Despite many attempts to redefine the term “refugee,” it remains in international law as a term related to persecution and not to starvation.
Vijay Prashad: Three New Kinds of Refugees
Month: September 2024
Anti-Genocide Students Are Back
Sustained pushback against campus repression will be essential to upholding the right to protest as guaranteed by the First Amendment, writes Norman Solomon.
The Dangers of Practicing Journalism
Biden’s Memo Invoked to Stop Arms to Israel
Rights groups this week reminded the White House of its report in May that concluded that Israel’s use of U.S. weapons were likely “inconsistent” with international law.
RAY McGOVERN: Conditioning Americans for War With Russia
With new U.S. action today against Moscow, Russiagate remains like a vampire, with no one able to drive a wooden stake into its heart and keep it there.
The Brutal Wish of a Failed Israeli Diplomat
There is more to Gilad Erdan’s hatred of the U.N. than the mere frustration of a disappointed diplomat, writes Ramzy Baroud.
UK Quietly Ties Nuclear Arsenal to Washington
Richard Norton-Taylor says the Starmer government’s rewriting of a transatlantic treaty undermines persistent claims that Britain’s Trident missile system is operationally independent.
Warning of ‘Genocidal Violence’ on the West Bank
As the Israeli military’s largest assault on the West Bank in decades continued into its second week, U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said the “writing is on the wall.”
Aren’t Palestinians Human?
Israeli strikes killed 47 Palestinians in Gaza in one 24-hour period between Saturday and Sunday, receiving not a fraction of the attention Western officials have given six Israeli hostages, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Patrick Lawrence: The Sound of Enforced Silence
Our censors, as the record shows again and again, have no special concern about acting in a serious manner. Power has no such obligation.