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Archives for December 2019

For Sama: A Beautiful Yet Deceptive Documentary That Betrays Reality in Syria

On the surface, “For Sama” is about romance and childbirth, but underneath, it is very political.

Rick Sterling
By Rick Sterling
For Sama Feature photo

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 Edward Watts, have received gushing praise. And the awards will probably keep coming.  Unfortunately, behind the human interest story, the film "For

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Money, Power and Turf: Winning the Middle East Media War at Any Cost

Honest, objective and trust-worthy journalism in the Middle East is suffering a long, agonizing death, thanks not only to crackdowns on the media but also to well-financed propaganda empires.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Palestinian journalist Feature photo

It is hardly surprising to see Middle Eastern countries at the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index, as the worst violators of freedom of the press. But equally alarming is the complete polarization of public opinion as a result of self-serving media and, bankrolled by rich Arab countries, whose only goal is to serve their specific, often

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Bolivia’s New Right-Wing Gov’t Targets Foreigners With “Anti-Terror” Death Squads

The new move creating an unaccountable armed security force directly aimed at foreign terror will do little to quash fears that Bolivia is heading down the road to a totalitarian dictatorship.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Bolivia Coup police feature photo

Bolivia’s new Interior Minister Arturo Murillo has unveiled a new battalion of heavily militarized, black-clad “anti-terror” police aimed at neutralizing what the government claims are foreign groups “threatening” the South American country. “This anti-terrorist group has a mission of dismantling absolutely all the terrorist cells that are

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The Faux Generosity of the Super-Wealthy: Why Bill Gates is a Menace to Society

If Gates represents a net negative force in world politics, why does he receive such good press? For starters, he makes sizeable donations to a host of mainstream corporate media outlets.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Bill Gates Feature photo

Last month Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates surpassed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to once again become the world’s richest individual, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Buoyed by an enormous 48 percent increase in Microsoft’s share price this year, Gates has retaken the title he last held in 2017. That outcome is partially owed to the

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Study Reveals How UK Intelligence Works with Media to Smear Jeremy Corbyn

New research from Matt Kennard has shown how the British intelligence establishment works with the UK media to smear Jeremy Corbyn.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Jeremy Corbyn Feature photo

The United Kingdom goes to the polls December 12 in a pivotal vote that will decide the future of the country. Like in 2017, the Labour Party, under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, is surging towards the ruling Conservative Party in the last weeks of campaigning. But he will not become Prime Minister if the UK’s security services have anything to

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Insurance Companies Are Spending Millions on Attack Ads Against Medicare for All

The privatized, for-profit healthcare industry is close to panicking over the prospect of a nationalized system along the lines of other advanced countries.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Medicare for All Feature photo

Healthcare corporations are spending millions of dollars on astroturfed attack ads against Medicare for All. The Partnership for America’s Healthcare Future, for example, a coalition of hospitals and insurance companies, has spent $1 million on a television campaign against changes to the current healthcare system they profit from. The

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