In Episode 33 [14] of the CounterVortex podcast [15], Bill Weinberg compares coverage of the Idlib offensive [16] from CNN [17] and its Turkish counterpart TRT World [18], illustrating how the US corporate media uncritically echo the propaganda of the Assad regime. While TRT emphasizes civilian casualties, the CNN headline says "terrorists" are being killed—the propaganda technique of dehumanization and objectification [19] of victims. Shamefully, "progressives" in the West are far more complicit with Assad's genocide [20]. The deplorable [21] Amy Goodman has now repeatedly [22] allowed voices such as Phyllis Bennis and the inevitable [23] Noam Chomsky to spew genocide-abetting propaganda [24] on Democracy Now. Weinberg also discusses the contradictions facing the Rojava Kurds [25] in the areas of Syria they control. He closes with a call for Syria Solidarity NYC [26] and Rojava Solidarity NYC [27] to hold a joint workshop at the NYC Anarchist Book Fair [28], to try to arrive at a unified pro-revolutionary position on Syria. Listen on SoundCloud [14], [14] and support our podcast via Patreon [31].
Music: Free Syria New Song [34]
Production by Chris Rywalt [35]
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