James Zogby finds Washington, in the past few weeks, giving Israel the usual green light to behave with impunity.
Biden Continues US Indifference to Palestinian Suffering
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Neoliberalism Was Born in Chile & Will Die in Chile
Vijay Prashad talks with Daniel Jadue, the mayor of Recoleta — in the expanding capital of Santiago — about his city’s experiment in rebuilding the public sector.
Greenwashing Acts of Land-Grabbing
It would seem that the purpose of this land-grabbing “green” fuel, first and foremost, is to purify the collective conscience of the West, writes Phoebe Holmes.
White House Can Stop Haiti’s Descent into Dictatorship
Removing U.S. support would force Moïse to negotiate with his opponents, opening the way to a Haitian solution that builds the country’s independence, writes Brian Concannon.
Chris Hedges: Bandaging the Corpse
Biden’s bailout will not alter the structural inequities and other fundamental underpinnings of America’s death spiral.
Into the Memory Hole
Erasure or sublimation of memory makes it easier to shape the present by controlling or editing history. Doing so preserves a mythic version of a country’s identity, postulates Michael Brenner.
The Blob Insists on Clinging to an Obsolete Past
The United States needs to recognize that the 20th century is gone for good, writes Andrew J. Bacevich.
UK Tops Moscow Military Spending & Offers Nurses 1% Raise
When inflation is taken into account, it represents a pay cut, Phil Miller reports. Meanwhile, Russia is 70 times the size and has more than twice as many inhabitants.
The Truth is a Joke Zionism Can’t Accept
Lawrence Davidson considers the conflation of an ethnocentric political ideology with Judaism, a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural religion.
Markel’s Royal Row, Like Spencer’s, Will Ensure Nothing Changes
What the Oprah interview does – is designed to do – is derail the intersection of class and race in politically damaging ways, writes Jonathan Cook.