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.
They understand that if they lose control of the narrative, they won’t be able to deploy their armies anymore.
The movement to stop Israel’s murderous oppression of Palestinians is up against the entire military-industrial-congressional complex, writes Norman Solomon.
The courageous stance of students across the country in defiance of genocide is accompanied by a near total blackout of their voices. Their words are the ones we most need to hear.
While their ultimate impact should not be exaggerated, the protests for Palestine taking place on U.S. college campuses are historic.
Marjorie Cohn hopes the political movement on American college campuses will be a game changer in stopping Israel’s U.S.-backed genocide.
One political strategist called the party’s establishment “dysfunctionally out of touch with its voters on this issue.”
Student protesters with their clarity of words and actions are riveted to reality, while the media class flinches from it.
WATCH: Consortium News visited Sydney University where the anti-genocide encampment is continuing without a thought of police intervention.
Political confusion and deluded notions of fascism colored Max Azzarello’s tragic death by self-immolation.
