“‘Staged actions’ in Ukraine.”
A festival of media concoctions. The decades-long Ukraine crisis, since this current phase began with the U.S.–cultivated coup in Kiev eleven years ago, has occasioned more misinformation, disinformation, false-flag operations and propaganda than any other in our memories. This is…
“Those Russian ‘kidnappers.’”
Anatomy of a propaganda op. “The information age is actually a media age,” the late John Pilger once remarked. “We have war by media, censorship by media, demonology by media, retribution by media, diversion by media—a Surreal assembly line of…
“‘Hungry in their souls.’”
I received an email from my friend Samia Khoury not long ago. In it she shared a letter written by a man in Gaza. This is the second such letter to arrive recently in my inbox—addressed to another and forwarded…
‘Civilisation is no longer the norm.’
The 18 truths of Mahathir bin Mohamad. What does the non–West, if we can consider the majority of humanity as one, think of us, we in the West, if we can consider the West as one? It is a good…
“The ethnic-cleansing of Deir Alla.”
In memory of a community. 3 AUGUST—On 17 July The Floutist published “Zionist terrorism in the West Bank,” a report documenting settler attacks on the Bedouin gathering of Deir Alla—a community of seventeen families, including homes and outbuildings—11 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem…
“Zionist terrorism in the West Bank.”
From the village of Kisan. This post may be too long for those reading in email. To access the entire article, click on the headline above. 17 JULY—“I can see things are getting worse.” These are words sent yesterday via…
“Trump, Bibi, and Ayn Rand’s ghost.”
Narcissists and their theorist. 13 JULY—That stunning video of President Trump and Bibi Netanyahu across a dining table at the White House the evening of Monday, 7 July: Who can make sense of it? A murderer wanted under international law as…
“Beyond the refugee camp.”
A funding appeal for a friend. 10 JULY—During my trips to the West Bank last year—made possible thanks to the generous donations of many readers of The Floutist and Winter Wheat—I traveled through the governorates of Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron and visited numerous…
“‘What is this madness?’”
A letter from Gaza. 7 JULY—I received a note the other day that I think it is imperative my readers see for the shocking realities it describes. The email message arrived from Mazin Qumsiyeh. Some of you may recognize Mazin’s…
“Chongqing, global and invisible.”
The West’s ‘wall of ognorance.’ Guy Mettan, the prominent Swiss journalist, returns to The Floutist’s pages with this very fine piece on Chongqing, written after a recent visit. We like it for its exploration of China’s aspirations as these are manifest…
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