“No act of rebellion, however futile it appears in the moment, is wasted” — a talk by Hedges with an audio introduction by Just Stop Oil’s imprisoned Roger Hallam.
Chris Hedges: The Cost of Resistance
Category: Human Rights
Vijay Prashad: How Revolutionary Fire Starts
In the dialectical spiral of culture, poems, songs, and stories inspire us to act and depict our actions, which in turn inspires others to do the same.
RAF Spy Flights Over Gaza Could Benefit From Torture
Britain’s military could be receiving intelligence from Israel that was obtained under torture, according to human rights campaigners, as Hamza Yusuf and Phil Miller report.
Free Speech & the Department of Political Justice
The feds apparently believe that the First Amendment has some holes in it for the speech that the government hates and fears, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Pro-Palestine Students, Faculty Sue UC Santa Cruz
The lawsuit seeks to “vindicate the fundamental democratic and constitutional rights to free speech, free assembly, and due process against overreach by university authorities.”
Israeli Torture Chambers Aren’t New
Those who can’t connect barbaric abuses of Palestinians by Israelis — generation after generation — and the crimes of Oct. 7, have little understanding of human nature, writes Jonathan Cook.
UN Rights Chief: Hold Israel Accountable
Volker Türk on Monday called on countries to hold Tel Aviv accountable for violating international law in its war on Gaza and escalating violence in the illegally occupied West Bank.
Why Limiting Israel Arms Sales Doesn’t Absolve the UK
Each day the Labour government delays banning all arms to Israel – not just a few – the more Britain contributes to Israel’s crimes against humanity, writes Jonathan Cook.
Vijay Prashad: Three New Kinds of Refugees
Despite many attempts to redefine the term “refugee,” it remains in international law as a term related to persecution and not to starvation.
Anti-Genocide Students Are Back
Sustained pushback against campus repression will be essential to upholding the right to protest as guaranteed by the First Amendment, writes Norman Solomon.