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Zombie History
In The Road to Unfreedom, Timothy Snyder’s vision of history driven by rival states and ruthless statesmen undermines his own insistence on the importance of individual responsibility. By Sophie Pinkham.
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2018: When Orwell’s 1984 stopped being fiction
When I trained as a journalist, we reserved a “Revealed” or an “Exposed” for those special occasions when we were able to bring to the reader information those in power did not want known. By Jonathan Cook.
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Children of ‘The Cloud’ and Major Tom
Adrian Daub on growing up under and being transfixed by the German sky in the 1980s.
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Journalistic predictions of Middle Eastern politics are – mostly – an exercise in futility
There will always be a margin of error, but after years of reporting on the region, certain things can be fairly accurately anticipated, such as the outcome of Arab elections. By Robert Fisk.
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Mobbed Up
How America boosts the Afghan opium trade. By Andrew Cockburn.
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Building the Iron Wall
The U.S. is engaged in real wars in which bombs are dropped and people are killed, wounded and displaced. Yet here at home, none of it seems real. By Chris Hedges.
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The Pig Empire Prepares For War
It’s been a very, very bad week if you’re rooting for peace. By Nina Illingworth.
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Another Unnecessary War
"As long as there is a huge power gap between the IDF and Hezbollah, Israel can afford to attack targets in Syria and Lebanon dozens of times without fear of endangering the home front." By Idan Landau.
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US Killed Over 100 Pro-Govt Fighters in Syria
Syria complains to UN Security Council over ‘massacre.’ By Jason Ditz.
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Tillerson’s Promise of More War in Syria Gets Warm Reception From Corporate Media
Media outlets not only fail to address the violence implicit in Tillerson’s Syria policy, they are treating it as a plan for peace. By Gregory Shupak.
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Tillerson Lays the Ground for Endless War in Syria
Washington still thinks it’s calling the shots—and we’ll fight forever to prove it. By Charles V. Peña.
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Green Beret Discovered SEALs’ Illicit Cash. Then He Was Killed
The story surrounding the slaying of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar keeps unraveling, starting with the SEALs-turned-suspects’ assertion that the soldier was drunk the night he died. By Kevin Maurer, Spencer Ackerman.
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