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Review: “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine”
Historian Rashid Khalidi’s concise and at times personal take on a century of colonial conquest and resistance in Palestine is a highly accessible read that focuses on key events and themes.
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Seymour Hersh publishes leaked memo undermining U.S. narrative on 2013 Syria sarin attack
Read the leaked Pentagon/DIA assessment of the chemical warfare capability of Al Qaeda in Syria, known as al-Nusra, from June 20, 2013, made public by Seymour Hersh in September 2023.
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U.S. stoops to conquer Global South with some Indian help
The impact of the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10 is to be measured by the consensus reached regarding the conflict in Ukraine.
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How the U.S., UAE and Israel plundered Iraq’s antiquities
The U.S. invasion of Iraq paved the way for the systematic looting and destruction of countless ancient artifacts and manuscripts–with the UAE and Israel playing a significant part in the ongoing theft and global smuggling of these items.
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Sierra Club workers challenge leadership’s greenwashing ‘apartheid tours’
In June, members of the Sierra Club unit of the Progressive Workers Union (PWU) passed a resolution pledging solidarity with the Palestinian people as the environmental organization pushes forward with its planned trips to Israel.
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The twisted Israeli logic of murdering Palestinian children, and what can we do to stop it?
The problem for Palestinians is not just that of Israel’s violence, but also the lack of international will to hold Israel accountable.
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The NDP has been co-opted by Western imperialism
Since its founding, Canada’s ‘left-wing’ party has broadly supported the U.S. empire.
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Behind BRICS expansion
AT the Johannesburg summit of the BRICS countries, it was decided to expand the group beyond its original five, namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, to include six more countries.
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Targeting Palestinian children is necessary for Israeli settler colonialism
Israeli settler colonialism and apartheid is based on the extermination of the indigenous population and the elimination of their hope of living freely. Palestinian children represent that hope.
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Six tropes to look out for that distort Israel/Palestine coverage
Malcolm X once declared,“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” As stories about Israel/Palestine continue to bombard our screens and daily papers, readers and journalists alike need to remain aware of the pro-Israel pitfalls that pockmark establishment news coverage.
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2023 is already the deadliest year on record for Palestinians in occupied West Bank, says UN envoy
The UN’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, said over 200 Palestinians have been killed in the Occupied West Bank this year. He blamed “unilateral acts” by Israel, including increased settlement expansion, demolition of Palestinian homes and other structures, and settler violence
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Former Israeli general accuses Israel of ‘war crimes’ reminiscent of Nazi Germany in West Bank
Former Israeli army general Amiram Levin said what is happening in the West Bank is ‘total apartheid’ and ‘dragging us all into war crimes’.
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U.S. pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan, amid Israel negotiations
As part of negotiations for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, the United States is demanding that Riyadh keep pricing its oil in dollars, not China’s renminbi or other currencies.
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A primer on the occupation of Western Sahara
As Israel recognizes the sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara, it is imperative that we stand in solidarity with the indigenous Sahrawis and their right to self-determination.
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Biden is risking war with Iran—and the media is ignoring the danger
The Biden administration plans to station Marines on commercial ships in the Persian Gulf. This could trigger war with Iran, but most of the mainstream U.S. press is not paying attention.
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Jewish supremacy won’t end from within. BDS is still the only hope.
Israelis will never dismantle a system of domination that works for them. That’s why the end of Jewish supremacy in Palestine will only come from external pressure—and BDS represents that hope.
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DC Uniparty kills House resolutions to end U.S. emergency powers in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen
In a massive show of support for limitless executive power, Congress rejected legislation that would have terminated national emergency powers allowing Washington to wage war across the Middle East. These same emergency powers give the president the power to lift bans on testing biological weapons on U.S. citizens.
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Syria: a tale of plunder and resurrection
While the wholesale theft of Syria’s natural resources continues under the watch of illegal U.S. troops, the Russian project of resurrecting ISIS-destroyed Palmyra stands as a stark reminder that ruins can rise again-if Syria’s friends help pave the way.
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American Anthropological Association endorses academic boycott of Israel
Members of the American Anthropological Association overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions with 71% of members supporting the measure.
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Right-Wing has not tried to suppress teaching the history of anti-imperialist movements because they are rarely discussed in any course
Most Americans Don’t Know About the Real Patriots Who Opposed the Nation’s Forever Wars Going Back to the 19th Century.