Isn’t Islam inherently violent? What stopped the Islamic world having an Enlightenment? Why are some Muslims so into head-chopping? Jonathan Cook examines some common misperceptions.
Islam vs the West: 4 Fallacies Exposed
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UK Labour’s Defence Review Doomed to Fail
Keir Starmer’s defence plan avoids two fundamental issues, writes Paul Rogers: Britain’s actual recent experience of wars and the real game-changer, global climate breakdown.
Chris Hedges: War Deja Vu
We heard these canards leading up to the 2003 war in Iraq. Twenty-two years later they have been resurrected. Anyone who advocates for negotiations, for diplomacy and peace, is a stooge for terrorists.
What Happened to ‘Hamas Is ISIS & ISIS Is Hamas’?
Benjamin Netanyahu often spread the slogan to solidify Western support for Israel’s savagery in Gaza. Now the lie has been exposed once and for all, writes Joe Lauria.
Regretting Western Intervention in the Middle East
“Wars for oil, control and strategic dominance were cloaked in the language of democracy” — Ann Wright delivers an argument at the Cambridge Union Debates.
The Chris Hedges Report: The West as Israel’s Police
Richard Medhurst — his journalism tools now confiscated and under “terrorism” investigation for his reporting on Palestine and Lebanon — discusses his experiences in the U.K. and Austria.
Secret Terror Blueprints for US to ‘Help Ukraine Resist’
Newly-leaked documents reveal four military academics pitching the U.S. National Security Council a series of extreme strategies for Ukraine, Kit Klarenberg reports.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Six Scenarios for Syria
The situation of Syria is like the chaos of Libya but there are many more actors (local and external) operating, making it difficult to foresee what will happen.
WATCH — Catastrophe
“Has Jolani changed his spots?” George Galloway interviews Chris Hedges about the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on the Mother of All Talk Shows (MOATS).
How the West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani
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.