Here’s an example of how the prison rape-elimination law gets violated; and not by other prisoners.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Perverted Prison Justice
Month: June 2021
COVID-19: Venezuela Says COVAX Payments Blocked
The country’s vice president says access to the program is being disrupted and calls it a crime.
COVID-19: Paltry International Support for Global South
Unsurprisingly, this has become a “developing-country pandemic,” write Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram.
Washington’s Rebranding of Syrian Al-Qaeda’s Founder
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton present a PBS Frontline special as the latest vehicle in a PR campaign by Beltway think tanks and foreign policy veterans to reposition Mohammad Jolani as an “asset.”
Gaza’s Summer: Destruction, Pandemic & Climate Change
Asmaa Abu Mezied describes the dangers of the hot months ahead for the besieged enclave, which just suffered bombing raids early Wednesday under Israel’s new government.
New Israeli Government Bombs Gaza
The Israeli military characterized the latest airstrikes as retaliation for “incendiary balloons” released into Israel from the Gaza Strip.
Zionist Academics Take the Side of State Power
Two historical associations in the U.S. for scholars of Middle East studies reflect opposing attitudes about Israel and its behavior toward the Palestinians, writes Lawrence Davidson.
Bipartisan US Attacks on Journalism
Amid revelations of Trump-era spying, Trevor Timm calls out the attempt by Biden’s DOJ to criminalize news gathering in the case against Julian Assange.
Undermining Detente Between Biden & Putin
Norman Solomon says Democrats and Progressives have been heightening bilateral tensions that increase the chances of thermonuclear holocaust.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The US-Russia Summit
Two recent moves on Moscow’s side suggest that the encounter in Geneva will mark the start of a long and welcome process.