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Immolation Revelations
Life is honored by hearing those who immolate themselves, for no one knows what might rise from their ashes, says Sam Husseini.
Academic Freedom Under Fire as Gaza Burns
As Israel resumed its bombing campaign, now focusing on southern Gaza, the push to hold back the growing tide of disgust is intensifying, Mick Hall reports.
American Empire, Analysis, Books, China, Commentary, History, Media, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Soviet Union, U.S., Vietnam
Kissinger as Nixon’s ‘Messenger Boy’
Citing examples of Richard Nixon’s leadership, historian Joan Hoff-Wilson refers to Henry Kissinger as “a glorified messenger boy,” writes Robert Scheer.
Georgia Frames Cop-City Protest as Criminal Conspiracy
Rachel McKane and David Pellow see Georgia’s RICO indictment as an attempt to repress social movement activity, using the state’s tools of legal interpretation and enforcement.
Chris Hedges: Israel Reopens Gaza Slaughterhouse
Phase One of Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza has ended. Phase Two has begun. It will result in even higher levels of death and destruction.
Caitlin Johnstone: If I Were Going To Commit Genocide
I would eventually force other nations to either take the targeted people in or keep allowing them to be slaughtered.
Direct-Action Targets UK Firms Arming Israel
Dozens of companies that supply Israel’s war machine face a growing campaign to end U.K. complicity in crimes against Palestinians, write Sam Perlo-Freeman, Khem Rogaly and Anna Stavrianakis.
Peddling Propaganda About al-Shifa
Gareth Porter begins his dissection of a U.S. journalist’s unequivocal backing of Israel’s justification for closing down Gaza’s largest hospital with a simple test: Who is the source?
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Derek Chauvin & the State of US Prisons
The most incarcerated country on Earth needs to change its entire criminal justice system. It’s irreparably broken at every level.
American Empire, Chile, History, Iraq, Laos, Middle East, Opinion, Politics, Russia, Soviet Union, U.S., Uncategorized, Vietnam, War Crimes
SCOTT RITTER: Kissinger – War Criminal Who Saved the World
The United States’ most notorious diplomat was behind key nuclear arms control treaties with the USSR that kept a lid on the possibility of catastrophic nuclear exchange.
Afghanistan, Algeria, Biden Administration, Commentary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, NATO, U.S., Vietnam, Yemen
Israeli War on Gaza Raising Regional Tensions for US
From Lebanon to Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Iran, the possibilities of the conflict spreading are enormous, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
China, Egypt, Indonesia, International, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Middle East, Palestine, U.N. Security Council, United Nations
WATCH: UN Security Council Debates Catastrophe in Gaza
Foreign ministers from several Council nations took part in the meeting Wednesday, in which some countries decried the massacres, while others defended Israel. No solution to the war was found.
WHO: Disease Could Be Bigger Killer Than Bombs in Gaza
Humanitarian groups have warned for weeks that Israel’s total blockade of Gaza — cutting off fuel, water, food and electricity — was quickly fueling outbreaks of gastrointestinal illnesses, Julia Conley reports.
A Blunt Message for Israel
This is a rare example of a very direct message delivered by one government to another at the United Nations.
Australia, Britain, Canada, Egypt, Europe, International, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Palestine, Syria, U.N. General Assembly, U.N. Security Council, United Nations
US, UK, AUS Defy International Law at UN
Canada, Israel and three Pacific Island nations also voted at the General Assembly on Tuesday against what has been international law since 1967 — namely, that Israel must end its occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights.
Advanced Technologies, Censorship, Commentary, Disinformation, Israel, Media, Palestine, Propaganda, Social Media, Surveillance, Uncategorized
Pro-Israel Trolls Mob Social Media
While it kills thousands of people in Gaza, Israel is spending millions of dollars on its public image on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, writes Alan MacLeod. The blitz includes an invasion of the Community Notes function on X/Twitter.
The Nord Stream Lies Just Keep Coming
The idea that Ukraine’s senior command had the ability or daring to execute the complex and risky venture of blowing up the pipelines without involving the U.S. beggars belief, writes Jonathan Cook.
SCOTT RITTER: The End of US Nuclear Superiority
As Russia modernizes its nuclear arsenal it is no longer interested in trying to patch up an arms control relationship with the U.S. based on the legacy of the Cold War.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Aggressive Cops
Police are allowed to swear at you. It’s called “tactical language,” and it’s meant to establish immediate dominance.