Rachel McKane and David Pellow see Georgia’s RICO indictment as an attempt to repress social movement activity, using the state’s tools of legal interpretation and enforcement.
Georgia Frames Cop-City Protest as Criminal Conspiracy
Author: corinna barnard
Direct-Action Targets UK Firms Arming Israel
Dozens of companies that supply Israel’s war machine face a growing campaign to end U.K. complicity in crimes against Palestinians, write Sam Perlo-Freeman, Khem Rogaly and Anna Stavrianakis.
Peddling Propaganda About al-Shifa
Gareth Porter begins his dissection of a U.S. journalist’s unequivocal backing of Israel’s justification for closing down Gaza’s largest hospital with a simple test: Who is the source?
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Derek Chauvin & the State of US Prisons
The most incarcerated country on Earth needs to change its entire criminal justice system. It’s irreparably broken at every level.
Israeli War on Gaza Raising Regional Tensions for US
From Lebanon to Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Iran, the possibilities of the conflict spreading are enormous, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
WHO: Disease Could Be Bigger Killer Than Bombs in Gaza
Humanitarian groups have warned for weeks that Israel’s total blockade of Gaza — cutting off fuel, water, food and electricity — was quickly fueling outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses, Julia Conley reports.
Pro-Israel Trolls Mob Social Media
While it kills thousands of people in Gaza, Israel is spending millions of dollars on its public image on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, writes Alan MacLeod. The blitz includes an invasion of the Community Notes function on X/Twitter.
The Nord Stream Lies Just Keep Coming
The idea that Ukraine’s senior command had the ability or daring to execute the complex and risky venture of blowing up the pipelines without involving the U.S. beggars belief, writes Jonathan Cook.
SCOTT RITTER: The End of US Nuclear Superiority
As Russia modernizes its nuclear arsenal it is no longer interested in trying to patch up an arms control relationship with the U.S. based on the legacy of the Cold War.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Aggressive Cops
Police are allowed to swear at you. It’s called “tactical language,” and it’s meant to establish immediate dominance.