JANICE KORTKAMP—Syrian people are not isolated. They have, and have had, full open access to the entirety of the internet and social media. Many speak two or more languages. They know everything that has been said about their country, their leader and their army. Every accusation. Every denouncement by every western official. Every “war sells news so news sells war” establishment media report.
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The Political Situation and the National Strike in Colombia
20 minutes readPEDRO SANTANA—The magnitude of the repression is disproportionate and corresponds, in my opinion, to a deliberate strategy of the government and the security forces to try to contain and suffocate the demonstrations. The aim is to provoke fear and reduce popular protest by force. Infiltrating the demonstrations and showing the unfettered action of paramilitary groups in the city of Cali and in the neighboring city of Yumbo, proof of this strategy has been widely documented by citizens who have recorded both the excesses of the public forces and the presence of armed civilians.
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PATRICE GREANVILLE—Fiorella Isabel conducts an in-depth discussion on the plight of Palestinians with Mideast expert and longtime activist and citizen journalist Eva K. Bartlett. Few people can touch Bartlett for her comprehensive grasp of Mideast history and politics, and for the sheer bravery of her political positions. Kudos to Fiorella and the folks at Convo Couch for this indispensable interview.
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MIKO PELED—According to the Israeli press, Netanyahu and his cabinet all received calls from President Joe Biden and members of his cabinet demonstrating their undying, never-ending, and unconditional support for the bloodletting of Palestinians. As hard as this is to see — particularly from Jerusalem, where I am less than an hour drive from Gaza — there should be no surprise.
When Joe Biden says he is a Zionist, he means he supports apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Palestine. It means that he will give unlimited money and weapons to Israel to execute the cruelest, bloodiest, most racist policies against the Palestinians, no questions asked.
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The EU’s vassalage to Washington cannot get much more repugnant than this. Laughable, too. Rarely has a onetime powerful and proud civilisation degenerated so far and so quickly into abject kowtowism, cowardice and rank stupidity.