The U.S. sees the economic advancements of China and other Asian countries as a “fierce competition.” For the Global South, however, this represents immense opportunity.
Vijay Prashad: Promethean Aspirations
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Craig Murray: Israeli Atrocities Continue in Lebanon
Rampant war crimes and ceasefire violations mark the trail of the Greater Israel project as it advances — with help from the U.S.-backed government in Beirut — in southern Lebanon.
Outcry at 2-Day Detention & Deportation of Journalist in Zurich
On Monday, The Electronic Intifada announced that its Palestinian-American co-founder, Ali Abunimah, who had gone to Switzerland for a speaking event, was being deported after spending two nights in jail.
How the Israel Lobby Tries to Silence Criticism of Israel
There’s a long history of the Zionist lobby pressuring, bullying and cajoling critics of Israel and they’re now upping their tactics, writes Kellie Tranter.
WATCH: For Once Trump Gets It Right on Censorship
Robert Scheer discusses Trump’s executive order banning government censorship and a range of free-press matters with Consortium News’ editor in chief Joe Lauria.
Trump Lifts Settler Sanctions, West-Bank Violence Explodes
Robert Inlakesh reports on the wave of Israeli attacks in the West Bank this week following Trump’s lifting of settler sanctions and the role of U.S. donors in enabling messianic-settler extremism.
After Ceasefire, Israel Turns on Regular Target — Jenin
After the Israeli attacks this week on the Jenin refugee camp, Maha Nassar focuses on why the camp is a common target of Israeli offensives and a center of Palestinian militant resistance.
TikTok & Free Speech
The same government that cannot audit its own Defense Department, and can’t balance its own budget, is going to protect us from the Chinese — even if free speech is impaired in the process, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
The Chris Hedges Report: America’s Academic Gulag
“Putting dangerous technology in dangerous hands” — MIT PhD students Prahlad Iyengar and Richard Solomon discuss their school’s collaboration with Israel’s extermination campaign and how dissidents are being suppressed.
Digging Out the Bodies From the Rubble
With thousands more Palestinians’ bodies still trapped under the rubble, 248 deaths have been added so far to the official toll from Israel’s attacks, Sharon Zhang reports.