The empire’s favorite trick is to begin the historical record at the moment its enemies retaliate against its abuses.
Caitlin Johnstone: Where the Aggression Really Begins
Category: Propaganda
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.
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.
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‘Terrorist’ Means Whatever US Wants It to Mean
In Washington, some of the same “terrorists” who are bad enough to justify Israel’s land grab in Syria are considered good enough to run a U.S. puppet regime, says Caitlin Johnstone.
WATCH: No Nuclear War — A Call to Reason
Live from the National Press Club in Washington three panels, moderated by Scott Ritter and Medea Benjamin, examined the danger of nuclear conflict and ways to resist it. Watch the replay.
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.
Deliberate Lies About Amsterdam Violence
News outlets didn’t make a mistake. They knowingly aired disinformation and peddled fake news, writes Jonathan Cook.
Israel & the Evidence Gap
For the small segment of U.S. citizens looking beyond the mainstream media, Lawrence Davidson says the discrepancy between popular perceptions and evidentiary reality is relatively easy to spot.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Zionists in Amsterdam
What happened in one Dutch city is the world since the Zionist regime began its limitlessly barbaric assault on Gaza: Western powers blessed it, and Western media determined to hide it from view.