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Mayotte Crisis: Putrid Leftover of France’s Imperialist and Colonialist Scrooge?

The cycle of empires It is not as if President Macron and his administration needed a new crisis to add to the turmoil of his second term in power. Unlike Mali or Burkina Faso, where French troops were bluntly asked to leave by military juntas, Mayotte is in effect a full-fledged French department. The reminiscence […]

75 Years & Counting: A History of Western Regime Change in Syria Part I

Vanessa Beeley Washington and London’s latest war against Syria was incubated in CIA and MI6 offices long before the manufactured “uprising” erupted in 2011. This was not the first time that the US neocolonialist alliance had attempted regime change in Syria. Historian Stephen Gowans writes about Washington’s Long War on Syria in his comprehensive book …

Sarkozy Jailed For Corruption: Path Eased for Macron

Sarkozy Jailed For Corruption: Path Eased for Macron News Topic 63: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption Sarkozy found guilty of corruption and influence peddling but is unlikely to spend time in prison Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption When the verdict came, it reduced the Paris […]

2009 : Le retour dans l’OTAN d’une France abaissée – par Eric Juillot

Nicolas Sarkozy a trop lu Samuel Huntington[1]. C’est du moins l’impression que donne la formule qu’il emploie, le 11 mars 2009, pour exprimer le sens profond du retour plein et entier de la France dans l’OTAN décidé par lui : « Je n’ai pas peur de dire que nos alliés et nos amis, c’est d’abord la […]

TFF PressInfo # 405: Keep focus on Aleppo and global dimensions of Syria


By Jan Oberg
Three perspectives on the Syrian conflict formation
The Syrian conflict formation is hugely more complicated than we’ve been told by Western politicians (all mainstream in spite of democratic features) and mainstream/dependent media.
To some there are only internal aspects and it’s called a civil war only. That’s a necessary but not sufficient aspect.