In the wake of Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation, Ann Wright recalls other suicides committed in protest against U.S. policies, including by five Americans opposed to the U.S. war in Vietnam.
Killing Oneself to Try to Stop a War
Category: Commentary
Caitlin Johnstone: He Burned Himself Alive to Turn Eyes to Gaza
We each have own our personal response to Israel’s incineration of Gaza. This was Aaron Bushnell’s.
A Blueprint for Counter-Insurgency in the West – Pt 1
Britain’s General Sir Frank Kitson, who died in January, left a terrible legacy in Ireland and a model for countering subversion and insurgency elsewhere, writes Mick Hall. First of an article in two parts.
Craig Murray: Mea Culpa on Ukraine
The same powers who fund and arm Ukraine fund and arm genocide by a racial supremacist Israel. My belief in some kind of inherent decency in the Western political Establishment was naive.
Biden DOJ Indicts Journalist for Tucker Carlson Leaks
Timothy Burke, a Tampa-based media consultant and former Daily Beast staffer, was hit with more than a dozen federal charges this week in an action that raises press-freedom concerns.
BBC Hamas ‘Exposé’ Obscured Israel’s Genocide
With tens of thousands of Palestinians slaughtered, Panorama chose to hand the microphone over to the very military doing the killing, writes Jonathan Cook.
From Illegal Israeli Settlements to US Campus Censorship
Alan MacLeod looks into The Network Contagion Research Institute and its new report alleging that Middle Eastern funding of U.S. universities has helped unleash a torrent of anti-Jewish hatred.
Chris Hedges: Julian Assange’s Grand Inquisitor
The prosecution lawyers in the High Court seeking to ensure Julian’s extradition to the U.S. rely almost exclusively on the judicial opinions of Gordon Kromberg, a highly controversial U.S. attorney.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Assange’s Last Stand?’
Chris Hedges and Alexander Mercouris joined CN Live! from London to discuss Julian Assange’s two-day hearing at the High Court.
DAY TWO: US Reinforces Grand Assange Deception
A delusory tale that turns journalism into a unique evil because it exposes secret U.S. crimes was heard in a London courtroom on Wednesday with Julian Assange’s fate yet to be determined, reports Joe Lauria.