Diana Johnstone assesses the recent German election, the decline of the traditional left, and its implications for relations with the U.S. and Russia.
German Politics: Confused, But Self-Righteous
Tag: Fareed Zakaria
Washington Post: Russians Are ‘Hacking Our Minds’
WaPo keeps hammering this narrative about powerful Russian mind-hackers as though Russia is the only nation with an existing propaganda campaign on the world stage, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Who Made the Palestinian Authority a ‘Police State?’
Jonathan Cook unpacks a revealing exchange between Trump’s son-in-law and CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.
Touchy Issue: Talking with ‘Terrorists’
Official Washington often exacerbates foreign conflicts by shoving them into misshapen narratives or treating them as good-guy-vs.-bad-guy morality plays, rather than political disputes that require mediation. The problem is particularly tricky with “terrorist” groups, writes ex-CIA official Graham E. Fuller.