Syria: whose side is Israel on?

We’ve long noted that the Israeli security establishment and its neocon allies in Washington are divided between those who would give Bashar Assad a healthy shove and those who would prop…

Russia bombs ISIS —not!

…words to avoid unduly antagonizing Moscow, and of course the US has also bombed the Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front. But what explains the silence and denialism on the “anti-war” (sic) left?…

Did US officials secretly aid Qaddafi?

…against this alliance between “progressives” and paleocons, and the dictators they support. When the “left” supports dictators, we say it has betrayed progressive values and become the idiot left. See…

Yes, “terrorists” in Libya rebel ranks

…a “terrorist” and “linked to al-Qaeda.” Now Qaddafi has outlived his usefulness to the empire—and, presto-change-o! He’s a freedom fighter! Expect Qaddafi’s useful idiots on the “left” (sic!) in the…

Syria: world betrays Aleppo (of course)

…most perverse thing about the “leftist” cheerleading for Assad’s genocidal regime is that these so-called leftists are convinced (relentlessly assured by sources such as the Orwellianly-named Fairness & Accuracy in…

Jill Stein: pro-fascist hippie dupe

…first launched what was then a peaceful revolution in March 2011 under the slogan “the people want the fall of the regime.” The refusal of the American left to see this is…