Analysis

While the media blames the crisis in Lebanon solely on corruption, the US government unleashed a “maximum pressure” campaign to push regime change and crush Lebanese resistance with sanctions and aggressive hybrid warfare. By Ben Norton As the people of Lebanon suffer through one of the worst economic crises in …

The following article, by Kamal Alam, is republished from Middle East Eye:    It has been a month since US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Caesar Act sanctions coming into play as policy on 17 June. There has been a clear mismatch in US priorities, as seen by the differences between Pompeo …

Statement from Syria Solidarity Movement On July 11, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution presented by Germany and Belgium that would permit one border crossing from Turkey into Syria’s Idlib province for a US- backed UNSC aid program. The United States has been battling with China and Russia for …

The following article, by Rick Sterling, is republished from the American Herald Tribune:  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 economically. The goal has always been the same: …

The following article by Gregory Shupak is republished from FAIR: Late last month, the latest round of United States sanctions, known as the Caesar Act, took effect against Syria, a country already in a dire situation after nine years of war and sanctions. Covid-19 and an economic crisis in Lebanon, …

What/who are the Five Eyes? In a wide-ranging interview about Engler’s recent exposé in Canadian Dimension, Phil Taylor elicits from Yves Engler the origins, present activities, and dangers of this exclusive and official intelligence-sharing network of five mainly white, anglophone, Protestant relics of the British Empire: the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, …

By Lee Camp Source Peace seems to have exceedingly, ridiculously, laughably bad timing, this latest time in Afghanistan, says Lee Camp. This is not a column defending Donald Trump. Across my career, I have said more positive words about the scolex family of intestinal tapeworms than I have said about …

The following article is republished from the UNAC Blog:  by Judith Bello On May 20, President Trump signed into law the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.   Embedded in this bill, a housekeeping bill of sorts where yearly “defense” appropriations and priorities are spelled out, was the basic text of the 2019 …

The following article is republished from Cosmos Chronicle: The US Embassy in Syria threatened to punish anyone who dared to help suffering Syrians rebuild from 9+ years of US regime change attacks, including theft of oil fields and refineries and 1/3 of Syria’s best agricultural land along the Euphrates River. …

The following article, by SSM Steering Committee member Ken Stone, was initially published at rabble.ca:  On March 23, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to G20 leaders: “I am encouraging the waiving of (economic) sanctions imposed on countries to ensure access to food, essential health supplies, and COVID-19 medical support. This is the time …