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.
How the West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani
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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.
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?
Syria Is Absorbed Into the Empire
Maybe you would prefer to believe a plucky band of heroic freedom fighters bravely overthrew an evil supervillain dictator all on their own like some Hollywood movie, says Caitlin Johnstone.
WATCH: Ritter Lobbies at Capitol to Avert Nuclear War
Scott Ritter joined Medea Benjamin and Code Pink to urgently lobby members on Capitol Hill to do what they could to stop the U.S. from starting a nuclear war.
Caitlin Johnstone: Phony Anti-Establishment Schtick
It’s increasingly necessary to not just stand against the status quo but also against the fraudulent political factions pretending to oppose it.
The War on Consortium News
From PayPal to Global News to anonymous hackers, there are forces that prefer you don’t read Consortium News.
X Suspends CN Live! Producer; Facebook Blocks CN Pieces
The Guardian’s Anti-Semitism
The media constantly deploy an anti-Semitic trope of crucial use to the Western power elite — that on Gaza, it is Israel pulling the strings in Washington, writes Jonathan Cook.
McBride Speaks From Prison at Australia’s Top Press Award Event
Imprisoned whistleblower David McBride spoke to the Walkley Awards ceremony, Australia’s Pulitzers, in a nationally-televised address that was a challenge to the authorities who jailed him. Consortium News was there.