Archives for décembre 2024

Gaza Ceasefire Before the Holidays? Seeking to Gift Trump A Win, Netanyahu Targets Iran

Trump’s demand for a Gaza ceasefire masks a deeper strategy, with Netanyahu poised to steer U.S. policy toward war with Iran.

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The incoming former President Donald Trump has styled himself as an anti-war, pro-deal candidate, maintaining that the wars in Ukraine and Palestine would never have happened if he had been president during the past four years. He campaigned on this platform, even though it is demonstrably true that he is no dove. The unprecedented amount of

Privatizing Syria: US Plans to Sell Off a Nation’s Wealth After Assad

Sanctions, privatization, and reconstruction: Washington’s approach to post-Assad Syria offers a glimpse into the true nature of America’s foreign policy agenda.

Syria Rebel Economy Feature photo

In the immediate wake of the Syrian government’s abrupt collapse, much remains uncertain about the country’s future - including whether it can survive as a unitary state or will splinter into smaller states as did Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, a move that ultimately led to a bloody NATO intervention. Moreover, who or what may take power in

Le changement de régime comme arme : comment les États-Unis remodèlent la Syrie

Alors que Assad tombe, Washington exploite la fracture de l’État syrien pour imposer des réformes de libre marché, normaliser les relations avec Israël et consolider son emprise sur la région.

Syrian Rebels Feature photo

On the heels of the toppling of the Bashar al-Assad government in Damascus, the United States has directed the emerging transitional order toward a neoliberal economic framework, coupled with efforts to normalize relations with Israel. Through a combination of sanctions, terrorist designations, and strategic foreign aid, U.S. policymakers and think

Congress Revives Cold War Tactics with New Anti-Communism School Curriculum

Although sponsored by Republicans, the new Crucial Communism Teaching Act bill enjoys widespread support from Democrats. Focused on China, Venezuela, Cuba and other targets of US empire, critics warn it will be used to promote war in public schools. 

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Congress has just passed a new bill that will see the U.S. spend huge sums of money redesigning much of the public school system around the ideology of anti-communism. The “Crucial Communism Teaching Act” is now being read in the Senate, where it is all but certain to pass. The move comes amid growing public anger at the economic system and

Au cœur de l'accaparement effronté des terres syriennes par Israël : un plan vieux de plusieurs décennies prend vie

Profitant de l'instabilité de la Syrie, Israël repousse ses frontières jusqu'aux hauteurs du Golan et au-delà, réalisant ainsi ses ambitions de longue date de redessiner la carte de la région.

Israel Syria land grab feature photo

Within hours of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s deposition, the Israeli military launched an unprecedented offensive that seized more land in the Golan Heights. Israel now openly seeks to implement a buffer zone plan that will seize more of Syria’s territory, a plot that has been over a decade in the making. In February 2013, it was

From ‘Terrorist’ to ‘Freedom Fighter’: How the West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani as Syria’s ‘Woke’ New Leader

From CNN interviews to glowing profiles, Western outlets are working overtime to frame Al-Qaeda’s Abu Mohammad al-Jolani as Syria’s new, diversity-friendly leader.

Jolani Biography Feature photo

Corporate media is heralding the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the emergence of Abu Mohammed al-Jolani as the new leader of Syria, despite his deep ties to both al-Qaeda and ISIS. “How Syria’s ‘diversity-friendly’ jihadists plan on building a state,” runs the headline from an article in Britain’s Daily Telegraph that suggests that Jolani will