America’s Rocky Road to Raqqa

Exclusive: Though the U.S. has no legal right to operate inside Syria, Official Washington is boasting about its plans to liberate Raqqa from ISIS. But another problem: the battle plan makes no sense, says Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare In…

Read more →

from Propaganda Guard
http://propagandaguard.blogspot.com/2016/11/americas-rocky-road-to-raqqa.html

How World War III Could Start

The U.S. acts as if its military has an inalienable right to operate close to the borders of other nations and those nations have no right to see these actions as provocative, writes Jonathan Marshall. By Jonathan Marshall If humanity…

Read more →

from Propaganda Guard
http://propagandaguard.blogspot.com/2016/11/how-world-war-iii-could-start.html

The Resentments Trump Represents

Exclusive: While the mainstream U.S. media has focused on personal scandals, the presidential race has revealed a deep and sometimes ugly resentment among many Americans who blame the haughty elites for declining living standards, says Andrew Spannaus, By Andrew Spannaus…

Read more →

from Propaganda Guard
http://propagandaguard.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-resentments-trump-represents.html

Phony ‘Corruption’ Excuse for Ukraine Coup

Exclusive: The U.S.-backed “regime change” in Ukraine — launching the New Cold War with Russia in 2014 — was rationalized by the need to rid Ukraine of corruption, but post-coup officials are busy lining their pockets, reports Robert Parry. By…

Read more →

from Propaganda Guard
http://propagandaguard.blogspot.com/2016/11/phony-corruption-excuse-for-ukraine-coup.html

How Neocons Got ISIS Wrong, Too

As Islamic State loses ground in Iraq and Syria, earlier demands from Official Washington’s neocons for a major reintroduction of U.S. troops appear to be just the latest misjudgment of these war hawks, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.…

Read more →

from Propaganda Guard
http://propagandaguard.blogspot.com/2016/11/how-neocons-got-isis-wrong-too.html

Taking a Page from Joe McCarthy

Exclusive: Hillary Clinton and her supporters have turned to ugly McCarthyism in attacking Donald Trump to divert attention from their email scandals, a dangerous use of Russia-bashing, says Robert Parry. By Robert Parry One trick of the original McCarthyism from…

Read more →

from Propaganda Guard
http://propagandaguard.blogspot.com/2016/11/taking-page-from-joe-mccarthy.html

Debate over the Cleveland Indians’ Mascot

The U.S. government’s genocide against Native Americans has led many to find the use of Indian nicknames and caricatures in sports offensive, such as the grinning Chief Wahoo mascot of the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, reports Dennis J…

Read more →

from Propaganda Guard
http://propagandaguard.blogspot.com/2016/11/debate-over-cleveland-indians-mascot.html