The repercussions of the open sectarian war sparked by the U.S. invasion of Iraq can still be felt throughout the region, says As`ad AbuKhalil, partly because of Iran’s inaction.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Iran Losing Info War
Category: Religion
Chris Hedges: Jesus, Endless War & US Fascism
The Democratic Party is hoping to thwart an election rout by running against the expected Supreme Court decision on abortion. This is all that is left of its political capital.
41 Political Prisoners in Egypt Freed Ahead of Eid
The releases under the el-Sisi government come in a country that consistently features in the list of those with the highest number of political prisoners.
Schism in US Judaism Deepens
As the Ultra-Orthodox pack their bags for Israel, Lawrence Davidson says other American Jews remain in place and continue an increasingly heated debate over human rights versus Zionism.
Chris Hedges: The Call
This excerpt is from the author’s newest book, Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.
Palestine & Rabbinical Hypocrisy
It’s hard to be a moral person and a Zionist at the same time, writes Lawrence Davidson.
The Taliban’s Ideological Roots in Colonial India
The authors describe the group’s link to Deobandi Islam, which emerged in 1867 following a major nationalist uprising against the British East India Company.
Walter Plywaski & Atheists’ Right to US Citizenship
Kristina M. Lee pays tribute to a Holocaust survivor’s contribution to the fight for religious freedom after his Covid-related death earlier this year.
Chris Hedges: The Forged Gospel of Jesus’ Wife
Ariel Sabar masterfully dissects the dishonesty and narcissism inherent in nearly all Christian theological work in his book Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife.
Chris Hedges: The Evil Within Us
Those who blind themselves to their capacity for evil commit evil not for evil’s sake, but to make a better world. This collective self-delusion is the story of America.