Corporate Media’s Venezuela Coverage Is Both a Tragedy and a Farce

Gregory Shupak / FAIR May 13, 2019 Juan Guaidó and his backers have taken steps that have nothing to do with democracy, and yet U.S. media calls his movement "pro-democracy." Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

What’s Happening in Aleppo Isn’t as Black and White as ‘Our Political Masters’ Make It Out to Be

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 14, 2016 Robert Fisk, The Independent's award-winning correspondent, writes that while the bloody clash in the Syrian city is horrific, many questions remain about American and British involvement and Western media's portrayal of the conflict. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Amnesty International: China Still No. 1 in Executions

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Apr 4, 2015 Amnesty International has released an annual report of the recorded death sentences carried out around the world in 2014. China's estimated tally was higher than the combined number of executions in all other countries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

They’re Kidnapping People for Money in Syria

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 12, 2013 The Syrian civil war has given rise to a wave of kidnappings and ransoms as desperate members of the opposition movement struggle to support themselves and their cause, Patrick Cockburn writes at The Independent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Syria May Survive but Many Syrians Will Not’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 13, 2013 In a sad farewell note to the country he spent a long time covering, reporter Patrick Cockburn describes how ordinary Syrians struggle to survive amid a seemingly interminable civil war stoked by foreign governments pursuing their own interests. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘When Is a Military Coup Not a Military Coup?’

BLANK Jul 5, 2013 "For the first time in the history of the world, a coup is not a coup," Robert Fisk writes in The Independent. "The army take over, depose and imprison the democratically elected president, suspend the constitution, arrest the usual suspects, close down television stations and mass their armour in the streets of the capital." But the American president does not name it as so. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chemical Weapons: ‘A Retold Drama Riddled With Plot Holes’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 1, 2013 "In any normal society," writes a skeptical Robert Fisk of the media and government blowup over the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government, "the red lights would now be flashing." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

India May Hold the Whip Hand in Dubai Power Game

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Nov 28, 2009 There are two basic truths about Dubai which, predictably, have not found their way into market speculation or newspaper analysis The first is that Dubai may soon find itself a satellite not of its Abu Dhabi capital but of India. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

War in Afghanistan: Not in Our Name

By Jane Merrick, Brian Brady and Kim Sengupta Nov 15, 2009 Seven out of 10 Britons back The Independent on Sunday's call for a phased withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as a landmark report by Oxfam this week exposes the real human cost of the war. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Civilians Pay the Price of War From Above

Robert Fisk / Truthdig May 11, 2009 Of course there will be an inquiry. And in the meantime, we shall be told that all the dead Afghan civilians were being used as "human shields" by the Taliban and we shall say that we "deeply regret" innocent lives that were lost. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Making Movies the Afghan Way

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Nov 24, 2008 Incredibly, as Afghanistan sinks back into the anarchy which became its natural state these past 29 years, Afghan film-makers are producing movies of international quality, turning out pictures which prove -- even amid war -- that a country's tragedy can be imaginatively recreated for its people. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The West’s Weapon of Self-Delusion

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jun 8, 2008 So they are at it again, the great and the good of American democracy, groveling and fawning to the Israeli lobbyists of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), repeatedly allying themselves to the cause of another country and one that is continuing to steal Arab land. Will this ever end? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )