When you’re siding with John Bolton on whether to bomb Iran, you’re as insanely hawkish as it gets.
Caitlin Johnstone: Democrats’ Mad Middle East Platform
Category: Commentary
Craig Murray: Medhurst & the Right to Armed Resistance
It is legal in U.K. law to support Israel’s genocidal and illegal acts of colonial occupation, but illegal in U.K. law to support Palestine’s legal acts of armed resistance to colonial and racist occupation.
Biden’s Cruel & Orwellian Remarks on Gaza at the DNC
The speech that referred to Palestinian suffering was a journey into a universe of political guile from a president who had just approved sending $20 billion more weapons to Israel, writes Norman Solomon.
Scott Ritter: Remembering Phil Donahue
Phil Donahue, the legendary American television talk show host, died Sunday at 88. The author recalls his appearances on Donahue’s top-rated show as he questioned the rationale to invade Iraq in 2003.
Chris Hedges: Thou Shalt Not Commit Genocide
Genocide, the internationally recognized crime of crimes, is not a policy issue. It cannot be equated with trade deals, infrastructure bills, charter schools or immigration. It is a moral issue.
Vijay Prashad: The Far Right of a Special Type
Fascism is an insufficient term, as it denies the intimacy between liberal and far right forces. Here are 10 theses to understand this “intimate embrace” and the rise of this far right of a special type.
The Chris Hedges Report: Israel’s Mask Is Slipping
“No going back to Oct. 6” — David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, lays out the essential context of the conflict in Gaza and what to anticipate going forward.
SCOTT RITTER: A Farewell to Truth
The F.B.I. agents did more than seize my personal electronics when they searched my home on Aug. 7, the author writes. They stole the truth.
When Presidents Kill
History is littered with examples of tyrants using the powers of the state to kill for no moral purpose, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Vijay Prashad: Bangladesh on the Spot
If the interim government formed after the departure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holds a fair election, the people will find out if political Islam is a dispensation they wish to vote for.