Syrian rebels pledge to defeat Russian 'occupation'
Text Amid signs of an escalating Russian intervention in Syria, the opposition government-in-exile issued a statement pledging to "defeat any foreign occupation."Amid signs of an escalating Russian...
View Article9-11 at fourteen: spectacle commodified
Text 9-11 still provides an occasion for jingoism and war propaganda. But the day's commodification and transformation into an empty spectacle is now even more disturbing.Last night, this blogger...
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Conspiracy vultures descend on Paris
Text The Palestinian Authority's official newspaper runs an op-ed claiming Israel was behind the Paris attacks—just one of several such unhelpful responses.pyramideye.jpgWell, we knew it was...
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ISIS commander was trained by Blackwater: report
Text A former police commander from Tajikistan was featured in an ISIS video boasting that he had been trained by Blackwater in the US under State Department aegis.tajikistan.jpg.gifInternet partisans...
View ArticleAnother day, another massacre...
Text Was the San Bernardino attack politically motivated terrorism or just someone's personal revenge? Either way, pundits right and left are going to be squirming...OK, here we go. Get ready for the...
View ArticleSyria: 'peace deal' signals escalation (of course)
Text The UN resolution on a democratic transition in Syria assumes this can happen under Assad's rule. The US is now openly blocking with Russia over support for the dictatorship.It is looking like...
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Pseudo-left 'monsterphilia' hits bottom
Text Actively embracing monstrous regimes such as that of Bashar Assad, the contemporary "left" has thrown in its lot with fascism rather than revolution—and is in fact no longer a...
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Syria: whose side is Israel on?
Text The Israeli security establishment and its neocon allies are divided between those who would destabilize Assad and those who would prop him with up as the Devil they know.syriamap.jpg.gifWe've...
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Slain ISIS 'war minister' trained by US in Georgia?
Text "Omar the Chechen," a top-ranking ISIS commander apparently killed in a US air-strike in Syria, is said to have been trained by the Pentagon when he fought the Russians in Georgia.shishtani.jpgAn...
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Syria: world betrays Aleppo (of course)
Text As Assad regime and Russian air-strikes continue on the beseiged populace of Aleppo, media in the West increasingly echo regime propaganda of justified "counter-attacks."syriamap.jpg.gifTell us...
View ArticleSyrian rebels pledge to defeat Russian 'occupation'
Text Amid signs of an escalating Russian intervention in Syria, the opposition government-in-exile issued a statement pledging to "defeat any foreign occupation."Amid signs of an escalating Russian...
View Article9-11 at fourteen: spectacle commodified
Text 9-11 still provides an occasion for jingoism and war propaganda. But the day's commodification and transformation into an empty spectacle is now even more disturbing.Last night, this blogger...
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Conspiracy vultures descend on Paris
Text The Palestinian Authority's official newspaper runs an op-ed claiming Israel was behind the Paris attacks—just one of several such unhelpful responses.pyramideye.jpgWell, we knew it was...
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ISIS commander was trained by Blackwater: report
Text A former police commander from Tajikistan was featured in an ISIS video boasting that he had been trained by Blackwater in the US under State Department aegis.tajikistan.jpg.gifInternet partisans...
View ArticleAnother day, another massacre...
Text Was the San Bernardino attack politically motivated terrorism or just someone's personal revenge? Either way, pundits right and left are going to be squirming...OK, here we go. Get ready for the...
View ArticleSyria: 'peace deal' signals escalation (of course)
Text The UN resolution on a democratic transition in Syria assumes this can happen under Assad's rule. The US is now openly blocking with Russia over support for the dictatorship.It is looking like...
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Pseudo-left 'monsterphilia' hits bottom
Text Actively embracing monstrous regimes such as that of Bashar Assad, the contemporary "left" has thrown in its lot with fascism rather than revolution—and is in fact no longer a...
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Syria: whose side is Israel on?
Text The Israeli security establishment and its neocon allies are divided between those who would destabilize Assad and those who would prop him with up as the Devil they know.syriamap.jpg.gifWe've...
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Slain ISIS 'war minister' trained by US in Georgia?
Text "Omar the Chechen," a top-ranking ISIS commander apparently killed in a US air-strike in Syria, is said to have been trained by the Pentagon when he fought the Russians in Georgia.shishtani.jpgAn...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Syria: world betrays Aleppo (of course)
Text As Assad regime and Russian air-strikes continue on the beseiged populace of Aleppo, media in the West increasingly echo regime propaganda of justified "counter-attacks."syriamap.jpg.gifTell us...
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