Posts Tagged ‘heartland’

Meet the Christian Cowboys defending Israel’s heartland

“Fifteen American Christian “cowboys” with their wide-brimmed hats, denim shirts, tight Wrangler jeans, leather belts with large buckles, and well-worn boots have come to Israel to protect the Jewish residents of the biblical heartland – Judea and Samaria. “We want to live for Israel; that is our goal,” said 24-year-old Yosef Strain from Montanna, his […]

The Second Coming of the Heartland

August 14, 2022 by Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and widely cross-posted It’s tempting to visualize the overwhelming collective West debacle as a rocket, faster than free fall, plunging into the black void maelstrom of complete socio-political breakdown. The End of (Their) History turns out to be a fast-forward historical process bearing staggering […]

Taliban creep closer to capturing former heartland as lack of pay undermines Afghan forces

W hen Bilal, 24, joined the Afghan security forces six years ago, his motivation went beyond receiving a monthly pay check – he wanted to serve his country. Ironically, that commitment has been severely put to the test of late with the months-long delay of his salary payment despite a surge in violence across Kandahar. […]

Restoring The Heartland And Rustbelt

Above photo: The Brazos Wind Farm, also known as the Green Mountain Energy Wind Farm, near Fluvanna, Texas. (Wikimedia Commons) An Organizing Proposal for Clean Energy Democracy The world faces a crises of enormous proportions. Global warming, caused by the continued burning of fossil fuels, threatens life on Earth as we know it, and yet, those […]

Large Scale Assault against ISIS by Syrian Armed Forces (SAA), Russian Warships Fired 26 Long Range Missiles against ISIS Positions

On October 8, Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces, Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayoub officially announced that the Syrian armed forces had started a large-scale assault aimed at retaking several key cities and regions from terrorist forces after a week-long bombing campaign by Russia targeting the jihadists. A day earlier, SouthFront: […]

Loyalist heartland stands its ground against Libyan revolution

  Washington Post September 15, 2011 WADI AL-HAMMAR, Libya — The revolution’s quest to unite Libya under its control has a formidable challenge standing in the way: A swath of territory where disciplined loyalists fighters stage precision attacks and withering shelling barrages to defend land that includes Moammar Gadhafi’s hometown. It’s far too early to […]

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