John Wight on the grim context of the latest escalatory development in the blood-soaked proxy conflict between Russia and the West.
Raising the Stakes in Ukraine
Category: Commentary
Free Speech & the Department of Political Justice
The feds apparently believe that the First Amendment has some holes in it for the speech that the government hates and fears, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
The Continuous Mass Military US Violence
Caitlin Johnstone says it’s strange to spend her life criticizing the depravity of the empire. It’s a job that shouldn’t exist, like working as a vampire hunter.
Belated Reporting on Oct 7 Helps Justify Genocide
Mick Hall analyzes an Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s story — 11 months into a genocide — on the Israeli military’s use of the Hannibal Directive to kill its own citizens.
Craig Murray: That Harris-Trump Debate
While various nonsenses spouted by the former president were “fact-checked” by the moderators, the vice president’s completely clueless propaganda was endorsed and reinforced.
Caitlin Johnstone: Trump Party Vs Cheney Party
Two warmongering oligarchic parties are shoving the Overton window of acceptable opinion as far in the direction of imperialism, militarism and tyranny as possible.
The Dangerous Silence on Nuclear War
Sixty years after LBJ’s “Daisy Ad,” Norman Solomon says the danger of nuclear war is higher than in 1964 but Harris and Trump are ignoring it. Will it come up in tonight’s debate?
Zionism Vs Zionism
Israeli Torture Chambers Aren’t New
Those who can’t connect barbaric abuses of Palestinians by Israelis — generation after generation — and the crimes of Oct. 7, have little understanding of human nature, writes Jonathan Cook.
UN Rights Chief: Hold Israel Accountable
Volker Türk on Monday called on countries to hold Tel Aviv accountable for violating international law in its war on Gaza and escalating violence in the illegally occupied West Bank.