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NPR Mocks Cancer Survivor in Drumbeat of Syria Propaganda
Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria (from released Syrian Presidency Facebook page) It may be a new low in propaganda. National Public Radio (NPR) used the news that Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad had...
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Remembering Hisham Ahmed
Portrait Hisham Ahmed was born in Deheisheh refugee camp on the outskirts of Bethlehem, Palestine in 1963. Blind from birth, Hisham somehow surmounted all odds and ultimately earned a Ph.D from the...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Science and Global Security
Dear Editors at Science and Global Security Science and Global Security (SGS) has been publishing technical articles on arms control and related issues since 1989. I urge you not to succumb to...
View ArticleWhy Withdrawing US Troops from Northern Syria is GOOD
The foreign policy elite is in an uproar. They claim “we have abandoned our allies”. They question “how can America be trusted?” They say the decision to withdraw from northern Syria was a “gift” to...
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A Beautiful but Deceptive Documentary: “For Sama”
The documentary movie “For Sama“ has won a host of awards in Europe and North America. Its producers and protagonists, Syrians Waad Kateab and her husband Dr. Hamza Kateab plus English film-maker...
View ArticleAMLO is Bringing New Hope to Mexico
Jeremy Corbyn lost the election but one of his political friends, the progressive Mexican leader named Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been in power for one year. He is carrying out the plans and...
View ArticleThree Extraordinary Australian Journalists: Burchett, Pilger, Assange
Australia has produced extraordinary journalists across three generations: Wilfred Burchett (deceased in 1983), John Pilger (80 years old but still active) and Julian Assange (48 years old, currently...
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Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang: A Travesty of Justice
Sun Yang is an Olympic Gold medalist and world record holding swimmer. He was recently ruled to be guilty of an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) and banned from competing for eight years. Unless his...
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Racism and Bias at the Court of Arbitration for Sports
Sun Yang Over the past 5 years, the sports “anti doping movement” has been distorted into a political tool to attack Russia and now China. This article reveals the bias behind the decision to ban...
View ArticleSouthFront is Censored under Cover of Pandemic
Censorship of alternative media is becoming more widespread in the COVID19 era. This article documents the case of SouthFront. Introducing SouthFront Where do you find daily news, videos, analysis and...
View ArticleCaesar Tries to Suffocate 17 Million Syrians
Since 2011, the US and allies have promoted, trained and supplied militants trying to bring about “regime change” in Damascus. Having failed in that effort, they have tried to strangle Syria...
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Keep it Real
Diana Johnstone has written a compelling and insightful book. It is mostly a review and analysis of significant events from the past 55 years. It concludes with her assessment of different trends that...
View ArticleHow USA and Turkey Plunder and Loot Syria with Impunity
While President Trump lashes out at rioting and looting in Portland and Kenosha, half way around the world, the USA and Turkey are plundering and looting Syria on a vastly greater scale with impunity...
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Who to believe about Venezuela’s election? Firsthand observation or PBS...
In early December I travelled to Venezuela to be an election observer at their national assembly election. I was part of a group of eight persons from Canada and US organized by CodePink. There were...
View ArticleWhat Happened to JFK and a Foreign Policy of Peace?
Sixty years ago, John F Kennedy (JFK) was inaugurated as president of the USA. In less than three years, before he was assassinated in November 1963, he initiated major changes in foreign policy. These...
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Why Victoria Nuland is Dangerous and Should Not be Confirmed
Victoria Nuland exemplifies the neocons who have led US foreign policy from one disaster to another for the past 30 years while evading accountability. It is a bad sign that President Joe Biden has...
View ArticleTwo Ambassadors to Syria with Wildly Different Analyses
In the past few months, Grayzone journalist Aaron Mate has interviewed two former ambassadors to Syria: former UK Ambassador Peter Ford and former US Ambassador Robert S. Ford. The two ambassadors have...
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How Billionaire Foundations Fund NGOs to Advance US Foreign Policy Goals
US foreign policy is increasingly promoted by billionaire funded foundations. The neoliberal era has created individuals with incredible wealth and through “philanthropy”, they flex their influence...
View ArticleWhat is Wrong with the “Humanitarian Crossing” into Syria?
Author’s Note (July 9, 2021): On Friday July 9 the UN Security Council unanimously agreed to a one year extension of the Bab al Hawa crossing. As part of the agreement, the UN Secretary General needs...
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Why is the Top Chinese Swimmer not at the Tokyo Olympics?
Primary players and acronyms: FINA – Fédération Internationale de Natation (International Swimming Federation). Established 1908. WADA – World Anti-Doping Agency. Established in 1999. Based in...
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