked militarized policing across the U.S.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Cellphone Seizures & the Courts
We cannot trust that federal agents will just be looking for child pornographers or international drug traffickers when they demand access to our electronics at the border.
Vijay Prashad: The Change in Syria
The fall of Damascus and rise of HTS signal a dangerous shift in Syria, deepening regional instability and isolation for Palestine. From Israel to Africa’s Sahel region, what comes next?
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.
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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.
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.