PAUL EDWARDS—The idiotic bind that The Empire is in is one they chose by their long, duplicitous, two-faced vaudeville act in the Middle East. This Gaza slaughter has drawn the curtain exposing The Great Oz, and made starkly obvious the payoff for playing both ends against the middle. If it backs the murderous Zionist Reich, it must see its cringing romancing of previously wholly-owned tyrannies such as Saudi Arabia and Turkey end forever. There is no clean, or even dirty way—as in Afghanistan—out of this political iron maiden in which it has sealed itself. Official America backs wholesale murder of children and no spin can hide that.
PALESTINIANS
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BLOWBACK—The panel discusses Israel’s genocidist’s posture toward Palestinians, the negative impact of 10/7 on the myths supporting the US empire and its vassals (among which Israel stands out), and how this will probably accelerate the decline in global power by the US and the prospects for Israel’s long-term survival. Hamas’ blow, despite its immense cost to the Palestinian people, has broken the cycle of gradual asphyxiation applied by a sociopathic Israel over decades, and exposed the moral bankruptcy of Western media and political elites.
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EDITOR—Russia and China need to form a coalition of states that are serious about establishing a just multicentric world order. If Israel does not heed calls to stop its illegal acts, this new “alliance for freedom” should send a protection group to Palestine. This formation should ensure that no more Palestinian people are killed by Israelis and that this ethnic group can keep its homeland. Of course, the Palestinian leadership must also commit to act according to internationally recognized legal principles.
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GARLAND NIXON—Garland attends the Washington DC Nov 4 pro-Palestine demonstration and is amazed and encouraged by its magnitude, in the hundreds of thousands, unexpected by some given the the fact the organisers had little time to make it happen. The US imperialist ruling class, and its world accomplices and tools, such as the US Democrat party and Western media, are likely to find a much tougher terrain henceforth when spouting lies to cover their crimes, say Garland. The carefully maintained mask has fallen off, and masses of people, especially the younger generations, are not likely to buy into the myth of US exceptionalism. As for Israel, NOT a real country, but an imperial strategic outpost in the Middle East, its days are numbered, says Garland. Its depravity has been laid bare, and no amount of propaganda will erase the images of Gaza being genocided in cold blood.
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GAZA RESISTS | Katie Halper interviews Mohammed Hisam
120 mins readEDITOR—Content like this, featuring images of terrible suffering by Palestinians in the latest clash between Gaza and Israel highlights the shameless hypocrisy of the West as it applies selective empathy to the media coverage assigned to this immense tragedy. We don’t see ppl crying on the mainstream media when it’s Palestinians. We don’t see Dana Bash, Anderson Cooper and their ilk tearing up over these images. What we do see is how effectively they bury such material.