International law experts and human rights groups are denouncing Israel’s announcement of an intensification of its longstanding blockade of the Gaza Strip.
‘A Massive War Crime’
10 Problems With India’s Stance on Gaza
Modi’s expression of support for Israel exposes the paradox of India’s claim to be the leader of the Global South, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Terrorism, U.N. Security Council, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Uprooting the Causes of Violence in Gaza & Israel
In 2012 the U.N. determined that without “herculean action” by the international community, by 2020 Gaza “will not be livable,” writes Phyllis Bennis. The year 2020 has come and gone.
Mansour: Israel’s ‘License to Kill’
At the U.N., Palestine’s ambassador questioned the stance by some countries on Israel’s “right to defend,” saying it is a wrong understanding of history that only starts when Israelis are hurt, Peoples Dispatch reports.
Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak Israel’s Language
Israel follows the colonial playbook. Death for death. Atrocity for atrocity. But it is always the occupier who initiates this macabre dance and trades piles of corpses for higher piles of corpses.
WATCH: CN Live! — John Pilger & Ilan Pappé on Palestine
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé and journalist John Pilger joined CN Live! in July 2021 to discuss the Palestinian conflict and Pilger’s film Palestine Is Still the Issue, shown here in its entirety.
Advanced Technologies, Analysis, Column, History, Intelligence, International, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, U.S., United Nations
SCOTT RITTER: Israel’s Massive Intelligence Failure
The origins of Israel’s intelligence failure on the Hamas attacks can be traced to the decision to rely on AI instead of the contrarian analysis born of the earlier intelligence failure of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Censorship, Commentary, Disinformation, Intelligence, Julian Assange, Media, New Zealand, Press Freedom, Propaganda, Russia, Social Media, U.S., Ukraine, United Kingdon
New Zealand’s ‘Russian Edits Scandal’ — How a National Broadcaster Demonized the Truth
Mick Hall tells the wrenching tale of Radio New Zealand accusing him of spreading Russian propaganda while he documented facts on the Ukraine crisis in his work for the broadcaster.
Afghanistan, Belarus, Biden Administration, Censorship, China, Cold War, Commentary, Europe, European Union, Finland, Georgia, Germany, India, Iraq, Libya, Militarism, Military Industry, NATO, Nazism, Nuclear Weapons, Pentagon, Poland, Propaganda, Romania, Russia, Secrecy, Sweden, U.S., Ukraine, United Kingdon, United Nations, Vietnam, Yemen
The Many Lessons of Ukraine War
Combatting Russia to the last Ukrainian was always an odious strategy, writes Chas W. Freeman in this expansive overview.
Afghanistan, Commentary, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, U.N. General Assembly, U.S., United Nations
Israeli Propaganda on Muslim Womens’ Rights
Tel Aviv and Washington try to hijack the internal social and political struggles of Arab and Muslim societies for their own sinister reasons, writes Ramzy Baroud.
The NYT, Mass Raids & 2 Indian Journalists Arrested
The crackdown this week came in the wake of a New York Times report in August associating NewsClick and other outlets with Chinese propaganda, Zoe Alexandra reports for Peoples Dispatch, a targeted publication.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Assange extradition, Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Commentary, Intelligence, Iraq, Julian Assange, Legal, Militarism, Press Freedom, United Kingdon, WikiLeaks
Journalism Itself Locked Up in Belmarsh
It’s not just a man who is imprisoned for the crime of good journalism, but also the idea that anyone should be permitted to expose the criminality of the world’s most powerful and tyrannical people, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
US in Neoliberal Death Spiral
There are counties in the U.S. where you’re beating the odds if you make it past 70, writes Richard Eskow. The country should stop tinkering around. It needs Medicare for All.
Economy, Egypt, Germany, Legal, Secrecy, U.S., United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
German Banker & British Lord Who Wrote ‘Capitalist Magna Carta’
In this excerpt from their book Silent Coup, Claire Provost and Matt Kennard go to the sources of a key legal mechanism used by multinational corporations to override governments around the world.
Historic US Healthcare Worker Strike
More than 75,000 employees in six states and Washington, D.C., of Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest nonprofit healthcare provider, on Wednesday began a three-day work stoppage.
Advanced Technologies, Biden Administration, China, Commentary, Militarism, Military, Military Industry, Pentagon, U.S.
Pentagon Techno-Fantasies
The quest for decisive U.S. military superiority over Beijing and the ability to win a war against a nuclear-armed power should be considered a fool’s errand, writes William D. Hartung. But it isn’t.
Slovakia Moves Away From EU-NATO on Ukraine
The foreign policy of the Slovak Social Democracy Party, which won in last week’s parliamentary elections, represents a 180-degree turn from the position of the current government, Joyce Chediac reports.
Afghanistan, Biden Administration, Commentary, European Union, Germany, India, Iraq, Militarism, Military, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sudan, Turkey, U.N. Security Council, U.S., U.S. Congress, United Nations
Jeffrey Sachs: Beyond the Neocon Debacle in Ukraine
Four events have shattered NATO’s drive for enlargement eastward. Now, decisions by the U.S. and Russia will matter enormously for the entire world’s peace, security and wellbeing.
Bahrain, Books, Brazil, Commentary, Egypt, Greece, International, Libya, Protest, Russia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Yemen
Chris Hedges: Why Mass Movements Fail
The wave of global popular protests that erupted in 2010 and lasted a decade were extinguished, meaning new tactics and strategies are required, as Vincent Bevins explains in his book If We Burn.
Afghanistan, Biden Administration, Commentary, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, The Bush-43 Administration, Trump Administration, U.S. Justice Dept., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, WMD
