Tag: Caitlin Johnstone
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Idiot Republicans Are Saying Genocide Joe Has ‘Abandoned Israel’
Dopey Republican pundits and politicians have begun claiming that Joe Biden has “abandoned Israel” and has fallen under the control of Hamas, because this is a presidential election year and everything needs to be ten times dumber than usual. By Caitlin Johnstone Dopey Republican pundits and politicians have begun claiming that Joe Biden has “abandoned…
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However Bad You Think Israel Is, It’s Worse
By Caitlin Johnstone So it turns out the IDF has been running a Telegram channel featuring homemade snuff films in which Gazans are brutally murdered by Israeli forces, captioned with celebrations of the gore and pain therein like “Burning their mother… You won’t believe the video we got! You can hear their bones crunch.” The…
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At This Point We Have To Always Assume Israel Is Lying Until Proven Otherwise
At this point the default assumption of any thinking person should be that all claims made by Israel are lies until proven otherwise by mountains of rock-solid evidence. By Caitlin Johnstone Israel is killing children at a historic rate, is killing an unprecedented number of journalists, and is starving half a million civilians while raining…
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CNN Goes To Gaza
CNN’s Clarissa Ward and her crew visit Gaza, shedding light on the devastating circumstances while avoiding attributing blame to Israel or the US-backed campaign. The segment grossly downplays Israel’s role and entirely misses the US’s assistance, leading to criticism about the network’s narrative distortion. By Caitlin Johnstone CNN’s Clarissa Ward and her crew became the…
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Putin Was Declared A War Criminal For Relocating The Same Number Of Children Israel Just Killed
The author criticizes the ICC for charging Putin with war crimes for relocating Ukrainian children while turning a blind eye to the Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza that has reportedly killed more Palestinian children. They question the selective enforcement of international law based on political alliances.
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Israel Propaganda Vs Palestine Propaganda
Caitlin Johnstone describes the contrasting nature of Israeli and Palestinian propaganda. She claims that Israeli outlets are projecting a nationalistic attitude and avoiding responsibility for infractions, while Palestinian sources are occupied with showing the humanitarian crisis, alleging civilian casualties, and reporting international condemnation of Israeli acts. She suggests that false narratives and alleged war crimes…
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False Accusations Of Anti-Semitism Exploit A Healthy Impulse To Advance A Profoundly Sick One
Caitlin Johnstone criticizes how supporters of Israel use false accusations of anti-Semitism to smear critics of Israeli policy, exploiting their fear of being seen as racially insensitive. She argues this misdirects focus from the Israeli government’s racial injustices and oppression of Palestinians. Critics of the government are portrayed as anti-Semitic while actual anti-Semites are ignored…
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The Moral Complexities Of Bombing A Concentration Camp Full Of Children
Caitlin Johnstone criticizes continuous military attacks on children in a concentration camp, allegedly by Israel. She suggests the targeting perpetuates violent resistance and urges for an end to the abuses to solve the issue.
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Middle Easterners Have Words For The Western Press Who’ve Been Lying About Them
The Western press is facing criticism from Middle Easterners about their reporting, while US congressional staffers, the State Department, and the public express discontent over the Biden administration’s actions in Gaza.
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It’s Not The ‘Israel-Hamas War’, It’s The Israel-Gaza Massacre
The article by Caitlin Johnstone critiques the labeling of the ongoing conflict as an “Israel-Hamas war” and suggests it’s more of an “Israel-Gaza massacre”, which she views as an ethnic purge targeting all Palestinians in Gaza, not just Hamas. Johnstone argues that this is a major humanitarian crisis, condemning Israel’s alleged abuse via the cutting…
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They’re Repeating The Word ‘Unprovoked’ Again, This Time In Defense Of Israel
Skillful manipulators make frequent use of a cognitive bias known as the illusory truth effect, a glitch in the way human minds tend to operate which makes it hard for us to differentiate between the experience of hearing a well-evidenced fact and the experience of hearing something that they’ve heard repeated multiple times. By Caitlin…
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The Top Ten Dumbest Things Empire Propagandists Ask Us To Believe
Caitlin Johnstone criticizes the US empire’s propaganda, highlighting ten fallacies including perceived aggression as defense against rivals, unchanging foreign policies despite different governments, and self-serving interference in international conflicts.
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This Proxy War Can’t Be Both ‘Unprovoked’ AND A Great Strategic Investment
The ongoing proxy war in Ukraine is increasingly referred to as a strategic investment by U.S. empire apologists despite the devastating toll on Ukrainian lives, forcing a shift from the narrative of an “unprovoked invasion.” Critics argue this war advances U.S. interests overseas, a low-cost, high-reward method that weakens Russia’s military without putting American soldiers…
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This War Wasn’t Just Provoked — It Was Provoked Deliberately
By Caitlin Johnstone In an interesting speech about the way US imperial aggression provokes violence around the world, antiwar commentator Scott Horton made reference to an April 2022 article from Yahoo News that had previously escaped my attention. The article is titled “In closer ties to Ukraine, U.S. officials long saw promise and peril,” and…