The murder of a young female physician in Kolkata has mobilized health workers, medical unions and women’s movements across India.
Vijay Prashad: A Doctor Brutally Killed
Searching for Monsters
Public acceptance of U.S. foreign excess — searching for monsters to destroy — leads to acceptance of war, and to acceptance of war by other means, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Suspending Israel From the UN
Members could employ the same mechanism used in 1974 to freeze apartheid South Africa out of the General Assembly, Anton Ferreira reports.
Photos of 2005 Haditha Massacre in Iraq Finally Published
Photos of the mass killing by U.S. Marines have been kept hidden for decades, making the atrocity relatively unknown. Now The New Yorker has released 10 of them.
Advanced Technologies, Censorship, Civil Rights, Commentary, European Union, France, Legal, Russia, Social Media
Craig Murray: Pavel Durov & the Abuse of Law
After spending a day reading the EU Digital Services Act — a task he wouldn’t wish on his worst enemy — Murray concludes it is not why the Telegram CEO is being detained.
Liberal Zionists Cheer as Harris Coddles Genocidal Israel
For J Street’s leadership, the current U.S. policy of enabling the slaughter of Palestinian civilians hits the spot, writes Abba A. Solomon.
Israel Staging Largest Attack on West Bank in Decades
Israel Katz, Israel’s foreign minister, indicated that this was a planned escalation, saying the military was operating in “full force.”
Books, Commentary, Germany, Israel, Poland, Propaganda, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Hiding an Ugly Truth About Israel
Jonathan Cook on Tony Greenstein’s exposure of a glaring omission in a new biography of Rudolf Vrba, the first Jew to escape Auschwitz and an intense critic of the Zionist movement.
Analysis, Australia, Censorship, Israel, Legal, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Press Freedom, Propaganda, Social Media
Acclaimed Journalist Charged With ‘Anti-Semitism’
Mary Kostakidis, for years the face of television news in Australia as anchor of the SBS nightly broadcast, has been accused of supporting ethnic cleansing of Jews for two retweets about Israel’s war on Gaza, reports Joe Lauria.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Israel, Militarism, Palestine, Religion, The Bush-43 Administration, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Patrick Lawrence: ‘The End of Days’
Wars of Gog and Magog: Between the U.S. and Israel, our world is defined by those who view it in radically simplistic binaries.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Campaign 2024, Commentary, Election 2024, Iran, Julian Assange, Protests, Russia, U.S., Venezuela, Yemen
Democracy as Theater in Which Trump & Harris Play the Villains
Donald Trump has been made the central character in U.S. politics around whom everything revolves. But whether he wins or loses, the imperial status quo will be unchanged, says Caitlin Johnstone.
WATCH: They ‘Love Music, Hate Racism’
In the wake of Britain’s race riots this summer, CN Live! interviewed Andy Robin, one of the founders of the “Love Music Hate Racism” movement in Luton, England.
Biden Administration, Censorship, Civil Rights, Column, Commentary, Press Freedom, Surveillance, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., WikiLeaks
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Slide Into Authoritarianism
The loss of civil liberties is almost always incremental. On a flight home from Greece, the author recently ran into an increasingly familiar and menacing problem.
Colonialism as a Bulwark Against China
Mick Hall reports on the Pacific Islands Forum taking place this week against a backdrop of simmering violence between French security forces and protesters in New Caledonia.
American Empire, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Commentary, Cuba, Latin America, Nicaragua, Right Wing, U.S., Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Venezuela
Vijay Prashad: ‘Progressive’ Sellout of Venezuela
Many countries with supposedly centre-left or left governments have joined the U.S. in proposals that seek to undermine Venezuelan democratic processes.
High-End US Donors Target an Antitrust Champion
Jim Hightower says a President Harris decision to keep or remove Lina Khan at the FTC will be an early measure of her commitment to economic democracy.
Elon Musk Doesn’t Protect Speech, He Monetizes It
The “saviour of free speech” is cracking down on criticism of Israel’s genocide, writes Jonathan Cook.
WATCH: Confronting Racism in British Streets
After some anti-immigrant protesters turned violent in England this month, ordinary Britons turned up to confront them.
Restoring Israel’s Rule by Fear
Failing to restore military or strategic deterrence, Tel Aviv is invested in restoring the element of fear that was breached on Oct. 7, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Human Rights, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Legal, Middle East, Palestine, Propaganda, U.S., War Crimes
The Cant About Israel’s ‘Right to Self Defense’
It is illogical to describe Israel’s actions in Gaza over the last 10 months as defensive, writes M. Reza Behnam.