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An ex-CIA agent looks back at 22 years of torture at Guantánamo Bay
“Guantánamo has been universally condemned by every human rights, civil liberties, and civil rights group in the world that has expressed an opinion, as well as by the United Nations, and most countries in the world,” writes John Kiriakou.
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Upsurge of neo-fascism and ‘dollarisation’
Neo-fascist rulers like Javier Milei propose to control inflation not by curbing capital flight, but by launching a massive attack on the working class.
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In 41 U.S. States, richest 1% pay lower tax rates than everyone else
“Almost nobody says we should have the richest pay the least. And yet when we look around the country, the vast majority of states have tax systems that do just that.”
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Why I risked prison to shut Elbit down
The co-founder of Palestine Action writes about her and fellow activists’ acquittal by a UK court for attempting to close down the Israeli arms firm’s operations in Britain.
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Calls to prosecute Israel for war crimes grow louder in Europe
Anti-imperialist groups across Europe will observe January 13 as the Day of Action for Gaza, to mark the 100th day of Israel’s ongoing genocidal war.
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We need to reverse the culture of decay and march on the street for a culture of humanity
The final months of 2023 pierced our sense of hope and threw us into a kind of mortal sadness.
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Changes in hospital adverse events and patient outcomes associated with private equity acquisition
Question – How do quality of care and patient outcomes change after private equity acquisition of hospitals?
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‘Unimaginable situation’ in Gaza as 600 patients and staff expelled from Al-Aqsa Hospital
Hundreds flee Al-Aqsa Hospital in Gaza amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation across the enclave as Israel presses its assault.
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U.S. claims huge portion of the ocean floor, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic
In an underreported but hugely important development, the United States is now claiming a vast portion of the ocean floor, twice the size of California.
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UN experts call on U.S. to halt first planned execution by nitrogen asphyxiation
Experts from the United Nations have called on the United States to halt what would be the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas, warning that it could cause severe suffering and possibly be considered torture. The state of Alabama plans to put Kenneth Eugene Smith to death on January 25 using nitrogen hypoxia, or asphyxiation, […]
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In Xi Jinping’s China, is Chairman Mao back?
On the 130th anniversary of the founder of People’s China’s birth, BEN CHACKO asks whether media hype about Xi as a new Mao rings true – or whether the country’s trajectory has really changed that much.
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Why we have to make the Jewish Ghetto comparison
The horror of the past has returned in a new guise, and the comparison of the Jewish ghetto under Nazism with the Gaza ghetto under Israel’s current fascistic authority must cease to be sacrilegious.
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Germany’s Left Party leaders pay homage to arch-reactionary Wolfgang Schäuble
Since Wolfgang Schäuble’s death on December 26, politicians and the media have been lavishing praise on the long-serving Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party chairman and Finance and Interior Minister
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Genocide in Gaza
For the record, I believed Israel was guilty of serious war crimes–but not genocide—during the first two months of the war, even though there was growing evidence of what Bartov has called “genocidal intent” on the part of Israeli leaders.
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New Zealand Leaning to controversial AUKUS Alliance
As the new government of nuclear-free New Zealand leans towards joining the anti-China bloc, critics warn of weakened sovereignty in a sea of expanding militarization, Mick Hall reports.
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In an age of forever wars, American popular culture has reimagined its veterans as victims rather than agents of empire
Long Forgotten Is the Role that Veteran Anti-War Activists Played in Ending the Vietnam War.
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Top democrat-linked PR firm tapped by pro-Israel groups to control Gaza war narrative
On December 6, it was announced with much fanfare that the 10/7 Project, a new “centralized communications operation to promote continued U.S. bipartisan support for Israel; push for accurate, complete coverage of the Israel-Hamas war,” and achieve a “stronger” media “focus” on the victims of October 7’s Al-Aqsa Flood would be launched, by a quintet […]
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The Russian Art of War: How the West led Ukraine to defeat
The problem with the vast majority of our so-called military experts is their inability to understand the Russian approach to war.
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Survivors recount harrowing Israeli field executions
In Gaza City, Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinians at point blank range, killing them in front of their families.
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As French embassy closes in Niger, West Africa charts a new course
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are charting a new course—one of increased economic and security sovereignty.