Category: Commentary

Chris Hedges: PEN America Self-Destructs

In May 2013 Hedges resigned from PEN America when it appointed former State Department official Suzanne Nossel to run it. A decade later, PEN America has become a propaganda arm of the state, including on Julian Assange.

The ‘New Anti-Semitism’

Beneath its thoughtful veneer, Noah Feldman’s recent article in Time is just another attempt to silence opponents of the Israeli state, writes Steven Friedman.

Shielding the Nation Starving Gaza

The editors of The New York Times know exactly what they’re doing when they cover Israel’s deliberate starvation of Palestinian civilians as though it’s a weather report, writes Caitlin Johnstone.