Xi Jinping’s reception of Putin yesterday in Beijing sealed the increasingly formidable strategic relationship, fundamentally misunderstood in Washington.
RAY McGOVERN: Russia & China — Two Against One
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Anti-Zionist Historian Ilan Pappé Detained by FBI
“Am I a Hamas supporter?” In a post on social media, the Israeli author said he was questioned for two hours at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Monday.
The Arsenal of Genocide
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies report on the U.S. weapons that are destroying Gaza.
Israel’s Doomed-to-Fail Strategy
Jeffrey Sachs on why the General Assembly speech of Israel’s U.N. ambassador advanced the Palestinian cause.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Ðiên Biên Phú at 70
How did the Vietnamese prevail at that world-historical moment? The answers shed light on the world we see outside our windows now.
Chris Hedges: Israel’s Willing Executioners
Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to flee, once again, after more than half of Gaza’s population took sanctuary in the border town of Rafah. This is part of Israel’s sadistic playbook.
US-China Rivalry Riles Tiny Solomon Islands
Inside the Pacific power cauldron: Mick Hall reports on controversial allegations of attempted U.S. meddling in the election of a prime minister seen as friendly to China.
Analysis: 97% of Campus Gaza Protests Nonviolent
The most significant violence since April 18, according to the The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, was an attack by a pro-Israel mob at the University of California, Los Angeles.
UN Vote Was for Palestinian Membership, Not Statehood
In a blow to the U.S., the U.N. General Assembly voted Friday to give Palestine, whose statehood it has already acknowledged, full U.N. membership, forcing the U.S. into another embarrassing veto at the Security Council, says Joe Lauria.
Caitlin Johnstone: An Empire Fears Its Students
They understand that if they lose control of the narrative, they won’t be able to deploy their armies anymore.