demonization

The war image perfectly serves the neoconservative agenda for supporting ISIS and demonizing Russia.

Who are Syria’s White Helmets?

Image: Courtesy Fort Russ
 
by James Petras
Introduction
            The major influential western print media are engaged in a prolonged, large-scale effort to demonize Russian President Putin, his politics and persona.  There is an article (or several articles) every day in which he is personally stigmatized as a dictator, authoritarian, czar, ‘former KGB operative’ and Soviet-style ruler; anything but the repeatedly elected President of Russia.

Last month, 250,000 party members voted Jeremy Corbyn leader of the Labour party, ‘the largest mandate ever won by a Party Leader.’ The combined might of the political and media establishment had fought and lost its Stalingrad, having bombarded Corbyn with every conceivable smear in a desperate attempt to wreck his reputation with the British public. The more extreme the attacks, the more people caught on.