With no recourse in U.S. courts or Congress, the Taxpayers Against Genocide movement pivots to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Marjorie Cohn reports.
US Taxpayers Appalled at Funding Genocide Turn to UN
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Palestinian Resistance in an Orwellian World
In Palestine, Israel has been the executioner and the United States has been the executor of ethnic cleansing and genocide, though it is those who uphold international law that are blamed, writes M. Reza Behnam.
Jeffrey Sachs: Birthing a New International Order
The multipolar world will be born when the geopolitical weight of Asia, Africa, and Latin America matches their rising economic weight.
WATCH: US Calls for Release of Australian Hostage in Iraq
The U.S. hostage envoy calls for the release an Australian engineer held hostage by Iraq’s Central Bank to get out of a debt to the hostage’s company. CN Live! talks to his wife & an Australian senator about the case.
Israeli TV Network Spikes Story Exposing Oct 7 ‘Hero’
After public pressure, the network suppressed a report on a key voice in Israel’s Oct. 7 PR campaign whose lies about Hamas rapes and rescuing 750 hostages were cited by the U.N. and filmmaker Sheryl Sandberg. Wyatt Reed reports.
Palestinian Armed Struggle & the Law
Palestinians know they need moral legitimacy in their methods of resistance, write Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo, which raises the subject of Oct. 7, 2023.
Inside US Detention-Center Brutality
An inside look at a Miami detention center where ICE sends immigrants targeted for detention and deportation under the Trump-Vance plan. Mark Dow reports.
Getting the UN Involved in Ukraine
A legally-acceptable peacekeeping force can only be set up through the auspices of the United Nations Security Council and that would mean both sides of the war agreeing, writes Joe Lauria.
Australian Zionist Federation Files Complaint in Federal Court Against Journalist for Her Reporting on Gaza
The Zionist Federation of Australia has filed a formal complaint against journalist Mary Kostakidis in Australian federal court after accusing her of anti-semitism for her reporting on X, writes Joe Lauria.
Vijay Prashad: Freeing Women From Labor Inequality
In the month of International Working Women’s Day, a look at how debt-austerity regimes and climate change impact women farmworkers across the Global South.