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Caitlin Johnstone: Where the Aggression Really Begins

corinna barnard — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:30:13 +0000

The empire’s favorite trick is to begin the historical record at the moment its enemies retaliate against its abuses. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au Listen to Tim Foley reading this article. New York prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione with “murder as…

Can You Handle the Truth?

Consortiumnews.com — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 07:16:39 +0000

Consortium News is a publication for adults who are prepared to put away their adolescent notions of America’s exceptional goodness and are instead ready to face the ugly realities of the United States abroad. It ain’t pretty. A government by,…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Blinded to Syria

Consortiumnews.com — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 23:12:47 +0000

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. By Patrick Lawrence Special to…

LISTEN: The Two Puppets

Consortiumnews.com — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 06:39:15 +0000

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? https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wbai.org.archive.audio/live-on-the-fly_2024-12-13_15-00_02-00.mp3 Former C.I.A. analyst Larry Johnson and…

Trump Says No to ‘Foolish’ US Missile Attacks on Russia

Consortiumnews.com — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:21:12 +0000

UPDATED: The incoming president told Time he “vehemently disagrees” with firing U.S. missiles into Russia, words that could soothe nuclear tensions between Washington and Moscow, reports Joe Lauria. UPDATE: Adds new last paragraph. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News…

Will Trump Step Up Attacks on Venezuela?

corinna barnard — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 17:00:24 +0000

With Trump’s cabinet full of hawks, Alan MacLeod assesses the potential for the president-elect’s second administration to cause more trouble for the Maduro government. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News The re-election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United…

What Russia Feared in Syrian Conflict Has Come True

Consortiumnews.com — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:46:28 +0000

Three years before it intervened in Syria, Russia feared an Islamist takeover in Damascus would lead to widespread chaos in the region, like a new Afghanistan in the Levant, reported Joe Lauria in 2012. This article was originally written for…

Syria Is Absorbed Into the Empire

Consortiumnews.com — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 05:49:20 +0000

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. Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim…

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…

JOE LAURIA: A History of Humiliation

Consortiumnews.com — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:06:45 +0000

After a history of U.S. bullying and humiliation — from a broken promise not to expand NATO to deceit over Minsk — it can’t be assumed Moscow is bluffing when it warns of nuclear war. By Joe Lauria Special to…