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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…

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…

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…

Support CN’s Middle East Coverage

Consortiumnews.com — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:39:51 +0000

Seven-year old Consortium News in 2002 was one of the first outlets to reject the politicized intelligence for the disastrous Iraq invasion and has run circles around corporate media on Syria, from 2011 until today. But only with your help.…

‘Terrorist’ Means Whatever US Wants It to Mean

corinna barnard — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:00:55 +0000

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. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au Listen to Tim Foley reading…

WATCH: No Nuclear War — A Call to Reason

Consortiumnews.com — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 17:54:39 +0000

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. Watch the panel discussions moderated by Scott Ritter and…

Caitlin Johnstone: Phony Anti-Establishment Schtick

corinna barnard — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:00:57 +0000

It’s increasingly necessary to not just stand against the status quo but also against the fraudulent political factions pretending to oppose it. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au Listen to Tim Foley reading this article. I saw a rant from Mehdi Hasan…

Deliberate Lies About Amsterdam Violence

corinna barnard — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 09:19:25 +0000

News outlets didn’t make a mistake. They knowingly aired disinformation and peddled fake news, writes Jonathan Cook. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net The media’s role in peddling disinformation over last week’s violence in Amsterdam just keeps getting darker. Owen Jones has…

Israel & the Evidence Gap

corinna barnard — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:00:29 +0000

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. By Lawrence Davidson TothePointAnalysis.com In early October 2024, Professor Joseph Massad of…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Zionists in Amsterdam

corinna barnard — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 23:32:02 +0000

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. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News…