Category: Arts

Hiding an Ugly Truth About Israel

Jonathan Cook on Tony Greenstein’s exposure of a glaring omission in a new biography of Rudolf Vrba, the first Jew to escape Auschwitz and an intense critic of the Zionist movement.

Chris Hedges: A Diary of Genocide

An interview with Atef Abu Saif, the Palestinian novelist who chronicled his experience surviving the most recent onslaught in Gaza. Born in the besieged territory, Saif has known war his whole life.

Vijay Prashad: Rust Belt & Broken Road

From the 1942 “American century” to Trump’s “American carnage,” the U.S. has shifted from a post-WW2 boom to decline and is now facing political divides, economic crisis, poverty and social decay.

The Corporate News Media at Work

Large numbers of Palestinians and Ukrainians were killed in missile strikes days apart, writes Jonathan Cook. The differing coverage of these comparable events is the clue to the media’s true function.