Cartoonish propaganda punctuates the last leg of the “Arab Spring.” by Tony Cartalucci Land Destroyer In January 2011, the unrest in Tunisia and Egypt took many by surprise. Amidst the confusion, the global elite and their nefarious networks of NGOs, civil society organizations, and foreign-funded, trained, and armed opposition groups were able to dislodge the governments in both nations. As similar gambits were being simultaneously triggered in Yemen, Syria, Bahrain, Algeria, and Libya, the alternative press as well as networks like PressTV and Russia Today began airing the possibility that these were in fact engineered events rather than “spontaneous” uprisings. Now half a year into ……. [Full Post]

Hat tip to Steven Gowans Here’s Mazda Majidi, always worth reading, on Syria. A refreshing alternative to Gilbert Achcar and the infinitely gullible/credulous Establishment sections of the Western liberal Left: The revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia have thrown into question all established authorities in the Arab world and unleashed political forces everywhere that see this as a golden opportunity to make their bid for power. This does not mean each one of these forces is progressive. It is not possible at this point to weigh the relative strength, or politically characterize, all the various trends within the Syrian opposition movement. The current protest movement appears ……. [Full Post]