The more than 400 signatories include former heads of state, politicians, intellectuals, scientists, members of the clergy, artists, musicians and activists.
Open Letter to Biden: Lift Trump Sanctions & ‘Let Cuba Live’
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American Empire, Analysis, China, Foreign Policy, International, Militarism, Obama Administration, Pentagon, U.S., U.S. Congress
Behind Obama’s Risky Shift on Taiwan
Richard C. Bush has helped preserve peace between Beijing and Taipei. But as Gareth Porter reports, he changed his position.
Chris Hedges: US Collective Suicide
The return of the Taliban to power will be one more signpost of the end of the American empire — and nobody will be held accountable.
Impunity for Killings in Service of the State
Anne Cadwallader reports on the U.K. government’s proposals to end prosecutions for killings during the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Britain, CN Live!, Film, History, International, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Right Wing, United Nations, War Crimes
YouTube Lifts Block on CN Live! — ‘Palestine: 20 Years Later’ with John Pilger & Ilan Pappé
YouTube blocked a CN Live! program on Palestine in the 20 years since John Pilger’s film Palestine is Still the Issue with Pilger and Israeli historian Ilan Pappé.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Same FBI
From the Michigan kidnapping plotters to the Portland occupiers to my own brush with a sting, not much has changed since J. Edgar Hoover.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Commentary, Legal, Militarism, Military, Military Industry, War Crimes
Chris Hedges: The Price of Conscience — Hale Sentenced to 45 Months
Drone warfare whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison on Tuesday for telling the American people the truth.
Analysis, Biden Administration, Censorship, Column, Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Media, Palestine, U.S., U.S. Congress
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Some Cherry Garcia, Please
The apartheid state’s swoon into freak-out mode since Ben & Jerry’s took its stand tells us all we need to know about BDS’s accumulating power.
The Way Out
Caitlin Johnstone discusses what it will take for society to turn away from the path of extinction and begin working in collaboration with our ecosystem.
In Pre-Sentencing Letter, Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Says Crisis of Conscience Motivated Leak
The former U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst is the first person to face sentencing for an Espionage Act offense during the administration of President Joe Biden.
Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
COVID-19 & Israel’s Strangulation of Palestinian Workers
Among other recommendations, Ihab Maharmeh says the BDS movement should further center the violation of Palestinian workers’ rights in its call for boycotts of Israeli companies.
Ben & Jerry Urged to Cut Scoops to All of ‘Apartheid Israel’
Meanwhile, Israel’s U.S. ambassador wants the 35 U.S. states that have outlawed or criminalized boycotts of Israel to take legal action against the ice cream maker.
US Regime Change Echos in the Caribbean
Today, crisis is the hour in the region, writes Vijay Prashad, with an eye on Port-au-Prince and Havana.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Cuba, Obama Administration, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Congress
Here’s How Biden Can ‘Stand With the Cuban People’
Marjorie Cohn explains what the U.S. president can do to alleviate the suffering of the Cuban people.
Housing Should Not be a Luxury
Few issues mobilize people in Berlin more than the housing shortage and the rapidly rising costs, writes Katharina Hofmann De Moura.
Living Ever Larger in the Lap of Luxury
The rich have become so rich that just selling to the rich can make you the world’s richest person, writes Sam Pizzigati.
Chris Hedges: Kucinich Memoir Is a Moving Account of a Battle Against Corporate Power
When the “boy mayor” of Cleveland took a stand against privatization of public power, the region’s elites deployed every weapon they had, including attempted assassination.
Disinformation Empire Says It’s ‘Fighting Disinformation’
If the propaganda engine of the U.S.-centralized empire ceased actively deceiving the public about the world, it would collapse immediately, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
American Empire, Analysis, Biden Administration, Central America, Climate Change, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Human Rights, Indigenous People, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Migration Is Not the Crisis
Aviva Chomsky says the recycled policies of Biden and Harris are destined to spark yet more crimes in Central America such as Berta Cáceres’ murder.