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Hostile takeover: NATO’s annexation of Montenegro
NATO’s stealth takeover of the tiny but geopolitically significant nation represents the Balkans’ latest submission to U.S. global hegemony.
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Remembering Jean Genet: the United States and Palestine
Genet was one of the most original and combative writers of the 20th century.
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Gaza 2023 — high-tech war revisited
The Times remarks that “The speed, precision and scale of Hamas’s attack had thrown the Israeli military into disarray, and for many hours afterward civilians were left to fend for themselves.” It took two hours for the Israeli military to declare a state of war.
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Israel-Palestine war: What we know about the Israel-Hamas truce so far
Middle East Eye breaks down the upcoming deal, which includes a cessation of hostilities, prisoner swaps and aid.
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We are Spartacus
Julian and David are Spartacus. The Palestinians are Spartacus. People who fill the streets with flags and principle and solidarity are Spartacus. We are all Spartacus if we want to be.
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The end of American Thanksgivings: A cause for Universal rejoicing
Humanity cannot tolerate a 21st Century superpower, much of whose population perceives the world through the eyes of 17th Century land and flesh bandits.
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The dystopian AI future some fear is the present-day reality others live
Whether you’re reading the news or watching a movie, you are likely to encounter some form of warning or buzz about AI.
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Argentina: Milei’s triumph was a neatly planned media construction
CA: “How could Milei’s triumph, geopolitically speaking, affect the Region?”
AB: “First of all, it will harm Argentina, because, in line with Washington’s demands, it will turn this country into a battering ram to reduce China’s presence in the Region, even at the cost of harming Argentina’s national interests, its exporting sectors and the labor force linked to them.” -
Split on the Left: Berlin Bulletin No. 218 – November 21 2023
Is it a tragedy or a new hope? After months, in fact years of inner-party squabbling in Germany’s LINKE party (The Left), the die has been cast, the Rubicon crossed, and Sahra Wagenknecht, with nine other Bundestag deputies, has quit the party and announced their decision to found a new party in January.
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In their own words: Seven Israeli films exploring the Palestinian cause
A number of Israeli filmmakers have bravely turned the camera on their own society, revealing dark truths about their state and its history
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Tel Aviv police ban World Children’s Day event supporting “children living in the shadow of the war”
Tel Aviv police refused to allow a silent vigil for World Children’s Day saying the event could “cause serious harm to public security.” Police have used this same rationale to attack and detain peaceful protesters around the country.
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Inside AIPAC’s strategy to back Israel’s cheerleaders and punish the Squad
The powerful lobby and allied groups have poured money into defeating candidates who voice any criticism of Israel. Amid calls for a cease-fire in Israel’s war on Gaza, they’re back at it again.
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She lost her entire family in an airstrike, but no one has told her yet
Ayah Sha’ban was among 14 of her martyred family members in Gaza City. She was presumed dead and wrapped in a white shroud, but a security guard at Al-Shifa’ noticed her breathing and saved her. She still doesn’t know about her family’s fate.
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On the perpetration of mass-death events
The holocaust now visited on Palestine by U.S./Israel is unique in many ways. Rates of killing and maiming exceed those of previous Israeli assaults on Gaza, the perpetrators announce their genocidal intent with unusual frankness, and Western media and official apologists are especially shameless.
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Washington Post lifts the veil on CIA’s shadow war against Russia waged since 2014
In August 2022, Ukrainian security service (SBU) operatives hid explosives in a crate intended for a cat in a car driven by a woman and her twelve year old daughter.
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‘We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba,’ Israeli Minister announces
Denying the Nakba is normally a central tenet of Zionism.
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The food police
Food theft isn’t an indicator of criminality, but of a failing social system.
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Lies surrounding Al-Shifa hospital recall those preceding the Iraq invasion
The evidence-free claims that have flooded media regarding Hamas using Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital as a military headquarters recall similarly devastating intelligence lies preceding the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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Dangers only multiply: Could Israel’s war on Gaza go nuclear?
Israel’s robust military, the fourth-strongest in the world, is ravaging Gaza and, along with armed settlers, terrorizing Palestinians in the West Bank following the brutal Hamas massacres of October 7th.
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After a long defeat, Labor is rising from the ashes
Stephen Franklin on labor’s losses—and explosive resurgence.