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The violence of the oppressed
NO-ONE should cheer the slaughter in Israel. Those Israeli families in their homes, the young people at the music festival deserve to be alive. The small Israeli boy taken hostage and videoed being tormented deserves to be home and safe.
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The Shift: Blinken deletes call for cease-fire while Israeli defense minister orders ‘complete siege’ of Gaza
After pushback from Republicans and right-wing groups Secretary of State Blinken deleted a tweet calling for a cease-fire in Palestine.
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U.S., Israeli lawmakers call for genocide of Palestinians in Gaza
An Israeli MK called for nuclear weapons to be used on Gaza.
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UN slams Israeli siege on Gaza as violation of international law
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calls on the global community to defuse the “explosive powder keg” situation in Palestine.
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Yaroslav Hunka, Politico and the rehabilitation of Nazi war crimes
The logic of the war in Ukraine requires the rehabilitation of the worst crimes of the Nazi regime.
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Palestine Letter: Israel is imposing a blackout on Gaza to hide a massacre
Israel is slowly cutting off Gaza’s communications with the outside world, because it wants to prevent us from revealing the massacres it is committing.
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Despite what you think, Palestinians are not celebrating death
Palestinians do not rejoice over death but at the idea that we have a chance for freedom. I do not rejoice over death. I rejoice over the possibility to live.
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Just another battle or the Palestinian war of liberation?
What can motorized paragliders do in the face of one of the most formidable militaries in the world?
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Communist Party of Israel and Hadash: “Netanyahu’s fascist government bears full responsibility for the dangerous escalation”
In a statement concerning today’s rapid escalation of military confrontation between Hamas and Israeli forces, the Communist Party of Israel (MAKI) and Hadash blame the criminal occupation policy of the far-right Netanyahu government, underlining the grave dangers that it poses for the peace in the region.
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Ukraine’ assassination program has gotten so out of control that some of its members are starting to speak out
On September 9th, The Economist ran a remarkable story entitled “Ukraine’s Assassination Programme: Its Agents Have Become Expert in Dark Revenge.”
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U.S. sees Ukrainian army demoralized, no chance to win: Seymour Hersh
Hersh also notes there is no interest in peace talks Ukraine’s claims of incremental progress in the offensive constitute of “all lies”.
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Defense for children: Israeli forces killed Palestinian child for discovering undercover operation
Undercover Israeli forces deliberately killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy after he saw them sneaking into the Jenin refugee camp during a military incursion on September 19, a human rights group said.
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World War II revisionism on full display in Nazi’s visit to Parliament
Schalk: We are cynically rewriting history to serve contemporary political interests
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Blinken’s ‘variable geometry’ for a New Cold War
What is clear is that the ruling strata in Washington are settled on the primacy of containing China.
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This war wasn’t just provoked — it was provoked deliberately
So while we members of the public were blindly speculating about whether or not Russia would attack Ukraine, the U.S. intelligence cartel was fully aware that the U.S. was taking actions ensuring that that would happen.
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John Kiriakou: Never forget America’s torture legacy
CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou joins Robert Scheer to discuss the dark history of America’s torture program, and the normalization of the Espionage Act to attack those that expose the secrets of the state.
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NATO destroyed Libya in 2011; Storm Daniel came to sweep up the remains: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter
Three days before the Abu Mansur and Al Bilad dams collapsed in Wadi Derna, Libya, on the night of September 10, the poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi participated in a discussion at the Derna House of Culture about the neglect of basic infrastructure in his city. At the meeting, al-Trabelsi warned about the poor condition of the dams.
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Africa’s NATO? How ECOWAS became a tool for Western Imperialism
In this venture, ECOWAS has been fully supported by the United States and Europe, leading many to suspect it is being used as an imperial vehicle to stamp out anti-colonial projects in West Africa.
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Ukraine lost around 85% of its initial mobilized force: Field general
A Ukrainian combat general says of each 100 individuals conscripted last year only 10-20 remain while others are either dead or disabled.
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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.