It’s not enough to honor millions of refugees with a team of their own, says Phyllis Bennis. They need rights, not medals.
The Beauty & Tragedy of the Olympic Refugee Team
Category: Commentary
Nina Turner’s Loss Is US Oligarchy’s Gain
Norman Solomon comments on the victory of a corporate Democrat over a progressive firebrand in the Ohio congressional primary.
Walter Plywaski & Atheists’ Right to US Citizenship
Kristina M. Lee pays tribute to a Holocaust survivor’s contribution to the fight for religious freedom after his Covid-related death earlier this year.
COVID-19: More US Defendants Plead Guilty
The authors say the pandemic changed the nation’s criminal justice system in two major ways.
Israel’s New Observer Status at African Union
Yotam Gidron says the AU’s rhetoric of solidarity with Palestine is becoming increasingly hollow.
Cuba’s US-Backed Pop-Culture Dissidents
Over the past decade, Washington has spent millions to cultivate anti-government rappers, rock musicians, artists, and journalists in Cuba, Max Blumenthal reports.
Keith Olbermann Wants Jimmy Dore Banned
More and more excuses are being invented to censor, de-platform and marginalize everyone outside the Overton window of war, oligarchy, ecocide and oppression, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Reinventing the US Military for Real National Defense
Collectively, Americans need to imagine a world in which they are no longer the foremost merchants of death, writes William J. Astore, as the arsenal of democracy became the arsenal of empire.
Murray’s Last Words Before Prison
The former British diplomat, who is going to prison for contempt of court, has published his last blog post until he is free in eight months.
Murray Jailing Latest Move to Stop Journalism
It may not be surprising that corporate journalists, keen to hold on to their jobs, are consenting through their silence to this all-out assault on journalism and free speech, with Craig Murray its latest victim, writes Jonathan Cook.