No experience of the failure of policy can shake belief in its excellence, even though foreign adventures drained the treasury and led to imperial decline.
VIPS MEMO: To Biden — Avoid a Third World War
Year: 2024
ICJ to Rule Friday on South Africa v Israel Genocide Case
The International Court of Justice said it would reveal its decision on provisional measures in the case of South Africa accusing Israel of genocide on Friday at 1pm, 7 am EST.
Biden’s War on Yemen
The unspoken premise for U.S. airstrikes against the Houthis’ is that an active genocide should be permitted to continue, argues Caitlin Johnstone.
JOHN PILGER: Justice for Assange Is Justice for All
John Pilger, whose funeral was in London on Tuesday, wrote this account of the extradition trial of his friend Julian Assange in November 2021.
The UK’s New Security Pact With Ukraine
The agreement will benefit U.K. arms exporters, open Ukraine further to Western investors and increase “counter-disinformation” operations against Russia, writes Mark Curtis.
The Roots of Israel’s Purge & Purify Strategy
Religion tied to state power can breed a murderous ideological impulse, writes Lawrence Davidson.
New York Times Spins Lemkin’s Work on Genocide
Raphael Lemkin’s application of the term genocide to the Ottoman Turk’s systematic mass slaughter of the Armenians predated the Holocaust, write Mischa Geracoulis and Heidi Boghosian.
US Supreme Court Defends Free Speech on Palestine
The dismissal marks the third consecutive time a federal court has dismissed the Jewish National Fund’s case against the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Russia’s Turn From the West
Sergei Lavrov’s recent comments are a case of the subtext being vastly larger than the text.
Chris Hedges: Four Horsemen of Gaza’s Apocalypse
Joe Biden relies on advisors who believe in the West’s civilizing mission to the “lesser breeds” of the earth to formulate his policies towards Israel and the Middle East.