Martyrs are used by messianic movements to sanctify violence. To show any mercy or understanding toward the enemy is to betray the martyr and the cause the martyr died defending.
Chris Hedges: The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
Month: September 2025
When Australia Defied US Nuclear Plans
Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, in 1981, established a high-water mark for Australian sovereignty over U.S. nuclear-capable bomber operations, write Richard Tanter and Vince Scappatura.
Craig Murray: Palestine Action & the Scottish Claim of Right
The result of the English judicial review of Palestine Action’s case against terrorist proscription will apply to the whole U.K. — which is a direct violation of Scottish legal rights.
The Chris Hedges Report: The Death of Holocaust Studies
How distortion of the Holocaust, in the midst of the genocide in Gaza, has been used to serve the narrative of Zionists and the Israeli government, analyzes Israeli historian Raz Segal.
India Disavows ‘Tianjin spirit,’ Turns to EU
After Narendra Modi enjoyed a private limo ride with Vladimir Putin that set off alarms in the West, Modi’s government did a quick about-face.
Westminster Group Shut Down over Israel Funding
A cross-party group of MPs and Lords has been shut down, after Declassified UK revealed it had taken money from an Israeli-owned weapons firm.
Vijay Prashad: The United Nations Turns 80
The U.N. is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide.
Caitlin Johnstone: Hamas Surrender Won’t Stop the Genocide
If Hamas surrenders, the genocide won’t end: but Palestinians will be erased from a Palestinian territory forever.
From RAF Fighter Pilot to Gaza Blockade Buster
Former U.K. fighter pilot Malcolm Ducker has joined the largest aid flotilla to Gaza in history and is calling on the RAF to end intelligence support to Israel, writes John McEvoy.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: A Nation of Narcissists
Narcissism is the open-and-shut condition of the elites who fashion and execute American foreign policy. And they are utterly incapable of seeing their country as it is.