On paper, the US military is helping the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fight ISIS, but in reality, the mission is part of the economic strangulation of Syria. On top of crippling economic sanctions that specifically target reconstruction efforts and the energy sector, the region of Syria where US troops are deployed is where most of the country’s oil fields are, keeping the vital resource out of the hands of Damascus.

Total Shutdown of Dissent is U.S. Censorship’s Endgame, by Rainer Shea

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Whenever I hear about an instance of imperialist online censorship, or a short-term plan by a ruling class technocrat to further the erosion of free speech, I wonder: what’s the endgame of this? How far do these oligarchs plan to take their campaign to control the flow of information and suppress dissent?
Total Shutdown of Dissent is U.S. Censorship’s Endgame, by Rainer Shea