Freedom Rider: The U.S. Starves Syria

15th January 2016 “If the corporate media in the United States are truly interested in the plight of Syrians perhaps they ought to do the real work of journalism instead of acting as courtiers for the Obama administration.” By: Margaret Kimberley for The Black Agenda Report   In preparation for talks on Syria this month,…

Madaya & Ongoing Marginalization of Kafarya & Foua Misery by UN

13th January 2016 “Of course, all humanitarian actors face challenges in maintaining wartime neutrality. But the agencies of the United Nations, including UNRWA, carry an additional burden. They are attached to a global organization that is, in fact, highly political.” ∼ David Bosco, American University   It appears that the marginalization of the plight of…

WESTERN MEDIA STARVES US OF THE TRUTH IN SYRIA

13th January 2016 A siege of another kind is also being forced on the minds of the Western public by the Western media; it involves starving them of the truth. Written by Finian Cunningham for Sputnik The Western news media are at it again – telling barefaced lies and half-truths about starving towns in Syria being liberated from sieges. Fake…