Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News – Consortium News

Deception & Politics From Washington to Tel Aviv

corinna barnard — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 02:45:20 +0000

U.S.-Israeli supremacist intentions, papered over and buried for decades, are now clear for all to see, writes M. Reza Behnam. By M. Reza Behnam Z-Network In these difficult times, the voice of the late Palestinian-American scholar, Edward Said is ever…

When Britain Aided Al-Qaeda in Syria

corinna barnard — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The U.K.’s campaign to overthrow the Assad regime provides key background to understanding Whitehall’s approach to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, writes Mark Curtis. By Mark Curtis Declassified UK Beginning in 2011, Britain embarked on a campaign to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad…

US Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum

corinna barnard — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:00:19 +0000

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. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News Congress has just passed a bill that will see the…

How the West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani

corinna barnard — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:54:16 +0000

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. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News Corporate media is heralding the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the emergence of…

US & Israel Destroyed Syria & Called it Peace

corinna barnard — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:00:47 +0000

Netanyahu’s ambition to transform the region through war, which dates back almost three decades, is playing out in front of our eyes, writes Jeffrey Sachs. By Jeffrey D. Sachs Common Dreams In the famous lines of Tacitus, Roman historian, “To…

Vijay Prashad: Africa Says France Must Go

corinna barnard — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:30:14 +0000

Frantz Fanon said so-called flag nationalists mobilize the people with slogans and leave real independence to future events. Six decades later, we are now in the midst of these “future events.” By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research A cascade…

Offensive Forces in Syria are Like Khmer Rouge

corinna barnard — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:37:55 +0000

John Wight says the common denominator behind the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970s and Salafi-jihadism in our time, is Western foreign policy. By John Wight Medium Taking place in Syria now as thousands of Salafi-jihadists…

RAY McGOVERN: Neocons Try Again in Syria

corinna barnard — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 20:01:02 +0000

Events during the Obama administration probably point to the way things will work out again, if the attack on Syrian forces continues for more than a few weeks. A day after Israel agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon last week…

Chris Hedges: To Kill a People

corinna barnard — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:00:56 +0000

The vaunted democratic values, morality and respect for human rights, claimed by Israel and the U.S. have always been a lie. The real credo is this – we have everything and if you try and take it away from us…

Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair

corinna barnard — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:14:17 +0000

It is despair that is killing us. It fosters what Roger Lancaster calls “poisoned solidarity,” the intoxication forged from the negative energies of fear, envy, hatred and a lust for violence. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost In the end, the election…