The world broke its silence at the U.N. late last month, but force alone is what counts for Trump and Netanyahu, who propose to stand astride the world like co-emperors.
Patrick Lawrence: Power & Justice
Category: Civil Rights
Vijay Prashad: Genocide Marks Two Years
Oct. 7 will mark the second anniversary of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. At least 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza during this time – 30 out of every 1,000 people.
Chris Hedges: Trump’s War on America
The latest Presidential memo, “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” is to be a preemptive war against those individuals and institutions which threaten Trump’s absolute grip on power.
Hedges Report: Fighting Back Against Trump’s Regime
United States citizens must empower themselves to fight back against an increasingly authoritarian Trump administration as well as the Democratic wing of the uniparty, argues Ralph Nader.
Judge Slams Trump Admin for Targeting Pro-Palestine Protesters
Judge William Young found Trump acted illegally against Pro-Palestine students, calling the decision his most important in 30 years on the bench. “In all our history, we have never tolerated an armed, masked secret police,” the judge ruled.
Vijay Prashad: An Intellectual Is Nothing Without Confronting Oppression
Berta Cáceres, a Honduran leader in the struggle for indigenous and environmental rights, was killed in 2016 – a price too often paid by those who fight for human dignity and social justice.
‘Show Me Your Papers’ Ruling Defies 4th Amendment
The Supreme Court for the first time in the modern era lets police demand to see your papers. To colleagues in media, law and academia who love liberty, Judge Andrew Napolitano asks, “Where is your outrage?”
Craig Murray: Palestine Action & the Scottish Claim of Right
The result of the English judicial review of Palestine Action’s case against terrorist proscription will apply to the whole U.K. — which is a direct violation of Scottish legal rights.
Vijay Prashad: Liberals Paved the Way to the Far Right
The passivity — and complicity — of Global North liberals and social democrats has paved the way for the global rise of the far-right of a special type.
The Attack on Palestine Chronicle
The allegation against Ramzy Baroud rests not on proof, but on the word of a belligerent army, writes Mohamed El Mokhtar.