To say not much happened during Trump’s two days in the Chinese capital, as a lot of people seem to think, is to miss the forest for the trees.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: History Turned in Beijing
OPCW Inadvertently Admitted Burying Critical Evidence on Syria Chemical Weapons Investigation
As part of a legal battle, the chemical watchdog group released a document that shows it concealed information about the deadly 2018 incident in Douma, Aaron Maté reports.
The United States’ Long War on Cuba
A U.S. invasion would only mark the bloodiest phase in an extended bipartisan war against Cuba for the “sin” of reclaiming national sovereignty and providing an example of independence from Empire, writes Eric Ross.
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WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Hitting a Chinese Wall’
A brash, expansionist Donald Trump returned from two days in China, having been schooled by Xi Jinping in what global stability looks like. Watch the replay.
Names of Some US Boat Strike Victims Revealed
Despite the Trump administration’s effort to conceal their victims’ identities, journalists and researchers have disclosed some biographical detail about some of the people “blown away over vast stretches of ocean.”
Vijay Prashad: The Necessary Future
Dark forces seek to colonise the future to ensure it remains subordinate to accumulation, not dignity. Talk of the future is not utopian fantasy but affirmation that the current order is intolerable and impermanent.
Craig Murray: Hiding the Terrorism Charge
By keeping anti-genocide activists in prison pending sentencing and — unbeknownst to the jury — adding a “terrorism” aggravation, the judge may intend abnormally long sentences.
Hedges Report: A History of Palestine’s Resistance
Ramzy Baroud discusses a people’s history of the Palestinians’ powerful resistance to Zionism in his new book, and its manifestations in today’s national liberation movement.
Judge Blocks Trump Sanctions on Francesca Albanese
The U.N. special rapporteur on Occupied Palestine says the interim decision gives her respite, but that the “battle is not over.”
When Killing Becomes Commonplace
After destroying 56 small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, the Trump administration’s murderous attacks have become commonplace but remain illegal and evil, says Andrew P. Napolitano.
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The Error in Banning the Nakba Day March
Police wrongly want to ban a Nakba Day pr0-Palestine rally but are allowing the right-wing’s anti-Islam rally the same say, writes Nailah Sharif, a retired London Metropolitan Police detective.
Unasked Questions About the War on Iran
The media ignore the evidence as they regurgitate the official narrative that manufactures consent for U.S.-led wars, writes Alison Broinowski.
Europe’s Pro-Israel Consensus Is Fraying
Although Israel’s trade partnership with the E.U. has been preserved for now, the relationship between Europe and Israel is destined for citizen-led change, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Pilger Scholarship Established at University in Melbourne
The scholarship will be awarded to “the student of journalism who has demonstrated an understanding of journalism as a humane profession independent of all vested interests to serve the public, not media proprietors.”
Craig Murray: Zionism Poisons UK’s Central Nervous System
Not questioning Zionism has long been the entry ticket to the British political and media Establishment, but although public belief in the Zionist narrative is fatally damaged, prosecutions of pro-Palestinian activists continue.
Chris Hedges: America’s Suicide Pact
America’s suicidal march began long before Donald Trump. He and the buffoons around him are the inevitable final chapter of the decaying empire.
The Unraveling of Nehru’s Vision for India
Nehru’s pluralistic vision that has long held together one of the most diverse nations on earth is being dismantled by the steady march of Hindu majoritarianism, as reflected in India’s latest election results, writes Betwa Sharma.
Palestine Action Barrister Wins Appeal in UK Contempt Case
The ruling Tuesday in the Rajiv Menon case comes as four of the anti-genocide defendants found guilty in a retrial can be sentenced as terrorists, Dania Akkad reports.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Epic Desperation
Before the world’s eyes, Iranians have turned Operation Epic Fury into Operation Epic Desperation. Iranians are Hô Chi Minh’s grasshoppers taking on a colonial elephant.
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Armed Robbery of the World’s Energy Supply
A forensic investigation into how Washington leveraged the war in Iran to replace Nord Stream, save the dollar, and establish total command over the world’s fuel from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean. Richard Medhurst reports.