That the United States was supporting the “moderate rebels” in Syria was repeated so often it became a punchline, especially once it became evident that the U.S.’s allies in Syria included elements of ISIS and Al Qaeda – hardly “moderates.” But now those groups control the Syrian city of Idlib and, despite the devastation wrought on the region by recent earthquakes, the authorities in Idlib are refusing to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in need.
Yanis Varoufakis On 23rd October, Yanis Varoufakis testified in front of the Jury of Conscience in the context of the Gaza Tribunal. His speech focused on the economic forces underpinning the genocide of the Palestinian people. In particular, he spoke on the manner in which capitalist dynamics have historically fuelled the white settler colonial project and, more recently, how the accumulation of a new form of capital - which he calls cloud capital - has accelerated, deepened and amplified the economic forces powering and propelling the machinery of genocide.
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