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Institutional COVID denial has killed public health as we knew it. Prepare to lose several centuries of progress.
Public health cannot be individualized. Abandoning collective approaches to disease mitigation is a recipe for disaster.
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The only right that Palestinians have not been denied is the right to dream: The Fifth Newsletter (2024)
On 26 January, the judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that it is ‘plausible’ that Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
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For Western media, Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not ‘deadly’
Right across the Anglo-American mainstream media, the killing of Palestinians is seen as normal. It’s only Israeli lives that matter.
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Israeli forces kill two brothers along Gaza evacuation route
Two brothers were shot dead in front of their family on an evacuation route in Gaza as they were heeding Israeli instructions to flee their home in Khan Younis. The parents have told Al Jazeera they thought a white flag would keep them safe.
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Cuba’s support goes far beyond mere words
TARIQ ANDERSON charts the support Cuba has been offering to Palestine and Palestinians since Che’s visit to Gaza in 1959.
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Israeli fire kills Palestinians waiting for food aid and at UN shelter
Israeli ground forces were besieging the vicinities of two hospitals in southern Gaza on Thursday after ordering the evacuation of those areas days earlier, affecting around half a million people.
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A mass grave of hundreds of poor and oppressed people found in Mississippi
The extent of the mass grave became widely known after a Black man was run over by a police vehicle and buried in an unmarked grave, unbeknownst to his family.
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Western feminism and the dehumanization of Palestinian men
The racist accusation of misogyny by Julia Hartley-Brewer against Mustafa Barghouti embodies the refusal to see Palestinian men as victims, writes Hebh Jamal.
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‘Beyond catastrophic’ – Red Cross says situation in Gaza is getting worse
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 25,105 Palestinians have been killed, and 62,681 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
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Missing links in textbook history: Colonialism
Providing a useful understanding of our past has never been more difficult. Schools at all levels have been attacked for teaching (or discussing) almost anything that disturbs the status quo or makes students think.
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Video shows aftermath of a summary execution of 15 men in a Gaza apartment
A Palestinian family in Gaza says they witnessed the summary execution of 15 men when Israeli soldiers raided their apartment last month.
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In Gaza, the West is enabling the most transparent genocide in human history
This is extraordinary because the states supporting Israel, above all the United States, have claimed the high moral and legal ground and lectured the states of the Global South about the importance of the rule of law.
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The Global South takes Israel to court: The Third Newsletter (2024)
On 11 January, Adila Hassim, an advocate of the High Court of South Africa, stood before the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and said: ‘Genocides are never declared in advance. But this court has the benefit of the past 13 weeks of evidence that shows incontrovertibly a pattern of conduct and related intention that justifies a plausible claim of genocidal acts’.
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Israeli army gassed my son ‘like Auschwitz,’ mother of slain Israeli soldier says
The mother of a now-dead Israeli soldier captured by Hamas militants on October 7 says it was the Israeli military, not Palestinian resistance fighters, who killed her son.
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So you’re a professor? Here’s what you can do to oppose genocide
Feeling helpless does not mean being useless. It is possible to support Palestinians from afar.
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The IDF’s war crimes are a perfect reflection of Israeli society
Miko Peled, author and former member of IDF Special Forces, explains how Israel indoctrinates its citizens in anti-Palestinian racism from the cradle to the grave.
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Paul Burkett (PapaPatty)
An intellectual and scholar, Paul published many books, journal articles, notes, reviews, and book chapters in his field. He felt his most important books are Marx and Nature: A Red And Green Perspective (1999) and Marxism and Ecological Economics (2006). He was passionate about his work, Socialism, the planet, and justice.
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Remember and fight
Memorial demonstration for Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Palestine solidarity as a trigger for police attacks that left numerous people injured.
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Ban the war criminals from King Day celebrations
Most Martin Luther King birthday celebrations are tawdry displays of political cynicism and cooptation. The people must recapture the day from war criminals and their Black misleadership puppets.
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Namibia slams former colonial ruler Germany for defending Israel in ICJ genocide case
The Namibia presidency issues scathing criticism against Germany for failing to draw lessons from its genocide against the people of Namibia.