John Pilger | Inside the Invisible Government: War, Propaganda, Clinton & Trump
Today, the invisible government has never been more powerful and less understood.
FIGHTING FOR ALEPPO: How Syria’s Forgotten Revolutionaries Rose Up “To Kill This Fear”
“Syria has had so many heroes, but people often don’t know who they are.”
Dilip Hiro | American Power at the Crossroads
The global scenario that the down-to-earth presidents of China and Russia seem to have in mind resembles the sort of balance of power that existed in Europe for a century after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815.
Max Blumenthal | Inside the Shadowy PR Firm That’s Lobbying for Regime Change in Syria
Like The Syria Campaign, the White Helmets are anything but impartial.
Diana Johnstone | The Hillary Clinton Presidency Has Already Begun As Lame Ducks Promote Her War
In the space of a few days, Samantha Power, John Kerry, and Barack Obama all turned in war-winning performances.
Rise Up Times | Articles about the Middle East
Articles about the Middle East. Click the title of each article to read the full article. Found on the link on the RiseUpTimes.org page. Regularly updated. Also visit the WAMM Middle East Committee website here for information and articles. +++ Telesur English Click the image to view Israel's 2014 Gaza Massacre. +++ A few of More
Marjorie Cohn | US Targeted Killing Rules Conflate Legality and Politics
Under the guise of increased transparency, the administration has revealed partial information about its targeted killing program. But much remains classified. And what we do know does not comply with the law.
Robert Parry | NATO Reaffirms Its Bogus Russia Narrative
...it is impermissible for any government outside of NATO to respond or even defend itself. To do so amounts to a provocation against NATO – and such hypocrisy is accepted by the West’s mainstream news media as the way that the world was meant to be.
Tomgram | Patrick Cockburn, An Endless Cycle of Indecisive Wars
…no less crucial for being obvious: in most of these countries, where Islam is the dominant religion, ... al-Qaeda, and the Taliban are essentially the only available vehicles for protest and rebellion. By now, they have completely replaced the socialist and nationalist movements that predominated in the twentieth century; these years have, that is, seen a remarkable reversion to religious, ethnic, and tribal identity, to movements that seek to establish their own exclusive territory by the persecution and expulsion of minorities.
Kathy Kelly | Group Calls for a National Debate on U.S. “Regime Change” Policy
We are a group of concerned U.S. citizens currently visiting Russia with the goal of increasing understanding and reducing international tension and conflict. We are appalled by this call for direct U.S. aggression against Syria, and believe it points to the urgent need for open public debate on U.S. foreign policy.
Juan Cole | World More Violent in Past Year, but Middle East Drives Deterioration (Video)
If the GPI is right about what produces peace, you’d have to conclude that the US is heading toward increased violence.
Smart Power and “The Human Rights Industrial Complex”
The problem is both systemic and institutional in nature. As a result, many of the western world’s leading human rights organizations based in North America and Europe have become mirror reflections of a western foreign policy agenda and have become virtual clearing houses for interventionist propaganda.