The super-rich may be just out of view, but the strings they pull are all too visible, writes Jonathan Cook.
Make-Believe Politics
Category: International
British-Israeli Soldiers in the War-Crimes Zone
U.K. nationals are fighting on the frontline in Gaza, helping Israel’s military enforce its “total siege” over millions of Palestinians, writes Hamza Yusuf.
Anti-Trump Anxiety Ignores History
Given the track record of U.S. authoritarianism, Nat Parry says it’s not surprising that Democrats’ calls for resisting the incoming Trump dictatorship ring hollow for many Americans.
Patrick Lawrence: Europe’s Elections as US Mirror
Voters in last week’s European Parliament elections delivered a severe blow to mainstream parties and the Brussels technocrats from whom they are virtually inseparable.
Russia’s Fifth Offer to Negotiate With US on Ukraine
The neocon approach to Russia, delusional and hubristic from the start, lies in ruins, writes Jeffrey Sachs. Biden must work with Putin to bring peace.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hunter Biden’s Charge of Lying Under Oath
The June 5 criminal referrals are indication enough that the Oversight and Judiciary committees are far from done, spent, or at a dead end.
Chris Hedges: Nero’s Guests
Sadism by the powerful is the curse of the human condition. It was as prevalent in ancient Rome as it is in Gaza.
Judges Unmoved in Biden Genocide Complicity Case
The administration didn’t dispute there’s an ongoing genocide, writes Marjorie Cohn. But the three-judge appeals panel appeared unmoved by the plaintiffs’ contentions the Biden administration is complicit in Israel’s genocide.
India’s Motive in Prosecuting Arundhati Roy
The Modi government plans to try the globally renowned author under a draconian anti-terrorism law, reports Ullekh NP.
WATCH: When the Police Cracked Miners’ Heads at Orgreave
The Battle of Orgreave during the 1984 British miners strike took place exactly 40 years ago today, when police attacked pickets at a coking plant outside Sheffield.