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 Meaning of Oct 7
Category: France
WATCH: TWTW — ‘Edge of the Abyss’
Putin warns of nuclear catastrophe; U.S. steams carrier to Iran; French students revolt and the barbaric U.S. death penalty. Ray McGovern, Patrick Henningsen. Sunday 9 a.m. EDT.
Berlin 1939/Berlin 2026
How can we simultaneously protect the sovereignty of smaller states, such as Ukraine, and the security interests of great powers, such as Russia? asks Uros Lipuscek.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Socialism in America?’
Is the taboo against socialism in the U.S. ending? What is the significance of the left-wing Democratic primary insurgency? Kshama Sawant on CN Live! With TRANSCRIPT.
Jeffrey Sachs: Open Letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz
In a second open letter in Berliner Zeitung, the author tells the German chancellor that diplomacy with Russia is urgent to avoid a wider war in Europe.
Rape, Assault & Abuse Reflect Israeli Gov Values
Ann Wright reports on Gaza Flotilla survivors’ accounts of horrifying abuse by Israeli forces — of the same sort suffered by Palestinians without any international official protest.
Vijay Prashad: ‘Democracy of the Strongest’
Had Thomas Sankara not been assassinated in 1987 and been allowed to advance Burkina Faso’s development, perhaps the Sahel would have followed his example a generation ago – and things might look very different today.
DAYS 33-34: WAR ON IRAN — ‘Talking Back to Trump’
Because of his title and the office he holds Western leaders must privately grumble about Donald Trump but have been timid about speaking back to him, until Emmanuel Macron let loose, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Back to the Stone Age’
Scott Ritter on The World This Week discusses Donald Trump’s escalating Stone Age War, Emmanuel Macron telling Trump to shut up and F15 Down. Watch the replay.
DAYS 30-32: WAR ON IRAN — An Insulting War of Insults
UPDATED: Iran is making Trump go mad. How will world leaders and his people deal with him? This is the most urgent question. Only a worldwide depression and possible nuclear war are on the line, writes Joe Lauria.