With another major storm bearing down on Florida, Elizabeth Vos reports on distressed survivors of Helene and tight federal disaster relief funding amid a flood of U.S. money for foreign proxy wars.
Hurricane Season Rips Into US War-Spending
Category: Commentary
Caitlin Johnstone: Meta Steps Up Aggressive Censorship
Facebook and Instagram, when combined, have 5 billion users worldwide. It’s impossible to overstate how their regulation of speech in pro-U.S. direction can impact human communication.
SCOTT RITTER: The Fall of Israel
A year ago, Israel was sitting in the catbird seat. Today, it stares into the face of its demise.
The Observer’s Defense of Genocide
A phalanx of the U.K.’s most influential journalists has decried as a “blood libel” the reporting of Israel’s killing of thousands of children in Gaza, writes Jonathan Cook.
Patrick Lawrence: Powerlessness
America’s political elites are not powerless to restrain the rogue Israeli regime: They are powerless to act against the grotesque lobby, led by but not limited to AIPAC, to which they have sold themselves.
Hamas, Israel, & the Fog of October 7
While the overall picture of Oct. 7 has become clearer, an independent investigation is necessary to fully understand the events, writes Robert Inlakesh.
The Year After Al-Aqsa Flood
The maniacal alliance between the U.S. and Israel has exposed the sham of Western democracy and the illusion of international law, writes Margaret Kimberley.
The Meaning of October 7
The Hamas incursion was less Israel’s 9/11 and more a Palestinian Tet Offensive, says John Wight. No ugly oppression has ever given rise to a pretty resistance.
The Mission to Overcome Miseducation
Too many Americans, through neither malice nor ideology, but through education and upbringing, believe national myths that spread death and destruction, not democracy.
Chris Hedges Report: The Trauma of Occupation
The new documentary Where Olive Trees Weep offers a rare view into the everyday experience and psychological ramifications of occupation.