If Zionist ideology ever fit into the modern world, and I will leave this an outstanding question, it no longer does.
Patrick Lawrence: No More Silence
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The Corporate News Media at Work
Large numbers of Palestinians and Ukrainians were killed in missile strikes days apart, writes Jonathan Cook. The differing coverage of these comparable events is the clue to the media’s true function.
Chris Hedges: PEN America Self-Destructs
In May 2013 Hedges resigned from PEN America when it appointed former State Department official Suzanne Nossel to run it. A decade later, PEN America has become a propaganda arm of the state, including on Julian Assange.
Worthy & Unworthy Victims: Navalny & Lira
While Alexey Navalny’s death commanded 24-hour news coverage, Gonzalo Lira’s death in Ukraine was virtually ignored. Alan MacLeod on why one death apparently mattered so much more to U.S. corporate media.
A Blueprint for Counter-Insurgency in the West – Pt 1
Britain’s General Sir Frank Kitson, who died in January, left a terrible legacy in Ireland and a model for countering subversion and insurgency elsewhere, writes Mick Hall. First of an article in two parts.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Grand Delusions
This year’s Munich Security Conference was predictably all about the imaginary danger that Russians intend to proceed westward into Europe as soon as they finish in Ukraine.
An Anniversary the West Would Rather Forget
M.K. Bhadrakumar raises the contemporary relevance of the Nazi effort to exterminate Russians by enforced starvation during the Siege of Leningrad.
The Roots of Israel’s Purge & Purify Strategy
Religion tied to state power can breed a murderous ideological impulse, writes Lawrence Davidson.
Patrick Lawrence: The End of Global Leadership
This president’s signature project — America will lead democratic nations in a crusade against the world’s authoritarians — is virtually nowhere taken seriously.
