Jeffrey Sachs on the Fall of Syria and Need for Peace in Palestine and Ukraine
In this episode of The Source, we interview world-renowned economist, UN advisor, and best-selling author Jeffrey D. Sachs about the latest developments in Syria. Specifically, we explore the...
View ArticleAaron Maté: Who Won in Syria?
Aaron Maté discusses the nature of the new regime in Syria, the role of foreign powers in destroying Syria and preventing its recovery through support for Al-Qaeda and economic sanctions, the...
View ArticleAfrica’s Sibling Rivalry
Recorded as Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived for bilateral talks with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, this episode explores the dynamics of the Nigeria-South Africa relationship....
View ArticleThe West Celebrates Assad’s Fall, But What Comes Next May Be Even Worse
The toppling of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was cheered by U.S. President Joe Biden and other major Western leaders, like French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as it ended...
View ArticleWhite House Tree-Lighting Vigil Centers Christ in the Rubble
While the Biden administration proclaims “a season of Light and Peace” as the theme of its Christmas celebrations this year and thousands gathered in Washington on December 5th to view the lighting of...
View ArticleThe Return of War to the Home Front
In the early 1990s, doctors in Hiroshima, Japan, discovered a stress-induced syndrome they called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or “broken heart syndrome” — a condition in which the heart’s left ventricle,...
View ArticleCan India’s Elections be Truly Free and Fair with EVM as Deus Ex Machina?
Even such politicians and citizens who per necessity sport only a scant, pro-forma allegiance to the principle of electoral democracy in India may not contest the living fact that the most fundamental...
View ArticleGenuine Solidarity Is Not Conditional: Gaza and Unity Around Palestine
A new kind of unity around Palestine is finally finding its way to the Palestine solidarity movement worldwide. The reason behind this unity is obvious: Gaza. The world’s first live-streamed genocide...
View ArticleTwelve Creative Ways To Foster Reconciliation After Violence
Reconciliation is a processed aimed at putting an end to conflict between two parties. It includes a closure of hostile acts, a process of healing and rehabilitation of both perpetrators and victims....
View ArticleThe Real Reason Behind Trump’s Calls For Militant Extremism
Is Donald Trump recruiting violent extremist? Thom Hartmann explains the real reason Trump would do the pardons is because he’s recruiting. Armed rightwing militia groups in the United States have been...
View ArticleEducating For Adaptive Change Beneath A Darkening Sky
[Prefatory Note: This is a revised text of my presentation at the 4th Istanbul Education Summit made on December 7, 2024, held under the auspices of the Maarif Foundation in Turkey that is responsible...
View ArticleA New Book Details How Mainstream Media Is Still Manufacturing Consent For...
Amid globally visible Western hypocrisy on Palestine and Ukraine, a new book provides us with a clear outline of how the mainstream corporate media plays an important role in shaping opinions in the...
View ArticleOrganizing and Mutual Aid Are the Answers to a “Peace” Climate Summit that...
Militarism and fossil fuel dependency are inextricably linked– yet world leaders ignored this reality when they gathered to hash out global climate goals at the so-called ‘peace’ COP. When world...
View ArticleWhere Is Syria Headed?
While observing the amazing historical events that unfolded since last Friday, the first thing that came to mind was relief and joy at the images of detainees being freed from the hell of the carceral...
View ArticleSyria’s Assad Has Fallen – Just As The Pentagon Planned 23 Years Ago
The long-harboured aspirations of the US, Turkey and Israel to topple the Syrian government, mainly through their rebranded al-Qaeda allies, succeeded at lightning speed. Damascus fell days after...
View ArticleThe Roads to Damascus
None but a few corrupt cronies will be shedding tears at the tyrant’s departure. But there should be no doubt that what we are witnessing in Syria today is a huge defeat, a mini 1967 for the Arab...
View ArticleDisappearing Genocide: BBC ‘Balance’ Between Perpetrator Israel And...
Imagine that the world’s largest and most respected human rights group issued a report detailing Russian war crimes in Ukraine and concluding that Russia was committing genocide. Western news media...
View ArticleResisting Empire & Injustice Through Fiction
Empire and injustice are not abstract concepts – they shape our daily lives. Awareness alone won’t change that. We can read the news, digest the facts, but change requires more than information. It...
View ArticleThe Collapse of the Syrian Regime
Featuring: Bassam Haddad & Omar Dahi Moderated by: Mouin Rabbani & Noura Erakat The swift collapse of the Syrian regime took everyone by surprise, after 54 years of rule and a prolonged...
View ArticleLuigi Mangione Peels Back the Layers of US Acquiescence
Before hanging on December, 2, 1859, John Brown slipped a note to a jailer: “I, John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty, land: will never be purged away; but with Blood. I had as...
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